ASIAN JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY Information for Authors

GENERALThe Asian Journal of Andrology is the official publication of the Asian Society of Andrology,and is sponsored by the Shanghai Institute ofMateria Medica.Chinese Academy of Sciences.The Journal has been included in 11 international indexing systems,including BIOSIS,CABAbstracts,CAB Health,Chemical Abstracts,Current Contents/Clinical Medicine,EMBASE,Index Medicus,MEDLINE,PASCAL,Research Alert,and SCI Expanded.The Impact Factor is 1.302 and the Journal ranks third among international andrology journals.The Journal invites concise reports of original research in all areas of andrology,both experimental and clinical,including modern,traditionaland epidemiological studies,from any part of the world.Review articles will be published by invitation from the Editor-in-Chief,but mini-reviews(no more than 4 printed pages) based primarily on authors’own research on internationally important topics are accepted.Short communicationsand letters to the editor are also welcome.Authors are requested to submit a covering letter indicating that their manuscript represents original unpublished material that has not been andwill not be published elsewhere (if accepted).This restriction does not apply to results published as abstracts of communications,letters to the editoror as preliminary reports.By submitting a manuscript the authors warrant that they have obtained permission to use any copyrighted or previouslypublished material.Authors must declare any financial support or relationships that may pose conflict of interest.Copyright