Manuscript Preparation

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Text should be prepared in MS Word, double-spaced, with page numbers throughout. Papers should be written as concisely as possible in clear, grammatical English and organized in the following manner:

1. Title page, including titles, authorÕs names, degrees and affilitations
2. 5-10 key words (for indexing purposes)
3. a list of abbreviations and acronyms used throughout the text
4. an abstract (150-250 words; depends upon type of paper, see below)
5. a running title of no more than 50 characters in length
6. Text (length depends upon type of paper, see below).
7. References
8. Tables (with descriptive titles and legends)
9. Figure legends

Research Papers should include the following sections:

1. Abstract: A single paragraph of fewer than 250 words. The primary goal of the abstract should be to make the general significance and conceptual advance of the work clearly accessible to a broad readership. References should not be cited in the abstract.
2. Introduction
3. Patients and Methods/Materials and Methods: Describe selection of patients or experimental animals, including controls. Do not use patients’ names or hospital numbers. Identify methods, apparatus (manufacturer’s name and address), and procedures in sufficient detail to allow other workers to reproduce the results. Provide references and brief descriptions of methods that have been published. When using new methods. Evaluate their advantages and limitations. Identify drugs and chemicals, including generic name, dosage, and route(s) of administration.
4. Results: Present results in logical sequence in tables and illustrations. In the text, explain, emphasize or summarize the most important observations. Units of measurement should be expressed in accordance with Systeme International d’Unites (SI Units).
5. Discussion: Do not repeat in detail data given in the Results section. Emphasize the new and important aspects of the study. Relate observations to other relevant studies. On the basis of your findings (and others’), discuss possible implications/conclusions. When stating a new hypothesis, clearly label it as such.
6. References. No more than 85. Click here to view our reference format.
7. Tables: Tables should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals and include descriptive titles and legends.
8. Figure legends

Reviews should be recognized as scholarly by specialists in the field being covered, but should also be written with a view to informing readers who are not specialized in that particular field, and should therefore be presented using simple prose. Please avoid excessive jargon and technical detail. Reviews should capture the broad developments and implications of recent work. The opening paragraph should make clear the general thrust of the review and provide a clear sense of why the review is now particularly appropriate. The concluding paragraph shoud provide the reader with an idea of how the field may develop or future problems to be overcome, but should not summarize the article.
To ensure that a review is likely to be accessible to as many readers as possible, it may be useful to ask a colleague from another discipline to read the reveiw before submitting it.
Submitted reviews are subject to the same page charges as full length reports�whether and how page charges will apply for commissioned reviews will be made clear when each review is commissioned. Reviews should include an abstract of 150 words and should cite no more than 150 references.