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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 double-spaced; uses a 12-point font in Times New Roman; 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, which is found in About the Journal. Full names of all authors have to be correctly typed along with individual authors details ( Department, Institution, etc) including emails has to be correctly entered in the online system during submission.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

AUTHOR GUIDELINES

Sections

  1. Review Article

    Review Article

    • Word limit around 3000 words
    • Types of review articles include narrative review, mini-review, systematic review, meta-analysis
      1. Title
    • Not more than 15 words or 100 characters
    • The syntax must be maintained
    1. Authors and affiliation
    • Affiliation
    • ORCID
    1. Corresponding author
    • Affiliation
    • Email
    • ORCID
    • Mobile
    • Website (if any)
    1. Abstract (250-350)
    • Introduction
    • Methodology
    • Results
    • Conclusion
    1. Keywords
    • 3-4 MESH on Demand
  2. Original Research Article

    ORA (Original Research Article)

    • Word limit around 2500
    • Original research articles include cross-sectional study, case-control study,

    cohort study, randomized clinical trial, randomized community trails

    1. Title
    • Not more than 15 words or 100 characters
    • The syntax must be maintained
    1. Authors and affiliation
    • Affiliation
    • ORCID
    1. Corresponding author
    • Affiliation
    • Email
    • ORCID
    • Website (if any)
    1. Abstract (250-350)
    • Introduction
    • Objective
    • Methodology
    • Result
    • Conclusion
    1. Keywords
      • MESH on Demand
      • Put in alphabetical order separated by a semicolon
    2. Plain English Summary
    • 250-300 words
    • The authors are responsible for obtaining English language editing to ensure readability.
    1. Introduction
    • Maximum 350 words
    • Provide background information about the existing knowledge of your research area. (known)
    • Mention what limitations have been encountered and what questions still need to be answered in the given field. (Unknown)
    • Provide the justification/rationale of why the study is conducted (Gap)
    • State the objectives of the study (Response)
    1. Methodology
    • Study type (Quantitative/Qualitative/Mixed)
    • Study design
    • Study duration
    • Study site
    • Sample
    • Sample size
    • Sampling technique
    • Inclusion and exclusion criteria
    • Tools of data collection (Validity/Pretested/Feasibility/Reliability)
    • Techniques of data collection
    • Ethical approval and consent to participate
    • Data analysis and software used
    1. Result
    • Present your results sequentially using texts, tables, and figures
    • Total number of tables, figures, and illustrations (photo) should not be more than five
    • Table and figure formatting should be editable
    • Do not repeat all the data in the tables, figure and illustrations in the text
    1. Discussion
    • Discuss the important aspects of findings
    • Do not repeat the details of other finding unnecessarily
    • Provide and discuss with the literature to support the study
    • Mention about limitations, confounding factors, and possible implications of the study
    1. Conclusion
    • Should be aligned with specific objective only
    1. Recommendation
    • Be specific on your recommendation
    • Not go beyond your research findings
    1. Conflict of interest
    • Declare possible conflict of interest
    • Editor of Journal
    • Officials of institutions etc.
    1. Financial disclosure
    2. Acknowledgment
    3. Abbreviation
    4. Availability of data
    5. Authors' contribution
    6. Authors' information (Short Biography)
    7. Reference
    • The Vancouver (superscript after punctuation)
    • If available DOI, PMID needs to incorporate
    • Access date must be there
    • Atleast 20 Literatures
  3. Case Report

    Case Report

    • Word limit around 1000 words
    1. Title
    • Not more than 15 words or 100 characters
    • The syntax must be maintained
    • A title should be a concise, clear, unambiguous, and short description of the case.
    • Abbreviations in the title should be avoided.
    1. Authors and affiliation
    • Affiliation
    • ORCID
    1. Corresponding author
    • Affiliation
    • Email
    • ORCID
    • Mobile
    • Website (if any)
    1. Abstract (100-150)

    It should be clear, concise, and should give an overall idea of the case report and includes:

    • Introduction
    • Case presentation
    • Conclusion
    • Do not use an abbreviation in the abstract.
    1. Keywords
    • 3-4 MESH on Demand
    • Put in alphabetical order
    1. Plain English Summary
    • 100-150 words
    • The authors are responsible for obtaining English language editing to ensure readability.
    1. Introduction
    • Maximum 100 words
    • Provide background information on the selected topic and should highlight the importance of reporting such cases.
    • Consent to participate

     

    1. Case report
    • Reason for reporting this case
    • Full details of case scenario
    1. Discussion
    • Discuss the latest literature about the case
    • Use photographs, illustrations if required without revealing the identity of case o Mention about limitations and possible implications of the study.
    1. Conclusion
    • Should be aligned with specific objective only
    1. Recommendations
    • Be specific on your recommendation
    • Not go beyond your research findings
    1. Conflict of interest
    • Declare possible conflict of interest
    • Editor of Journal
    • Officials of institutions etc.
    1. Financial disclosure
    2. Acknowledgments
    3. Abbreviations
    4. Availability of data
    5. Authors' contributions
    6. Authors' information (Short Biography)
    7. References
    • The Vancouver (superscript after punctuation)
    • If available DOI, PMID needs to incorporate
    • Access date must be there
    • Atleast 10 literatures
  4. Case Series

    Case Series

    • Almost similar to case reports but include at least 3-5 cases of similar nature.
    • Word limit around 1000 words
    1. Title
    • Not more than 15 words or 100 characters
    • The syntax must be maintained
    • A title should be a concise, clear, unambiguous, and short description of the case.
    • Abbreviations in the title should be avoided.
    1. Authors and affiliation
    • Affiliation
    • ORCID
    1. Corresponding author
    • Affiliation
    • Email
    • ORCID
    • Mobile
    • Website (if any)
    1. Abstract (100-150)

    It should be clear, concise, and should give an overall idea of the case series and includes:

    • Introduction
    • Case presentation
    • Conclusion
    • Do not use an abbreviation in the abstract.
    1. Keywords
    • 3-4 MESH on Demand
    • Put in alphabetical order
    1. Plain English Summary
    • 100-150 words
    • The authors are responsible for obtaining English language editing to ensure readability.
    1. Introduction
    • Maximum 100 words
    • Provide background information on the selected topic and should highlight the importance of reporting such cases.
    • Consent to participate

     

    1. Case series
    • Reason for reporting this case
    • Full details of case scenario
    1. Discussion
    • Discuss the latest literature about the case
    • Use photographs, illustrations if required without revealing the identity of case o Mention about limitations and possible implications of the study.
    1. Conclusion
    • Should be aligned with specific objective only
    1. Recommendations
    • Be specific on your recommendation
    • Not go beyond your research findings
    1. Conflict of interest
    • Declare possible conflict of interest
    • Editor of Journal
    • Officials of institutions etc.
    1. Financial disclosure
    2. Acknowledgments
    3. Abbreviations
    4. Availability of data
    5. Authors' contributions
    6. Authors' information (Short Biography)
    7. References
    • The Vancouver (superscript after punctuation)
    • If available DOI, PMID needs to incorporate
    • Access date must be there
    • Atleast 10 literatures
  5. View point

    These articles are the views of authors and allow them to express a point of view on any events and issues relevant to health. Around 1000 words excluding references. References around 10.

    Short unstructured abstract required with around 150–200 words count.

  6. Medical Education

    Generally, less than 2500 words plus a structured abstract of no more than 250 words.

    Articles should focus on faculty development, teaching method, curriculum design, assessment related to health professional education.

  7. Letter to the editor

    A Letter to the editor is a brief report that is within the journal's scope and of particular interest to the community, but not suitable as a standard research article.

    Letters to the editor should be limited to commentaries on previous articles published with specific reference to issues and causes related to it.

    should be short, concise, comprehensive, brief reports of cases or research findings with decisive observations of the articles published in the journal.

    Up to 500 words and 5 references.

    It does not follow a format such as abstract, subheads, or acknowledgments’ is more a response or the opinion of the reader on a particular article published and should reach the editor within 6 months of article publication.

    Letters to the Editor may be edited for clarity or length and may be subject to peer review at the Editors, discretion.

  8. Others

    Research Ethics

     

    Research involving human subject must have been conducted within the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki

    LINK: https://www.wma.net/policies-post/wma-declaration-of-helsinki-ethical-principles-for-medical-research-involving-human-subjects/

     

    Research conducted without ethics approval is unlikely to be accepted for publication, in such case for acceptance without ethics approval the editors will follow COPE guidelines

    LINK: https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Guidelines

     

    Peer reviewers

    https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines-new/cope-ethical-guidelines-peer-reviewers

     

    Reporting guidelines for main study types

    https://www.goodreports.org/

     

    Observational Studies

    STROBE: Strengthening the Reporting of observational Studies in Epidemiology

    STROBE checklist: combined Word / PDF

    STROBE checklist: cohort studies Word / PDF

    STROBE checklist: case-control studies Word / PDF

    STROBE checklist: cross-sectional studies Word / PDF

     

    Case Report

    CARE: consensus-based clinical case Reporting Guideline Development

    CARE checklist (PDF)

     

    Qualitative Study

    COREQ: Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research: a 32-item checklist for interviews and focus groups

     

    LINK: https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzm042

     

    Randomized Clinical Trials

    CONSORT: 2010 Statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomized trials

    CONSORT checklist (Word)             CONSORT flow diagram (Word)

     

    Systematic Review

    PRISMA: Preferred Reporting items for systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses

    PRISMA checklist (Word)                 PRISMA flow diagram (Word)

     

    Mini-Review [In Brief]

    http://web.mit.edu/7.17/pdfs/Minireview.pdf

     

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