International Journal of Collaborative
Research on Internal Medicine & Public Health (IJCRIMPH)
requires the Editorial board and
Reviewers to comply with the
Editorial Policy Statements which is
Approved by the CSE Board of Directors
·
Submission Guidelines for
Authors
·
Uniform Manuscript
Requirements
·
Types of Articles accepted
·
Article Requirements
·
Equator Network : Research
Reporting Guidelines for Authors
·
Required Forms
·
Manuscript Checklist
·
Corrections, Duplication
Publications and Plagiarism
·
Author FAQ
IJCRIMPH complies with the
Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to
Biomedical Journals,
issued by the International Committee for Medical
Journal Editors. However, based on the type of your
study, our journal requires authors to follow the
standard guidelines and statements mentioned below to
prepare your manuscript. If the submitted manuscript
does not comply with the appropriate guidelines
mentioned below, it will be un-submitted or will not be
considered for review.
Section 1: Submission
Guidelines for Authors
Instructions for Submission:
Submitting your Manuscript:
International Journal of Collaborative
Research on Internal Medicine & Public Health (IJCRIMPH)
requires authors to submit their manuscripts
electronically through email as attachments. Currently, we don’t do
Fast Track or online submission system.
Format:
You may submit the manuscript and additional files in
the form of Word DOC or PDF.
Original Manuscripts:
Only manuscripts that have original material are
accepted for review. If the article or any part of the
article has been published previously, it will not be
considered. This does not apply to abstracts, reports,
conferences or conference proceedings.
Cover Letter:
A cover letter
including Name of Authors, Affiliations, IRB Permission,
Grant Numbers etc., is required. Include all authors’
and co-authors’ name, correspondence addresses, email
addresses, telephone and fax numbers. Include a word
count of the abstract and article. All cover letters can
address the Editor-In-Chief, Executive Editor or
Associate Editor.
Authorship:
Each author must sign a statement that attests that the
author fulfills the authorship criteria as mentioned in
the Uniform Requirements.
Required Forms:
All authors are required to fill out the Authorship
Form, Disclosure Form and Copyright Form. If applicable,
Authors are also required to fill out the Patient
Permission form and Competing Interests Declaration
form. All forms are to be submitted along with the
manuscript.
Abstract:
The abstract for Research manuscripts should not be more
than 300 words.
In addition provide up to six
keywords.
All abstracts should
entail the following sections:
- Introduction/Background
- Aim & Objectives
- Methods/Study Design
- Results/Findings
- Discussion/Conclusion: For other articles, the
Abstract should not be more than 250 words and should
briefly describe the type and purpose of the article
with conclusions or.
For other articles, the Abstract should
not be more than 350 words and should briefly describe
the type and purpose of the article with conclusions.
Content:
All text, figures, acknowledgements, references, figure
legends, and tables should be in a DOC or PDF document
(Word Doc or PDF). You may also send figures and tables
separately. All articles should not be more than 5000
words, including abstract.
You may submit no more than 5 images or 5
tables. If you do wish to submit more images, figures or
tables, please submit them in a separate file and it
will be attached as an addendum.
Tables:
A maximum of 5 tables are allowed per article. If the
article has more than 5 tables, the remaining tables
will be attached as a separate file and published as
supplemental files. Each table should be provided with a
title and footnotes (if necessary). All tables should be
included in the manuscript and referenced to.
Figures and Illustrations:
Not more than 5 figures or illustrations will be
accepted and should be included in the manuscript and
referenced to. Pie-charts will not be accepted. Titles and
legends should be provided. The author must acquire
rights to any figures or illustrations submitted in the
manuscript. Only high resolution images will be
accepted. If you provide any photographs of patients,
please submit the Patient Permission Form along with it.
For photomicrographs, mention the type of
specimen, original magnification and stain. For gross
pathology specimens, label any rulers with unit of
measure.
References:
References should be single-spaced and numbered
consecutively as they are cited. References cited in a
table or figure legend should be numbered as well.
List all authors when there are six or
fewer. When there are seven or more authors, please list
the first three, followed by “et al.” Authors should use
AMA style to cite their references.
Units of Measurement, Abbreviations and Drug Names:
All measurements in a Manuscript should be in SI units.
Conversion factors should be provided for other units.
Abbreviations should be used sparingly throughout the
Manuscript.
Drug names should be generic. If brand names are
included in the Manuscript, please mention the name of
the manufacturer and submit a Competing Interests
Declaration form along with the manuscript.
Review:
Articles are reviewed by the Editor-in-chief and other
peer reviewers. The editor reserves the right of final
selection. If a manuscript is selected for publication,
an email notification will be sent to all the authors.
Further information about the Review process can be
found here in Author FAQ.
Revision:
The editor might send you a request to
revise your article in order to be considered for
publication.
Resubmission:
If your Manuscript has been rejected, you
may re-submit the article. However, you must wait at
least 6 months to re-submit the article. When you
re-submit your manuscript, please include the reason and
date of rejection.
Competing Interests /
Conflict of Interest: All Authors should submit a
disclosure form and declare any financial arrangement
they may have with an organization or company. A
disclosure statement will be published alongside the
article. For more information, click here.
IRB Permission
Information: A statement along with IRB name and
Approval date should be mentioned. Authors may submit a
1-page IRB approval document, but it is not required;
unless specified by the Editor. Research Manuscripts
involving human subjects should mention whether Informed
consent (written or otherwise) was obtained or not.
If required, authors are required to submit registration
information. They are required to provide documentation
or an attested statement with the IRB name and date of
approval to show that the research protocol was approved
by a relevant IRB or ethic committees. An acceptable
registry must be owned by a non-for-profit entity, be
publicly accessible, and contain the twenty fields
proposed by the World Health Organization. A list of
acceptable registries are found at
http://www.icmje.org/
Grant Information:
Authors must submit information on Grants in the cover
letter. For studies containing microarrays, the
accession numbers and repository name should be
mentioned.
Copyright:
Authors are required to submit the Copyright Form.
International Journal of Collaborative
Research on Internal Medicine & Public Health (IJCRIMPH)
reserves the right to use, reproduce, transfer, publish,
distribute the article in the journal or other
organizations affiliated with IOMCWORLD.
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Section 2: Uniform
Manuscript Requirements
As mentioned before, IJCRIMPH
complies with the
Uniform
Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical
Journals, issued by the International Committee for
Medical Journal Editors. Please click here to access the
website:
http://www.icmje.org/
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Section 3: Types of
Articles Accepted
• Original Research
• Review articles
• Case reports
• Current Concepts
• Book review
• Editorials
• Letters to Editor
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Section 4: Article
Requirements
Manuscript sections for Original Research
articles
Original Research Manuscripts submitted
should include the following sections:
Title page
Abstract
Introduction / Background
Methods
Results
Discussion
Conclusions
List of abbreviations (if any)
IRB permissions (if any)
Grant Registration Number (if any)
Competing interests
Authors' contributions
Authors' information (if any)
Acknowledgements
References
Tables (if any)
Figure legends (if any)
Description of additional files (if any)
Review
articles
Review articles Reports are limited to
2500 words and 5 figures or illustrations and tables,
including abstract.
Case Reports:
Case Reports are limited to 2500 words
and 5 figures or illustrations and tables, including
abstract.
Current Concepts:
Current Concepts articles include
articles on clinical topics, diagnostics and treatment.
Current Concepts articles are limited to
2500 words and 5 figures or illustrations and tables,
including abstract.
Book Review:
Book reviews are limited to 2000 words.
Book Reviews can be done on any of subjects listed on
the website.
Editorials:
Editorials are always
solicited, although unsolicited editorials can be
considered. Editorials are limited to 1500 words.
Letters to Editor :
Letters to Editor are limited to 750 words. Letters to
Editor should only contain content pertinent to the
articles published in the journal.
General Article Requirements
Please make sure that any article you
submit to IJCRIMPH conforms to the appropriate reporting
guidelines as well as the uniform requirements for
manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals.
In addition:
·
Submit a title for all articles
·
Include a cover letter with pertinent
information
·
Submit needed forms, especially the
Copyright Form
·
For original research articles, please
submit information on IRB approval. Also submit the
Patient Consent Form
·
If you are submitting a Randomized
Clinical Trial, please make sure it conforms to the
CONSORT statement. Trials undertaken after July 2005
should be registered. You may register before the
article is published if the Editor consents to
retrospective registration.
·
If you are submitting a Systematic
Review, please ensure it conforms to the PRISMA
guidelines
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If you are submitting a study of
diagnostic accuracy, please ensure it conforms to the
STARD guidelines
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If you are submitting a Meta Analysis of
Observational studies, please ensure it conforms to the
MOOSE guidelines
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If you are submitting an Observational
Study, please ensure it confirms to the STROBE
guidelines
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For more Health Research Reporting
Guidelines, please see Section 5.
Statistical Methods Guidelines
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Accurate statistical methods are to be
used for the analysis of categorical data.
·
For non-normal distribution,
Non-parametric methods should be used.
·
Dependent and Outcome variables should be
clearly defined throughout the article.
·
Measures of associations should be
reported no more than two decimal places.
·
SDs and SEs should be reported more than
two decimal places.
·
Confidence intervals should be mentioned.
·
P values should be two –sided, unless
indicated otherwise. P values should not be reported
more than three decimal places. P values larger than
0.01 should be reported to two decimal places. Values
less than 0.001 should be reported as P value < 0.001.
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Section 5: Equator
Network: Research Reporting Guidelines for Authors
Please click here to know more about
Health Research Reporting Guidelines:
http://www.equator-network.org/resource-centre/library-of-health-research-reporting/
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Section 6: Required
Forms
The following forms are required with
every submission:
Authorship Form
Disclosure Form
Copyright Form
The following forms are required for
certain articles:
Patient Permission Form
Competing Interests / Conflicts of
Interest Form
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Section 7: Manuscript
Checklist
To be added soon
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Section 8: Corrections,
Duplication Publications and Plagiarism
Corrections:
Mistakes can be made by editors,
reviewers and authors. Corrections to the article will
be made when necessary. A statement regarding
Clarification or Correction will be mentioned at the end
of the article.
Duplication Publication:
IJCRIMPH accepts only unpublished
Original manuscripts. IJCRIMPH also owns the copyright
of an article once it’s published in the Journal.
Unauthorized use or duplicate publication of the same
article is not permitted.
If the Editor or any members of the
Editorial board discovers a submitted or published
article has been previously published elsewhere, the
Editor reserves the right to reject the article and
temporarily blacklist the authors (consider no articles
from those authors). Simultaneous submission to
different journals may result in rejection of the
article.
Plagiarism:
Plagiarism is discouraged and is
considered as academic dishonesty or fraud.
If the Editor or reviewers discover that
an article is plagiarized, they reserve the right to
reject the article and refuse to accept any more
articles from the authors.
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Section 9: Author FAQ
Please
click here to view the Author FAQ.
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Guidelines have been COMPILED by the Editor-In-Chief(s)
&
Associate Editor(s) and will be
regularly updated. (Last update:
October 20, 2011) If you
have any question/comment/concern about the guidelines,
please contact us.
