CATEGORIES OF ARTICLES
The Editors invite contributions to the following sections of the Journal:
1. Editorials will be signed. These are usually solicited but unsolicited material may also be considered (approx. 1000 to 1200 words). A maximum of 10 references may be included. Editorials should normally not have tables and figures.
2. Original Articles These include randomized controlled trials, intervention studies, studies of screening and diagnostic tests, outcome studies, cost-effectiveness analyses, case-control series, and surveys with high response rate. The text of original articles amounting to up to 3000 words (excluding Abstract, references and Tables) should be divided into sections with the headings Abstract, Key-words, Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion, References ( 25-30), Tables and Figure legends. A maximum of 2 tables and 4 figures are allowed in the main manuscript, and the remaining tables and figures should be accommodated in supplementary data.
3. Review articles: These provide an in-depth review of a specific topic. Authors should preferably be working in and have published papers in the area being reviewed and have sufficient expertise to critically evaluate the relevant literature. Appropriate use of tables and figures is encouraged. Where relevant, key messages and salient features may be provided. Review articles are usually solicited by the Journal, but unsolicited material will also be considered (approx. 3000 to 4000 words), up to 50 references. A maximum of 4 tables and 4 figures are allowed in the main manuscript.
4. Short Communications: These are brief reports on original research (approx. 1200 to 1500 words). A short report may include up to 2 tables or figures and up to 10 references.
5. Case reports: These are brief descriptions of a previously undocumented disease process, a unique unreported manifestation or treatment of a known disease condition, a unique unreported complication of treatment, a case that generates a new hypothesis or helps understand possible pathophysiological processes (approx. 700 to 1200 words). These may be accompanied by upto 4 figures (relevant photographs). High-resolution photographs as JPEG files (not over 4MB each) should be submitted along with the write-up and up to 12 references as separate files.
6. Medical education and medical ethics: This section includes articles on original research in ‘Medical education’ including the use of new techniques and teaching aids, the design of curricula and evaluation of current educational practices. Brief reviews in the field of medical education and ethical principles are also considered (approx. 1000 to 2000 words) and up to 15 references. Up to 2 tables or 2 Figures can be accommodated in the manuscript.
7. Correspondence: This includes reader’s comments on articles published in the Journal during the previous 6 months. Short studies, observations and opinions may also be submitted (approx. 300 to 500 words with a maximum of 1 table or figure and 10 references)
8. Student research: This includes and research studies exclusively authored by medical students both undergraduate and postgraduates. The articles have to be written under the supervision of at least one faculty. (approx. 1000 to 2000 words) up to 15 references.
9. Images quiz: Contributors are required to submit an image quiz with relevant clinical and histological/radiological photograph/s with a brief history and discussion. We solicit submissions of a rare entity, a syndrome, a sign etc, which encourages the reader to think. A maximum of 200 words and three photographs including histology when applicable are required. 1 or 2 high-resolution photographs as JPEG file (not over 4MB each) should be submitted along with the write-up and up to 5 references.
6. Letter to the editor: This should be a short, decisive observation. They should not be preliminary observations that need a later paper for validation. Up to 500 words and up to 5 references.
Note: Authors please note that all the manuscripts submitted will be processed for plagiarism check before considering for peer-review process.
Ethics: When reporting studies on human beings, indicate whether the procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional or regional) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000 (available at https://www.wma.net/policies-post/wma-declaration-of-helsinki-ethical-principles-for-medical-research-involving-human-subjects/). For prospective studies involving human participants, authors are expected to mention about approval of (regional/ national/ institutional or independent Ethics Committee or Review Board, obtaining informed consent from adult research participants and obtaining assent for children aged over 7 years participating in the trial. The age beyond which assent would be required could vary as per regional and/ or national guidelines. Ensure confidentiality of subjects by desisting from mentioning participants’ names, initials or hospital numbers, especially in illustrative material. When reporting experiments on animals, indicate whether the institution’s or a national research council’s guide for or any national law on the care and use of laboratory animals were followed.
Evidence for approval by a local Ethics Committee (for both human as well as animal studies) must be supplied by the authors on demand. Animal experimental procedures should be as humane as possible and the details of anesthetics and analgesics used should be clearly stated. The ethical standards of experiments must be in accordance with the guidelines provided by the CPCSEA and World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki on Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Humans for studies involving experimental animals and human beings, respectively. The journal will not consider any paper which is ethically unacceptable. A statement on ethics committee permission and ethical practices must be included in all research articles under the ‘Materials and Methods’
Clinical Trial Registration: All clinical trials, including randomized controlled trials and other prospective interventional studies involving human participants, must be registered in a publicly accessible clinical trial registry acceptable to the ICMJE/WHO before enrolment of the first participant. The name of the registry, registration number, and date of registration must be provided in the manuscript. The trial registration number should also be included at the end of the abstract.
Tables
Illustrations (Figures)
Figure Legends
References
Please note that the references should be in Vancouver’s style.
References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text (not in alphabetic order). Identify references in text, tables, and legends by Arabic numerals in superscript with square bracket after the punctuation marks. 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. Use the style of the examples below, which are based on the formats used by the NLM in Index Medicus. The titles of journals should be abbreviated according to the style used in Index Medicus. Use the complete name of the journal for non-indexed journals. Avoid using abstracts as references. The commonly cited types of references are shown here, for other types of references such as newspaper items please refer to ICMJE Guidelines (http://www.icmje.org or http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html).
Articles in Journals
Standard journal article (for up to six authors): Shukla N, Husain N, Agarwal GG, Husain M. Utility of cysticercus fasciolaris antigen in Dot ELISA for the diagnosis of neurocysticercosis. Indian J Med Sci 2008;62:222-7.
Standard journal article (for more than six authors): List the first six contributors followed by et al.
Nozari Y, Hashemlu A, Hatmi ZN, Sheikhvatan M, Iravani A, Bazdar A, et al. Outcome of coronary artery bypass grafting in patients without major risk factors and patients with at least one major risk factor for coronary artery disease. Indian J Med Sci 2007;61:547-54
Volume with supplement: Shen HM, Zhang QF. Risk assessment of nickel carcinogenicity and occupational lung cancer. Environ Health Perspect 1994; 102 Suppl 1:275-82.
The issue with supplement: Payne DK, Sullivan MD, Massie MJ. Women's psychological reactions to breast cancer. Semin Oncol 1996; 23(1, Suppl 2):89-97.
Books and Other Monographs
Personal author(s): Ringsven MK, Bond D. Gerontology and leadership skills for nurses. 2nd ed. Albany (NY): Delmar Publishers; 1996.
Editor(s), compiler(s) as author: Norman IJ, Redfern SJ, editors. Mental health care for elderly people. New York: Churchill Livingstone; 1996.
Chapter in a book: Phillips SJ, Whisnant JP. Hypertension and stroke. In: Laragh JH, Brenner BM, editors. Hypertension: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management. 2nd ed. New York: Raven Press; 1995. pp. 465-78.
Electronic Sources as reference
Journal article on the Internet: Abood S. Quality improvement initiative in nursing homes: the ANA acts in an advisory role. Am J Nurs [serial on the Internet]. 2002 Jun [cited 2002 Aug 12];102(6):[about 3 p.].
Available from: https://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/Fulltext/2002/06000/Quality_Improvement_Initiative_in_Nursing_Homes.31.aspx
Similarity index consideration
We run all the manuscripts through a plagiarism software. We consider similarity index up to 20% with due citation to consider the articles for peer review process. If the similarity index is >20%, the article will be withheld and sent back to the author for rectification of the plagiarized content. Once the plagiarism is reduced or rectified by the author, the author can resubmit the manuscript for consideration for peer review process and possible publication.
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