Guide for Authors

Submission of Manuscripts 

International Journal of BioMedicine and Public Health (IJBMPH) is a peer-reviewed, free of charge and open access journal that consider for publication papers in all areas of Clinical and experimental human medicine, Basic biological science relevant to human medicine, Public health, including occupational and environmental health, Pharmacology, pharmaceutics and toxicology, etc. The manuscript should be written in English in a clear (Also manuscript in Persian is accepted). All articles submitted to the journal must comply with these instructions. Failure to do so will result in return of the manuscript and possible delay in publication. Manuscripts should be written so that they are intelligible to the professional reader who is not a specialist in the particular field.

Manuscripts can be submitted as a Microsoft Word file or a rich text format (RTF) file at the website: http://www.ijbmph.com/contacts?_action=loginForm

Type of articles

Manuscripts will be considered for publication in the form of Original articles, Case report, Short communications, Letter to editor and Review articles. The work should be original or a thorough by an authoritative person in a pertinent field

Manuscript Length

The word limits for the body of the text, not including abstract, figure legends, or references are as follows: original articles, 3500 words; reviews 5000 (exceptionally up to 7500 words could be accepted); short communications, brief report(short communications) and case report, 2000, and letters, 1000.

The manuscript should include: Title page, Abstract and Keywords, Main Text (Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion), Acknowledgment and References.

-          Title page

Title. Concise and informative. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.
Author names and affiliations. Please clearly indicate the given name(s) and family name(s) of each author. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names
Corresponding author. Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. This responsibility includes answering any future queries about Methodology and Materials. Ensure that the e-mail address is given and that contact details are kept up to date by the corresponding author.

 

-          Abstract

The main points of the manuscript should be summarized in this section. The abstract should be organized with the following subheadings: Introduction, Methods, Results, Conclusion. Key Words.

-          Main text

  • Introduction
    State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.
  • Methods
    Provide sufficient details to allow the work to be reproduced by an independent researcher. Methods that are already published should be summarized, and indicated by a reference. Any modifications to existing methods should also be described.
  • Results
    Results should be clear and concise.
  • Discussion
    This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate.
  • Conclusions
    Clearly state the conclusions to answer the questions posed if applicable, basing the conclusions on available evidence

·         Acknowledgements

These should be brief and must include references to sources of financial and logistical support.

-          Author contribution

All individuals listed as authors must have contributed substantially to the design, performance, analysis, or reporting of the work and are required to indicate their specific contribution. Guest or honorary authorship based solely on position (e.g. research supervisor, departmental head) is discouraged.

Example: Study concept and design, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting of the manuscript, critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: W K, M Gh and E M; statistical analysis: F A; administrative, technical and material supports: W K, M Gh.

-                      References

These should be in the Vancouver style, i.e. numbered throughout the text in consecutive order using Arabic numerals in parentheses. The references should be listed in numerical order at the end of the paper using the following styles. List all authors when six or fewer and list the first three followed by et al. when there are more than six. Unpublished work should only be cited in the text. Only references genuinely in press should be listed in the reference list. We recommend the use of a tool such as EndNote or Reference Manager for reference management and formatting.

Example:

  • Poongothai J, Gopenath TS, Manonayaki S. Genetics of human male infertility. Singapore Med J. 2009;50(4):336–47.

For article with more than six authors:

  • Mansouri E, Kooti W, Bazvand M, Ghasemi Boroon M, Amirzargar A, Afrisham R, et al. The Effect of Hydro-Alcoholic Extract of Foeniculum vulgare Mill on Leukocytes and Hematological Tests in Male Rats. Jundishapur J Nat Pharm Prod. 2015;10(1):18396.

For Books:

  • Moallem      SA, Balali Mood K. Opioids and opiates. In: Mozayani A, Raymon LP,      editors. Handbook of drug interactions: A clinical and forensic guide. 1st      ed. Totowa: Humana Press Inc; 2004.p. 123-149. 
  • Balali-Mood      M, Abdollahi M. Basic and Clinical Toxicology of Organophosphorus      Compounds. 1st ed. Springer; p. 201.

 

  • Tables

Each table should be typed on a separate page after the references. Authors are requested, whenever possible, to construct tables that can be arranged on the page and read in the same direction as the text.

  • Figures 

Figures should illustrate important results, and they should be cited in the text. Figure and Figure legends should be included on a separate page in the manuscript, after the references.

 

Ethical consideration

When reporting experiments on human subjects, indicate whether the procedures were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional or regional) or with the 1975 Helsinki Declaration as revised in 1983. Do not use patients’ names, initials or hospital numbers, especially on any illustrative material. Ethical considerations must be clearly addressed in the Methods section. Also the name of the appropriate institutional review board that approved the project should be mentioned. The Journal reserves the right to request the related documents.

Cover letter 
-A statement that the manuscript has been read and approved by all the authors. 
-That the requirements for authorship have been met for all the authors 
-Approval of all the authors regarding the order in which their names have appeared.
-That each author confirms the manuscript represents honest work. 
-The name, address, and telephone number of the corresponding author who is responsible for communicating with other authors about revisions and final approval. 
-The letter should give any additional information that may be helpful to the editor, such as the type or format of the article. If the manuscript has been submitted previously to another journal or in another language, it is helpful to include the previous editor's and reviewers' comments with the submitted manuscript, along with the authors' responses to those comments. Submitting previous evaluatory review of another journal accelerates the review process. 

Peer review process

All submissions will be reviewed anonymously by at least three independent reviewers. Authors are encouraged to suggest names of three expert reviewers, but selection remains a prerogative of the Editor in chief. The whole review process depends on receiving referees comments and revising the manuscripts based on these comments to the author. Authors have the right to communicate to the editor if they do not wish their manuscript to be reviewed by a particular reviewer because of potential conflicts of interest. The expected time between submission of the manuscript and receiving the first round of review results is 2 weeks. Accepted papers will immediately appear only online.

Contact information

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