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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

The author must attach a detailed cover letter, declaring the manuscript filed for submission as original and it is neither published nor under consideration for publication elsewhere. Author (s) is responsible for all the institutional approvals necessary prior to its publication if it is necessary.

Articles

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Research Articles:

Research Articles are written based on the original laboratory observations or research in the clinical settings following the standard research design, methods and techniques for data collection. The author gathers empirical evidence from a representative sample size. The research article critically analyzes this data/observations using appropriate statistical tools and presents them with, tabulations, charts and diagrams to draws conclusions. Research articles must not exceed the word limit of 5000, barring references and legends and must strictly adhere to the prescribed format.

Review Articles

Review articles follow a specific format and rely on secondary data for analysis, from which it draws a conclusion.  Review articles shed light on the new dimensions of the existing phenomena, by critically analyzing the data. For example, a cardiac surgeon may write a review on the role of biopolymers in cardiac transplantations by referring to a series of existing research within 5000 words.

Mini Review

These are short and abridged reviews that shed light on a specific aspect of a broad research area within 1500-2000 words, excluding references and legends by following the prescribed research format.

Case Studies

Case studies exclusive study on a specific angle of a very broad research area. A psychiatrist may study the aging factor and gender in dementia cases among women by closely studying a particular female dementia patient within 3000-5000 words.  Case studies follow a prescribed research format.

Perspectives/commentaries are the viewpoints, discourses and observations of a seasonal practitioner that focuses on innovations and the latest developments of the existing practices and trends in fewer than 1500-2500 words excluding references and legends.

Editorials are the expert’s opinion on the existing or the latest practices, innovations and developments. Editorials don’t follow research methods, yet follow a format and referees the scientific data/findings to draw valid and new conclusions within 1200 words.

Letters may be of two types. The readers may write their views on the published information in the journal to the editor and the editor may also write a letter to the readers by highlighting any new developments in the journal or about an important aspect of the latest research findings, not exceeding 1000-1200 words.

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