1 Submission requirements

1.1 Manuscripts should be scientific, logical, and authentic. Only online submissions are accepted at our official website: www.zggrkz.com.

1.2 Please indicate the following contents on the front page of the article: title of the article; author names, title/educational backgrounds, and affiliations; first and corresponding authors; correspondence address; telephone number; E-mail address.

1.3 Manuscripts are processed immediately after submission. Processing status can be tracked at the official website or WeChat. Multiple submissions are not allowed.

1.4 Authors are responsible for the contents of their manuscripts.

1.5 Copyright   

1.5.1 All listed authors should agree to transfer copyright to Chinese Journal of Infection Control (CJIC) once manuscripts are published.

1.5.2 Following materials should be submitted along with the manuscripts: ①  copyright transfer agreement; ② reference from author’s affiliation; ③ funding certificate; ④ statements of author contribution and conflict of interests; ⑤ ethical approval documents; ⑥ informed consent.

1.6 Postal address: Editorial Office of Chinese Journal of Infection Control, No. 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha, Hunan，China

Postcode: 410008

Tel : +`86-0731-84327658   84327682

E-mail：zggrkz2002@vip.sina.com

Website: www.zggrkz.com

2 Structure and requirements of manuscripts

2.1 Structure

2.1.1 Title  Concise，descriptive, consistent in Chinese and English

2.1.2 Author(s) / Affiliation(s)

2.1.3 Abstract  Both in Chinese and English; structured as: Objective, Methods, Results and Conclusion.

2.1.4 Key words  3-5 key words

2.1.5 Introduction

2.1.6 Materials and Methods  Indicate methods of statistical analysis

2.1.7 Results

2.1.8 Discussions     

2.1.9 Acknowledgments   

2.1.10 Conflict of interests statement

2.2 Basic requirements

2.2.1 Medical terms should refer to MeSH.

2.2.2 Abbreviations  No abbreviations in title in general; full term should be given before abbreviation appears.

2.2.3 Order of antimicrobial agents Antimicrobials used in susceptibility testing should be listed in a specific order (see attachments in download center)

2.2.4 References  References should be numbered in the order they appear within the manuscript; in the text, they should be referred to by numbers in square brackets as a superscript. Only articles and abstracts that have been published or are in press, or are available through public e-print/preprint servers, may be cited; unpublished abstracts, unpublished data and personal communications should not be included in the reference list, but may be included in the main text. Notes / footnotes are not accepted. Obtaining permission to quote personal communications or unpublished data from cited author(s) is the responsibility of the author. Journal abbreviations follow Index Medicus/Medline. Citations in the reference list should list the first 3 authors when there are 3 or more authors, and add “et al”.

2.2.5 Clinical case report  Clinical case report is the report of rare cases and review on relevant literature. It generally includes title, abstract, key words, text, reference, etc. The text mainly consists of introduction, case data, and discussion.