Statement from the Editorial Office of the Journal of Southern Medical University
Recently, we have been received reports from many readers and authors that unauthorized individuals have been sending messages on behalf of our editorial office, requesting to add "editors" on WeChat for the purpose of "conducting spot checks on related data of past articles" (as shown in the figure below). It has seriously interfered with our journal's work and caused adverse effects. We hereby solemnly declare the following:
(1) The editorial office of the Journal of Southern Medical University will not proactively add authors on WeChat on behalf of the editorial office or individual editors.
(2) Journal of Southern Medical University only accepts and processes manuscripts through our editorial and publishing system (https://www.j-smu.com/). We do not accept submissions via WeChat, email, or in paper form.
We urge all readers and authors to be vigilant and beware of scams. If any organization or individual contacts you on behalf of our editorial office through unofficial channels, please directly communicate with our editorial office for confirmation (Tel: 020-61647791, 61648177, 61648176; Email: journal_smu@163.com).
Editorial Office of the Journal of Southern Medical University
