For Authors

Japanese Association for Coronary Artery Surgery

[NEW INSTRUCTIONS]

New Instructions to Authors is effective for new submissions on and after June 1, 2021.

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery supplies comprehensive and clear Instructions to Authors, which offer guidance on article types and format, journal policies, and how to submit manuscripts.

Instructions to Authors

Submit

The journal welcomes submissions from around the world. Please consult the Instructions to Authors and then submit your manuscript to the Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Editorial Manager site.

Benefits to authors

By publishing your work in the journal, you and your co-authors benefit in many ways.

These include:

Rapid peer review and online publication. The median time from submission to first
decision is 15 days and the median time from acceptance to publication is 17 days.
Enhanced discoverability. The large J-STAGE platform allows discoverability by all the major search engines.
International reach. Your publication will be freely available to readers worldwide.
Free article alerts. RSS feeds and automatic email alerts (via J-STAGE) notify registrants as soon as your article has been published.
Affordable charges. Open Access publication costs only ¥100,000 (approximately US$900) for all article types except Invited Reviews Article and Letter to the Editor, which are free to publish.

Publication Fee

The article processing charges (APCs) are listed below.

Color is free for the online version, but if authors select to have color in the print version, charges apply, as below.

（JPY）

Charge	Review Articles and Original Articles	Case Reports, New Methods,	Letter to the Editor	Invited Review Articles
Article Processing Charges	100,000 per article	100,000 per article	50,000 per article	No charge
Color Charges	First page: 100,000; Extra pages: 50,000	First page: 100,000; Extra pages: 50,000	First page: 100,000; Extra pages: 50,000	Each page: 50,000
Offprints	20,000 per 50 copies	20,000 per 50 copies	20,000 per 50 copies	20,000 per 50 copies
Priority Publication charges	50,000 per article	50,000 per article	50,000 per article	50,000 per article

Note:

For Article Processing Charges, 20,000 JPY / page is charged after the page limits set out in the “Manuscript Types” section are exceeded
Offprints must be in lots of 50

Forms

The journal uses forms for the Transfer of Copyright Agreement and Disclosure Form. The Transfer of Copyright Agreement and Disclosure Form are available here, and submit these forms onto the Editorial Manager.