Guidelines
Manuscript Preparation Guidelines:
The submitted manuscripts should have minimum basic standards to be able to read and interpret the content by the Editorial team. The submissions which do not meet these criteria will be sent back to the authors.
Article Types & Format
Original/Research articles These are the articles which deal with unpublished data providing a detailed explanation of the Methods, Methodology and the results of an investigation supported by evidence. These articles, in general, can be divided into sections:
Introduction: Identifies the aim of the research
Methods: Describes the methods applied, study design and the all the details regarding the selection and of the participants of the study
Results: Provides information regarding the results of the research
Conclusions: Addressing relevant implications for clinical practice or health policy
Review
The deals with reporting of the literature review of the already published data, these provide a detailed in-depth discussion of significant research topics and their progress in the due time.
Case Reports
Case Reports are the articles dealing with the description of the symptoms, signs, diagnosis, treatment methods of a clinical condition. The case reports usually describe novel cases. These may also include a literature review of the reported cases.
Editorial
These are the short articles written by the Editors or the Editorial staff of the journal.
Commentaries
These are the articles which deal with the discussion of different topics of a research in focus, providing information about the difficulties or solutions
Corrigendum
Rectifications or adjustments made in the article, due to author’s errors
Expert opinion
Articles are written by experts in a specific field that promote a research or support the advancement of knowledge in the specified sections.
Letter to Editor
These are articles addressed to the Editor-in-Chief in agreement or disagreement to the specific content of a published article. Such letters may either be critical or praising or correct a perceived error or misrepresentation.
Perspective
These articles deal with the individual viewpoint of the author on any of journals topic of interest. The Basic structure of the manuscript includes the following sections: Cover Letter, Title page, Abstract and keywords, Main Content, Acknowledgments, References, Tables, Figure legends.
Cover letter
The articles must always be accompanied by a cover letter, stating the type of the article and that the article submitted is neither published nor is under consideration by any other journal. It should also have a statement of the main point of the article. Names, affiliations, and e-mail addresses of five potential referees can be mentioned.
Title page
The word limit of the title should not exceed 15 words. Title should be a proper description and relevant to the work provided. Font has to be set to Times New Roman Bold, Title case along with author names with corresponding author marked.
Abstract: Abstract should describe the main objectives of the study. It should be able to list out all the work briefly. Significance and the results of the study need to be précised briefly. Abstract ‘word limit’ should be limited to 300 words. Abstracts should be free of citations.
Keywords: The major keywords used in the study need to be mentioned. Keywords limit is not more than 7-10 words.
Abbreviations
If any abbreviations are used in the study, their first usage has to be mentioned in full form along with the usage abbreviation in brackets. If there are too many abbreviations they have to be mentioned below the keywords.
Manuscript text
There is no précised determination regarding the classification of the main content. The author could specify the sections based on the type of the article and the requirements of the described study. The references should be indicated with the number of the corresponding reference in the references section and should be in superscript at the end of the statement. The Figures and tables must be numbered as per the order of their citation in the text. The tables should be placed at the end of the references while the figures should be submitted as separate files.
Conflicts of Interest
Statement of regarding the conflict of interest among the authors should be mentioned in this section in order to avoid discrepancies after publication.
Acknowledgments
• The individuals or groups who do not satisfy the authorship but involved in the supporting activities of the research and preparation of the manuscript. The assistance of medical writing experts. All participating group authors who do not meet the full authorship criteria. Funding Sources and the financial disclosures for all authors. Individual written consent should be obtained before including the information of the individuals in this section. If the manuscript is presented at any conference or scientific meeting the details of the corresponding conference should be included in this section.
References
Academixs Publishers use Vancouver referencing style. Authors should provide at least one online link in the references as following (preferably PubMed). Correct formatting of the references is important. Please use the following method for the reference list. Reference Format: Author(s) Last name. Article title. Journal Name (Journal Short Name as in PubMed) Published year; Volume number: Page numbers
Tables
The tables must be included in the text file after the references section of the manuscript.
Conditions for table preparation
• Should not include duplicate data that has been explained in the text
• Should be created using Table tools in word
• Should not be submitted as figures
• Should be number in the order of citation in the text
• References used within tables should be included in the reference list and numbered in consecutive order according to the table citation in the text.
Figure legends
Should be included at the end of the manuscript. The different expressions used to identify different parts of the figures should be clearly explained. References used within figure legends should be included in the reference list and numbered in consecutive order according to the figure citation in the text. Figures from already published content should be acknowledged, cited and should have approval from the copyright holder. Figures and illustrations Number all figures in the order of their citation in the text. Include a title for each figure (a brief phrase, preferably no longer than 10-15 words). Do not embed figures in the Word document. Figures must be submitted as individual .jpg or .tif files and have high enough resolution for publishing. Do not submit figures as Word, PowerPoint or PDF files. Clinical photographs that identify an individual must be accompanied by a signed statement by the patient or legal guardian granting permission for publication of the pictures for educational purposes or must be masked to prevent identification of the patient.
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Copyright
Copyright aims to protect the specific description or content of a research and results of the article. Academixs is committed to protect and defend the work and reputation of the authors and takes very seriously allegations of infringement, plagiarism, ethical disputes and fraud. If an author becomes aware of a potential plagiarism, fraud or infringement, we recommend to contact us immediately.