IJCRR - Instructions To Author (S) : Submission of Manuscript
IJCRR - Instructions To Author (S) : Submission of Manuscript
Submission of manuscript:
Authors should submit electronic version (Microsoft word doc) of the manuscript to the editor
via e-mail ([email protected]) or through online submission.
Accepted papers will be acknowledged and processed further, if the papers are rejected, the
decision will be communicated to the corresponding author but the manuscripts will not be
returned.
Acceptance or rejection of the manuscript would be decided after the decision of editorial
team
Acceptance or rejection of the manuscript for publication in journal would be informed to
corresponding author within 72 working hours from the time of submission
Preparing a Manuscript:
Authors should keep their manuscripts as short as they reasonably can (the total number of
words should not exceed 3200).
Page number should appear in the upper right hand corner of each page, beginning with the
title page.
The language of manuscript must be simple and explicit.
Author‟s / Co-author‟s name or any other identification should not appear anywhere in the
body of the manuscript to facilitate blind review.
We accept manuscript under following categories:
a. Original Research Articles
b. Review
c. Short communications
d. Perspectives (Innovative teaching methods, innovative practice approach, novel models,
debates, view points)
e. Invited articles
f. Case reports
g. Letter to Editor
Title page
It should be paginated as page 1 of the paper. It should carry the title, authors‟ names and their
affiliations, running title, address for correspondence including e-mail address.
Title:
Must be informative, specific and short and not exceed 100 characters.
Authors and affiliations:
The names of authors and their appropriate addresses should be given.
It should be made clear which address relates to which author.
Running title:
It is a short title typed in the journal at the right top corner of right hand page of the article
(except the lead page). A short running title of not more than 50 characters should be given.
Address for correspondence:
The corresponding author‟s address should be given in the title page. The fax number (if
available) may be mentioned. The e-mail ID of the corresponding author or the contact e-mail ID
must also be provided.
The nomenclature, the source of material and equipment used, with details of the manufacturers
in parentheses, should be clearly mentioned. Drugs and chemicals should be precisely identified
using their non-proprietary names or generic names. If necessary, the proprietary or commercial
name may be inserted once in parentheses. In case of pharmaceuticals, the first letter of the drug
name should be small for generic name (e.g., dipyridamole, propranolol) but capitalized for
proprietary names (e.g., Persantin, Inderal).
Acknowledgements
It should be typed in a new page. Acknowledge only persons who have contributed to the
scientific content or provided technical support. Sources of financial support should be
mentioned.
References
It should begin on a new page. Avoid citing abstracts as references.
Papers which have been submitted and accepted but not yet published may be included in the list
of references with the name of the journal and indicated as “In press”. A photocopy of the
acceptance letter should be submitted with the manuscript. Information from manuscript
“submitted” but “not yet accepted” should not be included.
Avoid using abstracts as references. The “unpublished observations” and “personal
communications” may not be used as references but may be inserted (in parentheses) in the text.
References are to be cited in the text by superscribed number and should be in the order in which
they appear. References cited only in tables or in legends to figures should be numbered in
accordance with a sequence established by the first identification in the text of the particular
table or illustration.
The references must be verified by the author(s) against the original documents. The list of
references should be typed double spaced following the Vancouver style.
Examples are given in Annexure II.
Tables
Each table must be self-explanatory and presented in such a way that they are easily
understandable without referring to the text. It should be typed with double spacing and
numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. Provide a short descriptive caption above each
table with foot notes and/or explanations underneath. The number of observations, subjects and
the units of numerical figures must be given. It is also important to mention whether the given
values are mean, median, mean±SD or mean±SEM. All significant results must be indicated
using asterisks. Appropriate positions for the tables within the text may be indicated.
Check list for Table
Serially numbered?
Short self explanatory caption given?
Columns have headings?
ANNEXURE I
Declaration and Copyright Transfer Form: To Be Signed By All Authors
To,
The Editor
International Journal of Current Research and Review (IJCRR)
Note:
ANNEXURE II
EXAMPLES OF REFERENCES - VANCOUVER STYLE
From Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts, www.icmje.org
Articles in Journals
1. Standard journal article
List the first six authors followed by et al. (Note: NLM now lists up through 25 authors; if there
are more than 25 authors, NLM lists the first 24, then the last author, then et al.)
Vega KJ, Pina I, Krevsky B. Heart transplantation is associated with an increased risk for
pancreatobiliary disease. Ann Intern Med 1996 Jun 1;124(11):980-3.
As an option, if a journal carries continuous pagination throughout a volume (as many medical
journals do) the month and issue number may be omitted.
(Note: For consistency, the option is used throughout the examples in Uniform Requirements.
NLM does not use the option.)
Vega KJ, Pina I, Krevsky B. Heart transplantation is associated with an increased risk for
pancreatobiliary disease. Ann Intern Med 1996;124: 980-3.
More than six authors:
Parkin DM, Clayton D, Black RJ, Masuyer E, Friedl HP, Ivanov E, et al. Childhood leukaemia in
Europe after Chernobyl: 5 year follow-up. Br J Cancer 1996;73:1006-12.
2. Organization as author
The Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Clinical exercise stress testing. Safety and
performance guidelines. Med J Aust 1996; 164: 282-4.
3. No author given
Cancer in South Africa [editorial]. S Afr Med J 1994;84:15.
Fisher GA, Sikic BI. Drug resistance in clinical oncology and hematology. Introduction. Hematol
Oncol Clin North Am 1995 Apr;9(2):xi-xii.
23. Dissertation
Kaplan SJ. Post-hospital home health care: the elderly's access and utilization [dissertation]. St.
Louis (MO): Washington Univ.; 1995.
24. Patent
Larsen CE, Trip R, Johnson CR, in-ventors; Novoste Corporation, assignee. Methods for
procedures re-lated to the electrophysiology of the heart. US patent 5,529,067. 1995 Jun 25.
Other Published Material
28. Map
North Carolina. Tuberculosis rates per 100,000 population, 1990 [demo-graphic map]. Raleigh:
North Carolina Dept. of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Div. of Epidemio-logy;
1991.
32. In press
(Note: NLM prefers "forthcoming" because not all items will be printed.) Leshner AI. Molecular
mechanisms of cocaine addiction. N Engl J Med. In press 1996.
Electronic Material
33. Journal article in electronic format
Morse SS. Factors in the emergence of infectious diseases. Emerg Infect Dis [serial online] 1995
Jan-Mar [cited 1996 Jun 5];1(1):[24 screens].
Address of Editor:
E mail: [email protected]