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(12) Book Reviews Cover letter

Book Reviews provide an overview of new publications (books) All submissions should include a cover letter as a separate file.
from the area of bioprinting. Brief summary, focus, argumentation The cover letter is confidential and will be read only by the editors.
and impact of the book should be provided. A Book Review is It will not be seen by reviewers. A cover letter should contain the
typically of the length of 400-500 words. No Abstract, References, following:
figures and tables are required.
• a brief explanation of what was previously known, the
(13) Extended Conference Papers conceptual advancement with the findings and its
significance to broad readership
An Extended Conference Paper is the conference paper version
of an original research article that presents the new findings and • any associated accession numbers or DOIs of the
in-depth discussion of a certain topic. The manuscripts that do not corresponding preprint version of the submission if it
have relevance to the Focus and Scope of International Journal of has been deposited on a preprint server
Bioprinting will be rejected. The requirements for Extended
Conference Papers are as follows:
• recommendations of up to four academically qualified
• The Extended Conference Paper must have at least 30% reviewers (including name, email address and affiliation)
new material and include a citation to the conference
paper. In addition to the 30% new material which is • exclusion of individuals who might have conflict of
acquired through additional experimentation, analyses interest from reviewing the work (including name, email
and proposal of new ideas or theories, the original address and affiliation)
content that can be found in the conference paper must
be paraphrased, i.e. rewriting the sentences or • a statement that “neither the manuscript nor any
changing the sentence structure. The 30% new material significant part of it is under consideration for publication
may also include the clarifications in response to elsewhere or has appeared elsewhere in a manner that
questions raised during the presentation at the could be construed as a prior or duplication of the same
conference. work”
• The Extended Conference Paper must have a new title • conflict of interest statement
and a new abstract that are different from the
corresponding title in the conference paper. • a list of names and email addresses of all co-authors of
Nevertheless, the new title and new abstract must retain the work who have already seen and approved the
the ‘motivation, methods and conclusions’ of the paper manuscript
presented at the conference presentation. More data in
the form of tables and figures should be added. The
results should be discussed in-depth with more
examples and explanations. In this regard, more Title
references will be needed.
The title should capture the conceptual significance for a broad
• The conference paper must be cited. audience. The title should not be more than 50 words and should
be able to give readers an overall view of the paper’s significance.
• The order in which the authors’ names listed on the Titles should avoid using uncommon jargons, abbreviations and
conference paper can be changed, but no new names punctuation.
can be added to and no existing names can be removed
from the author list in the Extended Conference Paper.
List of Authors
• A PDF copy of the conference paper must be submitted
along with the submission of the Extended Conference The names of authors must be spelled out rather than set in initials
Paper. along with their affiliations. Authors should be listed according to
the extent of their contribution, with the major contributor listed first.
• The format and style of an Extended Conference Paper All corresponding authors should be identified with an asterisk.
is similar to the ones of an Original Article. Refer to the Affiliations should contain the following core information:
specific requirements of the Original Articles.
department, institution, city, state, postal code, and country. For
(14) Erratum contact, email address of at least one corresponding author must
be included. Please note that all authors must view and approve
Authors should contact the editors of International Journal of the final version of the manuscript before submitting.
Bioprinting (editor@whicoe.com) if certain errors made by the
journal are found. The editors will evaluate the impact of the errors
and decide on the appropriate course of action. Any corrections to Abstract
a paper are published at the sole discretion of the editors.
Articles must include an abstract containing a maximum of 200
(15) Corrigendum
words. The purpose of abstract is to provide sufficient information
Authors should contact the editors of International Journal of for a reader to determine whether or not to proceed to the full text
Bioprinting (editor@whicoe.com) if certain errors made by the of the article. After the abstract, please give 5 keywords; please
authors are found. The editors will evaluate the impact of the errors avoid using the same words as those already used in the
and decide on the appropriate course of action. Any corrections to title, separate terms with a semi-colon (term1; term2; term3).
a paper are published at the sole discretion of the editors.

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