Submission of a Manuscript
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Peer-Review Process
The journal follows double-blind peer-review process. This is done with the aim to minimize the possibility of a biased opinion when the reviewers know who the authors are and from where they come from, ensuring complete transparency.Submitted manuscripts are reviewed for originality, significance, adequacy of documentation, composition, and adherence to these guidelines. All manuscripts are judged in relation to other submissions currently under consideration.
Article Types
- Original Research Article
- Review Article
- Case Report/Series
- Short Communication
- Editorial
Original Research Article: The submitted research article should contain 2500 to 3500 words.
Review Articles: The word count for a review article is 3000-4500 words.
Case Reports: The maximum word count for a case report is 1500–2500 words.
Short Communication: Should specify the research study in focus and specify the author’s opinion using a maximum of 1000 words.
Editorial: A maximum of 500–1000 words.
All the manuscripts that are submitted in a journal need to be submitted in the following format:
- Covering letter
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Materials and Methods
- Results and Discussion
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- Conflicts of Interest
- Publication Ethics
- References
- Plagiarism
Covering letter
Along with the manuscript, a mandatory covering letter needs to be submitted. Include in the title page: the manuscript title, author’s name(s), affiliations, and corresponding author’s phone/mobile number and/or email.
Provide full names of all authors.
Abstract
All submissions must include an abstract of 250-300 words. An Abstract should be brief, providing the reader with a concise but complete summary of the paper that highlights the objectives, methods, results, and conclusions of the paper.
It should be structured and divided into four section: Introduction/Background, Methods, Results and Conclusion(s). It should be a concise and accurate summary of the article and should not contain abbreviations, tables, figures, footnotes or references. It should not draw conclusions stronger or more expansive than those in the body of the paper. Briefly, the background should explain why the study was done, the methods provide how the study was done, the results provide the salient results along with important data and the conclusions briefly highlight the message of the study.
Keywords:
To identify the subjects in an article.It should be within 3-6 words in alphabetical order.
Introduction: The introduction should state why the study was carried out and what the specific aims of the study were, its importance and goals. It should not describe the background for the study (the available knowledge). It should be brief but complete enough for the reader to understand the reasons for the study.
Methods:
The validity of a study is judged by the methods used. These should be described in sufficient detail to permit evaluation and duplication of the work by others. The following should be described in this section, i.e., Study design, Setting, Selection of participants, Interventions, Methods of measurement, Data collection and processing, Loss of data such as dropouts or patients lost to follow up, Outcome measures: primary and secondary, Statistical methods used,
Ethical guidelines followed by the investigators. Drugs names should be International Non-proprietary Names, if a drug has no International Non-Proprietary Names full chemical name must be used. All procedures involved experimental animals or human subject must accompany a statement on ethical approval from appropriate ethics committee.
Statistics
The following information should be given:
The statistical universe, i.e. the population from which the sample for the study is selected
Method of selecting the sample (subjects, animals, etc. from the statistical universe)
Method of allocating the subjects into different groups
Statistical methods used for presentation and analysis of data (e.g. mean and standard deviation values or percentage values), and statistical tests (e.g. Student’s t test, chi-square test, analysis of variance, non-parametric tests and multivariate techniques)
Exact p values should be provided. Confidence intervals for measurements should be provided wherever appropriate.
The software package (name and version) used for statistical analysis should be specified.
Units of Measurement
SI units should be used. When reporting values for commonly studied components such as cholesterol, blood glucose, blood urea and creatinine , report the value in SI units with traditional units given in parentheses. Temperature should be expressed in degrees Celsius and blood pressure in mmHg.
Results:
These should be concise and include only the tables and figures necessary to enhance understanding of the text. Results should be presented in a logical, sequential order that parallels the organization of the methods section. Data presented in tables and figures should not be duplicated in the text. Drug names, wherever used, should be generic. If the use of proprietary names is deemed a must for the study, generic names should be mentioned in parentheses.
Tables:
Each table with the table number (in Roman numerals) and title above the table, and explanatory notes below the table. Tables should be so arranged that comparisons of interest are horizontal (across columns) and from left-to-right. The numbers of observations for each column or row (n) and marginal totals should be provided where appropriate. All abbreviations and symbols in the table must be explained in the footnote(s) to the table, even if the expanded forms have already been mentioned in the text. The units of measure must be mentioned. The Tables should not be more than 3.
Figures:
Only high contrast/ quality of figures that are essential shall be accepted. Rasterized based files (i.e. with .tiff or .jpeg extension) require a resolution of at least 300 dpi (dots per inch). Line art should be supplied with a minimum resolution of 800 dpi. The labelling must be clear and neat and below the figure along with figure number. All photomicrographs should indicate the magnification of the print. Use arrows or letters in contrast with the background to indicate special features. Please do not use a hard pencil or ballpoint pen. Colour illustrations will be accepted if they make a contribution to the understanding of the manuscript. The figures should not be more than 3.
Note – Do not repeat the data depicted in the Tables in the form of Figures or Text and vice versa.
Legends:
These should be typed along with figure or table or with number. Should correspond with the order in which the figure are presented in the text. The legend must include enough information to permit interpretation of the figure without reference to the text. Any labels or abbreviations within the figure must be explained in the legend.
Tables, figures and images should be submitted separately after article file in order of reference in the article. Those in word format should be converted into .jpeg, .jpg, .png.
Please follow below steps -
(1) Open your article in MS Word ,MS Excel
(2) Right Click on Image and select Copy.
(3) Open Paint software, Right click and select Paste.
(4) Save image in .jpg, .jpeg, .png format.
Discussion:
The discussion should summarize how the study findings add to the current knowledge, provide explanations for the findings, compare the study’s findings with available studies, discuss the limitations of the study and the implications for future research. Only those published articles directly relevant to interpreting the results and placing them in context should be referenced. This section should conclude with a brief summary statement. The conclusion should be based on and justified by the results of the study. The particular relevance of the results to healthcare in India should be stressed. Conclusions regarding cost-benefit should be drawn only if a specific economic analysis formed a part of the study design. Limitations of the study should be included.
References:
These should conform to the ICMJE…Vancouver style. References should be numbered in the order in which they appear in the text and these numbers should be inserted above the lines (superscripted) on each occasion the reference is cited . References included at the end of a sentence or part of a sentence should be placed after the punctuation mark. References cited only in tables or in legends to figures should be numbered in accordance with the sequence established by the first identification in the text of the particular table or figure. Avoid using abstracts as references. For papers accepted but not yet published mention the name of the journal, the year of publication and add ‘in press’ in parentheses. Information from papers submitted for publication but not accepted should be cited in the text as ‘unpublished observations’ with written permission from the source. Avoid citing a ‘personal communication’ unless it is essential; such citations must list in parentheses.
At the end of the article, the full list of references should include the names of authors, the full title of the journal article or book chapters; the title of journals abbreviated according to the Index Medicus style (www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html) the year of publication, the volume number, issue number and the first and final page numbers of the article or chapter. If there are six or fewer authors in the study being cited, the names of all the authors should be given. If there are more than six authors, the names of the first six authors should be given followed by et al. The authors should check that the references are accurate; lack of accuracy may result in the rejection of an otherwise adequate manuscript. Some examples of common forms of references are:
• Errami M, Garner H. A tale of two citations. Nature 2008;451(7177):397–99.
• Watkins PJ. ABC of Diabetes. 5th ed. London: Blackwell Publishing; 2003.
• Simons NE, Menzies B, Matthews M. A Short Course in Soil and Rock Slope Engineering. London: Thomas Telford Publishing; 2001.
• Goldacre B. Dore – the media’s miracle cure for dyslexia. Bad Science. Weblog. Available from: http://www.badscience.net/2008/05/dore-the-medias-miracle-cure-fordyslexia/#more-705 [Accessed 19th June 2015].
• Goldacre B. Trivial Disputes. Bad Science. Weblog. Available from: http://www.badscience.net/2008/02/trivial-disputes-2/ [Accessed 19th June 2015].
• Department of Health. Living well with dementia: a national dementia strategy. Available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/living-well-withdementia-strategy [Accessed 4th June 2015].
• Smith A. Making mathematics count: the report of Professor Adrian Smith’s inquiry into post?14 mathematics education. London: The Stationery Office; 2004.
• Pears R, Shields G. Cite them right: the essential referencing guide. Palgrave study skills. 10th ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave; 2016.
• Ramalho R, Helffrich G, Schmidt DN, Vance D. Tracers of uplift and subsidence in the Cape Verde archipelago. J Geological Soc 2010;167(3):519–38. Available from: doi:10.1144/0016-76492009-056.
Proofs
It is your responsibility to proofread your page proofs. Your manuscript editor will provide you with instructions; the date by which the proofs must be returned will be in the schedule provided at the beginning of the process, would be sent to the corresponding author.
Once the PDF is Sent, the corrections need to be sent back to the concerned managing editor within 3 days.The template for corrections can be downloaded.
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Copyright Transfer Agreement
Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not been published before (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, review, or thesis); that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere; that its publication has been approved by all coauthors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities at the institute where the work has been carried out; that, if and when the manuscript is accepted for publication, the authors agree to automatic transfer of the copyright to first publish the research.; The Authors will be primary copyright holders of the said research.That the manuscript will not be published elsewhere in any language without the consent of the copyright holders; that written permission of the copyright holder is obtained by the authors for material used from other copyrighted sources; and that any costs associated with obtaining this permission are the authors' responsibility.The liability and future issues regarding the copyright of research will be sole responsibility of the authors in legal, comercial and noin commercial terms.
Each author confirms that they meet the criteria for authorship as established by the ICMJE. Neither this manuscript nor one with substantially similar content under my / our authorship has been published or is being considered for publication elsewhere, except as described in the covering letter. I / we certify that all the data collected during the study is presented in this manuscript and no data from the study has been or will be published separately and confirm and meet the ICMJE criteria stated above. ICMJE Guideline http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/author-responsibilities--conflicts-of-interest.html
Disclosure Policy
Disclosure statements of all the co-authors need to be sent at the time of submission. Manuscripts submitted without the disclosure statement will be considered incomplete and may not be considered to be reviewed.
At the external peer-review stage, the authors are required to send signed copies of the following statements:
Authors contribution
A statement of Conflict of interest.
Written Acknowledgments — consent of cited content and individuals.
A signed copy of the subject whose clinical images are presented for study.
http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/manuscript-preparation/preparing-for-submission.html
Publication Ethics
Author should observe high quality with respect to publication ethics as set out by the commission on Publication Ethics (COPE) and international committee of medical journals editors. Classification of data, plagiarism, including duplicate publication of the author’s own work without proper citation and misappropriation of work are all unacceptable practices. Cases of ethical misconduct are treated very seriously and will be dealt with in accordance with COPE guidelines.
COPE Policy https://publicationethics.org/authorship
Plagiarism
Authors should be aware that the https://smallseotools.com/word-counter/ and https://www.prepostseo.com/plagiarism-checker uses a plagiarism detection software, to ensure originality and integrity of material published in the journal. The use of copied sentences, even when present within quotation marks, is highly discouraged. Instead, the information of the original research should be expressed by the new manuscript author’s own words, and a proper citation given at the end of the sentence. Plagiarism will not be tolerated and manuscripts will be rejected or papers withdrawn after publication based on unethical actions by the authors. In addition, authors may be sanctioned for future publication.
Before sending the manuscript for assessment kindly check for plagiarism through any of the free software’s available online.
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