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Manuscript
Submission Checklist & Author’s Ethical Responsibilities:
Authors should check these points before submitting the manuscript. This journal follows the guidelines of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics). By following good scientific practices, the quality and integrity of research will be maintained.
Ø The manuscript should not be submitted to more than one journal. The manuscript should not be published previously partially or fully unless new work is an expansion of previous work.
Ø A single study should not be divided into various parts to increase the number of submissions.
Ø No data have been manipulated or
fabricated to support the research findings and conclusions.
Ø Submitting author should ensure
that the manuscript has all required consents from institute(s).
Ø Before submitting, author (s)
should read the privacy policy, terms, and Conditions, Cookie Policies.
Ø Author(s) should prepare the manuscript as per the journal’s author guidelines.
Submission:
Ø The submission file must be either a Microsoft Word file and images in the zip file.
Ø Any one of the authors of the
manuscript can submit it to our journal. The submitting author holds complete
responsibility for the submitted manuscript during the submission & peer-review process.
Ø Only word (.doc, Docx) files should be submitted through the manuscript tracking system after registering.
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Types of
Articles:
Journals
will consider the following types of articles
1. Full-Length Research Article: The research papers must contain original work with new findings and high-quality papers
which are not been published previously elsewhere.
2. Review Articles: This
section of articles addresses issues or topics of recent interesting topics.
Review articles should contain methods with details of the review of the literature.
3. Case Reports: This section of manuscripts
contains reports on cases about their history, new condition, clinical content,
novel findings, laboratory, physical evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, a summary of the case, etc.
4. Short Communication: Short
and comprehensive description of an investigation which will not be in another
paper and contains literature and experimental methods used in the investigation.
5. Conference Proceedings:
Abstracts and articles that are presented at the conference.
6. Addendums: Addendum to the article including the additional document.
Language:
The English language is mandatory for all the articles. Authors, whose first language is not English, should take native English speakers to check their manuscripts for grammar and accuracy.
Structuring
of Manuscript:
Use plain Times New Roman, font of 12-point for text, double space, and indents use tab stops not the space bar. To number the pages, use automatic page numbering and for tables, use table function but not the spreadsheet.
Structure
of Manuscript:
1.
Title of the manuscript: It should be concise, clear, and
informative. Avoid formulae and abbreviations wherever possible.
2.
Author details: Clearly mention the given name
and family name of each author and affiliation address (where work was carried
out), country, email address of all authors. Check all the spelling before
submitting. If an author has moved, the address where the actual work was
carried out will be retained as the main, affiliation address and the present
address may be stated as a footnote to the author’s name.
3.
Corresponding author: Clearly mention the
correspondence author details who will handle all processes of publication.
4.
Highlights: Highlights helps in the discoverability of manuscript via search engines on the internet. Highlights comprise of few important bullet points (3-5 points, maximum 60 words) that can
cover crucial results and new methods in your research.
5.
Abstract: The manuscript should be concise,
and it should state the purpose of research work, results, and major
conclusions. Avoid references. The abstract should not exceed 250 words.
6.
Keywords: Give six to eight keywords that are relevant to the study and not a part of the article title.
7.
Introduction: Briefly give the objectives and
background for the work and avoid detailed literature and subheadings.
8.
Material and Methods: Give complete details of the
methods used in the study which can be reproduced by another researcher. If any
method is used which is already published should be cited and summarized. Use
quotation marks and cite the source if quoting directly from the article. Describe
in detail any modifications to the current methods.
9.
Results and Discussion: Results and discussion should be
concise, clear, and may be divided into sections or combined. Avoid detailed
discussion of the published literature.
10. Conclusions:
The core conclusions should be presented clearly and highlight the importance
of the study and its relevance.
11. Abbreviations: Give the list of abbreviations used in the manuscript and give full form for each one.
12. Data Availability: This
section should contain how readers can get access the data aiding the
research work or conclusions of the study. If data is unavailable, clearly
mention the reasons for not releasing the data.
13. Conflicts of Interest: Submitting author should clearly state conflicts of
interest. If no conflicts, it should be clearly mentioned, and if conflicts
exist, the author should describe each conflict of interest clearly.
14. Author’s Contributions: Describe concisely each author’s contributions by using the author’s name.
15. Acknowledgments: Use this section to acknowledge anyone or organization with their
consent, who made significant contributions for research work and concerning article and are not listed in authors.
16. Supplementary Materials (If any): They
are extra components to a manuscript (extra files in the form of tables,
figures, audio files, or video clips that might be of use and support the
manuscript). Authors can submit supplementary material along with the manuscript.
17. Supplementary Material: Submit any data that supports the results but may not
be included in the main manuscript.
18. References: Following styles should be used for references to use in the manuscript are:
i. Reference to a journal publication:
Lupton RA, White EB, Adams LB. A Guide
for Writing in the Scientific Forum. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008; 111: 145–151.
https://doi.org/10.10122/j.Sc.2010.0016.
ii. Reference to a journal publication with an article number:
Lupton RA, White EB, Adams LB. A
Guide for Writing in the Scientific Forum. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008; 111:
e455.https://doi.org/10.10122/j.Sc.2010.0016.
iii. Reference
to a book:
Lupton RA, White EB, Adams LB. A
Guide for Writing in the Scientific Forum. 5th ed. New York: Macmillan; 1998.
iv. Reference
to a chapter in edited book:
White EB, Adams YD, Mettam JC. How
to prepare good scientific article. In: Lupton RA, James GS, editors.
Introduction to scientific world, New York: E-Publishing Inc;2002, p.45-67.
v. Reference
to a website:
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. United States Cancer Statistics, https://ncses.nsf.gov/;2000 [accessed 12 April 2012].
19. Figures:
Authors should incorporate all the figures in PDF or WORD files of the
manuscript. Each figure should have a brief title and figure number. Describe
all symbols or abbreviations if used. Once the manuscript is accepted,
authors will be asked to give the source files of all figures.
20. Tables: Submit the tables in a text form that can be edited (Word or PDF) but not as images. Tables can be positioned either beside the relevant text or on separate pages at the end of the manuscript. Each table should have the number of the table and the title. Use the table wherever necessary and make sure that data in the tables are no duplicate results and described in the manuscript already. Avoid usage of shading and vertical rules in the table. Describe all symbols or abbreviations if used.
Ethical Guidelines: Studies on animals or human subjects should follow ethical guidelines. For any studies on humans, the work should be conducted as per the recommendations guiding doctors in clinical research by the Declaration of Helsinki (1964). For any studies on animals, authors should provide the evidence that takes all steps to avoid the animal suffering in all stages of the experiment and must provide a complete description of anesthetic or any surgical procedure employed.
Article Processing Charges: All the journals of SC are open access. Article-processing charges help the publisher to process the manuscript promptly and make it available to users to read and reuse as early as possible.