Submission of Manuscripts

All manuscripts should be submitted online through the website here. Members should log in using their credentials; first-time users should register. Registration is free but mandatory. Registered authors can keep track of their articles after logging into the site using their username and password. The Journal does not charge for the submission and processing of the manuscripts. If you experience any problems, please contact the editorial office by e-mail.

The submitted manuscripts that do not comply with the “Instructions to Authors” will be returned to the authors for technical correction before they undergo editorial/peer review. Generally, the manuscript should be submitted in the form of two separate files:

[1] Title Page/First Page File/covering letter

This file should provide:

  • The type of manuscript (original article, case report, review article, Letter to the editor, Images, etc.), title of the manuscript, running title, names of all authors/contributors (with their highest academic degrees, designation, and affiliations) and name(s) of the department(s) and/or institution(s) to which the work should be credited. All information that can reveal your identity should be here. Use text/RTF/doc files. Do not zip the files;
  • The total number of pages, total number of photographs, and word counts separately for the abstract and the text (excluding the references, tables, and abstract), word counts for introduction + discussion in case of an original article;
  • Source(s) of support in the form of grants, equipment, drugs, or all of these;
  • Acknowledgment, if any. One or more statements should specify 1) contributions that need acknowledging but do not justify authorship, such as general support by a departmental chair; 2) acknowledgments of technical help; and 3) financial and material support, which should specify the nature of the support. This should be included in the manuscript's title page rather than in the main article file;
  • If the manuscript was presented as part of a meeting, the organization, place, and exact date it was read. A complete statement to the editor about all submissions and previous reports that might be regarded as redundant publications of the same or very similar work. Any such work should be referred to in the new paper. The submitted paper should include copies of such material to help the editor decide how to handle the matter;
  • Registration number in case of a clinical trial and where it is registered (name of the registry and its URL);
  • Conflicts of Interest of each author/contributor. A statement of financial or other relationships that might lead to a conflict of interest if that information is not included in the manuscript itself or an author’s form;
  • Criteria for inclusion in the authors’/ contributors’ list;
  • A statement that the manuscript has been read and approved by all the authors, that the requirements for authorship as stated earlier in this document have been met, and that each author believes that the manuscript represents honest work; if that information is not provided in another form (see below); and
  • The corresponding author’s name, address, e-mail, and telephone number, who is responsible for communicating with the other authors about revisions and final approval of the proofs if that information is not included in the manuscript itself.

[2] Blinded Article file: The article's main text should be in this file, beginning from the Abstract until References (including tables). The file must not mention the authors' names, initials, or the institution at which the study was done or acknowledgments. Page headers/running titles can include the title but not the authors' names. Manuscripts not in compliance with the Journal's blinding policy will be returned to the corresponding author. Use rtf/doc files. Do not zip the files. Limit the file size to 1 MB. Do not incorporate images in the file. If the file size is large, graphs can be submitted as images separately without being incorporated into the article file to reduce the file size. The pages should be numbered consecutively, beginning with the first page of the blinded article file.

[3] Images: Submit good-quality color images. Each image should be less than 2 MB in size. The size of the image can be reduced by decreasing the actual height and width of the images (keep up to 1600 x 1200 pixels or 5-6 inches). Images can be submitted as jpeg files. Do not zip the files. Legends for the figures/images should be included at the end of the article file.

[4] The contributors'/copyright transfer form (template provided below) has to be submitted in its original form with the signatures of all the contributors within two weeks of submission via courier, fax, or email as a scanned image. Print-ready hard copies of the images (one set) or digital images should be sent to the journal office when submitting the revised manuscript. High-resolution images (up to 5 MB each) can be emailed.