Guidelines for Authors

Type of Paper

Original article

Original Research article should include Title, Abstract, Introduction, Methods and Materials, statistic analysis, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, Acknowledgements and References, graphical abstract. The manuscript should not be exceeding 20 typewritten pages including tables and figures.

Review articles

Review articles are welcome but should be typical and not just an overview of the literature. Moreover, the review should discuss in short length and with the help of figures and tables.

Opinions & Perspectives

Opinions & Perspectives: on topics of current and future interest by renowned scientist, researchers are welcomed.

Polices

Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with “Uniform requirements for Manuscripts submitted to Biomedical Journals” developed by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

Authors should avoid unnecessary errors and are strongly advised to use the ‘spell-check’ and ‘grammar-check’ functions of your word-processor. Manuscripts should be typewritten in Times New Roman, font 12, Title shall be in a font size 14. All section titles in the manuscript shall be in font size 12, bold face capitals. Subtitles in each section shall be in font size 12, boldface lower case followed by a colon. Double spacing all portions of the manuscript— including the title page, abstract, text, acknowledgments, references, individual tables, and legends—and margins 2 cm each side. Authors should number all of the pages of the manuscript consecutively, beginning with the title page (excluding the abstract page).

Title Page

Title

Concise and informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Concise titles are easier to read than long, convoluted ones. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.

Author’s name and institutional affiliations

The full name of authors should be clearly mentioned. In addition, present the authors’ affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names and disclaimers, if any.

Corresponding author

The corresponding address should be provided. The name of the corresponding author should be clearly indicated who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication.

Moreover,

Ensure that author’s name should be given first, then author title, affiliation, the complete name of the institution, city, province, country, and email address.

Supportive foundations

The complete name and number of supportive foundations should be provided. Running title: the running title should be short and indicate the major content of the article.

Conflict-of-Interest Notification

To prevent the information on potential conflicts of interest from being overlooked or misplaced, it needs to be part of the manuscript. Thus, all authors are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations for the study. However, it should also be included on a separate page or pages immediately following the title page.

Abstract

The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results, and major conclusions. It should not be more than 250 words.

Keywords

Following the abstract, provide a maximum of 5-6 keywords, which reflect the content of the study.

Introduction

Provide a context or background for the study (that is, the nature of the problem and its significance). State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results. It should not be more 2-3 pages.

Material and methods

 The Methods section should include only information that was available at the time the plan or protocol for the study was being written; all information obtained during the study belongs in the Results section. Provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be reproduced. Methods already published should be indicated by a reference.

Statistics

The statistic is mandatory for this journal. Describe statistical methods with enough detail to enable a knowledgeable reader with access to the original data to verify the reported results.

Results

Results should be clear and concise form. Do not repeat the same result again and again. The extra or supplementary material should be express as fig, tables etc. The explanation should be step wise and must be Logical.

Discussion and Conclusions

Emphasize the new and important aspects of the study and the conclusions that follow from them. This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate. Briefly summaries and explain all results. In particular, avoid making statements on economic benefits and costs unless the manuscript includes the appropriate economic data and analyses. The conclusions of the study may be presented in a short.

Acknowledgments

The corresponding author should also ensure that all those who have contributed to the research are acknowledged appropriately either as a co-author. List here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., research assistance, providing language help, writing article etc).

References

Information from manuscripts submitted but not accepted should be cited in the text as “unpublished observations” with written permission from the source. Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa).

Reference Style and Format

References cited only in tables or figure legends should be numbered in accordance with the sequence established by the first identification in the text of the particular table or figure. Text: Indicate references by number(s) in square brackets [Reference no] in line with the text. Some examples;

[1] Author (1), author (2) and author (3), year, Title, the name of journal (In short, as mention on PUBMED), volume no; page no from-to.

[2] Rastogi A, Stavchansky S, and Bowman PD, 2012 Prolonged Release of the Local Anesthetic Butamben for Potential Use in Pain Management, Pharmacol & Pharmacy, 3;291-294

[3] Fassett RG, Venuthurupalli SK and Gobe CG et al., 2012, Biomarkers in chronic kidney disease: a review, kidney inter, DOI (if not yet generate volume no and page no).

[4] Stachurska A, Kozakowska M, and Jozkowicz A, 2011, Aristolochic acid I and ochratoxin A differentially regulate VEGF expression in porcine kidney epithelial cells—The involvement of SP-1 and HIFs transcription factors, Tox Letters, 204;118–126.

Tables

Tables capture information concisely and display it efficiently; they also provide information at any desired level of detail and precision. Type each table with double spacing on a separate sheet of paper. Tables should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order. Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Place footnotes to tables below the table and give proper heading on the table. Identify statistical measures of variations, such as standard deviation and standard error of the mean. All unites should be mention as per the requirement.

Abbreviations

Use only standard abbreviations; the use of nonstandard abbreviations can be confusing to readers.

Galley Proofs

The Electronic proofs will be sent (e-mail attachment) to the corresponding author as a PDF file. Page proofs are considered to be the final version of the manuscript. If the corresponding author is not satisfied or found a mistake, can send the manuscript back to the journal for necessary correction. The authors will have free electronic access to the full text (in both HTML and PDF) of the article.

Copyright

After acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a ‘Journal Publishing Agreement form’. That the work described has not been published before (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, or thesis) that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

This is an open-access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial Share-Alike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.

All accepted manuscripts must be accompanied by a signed copyright form to progress through to the final stages of production.

Fees and Charges

Publication of an article is not contingent upon the author’s ability to pay the charges. Neither is acceptable to pay the handling fee a guarantee that the paper will be accepted for publication. Authors may still request (in advance) that the editorial office waive some of the handling fees under special circumstances. Only after acceptance of their manuscript are required to pay nominal processing charges.

Authors may still request (in advance) that the editorial office waive some of the handling fees under special circumstances.