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  1. Editorial Policies
    • Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (NMMI) publishes materials of interests to practitioners and scientists in the field of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging. All papers should be submitted in English.
    • In preparing manuscripts, authors should follow Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (as cited in Ann Intern Med. 1997; 126: 36-47).
    • Any previously published materials including figures and tables would not be considered to be published in NMMI without adequate written notification of publisher and/or authors.

  2. Ethical Standards

    • All contributions should follow the ethical standards of the Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine.

  3. Disclosure of Conflict of Interest

    • All contributors are required to disclose financial supports and other relationships. Financial grants or supports that should be disclosed on the footnote of the title page or Acknowledgement section. All other monetary relationships, including investment, consultation fees, stocks, etc. also should be disclosed on the footnote of the title page or Acknowledgement section.

  4. Manuscript Submission

    • Manuscripts should be submitted online at http://nmmi.edmgr.com. All articles submitted to NMMI should comply with these instructions. Failure to do so will result in return of the manuscript and possible delay in publication. For assistance, please contact us via e-mail: ksnm11@kornet.net, telephone: +82-02-745-2040 or fax: +82-02-745-3833.
    • The Copyright Transfer Agreement signed by all authors should be submitted online before publication.

  5. Types of Manuscripts

    • Types of manuscrips include Original Article, Review Article, Editorial, Case Report, Interesting Image, Letter to the Editor, etc.
    • Original articles should include examinations or investigations that are new or original in the field of nuclear medicine or molecular imaging.
    • Review articles should give a concise review of the subject of importance solicited by the Editorial Board.
    • Editorial should give comments on the published paper in NMMI solicited by the Editorial Board.
    • Case reports should deal with the clinical situation involving creative use of the nuclear medicine.
    • Interesting Images should provide visual presentation and narratives about clinically interesting or informative aspects in nuclear medicine or molecular imaging.
    • Letters to the Editors are questions and controversial opinions on papers published within one year in NMMI.

  6. Original Article

    1. Manuscript Format
      • Text file should be produced using Microsoft Word on A4 or Letter size with double-spaced line space.
      • Page numbering should start from title page.
      • Abbreviations in the text should be used only after initial full length appearance, unless they are common.
      • Nomenclatures and units should conform to IUPAC recommendations and System Internationale (SI). Commonly used units should be added next to SI unit in parentheses. Conversion refers to the Ann Intern Med. 1997; 126: 36-47.
      • Radioisotope is marked on the left shoulder with number or hyphened with number (125I, 99mTc or I-125, Tc-99m), of which pattern should be uniform in one paper.
      • Be careful not to include authors and organizations in the body of the manuscripts.
      • Original articles are composed of the following order: 2) Title page - 13) Figures
    2. Title page
      • The title page should include the type of the paper, title, full name of the authors and affiliations, a running title of less than 45 characters, corresponding author, and Acknowledgement.
      • No abbreviations are used in the title.
      • The name of corresponding author, affiliation, address, zip code, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address.
      • Appreciation to persons or agencies contributed substantially to the work including any grant support, financial disclosure and conflict of the interest should be included in Acknowledgement.
      • If the original manuscript is thesis itself or part of it, it should be included in the footnote.
    3. Inside cover page
      • Only the title should be included in the Inside cover page. The names of authors or organizations are not to be included.
    4. Abstract
      • The abstract should contain a maximum of 250 words and include four clearly identifiable elements of content: Purpose, Materials and Methods, Results, and Conclusion.
      • Abbreviations or citations of references should be excluded.
      • Add Key Words of 3~10 words under the abstract.
    5. Introduction
      • Introduction includes the objectives and rationales of the study. Recent publications supporting the study are to be included, but data and results of the study are not.
    6. Materials and Methods
      • Materials or subjects of the study should be clearly designated. Main characteristics of the study subjects, i.e. age and gender, should be included. Experimental methods, devices (information of manufacturer), procedures should be described clearly and should be reproducible. Generic names should be used for all medicines and chemicals, and dosage and administration method should be described.
    7. Results
      • Results should be shown with the text, graphs, tables, and images. Legends for the illustrations should not be redundant in the main body, but the significant findings can be summarized at the end.
    8. Discussion
      • Discussion should include the significant and creative findings of the study and should not be redundant in the introduction. Perspectives on the meaning of the study, limitation, suggestion of the following studies can be included. Comparison with other related studies can be included. Conclusion without definite background should not be made.
    9. References
      • References should be numbered consecutively as they are cited in the text, tables and figures.
      • Journal names are abbreviated according to the list of journals indexed in Index Medicus.
      • Personal communications, unpublished data, manuscripts in preparation, or manuscripts submitted for publication are not acceptable for the references but may be cited parenthetically in the text.
      • When there are more than six authors, the additional authors should be listed as "et al."
      • References follow the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (as cited in Ann Intern Med, 1997; 126: 36-47).
      • Epub: A paper published online but not in print can be cited using the Digital Object Identifier (DOI). A web document can be cited as well, using the URL address.
      • Sample references are:
        ① Papers from the journals
        Choi YY, Moon DH, Son HK, Kim CY, Lee C, Lee HK, Effect of acute and chronic treatment with risperidone on the serotonin and dopaminergic receptors in the rat brain. Korean J Nucl Med 1997;31:9-18. Kim JS, Lee JS, Lee JJ, Lee BI, Park MH, Lee HJ, et al. Effects of attenuation and scatter corrections in cat brain PET images using microPET R4 scanner. Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2006;40:40-7.

        ② Independent volumes
        Saha GB. Fundamentals of Nuclear Pharmacy. 3rd ed. New York: Springer-Verlag: 1992. p. 186-210.

        ③ Chapter of the independent volumes
        Hurley JR, Becker DV. Treamtent of thyroid cancer with radioiodine (131I). In: Sandler MP, Coleman RE, Wackers FJT, Patton JA, Gottschalk A, Hoffer PB, editors. Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine. 3rd ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins; 1996. p. 959-89.

        ④ Article by DOI
        Hwang DW, Jang SJ, Kim YH, Kim HJ, Shim IK, Jeong JM, et al. Real-time in vivo monitoring of viable stem cells implanted on biocompatible scaffolds. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2008. doi: 10.1007/s00259-008-0751-z.

        ⑤ Online document
        Chadwick MB, Young PG, MacFarlane RE, Kawano T, Talou P, LANL Evaluations for ENDF/B-VII. In: National Nuclear Data Center Brookhaven National Laboratory. 2005.
        http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/proceedings/2005csewgusndp/Tuesday/ENDFB-VII/11_Chadwick.pdf Accessed 21 Aug 2009.
    10. Tables
      • The tables should be cited in the text and numbered consecutively.
      • The title of the table should be phrases or clause, and each first letter of nouns and adjectives should be capitalized.
      • The tables should be comprehensible in themselves.
      • The tables must be double-spaced on a separate sheet and the images of the tables should not be submitted.
      • The explanation of the tables or the abbreviations should be included in the footnote of the tables, with consecutive designation with a), b), c), d), e), etc.
      • Statistical data should include mean, standard deviation, standard error, etc.
    11. Legends for Figures
      • The Figures should be numbered consecutively and sited in the text.
      • Legends should be comprehensible sentences in themselves.
      • Legends should be double-spaced in numerical order with an Arabic number following the word Figure.
      • Symbols and arrows should be explained.
      • When there are more then two images under a number, they should be designated with alphabet.

  7. Introductions for other types of manuscripts

    1. Review
      • Review articles are composed of title page, abstract, text, references, tables, figures, and legends for figures.
      • The abstract should contain a maximum of 250 words. Key words are selected as in the original articles.
      • Text should describe the current knowledge of the nuclear medicine regarding the study title, for the educational purpose for the readers of NMMI.
    2. Case Report
      • Case reports are composed of title page, inside cover page, introduction, case report, discussion, references, tables, figures, and legends for illustrations.
    3. Editorial
      • Editorials are composed of title page, text, and references.
    4. Interesting Image
      • Interesting Images are composed of title page, abstract, references, images, and legends for images.
      • The abstract should contain a maximum of 100 words in one paragraph. Key words are selected as in the original articles.
      • Text is not required. The legends for images should include brief medical history, diagnosis and assessment, and brief discussion.
    5. Letter to the Editor
      • Letters to the Editor are composed of title page, text, and references.

  8. Peer Review and Publication
  • All manuscripts are reviewed by a minimum of two referees selected by the editorial board. Review decision is delivered to the author by the editorial board.
  • The author should revise the manuscript reflecting the suggestions and criticisms made during the initial review. Revised manuscripts are resubmitted with the letter from the author about the revision within one month. The author should get permission from the editor-in-chief to extend the revision period.
  • Revised manuscripts are judged on the adequacy of responses and decided for the final publication.
  • NMMI publishes 4 issues a year-15th of March and June and September and December.
  • Revision of the manuscripts right before publication should obtain agreement from the editorial board.

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