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Authors could submit their Manuscript online at or send us an Email attachment to the Editorial Office at editor editor.twjms@gmail.com . Manuscript submitted as hard copies are not accepted.

 

Instructions For Authors

The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science enhancement publishes original research articles of outstanding medical importance. We will consider manuscripts of any length; we encourage the submission of both substantial full-length bodies of work and shorter manuscripts that report novel findings that might be based on a more limited range of experiments.
The writing style should be concise and accessible, avoiding jargon so that the paper is understandable for readers outside a specialty or those whose first language is English. Editors will make suggestions for how to achieve this, as well as suggestions for cuts or additions that could be made to the Manuscript to strengthen the argument. Our aim is to make the editorial process rigorous and consistent, but not intrusive or overbearing. Authors are encouraged to use their own voices and to decide how best to present their ideas, results, and conclusions. Although we encourage submissions from around the globe, we require that manuscripts be submitted in English. 

 

Types of Manuscripts

The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science publishes manuscripts in the following categories:

• Original Article
• Review Article
• Case Report
• Case Study
• Letter to Editor
• Editorial
• Commentary

 

General Information

The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science publishes original works and findings that contribute to the advancements in the field of Medical Science. The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science aims at disseminating high-powered research results with the objective of turning research into knowledge in the field of all specialities of Medical, Surgical, Nursing, Community and Public Health. The vision of the journal is to bequeath with academic podium to researcher across the globe to publish their original, innovative, pragmatic and high quality research work. Our aim to attract and solicit high-quality original research papers in all aspects of medical sciences with special emphasis on the most current topics of interest to the associated research communities. The journal will also act as a powerful forum for the dissemination of scientific knowledge among physicians and nurses that is supported by evidence. The journal will facilitate the sharing of new information and cutting-edge advancements in the fields of medicine, surgery, nursing and community medicine.

 

 Research Area or scope :

• Wound Care
• Ostomy Care
• Continence Care
• Palliative Care
• Medical and Surgical Nursing
• Infectious Disease and Management

 

Article Processing Charges ( APC ):

Publishing with open access is not without costs; The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science Enhancement defrays those costs from article-processing charges (APCs) payable by authors once the manuscript has been accepted for publication. APC includes peer-reviewing, editing, publishing, archiving, DOI and other costs associated with publication of the articles. Since, the review process requires input of Editors, Reviewers, Associate Managing Editors, Editorial Assistants, Content Writers, Editorial Managing System & other online tracking systems to ensure that the published article is of good quality and is in its best possible form.

Article Processing Charges:
Indian Rupees	USD	EURO
₹2000	$44	€40

 

The average Article processing time (APT) is 15 days

The basic article processing fee or manuscript handling cost is as per the price mentioned above on the other hand it may vary based on the extensive editing, colored effects, complex equations, extra elongation of no. of pages of the article, etc.

Note:

Indian Author: As mandated by the Indian Government and based on the GST Law & procedures, Wound & Ostomy Care Society of India (WOCSI) would be charging GST on APC from Indian Author with effect from 1st July 2017. 

 

 

Publication Process 

1. Prepare Manuscript (Follow our Ethical & Author  Guidelines )
2. Download Covering Letter & filled

Send Mail to editor.twjms@gmail.com

Editorial Board will give acceptance after Reviewing (within 15 days)

1. DOWNLOAD Patient Consent letter & filled (If Applicable )
2. DOWNLOAD Copyright Form & filled

Send to Editorial Board Email

1. Article Processing Charges Slip including Transaction No.
2. PDF Scan Copy of Patient Consent letter (If Applicable )
3. PDF Scan Copy of  & Copyright Form

Finally, Article will be Published

 

Author guidelines 

The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science accepts only new innovative original research work that has not been published in other journals. All corresponding authors must confirm that neither research work published or is under processing or consideration for publication in journals. The manuscript, as well as all subsequent revised versions, should be submitted in a unique file arranged as follow: Title page, Abstract , Text, References, Tables, Figure legends, and Figures/Images. Please do not submit this material as supplementary files, therefore figures/images and tables must be inserted inside the manuscript file after the Reference list. Source data, reports of statistical analysis, and other materials about the results of researches.

Authors who publish in The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science can make their source data, reports of statistical analysis, as well as any other materials that they judge important, freely available to the scientific community.

Source data: The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science strongly invites authors to supply the database of all cases and variables described in the article to be published together with the manuscript. The database may consist of one or more files. Files should be provided in Microsoft Excel 97 (or later); however, other commonly used database formats may be accepted. The authors must provide a detailed list of the entire set of variables, reporting their names, descriptions (according to the text of the manuscript), and coded values.

Statistical reports: The original statistical outputs, reporting the entire set of statistics described in the article, may also be published. The statistics must be reported consecutively, following the order in which they appear within the text. One or more files may be provided. The format of files should be Microsoft Word. The original files produced by the statistical package used by the authors cannot be accepted if they are in a format different from the ones mentioned above; in that case, authors must export/convert them according to the instructions above.

Other materials: Any other supplementary materials that the authors judge important in order to improve the knowledge of their results can be made freely available to the scientific community. The format of the files must be readable by commonly used software.

Provide source data, reports of statistical analysis, and other materials as “Supplementary files”. A file containing a detailed description of the supplementary materials must be also provided.

 

Ethics :

1. Author must declare or confirm that your chosen manuscript is not published elsewhere.
2. Confirm/disclose any conflict of Interest / Competing Interests with the publication of the manuscript in the journal. Author must disclose any conflict of Interest with fulfilled in manuscript.
3. It should confirm that all co-author meet criteria for authorship.
4. The acknowledgements details have to be mentioned in manuscript.
5. It should mentioned financial benefits regarding Research work in manuscript.
6. To show Patients consent letter and provide assurance regarding patients right is protrected.
7. Copyright agreement is signed by all authors. 
8. To accept Register Clinical Trials.
9. To explain how animals used for research work (The Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki) for experiments involving humans).
10. Data falsification :  Fabrication, manipulation research materials, deceptive and selective reporting of findings, suppression of data and/or distortion of data or equipment or changing  or omitting data (According to Federal Research Misconduct Policy )
11. Plagiarism : Do not use without permission presenting work or ideas from another source as your own language or thoughts of another source with or without original author, by incorporating it into your research work without full acknowledgement.
12. Incorrect authorship: Excluding authors, misrepresenting the same content as original in many publications, including writers who did not significantly contribute to the published work, and submitting works without the consent of all authors.
13. Misappropriation of the ideas of others : The interchange of ideas among colleagues is a crucial component of intellectual endeavour. When studying grant proposals and articles, scholars can pick up fresh ideas from other people. However, misusing this information may result in fraud. It is improper to take such substance in large quantities.
14. Violation of generally accepted research practices: inappropriate experimentation, deceptive statistical or analytical tricks, or inaccurate reporting of data can all lead to biassed results.
15. Material failure to comply with legislative and regulatory requirements affecting research: violations of rules and laws on the handling of animals, people, research drugs, recombinant products, new technologies, or radioactive, biological, or chemical substances.
16. Any unethical behaviour is strongly prohibited and will result in a temporary or permanent ban on the submitting author and his group from submitting to the journal, depending on the severity of the malpractice. 
17. Digital Image Editing Ethics : No specific feature may be added, relocated, enhanced, hidden, or removed from an image. Brightness, contrast, and colour balance adjustments are permitted as long as they are made to the entire image and don't obfuscate or remove any of the information that was in the original picture. Adjustments like setting modifications must be made clear in the figure legend.
18. Contribution Details : The contributions that each author contributed to the manuscript should be listed by the authors. Concept, design, intellectual content definition, literature search, clinical studies, experimental studies, data collection, data analysis, statistical analysis, manuscript preparation, manuscript editing, and manuscript review should all be broken down into separate sections in the description, as appropriate. From conception to publication, one or more authors should assume ownership of the work's integrity and should be identified as the "guarantor" or "guarantors."
19. Institutional Review Board Approval and Informed Consent : All prospective and retrospective human research must receive the necessary approval from the institutional review board, and all human subjects must sign an informed consent form. An appropriate institutional review board or animal care committee must approve all animal studies.The observance of these regulations, including any applicable waiver of board consent, must be specified in the text. These guidelines must be followed, or your manuscript will not be approved for publication.
20. Protection of Patients’ Right to Privacy

 

Author Responsibility

Publication of scientific paper is critical for modern science evolution, and professional advancement. An author must be aware of good publication practices. While refraining from scientific misconduct or research frauds, authors should adhere to Good Publication Practices (GPP). Authors are advised to follow the guidelines and code of ethics strictly. Submit manuscripts which are their original works or of the work they are associated with during their tenure. Submitted manuscripts should contain original and new results, data, and their ideas, which are not submitted for publishing to other publications or published elsewhere. Fabrication of data and results, intellectual property theft and plagiarism are highly unacceptable, it is beyond the ethics of an author. Information obtained via various media should be provided in the manuscript only with prior permission from the owner of the source of information or data. They should properly cite the work they are referring to, authors are advised to cross check the reference before submission of manuscript. They may not promote in any form via any media to get their works published. At the time of submission, authors should disclose details, if the study described in the manuscript had been previously presented in a meeting or published as an abstract. The details have to be mentioned in the Acknowledgments section. No article should have an author who is not directly involved in the work for any means or reasons. Authors and co-authors are requested to review and ensure the accuracy and validity of all the results prior to submission. Any potential conflict of interest should be informed to the editor in advance. Authors are bound by the Creative Commons licensing policy of publication. All authors are requested to submit the copyright transfer form without failure once they receive the acceptance of their article for publication. Authorship credit should be based only on subs tantial contributions to any of the four components mentioned below:

The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science follows the authorship criteria set out by the International Council of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). Within this, for someone to be considered an author of a work. The ICMJE recommends that authorship be based on the following 4 criteria. 

1. Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; AND 
2. Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; AND 
3. Final approval of the version to be published; AND 
4. Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. 

Contributors who meet fewer than all 4 of the above criteria for authorship should not be listed as authors, but they should be acknowledged. All named authors should be able to identify which co-authors worked on specific parts of the work and participated sufficiently and responsibility for the appropriate content of the manuscript. It is important that naming the contributors on manuscript  should be based on contribution of  work regarding writing of the manuscript. The  corresponding author’s responsibility to with the Journal office in all matters related to the manuscript ensure that all named authors have consented to submission to the journal, approved the submitted version of the article, and all further revisions. The  final manuscript including editing is suggested by the Editorial board and reviewer of the manuscript is the responsibility of the corresponding author.  It is the corresponding author’s responsibility to ensure the paper is not under consideration by any other journal at the time of submission.  It is the corresponding author’s responsibility to ensure the contact details for all co-authors are correctly entered into the submission system, and are correct at the time of submission.  In addition, authors should have confidence in the integrity of the contributions of their co-authors. It’s important all authors agree prior to submission the authorship of their paper, the order in which author names are presented, and ensure all those, and only those, who meet this criteria are included as authors. The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science accept  a maximum number of eight authors for all categories of manuscripts except for Case Reports and Case Series that will have a maximum of four authors only. 

 

Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Assisted Technology

AI Chatbots or Large Language Models (LLMs) do not meet the minimum authorship criteria set out by The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science or many other industry authorship guidelines, including WAME and IJCME.  LLMs cannot meet requirements for authorship, particularly “Final approval of the version to be published” and “Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. Authors who use such technology should describe, in both the cover letter and the submitted work, how they used it. Chatbots (such as ChatGPT) should not be listed as authors because they cannot be responsible for the accuracy, integrity, and originality of the work, and these responsibilities are required for authorship (IJCME). Therefore, humans are responsible for any submitted material that included the use of AI-assisted technologies. Authors should carefully review and edit the result because AI can generate authoritative-sounding output that can be incorrect, incomplete, or biased. Authors should not list AI and AI-assisted technologies as an author or co-author, nor cite AI as an author. Authors should be able to assert that there is no plagiarism in their paper, including in text and images produced by the AI. Humans must ensure there is appropriate attribution of all quoted material, including full citations.

 

Research Reporting Guidelines

This chart lists the major biomedical research reporting guidelines that provide advice for reporting research methods and findings. They usually "specify a minimum set of items required for a clear and transparent account of what was done and what was found in a research study, reflecting, in particular, issues that might introduce bias into the research" (Adapted from the EQUATOR Network Resource Centre. The chart also includes editorial style guides for writing research reports or other publications.

GUIDELINE	DESCRIPTION
AMA Manual of Style:	A manuscript style guide for medical science.
ASSERT	Research ethics committees use this guideline to review and monitor randomized clinical trials. Source :  https://www.assert-statement.org/:
CARE:	Evidence-based, minimum recommendations for case reports.
CDE:	Common data elements are standardized terms for the collection and exchange of data.
CDISC:	Standards supporting the "acquisition, exchange, submission and archive of clinical research data and metadata."
CoBRA:	The  journal editors’ subgroup of the Bioresource Research Impact Factor (BRIF) for citing bioresources.
CONSORT 2010:	Randomized controlled trials
COPE:	Forum for  editors to report, record, and initiate investigations into ethical problems in the publication process.
COREQ:	Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research
CSE:	Authority on scientific communication issues.
GNOSIS:	Guidelines to standardize reports of neuro-oncology trials.
INANE:	To promote best practices in the nursing literature.
MIBBI:	Reporting for biological and biomedical science research.
MOOSE:	To report the meta-analyses of observational studies in epidemiology.
ORION Statement:	Guidelines for Transparent Reporting of Outbreak Reports and Intervention studies Of Nosocomial infection
SPIRIT Statement:	Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials.
SQUIRE	Revised Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence.
PRISMA:	The PRISMA Statement Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (formerly, the QUOROM statement)
QUOROM:	The preferred way to present the abstract, introduction, methods, results, and discussion sections of a report of a meta-analysis.
SAGER:	To report sex and gender information in a study’s design, data analyses, results, and interpretation of findings.
REMARK:	Guidelines for reporting of tumour marker studies.
SRQR:	Standards for reporting qualitative research: a synthesis of recommendations
STROBE:	Strengthening the Reporting of Observational studies in Epidemiology.

 

The Editorial Process

The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science has a highly rigorous double-blind peer-review process that makes sure that manuscripts are scientifically accurate, relevant, novel, and meaningful.

 

Submission

The manuscript is submitted by the corresponding author, and receives a submission or tracking ID number.  New submissions are initially checked by the Managing Editor or in-house editorial team  from the perspectives of originality, suitability, structure and formatting, conflicts of interest, background of authors, etc. Poorly prepared manuscripts may be rejected at this stage. If your manuscript does not meet one or more of these requirements, we will return it for further revisions. In -house editorial team will perform the technical quality check to identify potential issue such as :

• Overall suitability of the manuscript to the journal
• Manuscript adherence to high-quality research and ethical standards;
• Standards of rigor to qualify for further review.
• Financial disclosures
• Data availability

 

Preliminary editorial screening

The managing editor or in-house editorial team feels that the manuscript suitable within the journal's aims and scope and is otherwise a good fit as well as the overall scientific soundness of the manuscript, including the relevance of the references and the correctness of the applied methodology. Managing editor can decide to reject the manuscript, request revisions before peer-review, or continue with the peer-review process and recommend suitable reviewers. The Managing editor is identifying sectional editors to handle the manuscript. The handling sectional editor has invited peer reviewers to evaluate the submission.

 

Peer Review

The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science is a double-blind review process, which means that reviewers know the names of authors, but the names of the reviewers are hidden from the authors. The scientific quality of the research described in the manuscript is assessed by a minimum of three independent expert reviewers. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of the manuscript. The reviewers evaluate the manuscript and submit  their comments  to the editor. The reviewers will make one of three recommendations:

1. Acceptance without changes (uncommon)
2. Acceptance with comments  (minor or major)
3. Reject

 

Confidentiality

Our journal editorial team is directly responsible for maintained privacy or confidentiality of data regarding research. All information contained in  manuscript and acquired during the review process will be held in the strictest confidence.

Editorial decision

Our journal editorial team will be judged on scientific soundness only. Manuscript Acceptance decisions can be taken by the Sectional  editor and Editor after peer-review once a minimum of three  review reports have been received. There are three possible decisions.

• Accept (your study satisfies all publication criteria)
• Invitation to Revise (more work is required to satisfy all criteria)
• Reject (your study fails to satisfy key criteria and it is highly unlikely that further work can address its shortcomings).

Decisions are communicated to the corresponding author in a formal  letter to email, along with reviewer feedback and any other requirements from the journal office. Once a manuscript is acceptable, a letter of the official acceptance will be sent to authors.

 

Author Appeals

If you believe that the editorial decision is not factual errors about your manuscript, you can contact us at editor.twjms@gmail.com  Authors may appeal a rejection by sending an e-mail to the Editorial Office of the journal. The author  appeal must provide a detailed justification regarding rejection comment of manuscript. The Managing  Editor being consulted will be asked to provide an advisory recommendation on the manuscript and may recommend acceptance, further peer-review, or uphold the original rejection decision. This decision will then be validated by the Editor-in-Chief. Please note that we do not allow multiple appeals: a second decision will be final.

 

Proofreading corrections :

Our journal office will send mail to corresponding author with a link to our editorial system, which lets you annotate, correct errors introduced during proofreading, and submit the final version online. Author can edit text, comment on figures/tables, and answer questions that arose during the processing of your article. All instructions for proofreading corrections are provided in the e-mail. Please note that we can only publish your article once we have received your revisions or notification that you are happy for us to proceed with publication as is.

 

Publishing ethics

Our journal follow  Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), including following its Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Our journals follow COPE’s procedures for dealing with potentially unethical behavior by authors, reviewers, or editors. All  editorial board  members are trained  in how to detect and respond to ethical problems. Details on ethical considerations for submitting papers can be found in the instructions for authors of journals. Please refer to our ethical policy.

The editorial staff will look into any ethical concerns brought up by journal readers using the COPE-recommended processes. The Editorial Board can resolve disagreements over the reliability of research reported in articles that have been published. When appropriate, we will submit disagreements regarding authorship, data ownership, author misbehaviour, etc. to external bodies like a university ethics committee. Authors are urged to address any claims that have been made against them with evidence.

 

Publishing Standards and Guidelines

Our journal follow ICMJE standard and guideline for publishing.  The guidelines comprehensively cover all aspects of editing, from how the journal is managed to details about peer-review and handling complaints. The majority of the recommendations are specified in our RESEARCH REPORTING GUIDELINES.

 

Official online publication

The pre-released online edition will be taken down from the website after the aforementioned production process is finished, only the official publication will remain online.

 

Open access

Everyone will be able to read your content for free, both immediately and permanently. We will have the publication and distribution rights, while you will still be able to use the material privately and for academic purposes. People will be able to download, copy, and share your article once it has been published. We offer authors the option to publish works under the Creative Commons CC-BY licence. Your article will have a greater impact and be used more widely thanks to the licence.

 

Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY)

This licence permits distribution and copying of your work so long as you are given credit. They are able to produce excerpts, abstracts, and various versions, including translations. The text and data in your article may be mined by others under the terms of this licence, including for commercial gain. All of this is feasible, provided they do not assert that you support their adaption and do not harm your reputation.

 

Article processing charge

The basic article processing fee or manuscript handling cost is as per the price mentioned above on the other hand it may vary based on the extensive editing, colored effects, complex equations, extra elongation of no. of pages of the article, etc. There are 1800 Indian rupees for APC.There are no additional charges based on color, length, figures, or other elements. 

 

Retractions

After publication, articles may be withdrawn, retracted, removed, or replaced if they are found to have serious errors that cannot be fixed by publishing an Erratum or a Correction, or if unethical behaviour is discovered.

 

Authorship Disputes

We adhere to COPE principles, specifically "How to spot authorship problems [PDF]," when handling authorship disputes. Usually, the authorship can be altered via a Correction if all writers agree. If not, we need a credible declaration concerning who is eligible for authorship from the institution(s) of the authors.

 

Manuscript preparation

A manuscript intended for publication is an original work  that present novel innovative knowledge. The wocsi Journal of Medical Science follow the definition of authorship given by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). We are strictly follow ICMJE.  All authors have to mention the clear-cut contribution in the article.  Corresponding authors are STRONGLY advised to prepare the manuscript as per the following guidelines otherwise it will come back to you and delay the publication. 

Manuscript presentation

A manuscript Sections should be include such as Title, Abstract, Introduction, Materials & Methods, Results & Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgements, and References. The manuscript shouldn't have any more subheadings.

 

1) Preparation of the Manuscript:

The manuscript should be 12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced (including footnotes and references) with a 2.5 cm margin and justified. The pages of the manuscript should be numbered on the bottom right corner. Unless the abbreviation refers to a common unit of measurement, the author should write the full phrase for each abbreviation in the title, abstract, keywords, and text separately. It is important to utilise as few acronyms and abbreviations as possible. When used, the acronym or abbreviation is placed in brackets after the definition. Provide the name and address (city, state, and country) of the manufacturer if a brand name is mentioned. Manuscripts will be modified to comply with The wocsi Journal of Medical Science style requirements. Before submitting the document, the authors are asked to proofread it for problems in spelling, grammar, and punctuation. All headings and titles must be in title case, which means that the first letter of each word should be in Capitals.

 

2) Language

The language of the manuscript must be English (British standard) 

 

3) Length of paper

Authors are urged to write as concisely as possible, but not at the expense of clarity.

 

4) Title Page

The title page Contain : 

(A) Full manuscript title (A good title should contain the fewest possible words that adequately describe the contents of a paper)

(B) List all authors full names, highest academic degrees, professional titles, affiliations, and locations of affiliations. We encourages the listing of authors’ Open Researcher and Contributor Identification (ORCID).

(C) Name and address of the corresponding author, including, telephone number, and e-mail address and 

(D) Sources of support that require acknowledgment, and a short title of no more than 45 characters (including spaces) for use as a running title.

(E) Corresponding author(S): The name and email address of the corresponding author should also be included, mentioned on the corresponding author by marking star (*). The corresponding author is fully responsible for any disputes arising due to the publication of his/her manuscript.

 

5) Title  : 

A title must to be brief, simple, easy to understandable, and easily searchable on Google. Don't use a title that never comes to the mind of a reader.

 

6) Abstract :

Original research, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses require structured abstracts. All types of submissions must include an abstract, with the exception of editorials, commentaries, letters to the editor, and replies. The abstract should not exceed 150 words for case reports and 250 words for original articles. There shouldn't be any subheadings in the text. The abstract for an original research publication should be divided into the following four categories: objective, material and methods, results, and conclusions. No more than 500 words should be used. Any references, trade names, or manufacturer's names any figures, tables should not be used in an abstract. We recommends that our journal (Guidelines of International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)  publish the clinical trial registration number at the end of the abstract. 

 

7)  Keywords : 

Keywords should be very selective and appropriate with 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes.

8) Introduction :

We expect to author that Introduction describes the main objective of the problem statements (Research Title ) in not more than 75 to 100 words. The author should must describe methods, results or conclusions other than to outline what was done and achieved in the final paragraph. Provide a context or background for the study (that is, the nature of the problem and its significance). State the specific purpose or research objective of, or hypothesis tested by, the study or observation. Cite only directly pertinent references, and do not include data or conclusions from the work being reported.

9) Method / Methodology

( A ) The Quantitative Study : Describe the tools, processes, questionnaire, survey, etc. that were used to conduct the study. The author needs to specify if this is an experimental, review, simulation, or survey study. Talk about the software and hardware brands that were used throughout the study. Mention all of the research's parameters, presumptions, and adopted theories. Any reader should be able to repeat the studies in this part under similar circumstances.

( B ) The Qualitative Study : It has a methodological orientation that includes grounded theory, discourse analysis, ethnography, phenomenology, and content analysis. Sampling includes taking into account [participant count, method of approach, and location of data collection]. [Interviews, audio visuals, field notes] data collecting likewise data analysis [amount of data coders, software, etc.] 

( https://academic.oup.com/intqhc/article/19/6/349/1791966, https://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/qualitative). Help full links For the Systematic Review Literature: Clear questions, method of collecting secondary data, nature of review [qualitative, Overviews of Systematic Reviews ] and review tool.

The Methods section should include a statement indicating that the research was approved by an independent local, regional or national review body (e.g., ethics committee, institutional review board). If doubt exists whether the research was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration, the authors must explain the rationale for their approach and demonstrate that the local, regional or national review body explicitly approved the doubtful aspects of the study.

10) Research Design : 

The research design refers to the overall strategy that you choose to integrate the different components of the study in a coherent and logical way, thereby, ensuring you will effectively address the research problem; it constitutes the blueprint for the collection, measurement, and analysis of data. Note that your research problem determines the type of design you can use, not the other way around.

Selection and Description of Participants: Author Clearly describe the selection of observational or experimental participants (healthy individuals or patients, including controls), including eligibility and exclusion criteria and a description of the source population. Because the relevance of such variables as age, sex, or ethnicity is not always known at the time of study design, researchers should aim for inclusion of representative populations into all study types and at a minimum provide descriptive data for these and other relevant demographic variables. Comment on how representative the study sample is of the larger population of interest. Given this, the length and complexity of research designs can vary considerably, but any sound design will do the following things:

1. Identify the research problem clearly and justify its selection,
2. Review previously published literature associated with the problem area,
3. Clearly and explicitly specify hypotheses [i.e., research questions] central to the problem selected,
4. Effectively describe the data which will be necessary for an adequate test of the hypotheses and explain how such data will be obtained, and
5. Describe the methods of analysis which will be applied to the data in determining whether or not the hypotheses are true or false.

According to the CONSORT Statement (http://www.consort-statement.org), reports of randomised clinical trials should include information on all significant study components, including the protocol number and date, assignment of interventions (methods of randomization, concealment of allocation to treatment groups), and the method of masking (blinding).

 

12)  Statistics :

Describe statistical methods with enough detail to enable a knowledgeable reader with access to the original data to judge its appropriateness for the study and to verify the reported results.  Include suitable measures of measurement error or uncertainty (such as confidence intervals) in your findings whenever possible. Avoid relying exclusively on statistical hypothesis testing, such as P values, as they omit crucial details regarding the magnitude of the effect and the accuracy of the estimations. When possible, standard books should be cited for the study's design and statistical procedures (with page numbers specified). Define the majority of symbols, abbreviations, and statistical terminology. Name the statistical software program(s) and their current versions. Separate exploratory from prespecified analysis, including subgroup analyses.

 

13) Results :

Present your results in logical sequence in the text, tables, and figures, giving the main or most important findings first. Only the most significant observations should be highlighted or summarised; do not repeat all the information from the tables or figures in the text. All primary and secondary outcomes listed in the Methods Section should have data. Technical details and supplemental materials can either be published only in the journal's electronic version or added to an appendix where they will be available but won't disrupt the text's flow.

Give numerical findings both as the absolute numbers from which the derivatives were generated and as derivatives (for instance, percentages). Only include tables and figures that are necessary to assess supporting data and to clarify the paper's argument. Do not duplicate data in tables and graphs; instead, use graphs as a substitute for tables with several items. Statistical words like "random" (which implies a randomising device), "normal," "significant," "correlations," and "sample" should not be used in non-technical contexts. Unless there are compelling reasons not to stratify reporting, which should be addressed, separate reporting of data by demographic characteristics, such as age and sex, facilitates pooling of data for subgroups across studies.

 

14) Discussion : 

It is helpful to summarise the key findings at the outset of the debate before delving into potential processes or justifications for them. Put your study's novel and significant findings in the context of the entirety of the pertinent evidence before discussing your findings. Explore the significance of your findings for future research, clinical practise, and policy while outlining the limits of your study. Talk about the limits of the data as well as the influence or relationship of variables, such as sex and/or gender, on your conclusions. Don't repeat in-depth information that has already been provided in the Introduction or Results section of the manuscript.

 

Make sure to differentiate between clinical and statistical significance, and refrain from discussing economic costs and advantages unless the publication is supported by the necessary economic data and analyses. You should refrain from claiming priority or implying incomplete work. When necessary, introduce fresh hypotheses; be sure to explicitly identify them.

 

 

1.  Acknowledgment: The author should present a list of acknowledgments at the end. Any financial or nonfinancial support for the study should be acknowledged.
2.  Co-authors Contribution: All co-authors should clearly mention their sizeable contribution to the article. Simply saying all authors contribute equally will not be accepted. 

 

15) References : 

The order in which references appear in the document must be followed when numbering them. Reference numbers are typed in superscript with square brackets around them. Use the free APA 7th style reference generator at https://www.scribbr.com/apa-citation-generator/ All references should be cited inside the body and hyperlinked with corresponding in-text citations. References follow the ICMJE guidelines. The author’s surname is followed by the author’s initials in capitals without spaces or full stops. All references show page numbers in the format . Refer to the List of Journals Indexed in Index Medicus for abbreviations of journal names, or access the list from here.

1. Minimum 30 good quality references required with Crossref DOI. 
2. References to papers accepted but not yet published should be designated as “in press” or “forthcoming.” Information from manuscripts submitted but not accepted should be cited in the text as “unpublished observations” with written permission from the source.
3. Avoid citing a “personal communication” unless it provides essential information not available from a public source, in which case the name of the person and date of communication should be cited in parentheses in the text.
4. Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last names of the first author of each work.
5. When preprints are cited, the citation should clearly indicate that the reference is a preprint.
6. Website, newspaper references, should be limited to no more than 5.
7. Authors should avoid citing articles in predatory or pseudo-journals.
8. Referencing AI-generated material as the primary source is not acceptable.
9. All references should be in APA 7th edition and present inside the main body of the article. Don’t put extra references which are not cited.

Example : wearing loose cotton clothing, and applying non-adhesive dressings.[5] 

Sample references are given below:

 

Article by DOI

Gelkopf  M., Ryan P., Cotton S., & Berger R. (2008). The impact of “training the trainers” for helping tsunami-survivor children on Sri Lankan disaster volunteer workers. International Journal of Stress Management, 15(2), 117-135. https://doi.org/10.1037/1072-5245.15.2.117

 

Articles in Journals

Simard EP, Torre LA, Jemal, Salomon CG, Flanigan RC et al.  A. International trends in head and neck cancer incidence rates: Differences by country, sex and anatomic site. Oral Oncol. 2014;50:387–403.

 

Reference to a book:

Strunk W.,Jr. & White, E. B. The elements of style. (3rd ed.). New York: Macmillan, (Chapter 4).

 

Reference to a chapter in an edited book:

 

Mettam, G. R.  & Adams, L. B. (1994). How to prepare an electronic version of your article. In B. S. Jones, & R. Z. Smith (Eds.), Introduction to the electronic age (pp. 281-304). New York: E-Publishing Inc.

 

Reference to a web source:

Smith, Joe  (1999), One of Volvo's core values. [Online] Available: http://www.volvo.com/environment/index.htm (July 7, 1999)

 

Tables 

Tables should must important and give a good overview of the research. Each table should have heading for each column and a meaningful title for each table. A table must have at least four lines of text and two columns of data, and it cannot have more than 10 columns and 25 rows. Below each table are definitions for the abbreviations used in the tables. Double-checking for accuracy is required for all arithmetic calculations (percentages, totals, discrepancies), and the data must match the data provided in the text. The information in tables should be self-explanatory and should not be repeated in the text or figures are required. Give each column a short or an abbreviated heading.  The numbers in the tables correspond to the text's citations. If you use data from another published or unpublished source, obtain permission and acknowledge that source fully.

 

Graphs

Graphics are an important part of any manuscript. The number and kind of illustrations vary. It is necessary to export graphs as JPEG or TIF pictures before submitting them as figures. Line drawings and graphs must have a minimum resolution of 1000 dpi. Tables should include only relevant material; extraneous data that do not affect the manuscript should not be included.  Graphs should have error bars that are properly labelled and defined in the figure legend. A value after the minus sign must be labelled as either a standard deviation (SD) or a standard error (SEM) by the authors. The legend of a graph must state the number of independent data points (N) that are depicted. Except for log axes, numerical axes on graphs should be set to 0. Instead of just repeating what is in the text, the information given in visual or tabular form should highlight and complement it. Graphs are a more superior format for presenting Kaplan-Meier results.

 

Figure/Image Legends

In a manuscript Figure/Image Legends display quantitative information. The aim is to present data visually to make readers understand technical information and the context in an easy way. In order to draw readers to your work, display pieces are also crucial. The readers' attention will be held, they'll take the time to study a figure, and they might even be persuaded to read the entire article by well-designed and appealing display items.  

The order in which the figures are initially quoted in the text should be followed when numbering them. Labels, numbers, and symbols ought to be sized consistently and with clarity. In order to be legible after being resized to fit the width of a printed column, the font for figures should be large enough. In photomicrographs, symbols, arrows, and letters should stand out against the background and be precisely marked using transfer type or a tissue overlay rather than a pen. Figure legends should have titles and thorough explanations rather than being printed directly on the figure or image. Trim all extraneous regions, including the patient's name and medical record number, from the images and figures. If people are depicted in images, their consent to have their image used must be obtained in writing and their eyes must be covered. If a figure has already been published somewhere else, the original publication must be cited, and explicit permission must be requested from the copyright holder before using the image. For such figures, a credit line should be included in the legend. It is necessary to identify and characterise any electronic picture manipulation that significantly changes the medical information. The symbols that are utilised must all be the same size, shape, and size to withstand reduction.

 

Images

Images include photographs, imaging system outputs (such as MRIs or ultrasound), and other graphical representations.

• Black and white images, Grayscale mode, length & width 6*5 inches.
• Image  file size should be within 12 MB in size. 

 

Preferred file types

• JPEG
• EPS

 

Preferred resolution

• 300 dpi
• Readers will only benefit from your research if your photographs show high-resolution detail, even if many web-based images frequently appear at relatively low resolutions (72 dpi or lower).

Acceptable resolution

• Any resolution that can be read when seen at an unmagnified 80 mm or 1800 pixel width.

 Line Art

Text-based illustrations that are not tables include graphs, flowcharts, diagrams, scatter plots, and other text-based figures as line art. If a figure has both line art and graphics, abide by the rules for line art.

 

Preferred file types

• TIFF
• JPEG
• EPS

 

Preferred resolution

• 600-1000 dpi
• Resolution for line art needs to be higher than for images because each individual line must be more precisely rendered. Tip! Larger fonts make for easier reading.

Video Clips

The journal embraces authors to send real-time pictures, video clips, or cine clips (ideally in "mp4" format). Each multimedia file should not be larger than 30 MB. Authors are required to include a still image from each video file in addition to the video content. 

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 Submission of the Manuscript

Online Manuscript Submission

 

Authors could submit their Manuscript along with covering letter to online. Manuscript submitted as hard copies are not accepted.

Cover Page: 

Cover page includes (a) Full manuscript title (b) List all authors full names, highest academic degrees, professional titles, affiliations, and locations of affiliations. We encourages the listing of authors’ Open Researcher and Contributor Identification (ORCID). (c) Name and address of the corresponding author, including, telephone number, and e-mail address (d) Sources of support that require acknowledgment, and a short title of no more than 45 characters (including spaces) for use as a running title and (e) The Corresponding author name and email address of the corresponding author should also be included, mentioned on the corresponding author by marking star (*).

 

Manuscript:

 

This document should include the title, abstract, keywords, manuscript body, and references along with table, graph, image etc. Acknowledgment The section belongs at the end of the primary document. The name of the location or the institution should not be included in the acknowledgement. The corresponding author is fully responsible for any disputes arising due to the publication of his/her manuscript.

Specific Details for Each Manuscript Type

 

Original Article

These thorough investigations, which present unique research, are categorised as primary literature. They comprise a hypothesis, a background investigation, methods, results, an interpretation of the results, and a discussion of any potential ramifications. To publish comprehensive summaries on research findings, this is the most typical sort of journal manuscript. Depending on the journal, it may be referred to as an original article, a research article, or simply an article. Many different fields and types of studies can use the Original Research format. Complete parts on the Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion are included. The article should include the following sections:
Abstract: Please provide Objectives, Material and Methods, Results, and Conclusion in brief in the Abstract and do not exceed 250 words.

Abstract: It should be structured. In 250 words or less; state: Context, Objective, Design, Setting, Patients or participants, Interventions, Main outcome measures, Results, and Conclusions. Do not use nonstandard abbreviations, footnotes, or references.

Introduction: Summarize the rationale for the study and state the purpose of the article.

Methods: Describe your selection of the observational or experimental subjects (including controls). Identify the methods, apparatus, and procedures in sufficient detail to allow other workers to reproduce the results. Precisely identify all drugs and chemicals used. Reports of randomized trials should present information on all major study elements including the protocol, assignment of intervention, and the method of masking.

Statistics: Describe statistical methods with enough detail to enable a knowledgeable reader to access the original data to verify the reported results. Quantify findings with appropriate indicators of uncertainty (SD, SEM, 95% CI, range, n-tiles, etc). Give the numbers of observations and report losses to observation. The exact P values (3 digits) must be given for all the statistical evaluations made.

Results: Report your results in a logical sequence in the text, tables, and illustrations. Do not duplicate data in graphs or tables. Emphasize only very important observations. Show percentage values with 1-decimal digit. Report the reference range of any laboratory data.

Discussion: Emphasize the new and important aspects of the study and the conclusions that follow from them. Do not repeat in detail data given in other sections of the paper.

 

Review Article

A review article, which is not an original piece of writing, is a fair, in-depth scholarly analysis of the most recent developments or the current state of a particular important topic. No brand-new information or first-hand accounts are offered. Based on a review of the relevant literature, it analyses the developments in the subject. A review article has a succinct abstract of no more than 250 words. A maximum of 3000 words can be used in the main piece, which should include a thorough explanation of each illness phase, appropriate illustrations, and a convincing conclusion. A maximum of 90 references, 30 figures with subparts, and 4 tables may be used by the author.

 

Case Series/Case Reports

Submit case studies of three or fewer patients as "Case reports". The text should be structured in the following way: Abstract, Introduction, Case report, and Discussion. An Abstract (of no more than 150 words), Case report, Discussions, and Conclusion are required for all case reports. (up to a maximum of 1500 words), ten maximum references, six maximum figures, and one maximum table. Up to four writers are permitted for case reports.

Abstract: It should be structured. In 150 words or less; state: Context, Case report, and Conclusions. Do not use nonstandard abbreviations, footnotes, or references.

Introduction: Summarize the context for the report.

Case report: Report the data of the patient(s) in a logical sequence in the text, tables, and illustrations. Do not duplicate data in graphs or tables. Report the reference range of any laboratory data.

Discussion: Emphasize the novel situation and add important insights into mechanisms or diagnosis or treatment, as well as, the conclusions that follow from them. Do not repeat in detail data given in other sections of the paper.

 

Editorial 

These are writings that aren't peer-reviewed and are used to introduce a new journal, section, Editor-in-Chief, special issue, or invited editorial. The main paragraph should give a succinct explanation of the Editorial's goal and purpose, including how it will introduce the new journal, wrap up the Special Issue, address a current issue, etc. Editorials must include a Conflict of Interest statement but should not contain unpublished or original data. A brief biography of the Editor-in-Chief may also be included in editorials written for the debut of journals. Peer review is not conducted on these letters or the responses. Submissions are subject to content and stylistic editing. not an abstract 150 word text maximum; Four references in total may be used; two figures, for a total of four pictures; and no tables. There can be a maximum of two authors.

 

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the editors, along with "replies" and "discussions," are typically succinct observations on current medical science issues of interest (connected to the journal's research field), anecdotal information, or reader responses to information published in the journal. Similar, albeit sometimes a little more in-depth, comments are made in response to recent journal papers. Various commentators may be requested to respond to a "target article" that may be present. To find out what kinds of articles (if any) a journal accepts, you'll need to go through prior issues and carefully read the requirements for authors. Peer review is not conducted on these letters or the responses. Submissions are subject to content and stylistic editing. not an abstract 150word text maximum; Four references in total may be used; two figures, for a total of four pictures; and no tables. There can be a maximum of two authors.

 

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