Manuscript preparation: Guidelines for authors

 

Copyright information
All Manuscripts submitted to the North East Medical Journal should not have been published in any form in any other publication and become the property of the publishers. All manuscripts must be accompanied by the written statement to the effect signed by all the authors. All statement and opinions expressed in the manuscripts are those of the authors and not those of the editor(s) or publishers. The editor(s) and publishers disclaim any responsibility for the published material.

Preparation of manuscript
Author should write in clear and concise English. Spelling should follow the Oxford English Dictionary. Three original copies of each article are required, typed on one side of bond papers of A, size only, in double spacing, with margins in both sides and top and bottom of at least 1 inches in MS Word documents. A copy in a CD or DVD is also required. Numbering all pages in sequence is required beginning with the title page. Three copies arranged as follows should be submitted:

Title page
This page should contain the title of the manuscript (5-6 words tittle) & the names of all authors with their affiliations. At the bottom of the page, institution where the work has been carried out, and the address of the corresponding authors including Fax, Phone or E-mail should be mentioned.

Structured abstract
Should be a factual condensation of the entire work with objective, methods, result & conclusion and should be in one para of approximately 150 words (on a separate sheet of paper) with three keywords for indexing.

Text
Articles must consider and follow the format: introduction, material and methods, results, discussion and conclusion (if necessary). The matter must be written in a manner, which is easy to understand and should be restricted to the topic discussed. Vertical lines or underlining in the text should not be used. It is to be ensured that all figures and tables are mentioned in the text and that all references are listed in numbered order.

Materials and Methods
Authors should mention the nomenclature, the source of material and equipment used with manufacturers in details. The procedures adopted should be explicitly stated to enable other workers to reproduce the results. The author may describe new method in sufficient detail indicating their limitation. Established methods can just be mentioned with authentic reference and significant deviations. When reporting experiment on human subjects, author should follow the ethical standards on human experimentation. The drugs and chemicals used should be precisely identified indicating dosage and route of administration.

Results
Only such data that are essential for understanding the discussion should be included. Data presented in tables and figures should not be repeated in the text. The same data should not be presented in both tabulated and graphical forms.

Discussion
The discussion should deal with the interpretation of result without repeating what already was presented under the results. Discussion should relate new finding to the known one if any and include logical deductions.

Acknowledgements
All acknowledgements including financial supports should be placed as the last element of the text before references.

References
In the text references should be numbered consecutively as superscript and should appear on top of the line after the punctuation.
The North East Medical Journal follows the Vancouver system of references.
The full list of references at the end of the paper should include: names and initials of all authors. (unless more than 6, when only the first 3 are given followed by et al); the title of the paper; the journal title abbreviated according to the style of Index Medicus; year of publication; volume number; first and last page numbers. Author should follow the style of North East Medical Journal to cite references.

Examples of references are given bellow:

  1. Standard journal article

List the first three author followed by etal. (Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Captain AL. N Engl J Med. 2002 Jul 25; 347 (4): 28407.
As an option. If a journal carries continuous pagination throughout a volume (as many medical journals do) the month and issue number may be omitted.
Halpern SD. Ubel PA, Caplan AL. Solid-organ transplantation in HJV-infected patients. N Engl J Med. 2002; 347: 284-7.
More than six authors
Rose ME, Huerbin MB, Melick J et al. Regulation of interstitial excitatory amino acid concentrations after cortical contusion injury. Brain Res. 2002; 935 (1-2): 40-6.

  1. Organization as author

Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group.
Hypertension, insulin and proinsulin in participants with impaired glucose tolerance. Hypertension. 2002; 40(5): 679-86.

  1. Both personal authors and an organization as author (This example does not conform to NISO standards)

Vallancien G, Emberton M, Harving N, van Moorselaar RJ, Aif-One Study Group. Sexual dysfunction in 1,274 European men suffering from lower urinary tract symptoms. J Urol. 2003; 169(6): 2257-61.

  1. No author given

21st century heart solution may have a sting in the tail. BMJ. 2002; 325(7357): 184.

  1. Article not in English

Note: NLM translates the title into English, encloses the translation in square breackets, and adds an abbreviaed language designator.
Ellingsen AE, Wilhetmsen 1. Sykdomsangst blant medisin-ogjusstudenter. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen.
2002; 122(8): 785-7.

  1. Volume with supplement

Geraud G, Spierings EL, Keywood C. Tolerability and safety of frovatriptan with short-and longterm use for treatment of migraine and in comparison with sumatriptan. Headache. 2002; 42 Supp 2:S93- 9.

  1. Issue with supplement

Glauser TA. Integrating clinical trial data into clinical practice. Neurology. 2002;58 (12 Supp17): S6-12.

  1. Volume with part

Abend SM, Kulish N. The psychoanalytic method from an epistemological viewpoint. Inj. J Psychoanal. 2002; 83(Pt 2); 49 1-5.

  1. Issue with part

Ahrar K, Madoff DC, Gupta S, Wallace MJ, Price RE, Wright KC. Development of a large animal model for lung tumors. J Vase Interv Radiol. 2002; 13 (9 Pt 1): 923-8.

  1. Issue with no volume

Banit DM, Kau H, Hartford JM, Intraoperative frozen section analysis in revision total joint arthroplasty. Clin Orthop. 2002; (401):230-8.

  1. No volume or issue

Outreach: bringing HIV-positive individuals into care. HRSA Careactium. 2002; Jun: 1-6.
Books and other monographs

  1. Personal author(s)

Mm Tay PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA. Medical microbiology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2002.

  1. Editor(s), compiler(s) as author

Glistrap LC 3rd, Cunningham FG, VanDorsten JP,
editors. Operative obstetrics. 2nd ed. New York; McGraw-Hill; 2002.

  1. Author(s) and editor(s)

Breedlove OK, Schorfheide AM. Adolescent pregnancy. 2nd ed. Wieczorek RR, editor. White Plains (NY): March of Dimes Education Services; 2001.

  1. Organization (s) as artthor

Royal Adelaide Hospital; University of Adelaide, Department of Clinical Nursing. Compendium of nursing research and practice development, 1999- 2000. Adelaide (Australia): Adelaide University; 2001.

  1. Chapter in a book

Melizer PS, Kallioniejmi A, Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In: Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, editors. The genetic basis of human cancer. New York. McGraw-I-Hill; 2002. p 93-113.

  1. Conference proceedings

Harnden P Joffe JK, Jones WG, editors. Germ cell tumours V. Proceedings of the 5th Germ Cell Tumour Conference; 2001 Sep 13-Leeds, UK. New Your: Springer, 2002.

  1. Conference paper

Christensen S. Oppacher F. An analysis of Koza’s computational effort statistic for genetic programming. In: Foster JA, Lutton E, Miller J, Ryan C, Tettamanzi AG, editors. Genetic programming. EuroGP 2002: Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Genetic Programming; 2002 Apr 3-5; Kinsdale, Ireland Berlin: Springer; 2002. p. 182-91.

  1. Unpublished material: In press

Tian D, Amld H, Stahl E, Berge J, Kreitman M. Signature of balancing selection in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. In press 2002.

  1. Electronic material: CD-ROM

Anderson SC, Poulsen KB. Andersons electronic atlas of hematology [CD-ROM]. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2002.

  1. Journal article on the Internet

Abood S. Quality improvement initiative in nursing homes: the ANA acts in an advisory role. Am J Nurs [serial on the Internet]. 2002 Jun [cited 2002 Aug 12]; 102(6): 3 р.]. Available from: http://www. nursingworld org/AJN/2002/june/Wa watch, htm.

  1. Monograph on the Internet

Foley KM, Gelband H, editors. Improving palliative care for cancer [monograph on the Internet].
Washington: National Academy Press; 2001 [cited 2002 Jul 9]. Available from:
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309074029/html.

  1. Homepage/web site

Cancer-pain.org [homepage on the Internet].New york; Association of Cancer online Resources. Inc.c2000-01 [updated 2002 may 16;cited 2002 Jul 9]. Available from http://www.cancer-pain.org

  1. Part of a homepage/web site

American medical Association [homepage on the Internet].chicago; The Association; c1995- 2002[updated 2001 Aug 23; cited 2002 Aug 12]. AMAoffice of group practice Liaison; [about 2screens], Available from; http://www, ama-assn org/ama/pub/category/176.html

  1. Database on the Internet

Open database
Who’s certified [on the Internet].Evanston [IL]; The American Board of medical Specialists. c2000-[cited 2001 mar 8]. Available from; http://www.abros,org/newsearch,asp
Closed database
Jablonski S. Online Multiple Congential
Anomaly/ Mental Retardation (MCAJMR)
Syndromes [database on the Internet]. Bethesda.
(MD): National Library of Medicine (US). C1999 [updated 2001 Nov 20; cited 2002 Aug 12].

  1. Part of a database on the Internet:

MeSH Brower database on the Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2002- [cited 2003 Jun 10]. Meta-analysis; unique ID: D015201 (bout 2 p.).
Available from
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/Mbroweer.html
Files updated weekly.
From editorial
Carr DB. Preempting the memory of pain [Editorial].
JAMA 1998; 279: 1114-5.
For further information about the Vancouver system. Authors should consult Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals. International Committee of Medical Jurnal Editors.
Or http://www. Updated July 9, 2003.
Legends
A descriptive legend must accompany each illustration and must define all abbreviations used therein.
Illustrations and graphs 
Submit glossy black and white photographs. The cost reproduction of colour photographs will be borne entirely by the Author: Number all illustrations with
English numerical (1,2).

Tables
These must be self-explanatory. The data must be clearly organized and should supplement and not duplicate the text. Statiscal analysis used should be appropriate. Confidence intervals along with exact probability values must be stated for the results.

Corresponding author
Article should contain full address of communication of the corresponding author including telephone, fax and e-mail.

Proofs
Correspondence and proofs for correction will be sent to communicating unless otherwise stated. Authors should check the proofs carefully. Changes or additions to the manuscript are not allowed at this stage.

Undertaking
We the undersigned, give an undertaking to the following with regard to our article entitled

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Submitted for publication in the NEM Journal.
(1) The article mentioned above has not been already published or submitted for publication in any form, in any other Journal.
(2) We also agree to the authorship of this article in the following sequence:

Authors name                                        Signature

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