Author instruction

• Manuscript will be carefully scrutinized for evidence of plagiarism, duplication and data manipulation; in particular, images will be carefully examined for any indication of intentional improper modification.
• Read the Aims & Scope to gain an overview and assess if your manuscript is suitable for this journal;
• Use the Microsoft Word template to prepare your manuscript;
• Ensure that all authors have approved the content of the submitted manuscript.

 

Manuscript Submission Overview

Submitting your manuscript to International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science delivers a comprehensive benefits program that ensures high-quality review of your research and maximum impact for your work. Manuscripts should be submitted by one of the authors of the manuscript through the online submission system. The submitting author, who is generally the corresponding author, is responsible for the manuscript during the submission and peer-review process. For any issue please contact globalapcentre@gmail.com

Language

Only papers written in English are considered. The articles should be comprehensible to a reader who is fluent in English and should be edited prior to submission to ensure that Standard English grammar and usage are observed. Use of a professional language editing service prior to submission can help avoid delays with the review process.

Authorship Criteria

All listed authors must have made a significant scientific contribution to the research in the manuscript and approved all its claims. Authors are generally defined as persons who have contributed sufficiently to a scientific report to be listed on the byline of the published report. We give to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines.

Responsibility for decisions regarding the authorship of publications lies with those who carried out the work reported in the publication. Researchers should be aware of the authorship practices within their own disciplines and should always abide by any requirements stipulated by journals as part of their instructions to authors.

Manuscript preparation

Types of Publications

GJMPS has no restrictions on the length of manuscripts, provided that the text is concise and comprehensive. GJMPS requires that authors publish all experimental controls and make full datasets available where possible. Manuscripts submitted to GJMPS should neither been published before nor be under consideration for publication in another journal. The main article types are as follows:

Original Article

Review Article

Case Report

Mini Review

Short communications

Letter to the editor

Original Articles (3500 words max, abstract 250 words max, 30 references max, 3/5 tables and/or figures): In general, this kind of publication should be divided into an Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions and References.

Review articles (4000 words max, abstract 300 words max, minimum 40 references, 3/5 tables and/or figures): They should be introduced by a general summary of content in the form of an Abstract. Following a short introduction, putting the study into context and defining the aim, reviews will concentrate on the most recent developments in the field. A review should clearly describe the search strategy followed (key words, inclusion, exclusion criteria, search engines). No particular format is required; headings should be used to designate the major divisions of the paper.

Case Reports (about 2000 words, abstract 180 words max, 20 references max, 3 tables and/or figures): Reports describing observations on clinical cases that can be educational, including adverse effects of drugs or outcomes of a specific treatment. They should be divided into: Abstract, Introduction (optional), Case report(s), Discussion, Conclusions and References.

Brief Reports (about 2000 words, abstract 180 words max, 20 references max, 3 tables and/or figures): Short reports of results from original researches. They should be introduced by a general summary of content in the form of an Abstract. They must provide conclusive findings: preliminary observations or incomplete findings cannot be considered for publication.

Letters to the Editor (800 words max): These are written on invitation, short essays that express the authors’ viewpoint, may respond to published manuscripts in our journals, or deliver information or news regarding an issue related to the Journal scope. If the letter relates to a published manuscript, the authors of the original manuscript will be given the opportunity to provide a respond. Authors of Letters to the Editor should provide a short title.

Book Reviews (no abstract, no references needed): They should be a short critical analysis and evaluation of the quality, meaning, and significance of a short book which addressed at least one of main topics of the Journal (the authors should contact the Editor-in-Chief of the journal for his/her approval before submitting a Book review).

 

Manuscript Arrangement

Your paper should be compiled in the following order: title page; authors name with affiliations; abstract; keywords; main text introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list).

A downloadable template is available here. We recommend that all manuscripts include line numbers and follow the structure below:

Manuscript Title

Title: Title should be short and enough to explain gist of your research work.

Below the title, list all the authors’ names as outlined in the article sample, which can be downloaded under Article Types. Each listed author must have an affiliation, which comprises the department, university, or organization and its location, city, state/province (if applicable), and country.

Place the full postal address of the corresponding author at the bottom of the first page, including at least one telephone number and e-mail address.

Abstract

Provide an abstract of not more than 250 words. It should consist of four paragraphs, labeled Background e Objectives, Methods, Results, and Conclusions. They should briefly describe, respectively, the problem being addressed in the study, how the study was performed, the remarkable results, and what the authors conclude from the results. No references should be cited. Introduction. Include brief background information on what has been done in the past in this area and the importance of your investigation. End with a statement of the purpose or hypothesis of the study.

Keywords: relevant to the article should be listed below the corresponding author information.

Introduction

Introduction should state the purpose and summarize the research work with no subheadings.

Materials and Methods

It should be elaborative enough to explain all the procedures, methods, observations and data. Use heading and subheading and references wherever needed.

Result and discussion

It is preferred to discuss all the results in detail in case of original research paper. To explain observed data you can use figures, graphs and tables.

Conclusions

This should clearly explain the main conclusions of the article, highlighting its importance and relevance.

Data Availability

This statement should describe how readers can access the data supporting the conclusions of the study and clearly outline the reasons why unavailable data cannot be released.

Conflicts of Interest

Authors must declare all relevant interests that could be perceived as conflicting. Authors should explain why each interest may represent a conflict. If no conflicts exist, the authors should state this. Submitting authors are responsible for coauthors declaring their interests.

Funding Statement

Please supply all details required by your funding and grant-awarding bodies as follows:

For single agency grants

This work was supported by the [Funding Agency] under Grant [number xxxx].

For multiple agency grants

This work was supported by the [Funding Agency #1] under Grant [number xxxx]; [Funding Agency #2] under Grant [number xxxx]; and [Funding Agency #3] under Grant [number xxxx].

Acknowledgments

All acknowledgments (if any) should be included at the very end of the manuscript before the references. Anyone who made a contribution to the research or manuscript, but who is not a listed author, should be acknowledged (with their permission).

References

It includes all the papers, website, books etc. which is referred by author(s) in the present research work.

The entire document should be in Times New Roman. For page style author should use the sample paper (template), attached with this guideline.

Figures

Upon submission of an article, authors should include all figures and tables in the PDF file of the manuscript. Figures and tables should not be submitted in separate files. If the article is accepted, authors will be asked to provide the source files of the figures. Each figure should be supplied in a separate electronic file. All figures should be cited in the manuscript in a consecutive order. Figures should be supplied in either vector art formats (Illustrator, EPS, WMF, FreeHand, CorelDraw, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.) or bitmap formats (Photoshop, TIFF, GIF, JPEG, etc.). Bitmap images should be of 300 dpi resolution at least unless the resolution is intentionally set to a lower level for scientific reasons. If a bitmap image has labels, the image and labels should be embedded in separate layers.

Preparation of tables

Tables should be cited consecutively in the text. Every table must have a descriptive title and if numerical measurements are given, the units should be included in the column heading. Vertical rules should not be used.

Publishing Process

Step 1 Manuscript reception and registration

Step 2 initial reviews by scientific editor

Step 3 Peer-review

Step 4 End of peer-review

Step 5 First round of meeting evaluation

Step 6 To be accepted

Step 7 Revision by the author(s)

Step 8 Second round of meeting evaluation

Step 9 To be accepted/revised/rejected

Step 10 final reviews by the Editor-in-Chief (final quality control for academic content and language quality)

Step 11 Final acceptance and charging of publication fee

Step 12 Language editing

Step 13 Production

Step 14 Proofreading by Scientific Editor

Step 15 Proofreading by Deputy Editor

Step 16 final reviews by Editor-in-Chief

Step 17 Release of online open-access papers in electronic form on the GJMPS current issue

Step 18 End of the publication process

 

Terms & condition of submission

Author should make clear that manuscripts submitted to the journal for consideration of publication should not be previously publish anywhere either in print or electronic format. Submitted manuscript should not be under consideration by another publication or electronic medium. The submitting author is responsible for ensuring that the article’s publication has been approved by all the other coauthors. It is also the submitting author’s responsibility to ensure that the article has all necessary institutional approvals.

Withdrawal Policy

By submission, the author grants the journal right of first publication. Therefore, the journal discourages unethical withdrawal of manuscript from the publication process after peer review.

The corresponding author should send a formal request signed by all co-authors stating the reason for withdrawing the manuscript. Withdrawal of manuscript is only considered valid when the editor accepts, or approves the reason to withdraw the manuscript from publication. Subsequently, the author must receive a confirmation from the editorial office. Only at that stage, authors are free to submit the manuscript elsewhere.

No response from the authors to all journal communication after review and provisional acceptance is also considered unethical withdrawal. Withdrawn manuscripts noted to have already been submitted or published in another journal will be subjected to sanctions in accordance with the journal policy. The journal will take disciplinary measures for unethical withdrawal of manuscripts. An embargo of 5 years will be enforced for the author and co-authors, and their institute and other scientific databases will be notified of this action.

Appeals and Complaints

Any appeal on a decision or complaint during peer-review, or post-publication, must be submitted in writing to the corresponding GJMPS Journal’s editorial office (see “Journal Contact”). All cases will be handled in line with COPE guidelines.