Manuscript Guidelines - Journal of Therapy

Regulation of Paper Submission in the Journal of Therapy

(Enactment in March 04 in 2025)

(Revised in April 26 in 2025)

1. (Purpose) The editorial direction of this journal is to accept papers submitted by each field from a therapeutic perspective and publish them after review by specialized reviewers, thereby increasing understanding of therapeutic studies and establishing and developing academic research and new theories in the field of therapeutic studies.

2. (Category of Papers) This journal publishes original articles, review articles, and case reports that have been reviewed by the Editorial Board of the Journal of Therapy, and the decision on whether or not to publish them is made by the Editorial Board.

3. (Scope of Papers) This journal publishes papers in fields related to therapy. The related fields are as follows:

· Marine therapy	· Agro therapy
· Forest therapy	· Wellness tourism
· Medical therapy	· Art therapy
· Skin therapy	· Food therapy
· Exercise therapy	· Music therapy
· Aroma therapy	· Mental therapy
· Rehabilitation Therapy	· Traditional therapy

4. Submitted manuscripts must not have been published in other academic journals, and authors cannot arbitrarily publish manuscripts published in this journal in other academic journals.

5. This journal is published twice a year (at the end of June and December), and manuscripts must be received by the editorial department of the Journal of Therapy at least 45 days prior to the date of publication. At that time, an author checklist must be submitted as well.

6. (Writing Manuscripts) The manuscripts shall be written in English as the Microsoft Word format using spelling checks via computers.

7. (Editing Papers)

Letter size: Unless otherwise specified in the example below, 10-point font size is used.

Paper size: A4 210 x 297 mm

Paper direction: Narrow

Paper margin: Default setting

Line spacing: 0 line

Indentation: left one letter

The above guideline is the basic format and more details are followed in the next example.

8. Content Editing

1) Paper Title is put first followed by Abstract, Introduction, Research Method, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, and Reference with one line spacing respectively. The font should be Times New Roman. The definitions that are not mentioned in the below shall follow the default value in MS Word.

2) Paper Title

(1) Letter and paragraph shapes

Times New Roman, size (13pt), style (bold), alignment (center), indentation (0)

(2) If a sub-title is used, a colon (:) shall be put in the end of the main title followed by a sub-title.

(3) Capitalize the first letter of every word except articles, prepositions, and conjunctions. Note that when a sub-title is added, a colon (:) is marked in the end of the title, and only the first letter of the first word is capitalized, and the rest are all in lower case.

3) Abstract

(1) Abstract should be around 250 words in total.

① Times New Roman (9pt), style (normal), alignment (justify), and indentation (0)

② The four components: Purpose, Methods, Results, and Conclusion should be bold font style and a colon (:) should be put at the end of each component title followed by the contents with normal font style.

③ A new line should be put between the components.

④ The number of words in the abstract can be checked by Review => Word Counts in MS Word.

⑤ More than five words should be inserted, and each of the key words should be separated by a comma (,)..Each key word should be written in lower case.

⑥ Key Words should be size (9pt), font style (normal), alignment (justify), and indentation (0).

⑦ The email address of corresponding author should be put below Key words.

[Example]

Effects on Trunk Muscles Activation with Abdominal Drawing-in Maneuver on the Various Surface → 13pt

Sung-Wang Joo¹ 〮 O-O Bae, Ph.D^2ǂ → center, 10pt

¹Dept. of (Dept. name), Affiliation, Position

^2ǂDept. of (Dept. name), Affiliation, Position

↳center, 10pt, italic

Abstract → bold center 9pt

ˇPurpose (bold 9pt)ˇ:ˇThe purpose of this study was research the effects on trunk muscles activation with abdominal drawing-in maneuver(ADIM)………. → 9pt

ˇMethodsˇ:ˇ…………..

ˇResultsˇ:ˇ…………….

ˇConclusionˇ:ˇ………….

Key Words : abdominal drawing-in maneuver, bridge position, trunk stability (9pt, lower case)

Ⅰ.ˇIntroduction → bold, center, 13pt

1.ˇResearch Background and Needs → bold, 10pt

2.ˇResearch Purpose → bold, 10pt

Ⅱ.ˇMethods → bold, center, 13pt

Same as Introduction

Ⅲ.ˇResults → bold, center, 13pt

Same as Introduction

Ⅳ.ˇDiscussion → bold, center, 13pt

Same as Introduction

Ⅴ.ˇConclusion → bold, center, 13pt

Same as Introduction

REFERENCES → bold, center, 13pt

Wanman AF, Agerberg GE, Kisner C, et al. Relationship between sign and symptoms of mandibular dysfunction in adolescents a review. Community Dent Oral Epidermiol, 14(4):225-230, 2025.

Michener LA. Supraspinatus tendon and subacromial space parameters measured on ultrasonographic imaging in subacromial impingement syndrome. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc, 23(2):363-369, 2025. DOI: 10.1007/s00167-013-2542-8

→ If one reference occupies more than one line, left indentation (two letter) should be applied from the second line.

4) Main Body

(1) Font (Times New Roman), size (10pt), font style (normal), alignment (justify), and indentation (left one letter)

(2) The numbering system should be I., 1., 1)., (1), and A..

– I. Ⅱ. And Ⅲ. should be font size (13pt), font style (bold), alignment (center), and indentation (0). Two lines above the number and one line below the number should be placed.

– 1. 2. and 3. should be font size (10pt), font style (bold), alignment (justify), and indentation (0). One new line is put between numbers such as 1. and 2.

– The other numbers such as 1) and (1) should be font size (10pt), font style (normal), alignment (justify), and indentation (left one letter).

(3) The description of equipment used in research should be put in the main body as follows:

– Used equipment (equipment name, manufacturer, country)

(4) The consent details of the study subject in the experiment must be included in the study method (excluding animal experiments).

(5) The citation information in the main body should be inserted in the relevant location as author’s family name (publication year). Superscripts are not used. When two or more citations are listed, each of the citations is separated by semi colon (;) and listed in alphabetical order.

Tomberlin (2025), Tomberlin et al. (2025), Tom & Lance (2025)

– If citation is inserted at the end of sentence, author’s family name and publication year are inserted.

For single author: ……reported this (Tomberlin, 2025).
For two authors: …..reported this (Tomberlin & Saunders, 2025).
For more than three authors: …….reported this (Tomberlin et al., 2025).

5) Table, figure, and photo

– Captions and descriptions of all tables, figures, and photos shall be written in English, and tables and figures should follow for example Table 1 and Fig. 1, respectively.

– A vertical line should not be inserted in tables, and the locations of unit and calculation signs should be aligned. The uppermost horizontal line should be 1 ½ pt. solid line and the lowermost horizontal line should be ¼ pt. solid line and in-between horizontal lines should be ¼ pt. dotted lines.

– Texts and footnotes inside tables except for table captions should be font size (9 pt.), font style (normal), alignment (table and figure captions and abbreviations: justify, texts inside tables: center), and indentation (0).

– The captions of table and figure should be above the table and below the figure, respectively.

– Abbreviations should have corresponding footnotes below the table.

Table 1. Comparison of vital capacity according to the breathing and balance (Unit: ℓ)–10pt

		CG (n=7)	EG (n=6)	p
MVV	Pre	138.42±43.27	119.01±24.24	.015
	Post	140.80±43.25	138.36±39.47
	Post-Pre	2.38±10.25	19.35±10.61
	p	.173	.028
CG; control group(breathing exercise alone), EG; experimental group(breathing exercise combined with balance exercise), FVC; forced vital capacity, FEV1; forced expiratory volume at one second, MVV; maximal voluntary ventilation à 9pt

Fig 1. Measuring tool

6) References

– Reference citations should be made by quoting recent (within 10 years) papers.

– References title should be font size (13 pt.), font style (bold), and alignment (center).

– A list of References should be sorted by authors’ family names in alphabetical order.

– The contents in References should be font size (10pt), font style (normal), alignment (justify), and indentation (left two letters).

Cited reference		Referencing style
Main Body	One author	…..Reported this (Tomberlin, 2025).
	Two authors	….Reported this (Tomberlin & Saunders, 2025)
	Three or more authors	….reported this (Saunders et al., 2025).
References	Author name. Title. Journal name, volume (issue):first cited page-last cited page, publication year.	Wanman AF, Agerberg GE, Kisner C, et al. Relationship between sign and symptoms of mandibular dysfunction in adolescents a review. Community Dent Oral Epidermiol, 14(4):225-230, 2025.

– For author names, full last name is indicated first, and only the initial (first capital) is marked for first name and middle name (Radin EL.)

– If the number of authors are three or less, all authors are shown. However, if the number of authors are four or more, only the first three authors are shown, and the rest are indicated as “et al.”

– The names of foreign journals are denoted according to the Index Medicus abbreviations, and if an abbreviation is not found in the Index Medicus, its original journal name is used without abbreviation.

– Only the first letter of paper or book title is capitalized, and the rest should be lower case.

(1) Referencing for academic papers

– Author name. Paper title. Graduation school, Country, Masters (Doctoral.) thesis, publication year.

Choi JO. The effects of joint mobilization and flexion-distraction technique on pain, function and disc height of patients with chronic low back pain. Graduate school of Daegu University, Republic of Korea, Master’s thesis, 2025.

Lee HS. A study of standing balance control between normal subjects and subjects with low back pain. Graduate school of Daegu University, Republic of Korea, Doctoral dissertation, 2025.

(2) Referencing for books

– Author name. Book title. Edition, Publishing location, Publisher, Page range, publication year.

Tomberlin JP, Saunder HD, Beissner KL. Evaluation, treatment and prevention of musculoskeletal disorders. 3rd ed, Minnesota, The Saunders Group, pp.108-121, 2025.

(3) Referencing for magazines (periodicals)

– Author name. Title. Magazine name, volume (issue):page range, publication year.

Wanman AF, Agerberg GE, Kisner C, et al. Relationship between sign and symptoms of mandibular dysfunction in adolescents a review. Community Dent Oral Epidermiol, 14(4):225-230, 2025. DOI: 10.1007/s00167-013-2542-8

(4) Referencing for chapter in books

Mark SS. Review of physical therapy. In: Johnson KS, eds, Exercise and Physiology: Incidence of disease. New York, Churchill Livingstone, pp.254, 2025.

(5) Referencing for online publication

– Author name. Title. Journal name, volume (issue): Printed Online, publication year. Doi.

Bruce AS, Howard JS, van Werkhoven H, et al. The effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on chronic ankle instability. Med Sci Sports Exer, 22: Printed Online, 2025. DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002129

(6) Referencing for materials in the Internet

– Author. Title, Bibliography Data source, Data search date. Author and bibliography may be omitted if not found.

World Health Organization. WHO definition of health, 1948. Available at https://www.who.int/suggestions/faq/en/ Accessed February 25, 2019.

9. (Manuscript Submission) To submit a manuscript, Word document containing figures and tables should be submitted in the JTW email (ktawj@naver.com). The ownership of submitted manuscripts should belong to the Korea Therapy Association, and submitted documents are not returned to authors.

10. (Return of Manuscript) Manuscripts that are deemed to be difficult in examination, editing, and printing due to papers that do not conform to the submission regulation, inclusion of blur or unclear photos will be returned to authors.

11. (Examination of Papers) The reception date of submitted paper is deemed to be the arrival date to the JTW. Submitted manuscripts are examined by examiners specialized in paper-specific subject matter according to the regulation and procedure of paper examination supervised by the Academic Editing Committee, which will decide publication or revision of papers according to the examination results.

12. (Request for Re-examination of Papers) Authors who are requested to revise papers may apply for re-examination request with an attachment of evidence documents and materials that prove the valid reasons. The Academic Editing Committee shall deliberate on the re-examination request and decide whether the paper is published or revised.

13. (Paper Publication Fee) Authors should pay a certain charge of publication fee set by the JTW.

14. (Copyright) The copyright of the published papers belongs to the JTW.

Addendum

This regulation shall enter into force from the date of the decision of the General Assembly after approval by the Board of Directors on May 04, 2025.