Guidelines For Authors
International Journal of Medical Science Research and Practice (IJMSRP) is the broad spectrum, full text open access, peer reviewed medical indexed journal with world wide distribution. IJMSRP is a journal with wide scope of subjects ie Basic Medical Science Subjects (Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry) Para-clinical Subjects (Pathology, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Forensic medicine, Community medicine) and clinical Sciences (Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics Gynaecology, Orthopaedics, Paediatrics, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, Psychiatry, Dermatology, medical ethics, medical education etc.
We accept all types of manuscript including original research articles, review articles, editorial, medical news, case reports, adverse drug reactions, short communications, correspondence, images in medical practice, clinical problem solving, perspectives and new drug updates. Journal will publish manuscript online immediately after the acceptance and quarterly in print form in January, April, July and October. International Journal of Medical Sciences Research and Practice (IJMSRP) follows uniform requirements for manuscripts submission to biomedical journals, issued by the International Committee for Medical Journal Editors. https://www.icmje.org.
Article types
Articles are accepted in the journal templates only, which can be downloaded from below. The following types of manuscripts are routinely accepted (please note that word count is exclude references):
Original articles: The original articles should be no longer than 4000 words and 40 references (as above, please note that word count also excludes tables, figures and legends). An structured abstract and keywords are required.
Review articles: The review articles should be no longer than 5000 words. An abstract and keywords are required. The text should be divided into sections by suitable headings. Tables and figures may be used as appropriate for the text.
Case reports: The journal welcomes interesting case reports pertaining to all medical disciplines. It should be no longer than 1000 words.
Letters: Headings should not be used in a letter; no abstract or keywords are required. The text should be no more than 800 words; there should be a maximum of 10 references and one table or figure may be included.
New drug updates: Information on new drugs approved or under investigation can be published.
Commentaries: Commentaries are intended to put into context the material presented in a particular paper.
Correspondence: Correspondence is limited to specific comments or criticisms relating to a recent IJMSRP paper, whose authors will be invited to reply.
It is strongly advised that Authors provide a list of 3 or 4 potential reviewers (e-mail and phone numbers) who are knowledgeable in the subject matter, have no conflict of interest, and are likely to agree to review the manuscript.
Authorship
All authors should have made substantial contributions to all of the following: (1) the conception and design of the study, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data, (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content, (3) final approval of the version to be submitted. (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.
Acknowledgment
Contributors who meet fewer than all 4 of the above criteria for authorship should not be listed as authors, but they should be acknowledged. Examples of activities that alone (without other contributions) do not qualify a contributor for authorship are acquisition of funding; general supervision of a research group or general administrative support; and writing assistance, technical editing, language editing, and proofreading. Those whose contributions do not justify authorship may be acknowledged individually or together as a group.
Roll of Corresponding Author
The corresponding author takes primary responsibility for communication with the journal during the manuscript submission, peer review, and publication process, and typically ensures that all the journal’s administrative requirements, such as providing details of authorship, ethics committee approval, clinical trial registration documentation, and gathering conflict of interest forms and statements, are properly completed, although these duties may be delegated to one or more coauthors. The corresponding author should be available throughout the submission and peer review process to respond to editorial queries in a timely way, and should be available after publication to respond to critiques of the work and cooperate with any requests from the journal for data or additional information should questions about the paper arise after publication.
Manuscript Preparation
International Journal of Medical Sciences Research and Practice (IJMSRP) accepts manuscript prepared strictly on corresponding template.
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Case Report / Letter to Editor / and Others
Copyright disclosure statement
All authors and co-authors should sign the following disclosure statement, by virtue of which they are responsible for the content of the article and giving all copyrights to the International Journal of Medical Science Research and Practice.
Upon acceptance by International Journal of Medical Science Research and Practice, all copyright ownership for the article is transferred to the International Journal of Medical Science Research and Practice. We, the undersigned, principal author and co-authors of this article, have contributed significantly to and share in the responsibility for above. The undersigned stipulate that the material submitted to Journal of the International Journal of Medical Science Research and Practice is new, original and has not been submitted to another publication for concurrent consideration.
The undersigned also declare that no unfair or unethical means have been employed to produce this manuscript and that no part of the submission has been plagiarized in any form. We also submit that we are aware of the International Journal of Medical Science Research and Practice Plagiarism Policy which we have read on the Journal website and are in total compliance with it.
We also attest that any human and /or animal studies undertaken as part of the research from which this manuscript was derived, are in compliance with regulation of our institution(s) and with generally accepted guidelines governing such work.
We further attest that we have herein disclosed any and all financial or other relationships which could be construed as a conflict of interest and that all sources of financial support for this study have been disclosed and are indicated in the acknowledgement.
Reviewer Suggestion
Authors should submit 3 peer reviewers name for the fast processing of publication. Please see the instructions for Reviewer suggestion criteria. Reviewer suggestion Guidelines.
Manuscript Submission
International Journal of Medical Sciences Research and Practice (IJMSRP) accepts manuscript submissions on the journal website https://www.ijmsrp.com. Manuscript are submitted through Submit a manuscript section of the website.
Author Processing Charge (APC)
International Journal of Medical Sciences Research and Practice (IJMSRP) working on no profit no loss principle so that journal charges minimum or nominal charges from authors to maintain its office and publication cost. But Inability of paying of Author Processing Charge (APC) will be not a criteria for rejection of manuscript. Author can request for complete or partial waiver of Author Processing Charge (APC). Click here to see the Author Processing Charge (APC).
