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Submission of Manuscripts:
Manuscripts should be submitted online to JDAPR for possible publication through the Online Journal System JADPR Manuscript Submission Form should be signed by all authors. The completed form should be scanned and uploaded during the Online Submission Process. If the authors find difficulty in online submission they can submit their manuscripts directly to the Editor at editorjdapr@gmail.com or editorjdapr@medvet.co.in. However, they should follow the prescribed procedures.
JADPR editorial board, considering the feedback from the reviewers, makes an objective and quick decision on each manuscript and informs the corresponding author as soon as possible.
Article Publication Charge (APC) applies to manuscripts accepted after a peer review. There are no submission charges.
All articles published in JDAPR are published in full open access. In order to provide free access to readers, and to cover the costs of peer review, copyediting, typesetting, long-term archiving, and journal management and costs, APC of Rs.2000 or 50 USD applies to papers accepted after peer review.
The journal does not promote plagiarism hence all submitted manuscripts shall be checked for plagiarism using appropriate software. The authors shall be responsible for any inadvertent appearance of plagiarism in their manuscripts and neither the Editors nor the Publishers hold any responsibility for such appearance.
Submission of a manuscript to JDAPR implies that:
1. It has not previously been published.
2. It is not being submitted for publication elsewhere.
3. All authors have seen and approved the manuscript.
4. All authors have obtained permission from their employer or institution to publish.
5. Ethical approval was obtained for work involving the use of animals. Papers describing experiments that demonstrate a lack of concern for current ethical and welfare standards will not be accepted.
When live experimental animals are used, the methods section must clearly indicate that adequate measures were taken to minimize pain or discomfort. Experiments should be carried out in accordance with the Guidelines laid down by the International Animal Ethics Committee or Institutional ethics committee and in accordance with local laws and regulations. All studies using human or animal subjects should include an explicit statement in the Material and Methods section identifying the review and ethics committee approval for each study, if applicable. Editors reserve the right to reject papers if there is doubt as to whether appropriate procedures have been used. Papers describing experiments that demonstrate a lack of concern for current ethical and welfare standards will not be accepted. The Editors also reserve the right to remove published papers that have subsequently been found not to have followed proper publication ethics. The journal will not consider manuscripts from such authors in future.
Type of manuscripts:
The following types of manuscripts are considered for publication:
1. Original research articles.
2. Review articles.
3. Short communications.
4. Case reports.
Letters to the Editor:
Letters to the Editor offering comment or useful critique on material published in the journal are welcome. The publication of Letters to the Editor by the JDAPR provides an opportunity for the exchange of information, for posing questions to authors of material published in the JDAPR, or for noting alternative viewpoints or perspectives. Letters to the Editor will be forwarded to authors for their possible response. Decisions on publishing a Letter to the Editor will be made by the Editor-in-Chief of the JDAPR. Authors must provide full contact information including address, telephone number, and e-mail address. Authors who are willing to send Letters to the Editor, should submit their Letters to the Editor as email attachment to the Editor-in-Chief or Journal’s email. However, publication of all letters to the Editors is not mandatory and the decision lies with the Editorial Board.
Manuscript preparation:
Title of the manuscript should be appropriate to the nature of the paper. All submitted manuscripts should include: Title page and Abstract. For original research papers, text should be organized as follows: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, and References. For case reports, text should be organized as follows: Introduction, Case Details, Discussion, and References. Review articles should be organized as: Introduction and then the rest of the article may be appropriately subdivided according to the authors’ choice. Because short communications are brief, Results and Discussion sections should be combined in one section as “Results and Discussion”.
Review Process:
All manuscripts are reviewed by the editor and members of the Editorial Board and also by qualified outside reviewers. Decisions will generally be made as rapidly as possible, and the journal strives to return reviewers’ comments to authors as soon as possible. The editorial board will re-review the manuscripts that are accepted pending revisions. If accepted then will be published online. The decision to accept or reject a paper for publication in the Journal rests fully with the Editorial Board.
Please consult this Guide for Authors for further details on the requirements for submitting your paper to JDAPR. The guidelines described in this document should be adhered to carefully, to ensure high-quality and rapid publication of your manuscript.
General guideline:
– Manuscripts must be typed in font size 12 (Times New Roman).
-The authors should avoid lengthy confusing statements.
– Manuscripts should be double-spaced throughout, including the Reference section.
– All pages should be numbered (Page Numbers) starting from the title page.
– Continual line numbering (Line Numbers) should be used throughout the manuscript.
– Manuscripts should only be submitted in English.
Submission Checklist:
You can use this list to carry out a final check of your submission before you send it to the journal for review. Please check the relevant section in this Guide for Authors for more details.
Ensure that the following items are present:
One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details:
• E-mail address
• Full postal address
All necessary files have been uploaded:
Manuscript:
It is recommended that the manuscript should be submitted in Word document
• Include keywords
• All figures (include relevant captions)
• All tables (including titles, description, footnotes)
• Ensure all figure and table citations in the text match the files provided
• Indicate clearly if color should be used for any figures in print
Graphical Abstracts / Highlights files (where applicable)
Supplemental files (where applicable)
Further considerations
• Manuscript has been ‘spell checked’ and ‘grammar checked’
• All references mentioned in the Reference List are cited in the text, and vice versa
• Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Internet)
• A competing interest’s statement is provided, even if the authors have no competing interests to declare
• Journal policies detailed in this guide have been reviewed
• Referee suggestions and contact details provided, based on journal requirements
Title Page:
Title page should have the following: (a) the title of the paper, (b) names of authors, (c) author affiliations: institutions and their postal addresses, (d) telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address of the corresponding author. Superscript numbers should be used to link authors with institutions, and an asterisk (*) should be used to refer to the corresponding author.
Short Title: There should be a short title included
Abstract:
Each manuscript must have an abstract briefly stating the objective of the study, the procedures followed, the salient findings and a brief conclusion. The abstract is not required for short communications and brief case reports. The abstract must not exceed 350-400 words, must cover all the aspects stated above and should be followed by the key words.
Key words:
There should be 5 to 7 keywords in the alphabetic representing the most common words used in the manuscript for indexing service.
Introduction:
The introduction should provide a clear statement of the problem and the reason for investigation. Statements should be fully supported by proper references. The Introduction must briefly state the work carried out so far on the topic of study with pertinent references. Although the Introduction should be concise, it should be useful not only to those who are very familiar with the topic of the paper but also to non-experts. There should be no statements pertaining to the results at the end of the Introduction. The introduction should end with a statement as to how the study conducted is likely to enhance the knowledge. The authors should only include recent references unless otherwise necessary. Inclusion of very old references (more than 20 years old) is discouraged unless very essential.
Materials and Methods:
Procedures described in the paper should have sufficient details to enable other researchers to be able to replicate the findings. New procedures or techniques should be described in detail and all the methods that follow earlier publications should be cited. Any important modifications of published procedures should be mentioned clearly. The trade names can be put in brackets and the manufacturer’s full name and address should be included. Subheadings should be used to clearly classify the materials and methods section. Except for case reports, short communications and reviews It should be stated as to how were the statistical comparisons done and what software was used.
Ethical Approval: Authors must provide) ethical approval (if available) at the end of the Materials and Methods section.
Results:
Should be presented with clarity and precision. The results should describe findings in the authors’ experiments. The Results section may include subheadings. Discussion, speculations and detailed interpretations of the data should not be included in the Results as such details belong to the Discussion section. The results should be presented concisely without replicating data in the text and tables. Lengthy less meaningful tables should be avoided and graphs or other figures should be clear and conveying the findings of the authors.
Discussion:
This section should mainly focus on interpreting the findings of the results that were obtained in the current study. Also comparisons to the past studies on that particular topic should me made wherever appropriate. Unrelated irrelevant statements must be avoided. Statements made should be adequately referenced. State the main conclusions and/or summary in a few sentences at the end of the paper.
Acknowledgments:
Any acknowledgments to people, grants, funds, etc. should be in brief and should be included in a separate headed section at the end of the manuscript but before the reference section.
Conflict of interest:
At the end and under a subheading “Conflict of interest”, all Authors are required to certify if there are any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could influence or bias their work. If no conflicts of interest exist, this should be stated as “The Author(s) declare(s) that there is no conflict of interest”.
Author Contributions:
The contributions of all authors must be described in order to know each author’s individual contributions to the work. The corresponding author is responsible for providing the contributions of all authors at submission. We expect that all authors have reviewed, discussed, and agreed to their individual contributions prior and during submission of their article. Contributions will be published with the final article, and they should accurately reflect contributions to the work.
Changes to authorship:
Authors are expected to consider carefully the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide the definitive list of authors at the time of the original submission. Any addition, deletion or rearrangement of author names in the authorship list should be made only before the manuscript has been accepted and only if approved by the journal Editor. To request such a change, the Editor must receive the following from the corresponding author: (a) the reason for the change in author list and (b) written confirmation (e-mail, letter) from all authors that they agree with the addition, removal or rearrangement. In the case of addition or removal of authors, this includes confirmation from the author being added or removed.
Only in exceptional circumstances will the Editor consider the addition, deletion or rearrangement of authors after the manuscript has been accepted. While the Editor considers the request, publication of the manuscript will be suspended. If the manuscript has already been published in an online issue, any requests approved by the Editor will result in a corrigendum.
Tables:
Number all the Table(s) in the order of their citation in the manuscript. Include a title for each Table. All Table(s) should be included at the end of the manuscript following the References, and each Table in a separate page. If a Table must be continued, repeat the title on a second sheet, followed by “(cont).”
Figures:
Figures and graphics should be prepared using applications that generate high resolution images. Figures should be uploaded separately during the Submission Process. The Figure’s legend should be written at the end of the manuscript and should include sufficient description so that the Figure can be understood without having to read the text of the manuscript. Number all the Figures (graphs, charts, photographs, and illustrations) in the order of their citation in the text.
Abbreviations Units, etc.:
Authors should follow internationally agreed conventions while abbreviating various terms.
References:
In accordance with the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (ICMJE Recommendations) the journal follows the Vancouver style of reference citation in which all references are numbered in the text and in the reference list.
Numbering: List all references in order by number, not alphabetically. Each reference is listed once only, since the same number is used throughout the paper.
Authors: List each author’s last name followed by a space and then initials without any periods; there is a comma and space between authors and a period at the end of the last author. If the number of authors exceeds six, give the first six followed by “et al.”. For edited books, place the editors’ names in the author position and follow the last editor with a comma and the word editor (or editors). For edited books with chapters written by individual authors, list the authors of the chapter first, then the chapter title, followed by “In:”, the editors’ names, and the book title.
Title: Capitalize the first letter of the first word in the title. The rest of the title is in lower-case, with the exception of proper names. Do not underline the title; do not use italics. If there is an edition for a book, it appears after the title, abbreviated and followed by a period, for example: 3rd ed.
Journal article, up to 6 personal author(s):
[1]. Purohit GN,Pareek PK. Research on dromedary reproduction. The past two decades and future prospective. Vet Bull 2000;70(12):1265-1274.
Electronic journal article:
[2]. Poling J, Kelly L, Chan C, Fisman D, Ulanova M. Hospital admission for community-acquired pneumonia in a First Nations population. Can J Rural Med [Internet]. [cited 2015;19(4):135-41.] Available from: http://www.srpc.ca/14fal.html.
Journal article, 7 or more personal authors:
[3]. Purohit GN, Duggal GP, Dadarwal D, Kumar D, YadavRC,Vyas S et al. Reproductive biotechniques for genetic improvement of buffalo-The current status. Asian-AustrJAnimSci 2003;16 (7)1071-1086.
Book, personal author(s):
[4]. Buckingham L. Molecular diagnostics: fundamentals, methods and clinical applications. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis; 2012.
Book or pamphlet, organization as both author and publisher:
[5]. College of Medical Radiation Technologists of Ontario. Standards of practice. Toronto: The College; 2011.
Book, editor(s):
[6]. Kumar V, Abbas AK, Aster JC, editors. Robbins basic pathology. 16th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2013.
Book,editor(s), specific chapter with individual author(s):
[7]. Altobelli N. Airway management. In: Kacmarek R, Stoller JK, Heuer AJ, editors. Egan’s fundamentals of respiratory care. 10th ed. St. Louis: Saunders Mosby 2013; p. 732-786.
Dictionary entry:
[8]. Stedman’s medical dictionary for the health professions and nursing. 7th ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2012. Hematoma; p. 756.
Reference to a website:
[9] Cancer Research UK. Cancer statistics reports for the UK, http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/aboutcancer/statistics/cancerstatsreport/; 2003 [accessed 13 March 2003].
Entry in a print reference work:
[10]. Canadian Pharmacists Association. CPS 2013: compendium of pharmaceuticals and specialties. 48th ed. Ottawa: The Association; 2013. Atropine: Systemic; p. 297-9.
Suggesting reviewers:
Please submit the names and institutional e-mail addresses of several potential reviewers.
Authors should not suggest reviewers who are colleagues, or who have co-authored or collaborated with you during the last three years. Editors do not invite reviewers who have potential competing interests with the authors. Further, in order to provide a broad and balanced assessment of the work, and ensure scientific rigor, please suggest diverse candidate reviewers who are located in different countries/regions from the author group. Also consider other diversity attributes e.g. gender, race and ethnicity, career stage, etc. Finally, authors should not include existing members of the journal’s editorial team, of whom the journal is already aware.
Note: the editor decides whether or not to invite your suggested reviewers.
Reprints:
JDAPR is an open access journal, and all readers and authors will have free electronic access to the full text (PDF) of the articles. Authors can freely download the PDF file from which they can print unlimited copies of their articles.
Copyright:
A Submitted manuscript must be an original contribution, not previously published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. However, a complete report following publication of a preliminary report, usually in the form of an abstract, or a paper that has been presented at a scientific meeting, if not published in full in a conference proceeding, may be submitted. When the manuscript is accepted for publication, the authors agree to automatically transfer of the copyright of the article to the publisher.