Preparation of Manuscript

Preparation of Manuscript:

• Authors are requested to write category of article (original Research article, short communication, Review article, Case report) under which they want to publish it.
• Author’s/Co-author’s should write their email ID in title page with full affiliation details (present working address with designation if any otherwise name of the universities and address)
• Authors should keep their manuscripts as short as they reasonably can (the total number of words should not exceed 6000).
• Page number should appear in the lower right hand corner of each page, beginning with the title page. You are requested please keep in mind paper contains would be within 10 page limitation, otherwise you have to pay extra charge per page as per our rate.
• 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:
• Original Research Articles
• Review Articles
• Short communications
• Case report/study

Manuscript Instructions

Please communicate with us electronically and send your manuscript as an attachment in MS word and pdf mode both is mandatory. Manuscripts should be prepared using font size 12, Times New Roman, and Styles- No Spacing; Page Layout: Margins (Normal- 1” from all sides), Size (Letter- 8.5” *11”) and aligned left. All pages should be numbered sequentially. Manuscripts should be written in good scientific language, nomenclature and standard international units should be used. Authors are requested to write category of article (Original Research Article, Short Communication, Review Article, Case Report) under which they want to publish it.

Originality: 

All articles submitted for publication in IJHSR should be original material. The submission should have been made exclusively to IJHSR and must not have been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. The first author should certify to this effect. Any author/s found to falsify or mislead the editors will be disqualified from future submissions to IJHSR.

♥ TITLE
♥ NAME OF AUTHORS(write full name in sequence)
♥AFFILIATION DETAILS (Present working address with designation), Email ID of all the authors/co-authors)
♥ ABSTRACT
♥ KEY WORDS
♥ INTRODUCTION
♥ MATERIALS AND METHODS
♥ STATISTICAL ANALYSIS and GRAPHICAL PRESENTATION
♥ RESULT
♥ DISCUSSION
♥ CONCLUSION
♥ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (if applicable)
♥ TABLES
♥ FIGURE
♥ LEGENDS
♥ REFERENCES

Original Research Article
Original Research Article should be submitted under following headings in one file.

TITLE
The Title should be a brief phrase describing the contents of the paper. The Title Page should include the authors’ full names and affiliations, the name of the corresponding author along with contact number and e-mail information. Present addresses of authors should appear as a footnote.

NAME OF AUTHORS
Write the full name of the authors in capital letter. If any co-authors is available write full name of the co-authors also in sequence.

 AFFILIATION DETAILS
Give all information of authors/ Co-authors for example, present working address with designation, present study, qualification, communication address , email Id, contact no. etc.

ABSTRACT
The Abstract should be informative and completely self-explanatory, briefly present the topic, state the scope of the experiments, indicate significant data, and point out major findings and conclusions. The abstract should be upto 250 words in length. Complete sentences, active verbs, and the third person should be used, and the abstract should be written in the past tense. Standard nomenclature should be used and abbreviations should be avoided. No literature should be cited.

KEY WORDS
Write relevant key words upto six.

INTRODUCTION
The Introduction should be concise and define the scope of the work in relation to other work done in the same field. Purpose of the study, aims & objectives and significance of the study should be mentioned in Introduction section.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
Materials and Methods should be complete enough and clearly describe the experiments and techniques used in the study. However, only truly new procedures should be described in detail; previously published procedures should be cited, and important modifications of published procedures should be mentioned briefly. Write this section in past tense.

 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS and GRAPHICAL PRESENTATION
The details of statistical tests used and the level of significance should be stated. If more than one test is used it is important to indicate which groups and parameters have been subjected to which test. Write name of software and version used for data analysis. Please be check your graphical presentation before submitting, many times font are not supported.

RESULTS
Results should be combined and presented with clarity and precision. The results should be written in the past tense when describing findings in the author(s)’s experiments. Previously published findings should be written in the present tense. Results should be expressed preferably in the form of table. Don’t repeat same findings in table as well as in graphs/figures.

DISCUSSION
The Discussion should interpret the findings in view of the results obtained in this and in past studies on this topic.
This section should deal with the interpretation, rather than recapitulation of results. It is important to discuss the new and significant observations in the light of previous work. Discuss also the weaknesses or pitfalls in the study. New hypotheses or recommendations can be put forth. Avoid unqualified statements and conclusions not completely supported by the data. Repetition of information given under Introduction and Results should be avoided.

CONCLUSION
State the conclusions in a few sentences in lucid manner at the end of the paper. Conclusions must be drawn considering the strengths and weaknesses of the study. Emphasize clinical significance of the study.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT(S)
Author(s) may acknowledge the support obtained in the study. 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.

TABLES
Tables should be kept as minimum as possible and placed at appropriate place in the text and be designed to be as simple as possible. Tables should be self-explanatory without reference to the text. The details of the methods used in the experiments should preferably be described in the legend instead of in the text. The same data should not be presented in both table and graph forms or repeated in the text. Tables should be prepared in Microsoft Word.Don’t keep tables/figures at the end of article. All the tables/figures should be kept at appropriate place in the text of article where you have mentioned about these tables/figures. All the tables/figures should be mentioned in text of article.

FIGURE LEGENDS:
Graphics should be prepared using applications capable of generating high resolution GIF, TIFF, JPEG or PowerPoint before pasting in the Microsoft Word manuscript file. Use Arabic numerals to designate figures and upper case letters for their parts (Figure 1). Figures can be attached as JPEG file.

REFERENCE 
The references may be cited in Vancouver style or Oxford style.Avoid citing abstracts as references.Each reference should be assigned a number, consecutively in the order of mention in the text.References are to be cited in the text by superscribed number and should be in the order in which they appear. The original number should be reused each time the same reference is cited in the text. The number should be placed in the text as superscript inside bracket and in bold & blue color like [1], outside the full-stops and commas and inside colons and semi-colons. When multiple references are cited at a given place in the text, use a hyphen to join the first and last numbers that are inclusive and use commas to separate non-inclusive numbers (2-5,7,10).For Vancouver style, reference numbers should be in increasing order like 1,2,3,4,5…. throughout the text of article starting from INTRODUCTION section. Don’t write reference number in ABSTRACT.The list of references should be given at the end of the paper. If there are 3 or less authors, mention name of all the authors. Where there are more than 3 authors, use et al after the third author.References mentioned in text of article must be shown in REFERENCE section and vice-versa.

Examples:
All the references must be correct, complete and in Vancouver style. Write references in following style.

For Book:
Author (s) name. Title of book. Edition of book (if later than 1st ed.). Place of Publication: Publisher Name; Year of Publication. Page number (if applicable).

Example:
Ahmed SE, Mustafa E, AbdulRaheem EM. Fundamentals of Research. 2nd ed. New Delhi: New Era Publication; 2004.

For Journal Articles:

Authors name. Title of article. Title of journal. Publication year; Volume (Issue): Page No.Example:Ahmed SE, Mustafa E, AbdulRaheem EM. Assessment of plasma levels of fasting blood glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, and HbA1c in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Int J Health Sci Res. 2013;3(9):1-6.

For Webpages:

Author. Title of publication [type of medium – Internet]. Place of publication (if available): Publisher (if available); Date of publication – year month day (supply year if month and day not available) [updated year month day; cited year month day]. Available from: web address.
Example:Ahmed SE, Mustafa E, AbdulRaheem EM. Assessment of plasma levels of fasting blood glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, and HbA1c in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus [Internet]. 2013 [updated 2013 Sept. 10; cited 2013 Oct 14]. Available from http://www.journalresearchijf.com

For Reports and other Government Publications:

Author(s). Title of report. Place of publication: Publisher; Date of publication – year, month (if applicable). Total number of pages if applicable e.g. 24 p. Report No.: (if applicable)
Example:Ahmed SE, Mustafa E, AbdulRaheem EM. Assessment of plasma levels of fasting blood glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, and HbA1c in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Mumbai: New Era Publisher; 2014. 24p. Report No.: GHI224

For Conference Papers:

Author(s) name. Title of Paper. In: Editor (s) name or Organization name. Title of conference; Date of conference; Place of conference. Place of publication: Publisher’s name; Year of publication. p. Page numbers. Example:
Ahmed SE, Mustafa E, AbdulRaheem EM. Assessment of plasma levels of fasting blood glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, and HbA1c in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. In: Patel SS, Jacko AG. 10th International Conference on Health Informatics; 2001 Jan 4-6;.

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Don’t write qualifications of authors, hospitals’ name, any star marks etc. in references.