Guidelines

Manuscript Preparation: 

These articles should clearly describe new and carefully confirmed results and experimental procedure which should be given in required details for others to verify the work. The manuscript (original research paper) should be prepared in English using “MS Word”. “Times New Roman” font should be used. The font size should be of 12pt but main subheadings may be of 14pt. All research articles should have the following sections: Title page, Abstract, Key words, Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgement (if any) and References.Manuscript should be concisely typewritten in 1.0 spaces in A4 sized sheets. The pages shall be numbered consequently. The length of Review / Science Education article should not exceed 12 manuscript pages including figures, table and references. No abbreviations on acronyms shall be used in the titles or Abstract acronyms except for measurements. There shall not be decorative boarders anywhere in the text including the title.

Title: The title should then followed by the author name and the institution name and address by indicating suitable superscripts. Title page should contain title of the paper in bold face, title case, names of the authors in normal face, upper case (font size 12) followed by the address(es) in normal face lower case. An asterisk (*) must be placed after the corresponding authors name as superscript whose email id, fax, telephone number can be given. Corresponding author has the responsibility to ensure that all co-authors are aware and approve the contents of the submitted manuscript.

Abstract: This section should detail the problems, experimental approach, major findings and conclusion in one paragraph and should appear on the second page (Brief Introduction, Brief Justification, Brief Methodology, Brief Results and Brief Conclusion). Avoid abbreviation, diagram and references in the abstract.

Keywords: Author(s) must give key words which can identify the most important subjects covered by the paper. They must be placed at the end of the abstract.

Introduction: The manuscript should include the purpose of the investigation and relating the manuscript to similar previous research. Only information essential to the arguments should be presented.

Materials and Methods or Methodology: This section must contain specific details about the materials studied, instruments used, specialized chemicals source and related experimental details which allows other research worker to reproduce the results. Obtain permission for all fully borrowed, adapted, and modified tables and provide a credit line in the footnote. Results and Discussions The results should be concisely presented. Results and discussion may be separate or combined based on the author’s requirement. Tables and figures should be designed to maximize the comprehension of the experimental data. The interpreted results should be explained clearly in discussions and should relate them to the existing knowledge in the field as clearly as possible. Tables, Graphs and figures (Illustrations) should be inserted in to the main text at respective place they should appear when published and should have appropriate numbers and titles with an explanatory heading. Labels of the table, graph and figures MUST be in the text form and should not form part of the image. Colour photographs and illustrations (line drawings, halftones, photos, photomicrographs etc) must be clean originals or digital files would be charged that may be intimated along with the acceptance letter. Those photographs must be clear and sharp. Digital files are recommended for highest quality reproduction.

Results and Discussion: Presentation of results (including Figures, Tables, etc) must precede discussion of results.

Conclusion: A conclusion section must be included and should indicate clearly the advantages, limitation, and possible applications of the paper. Although a conclusion may review the main points of the paper, do not replicate the abstract as the conclusion. A conclusion might elaborate on the importance of the work or suggest applications and extension.

Acknowledgement (if any and optional): This section can be kept at the end of the manuscript before reference section. This section can be used to acknowledge the help of those who do not qualify for authorship or to acknowledge funding, donated resources or significant contribution to the research.

References: References to the literature cited for the manuscript should be numbered in order of appearance in the manuscript and cited in the text with superscript numbers. The reference number should follow the following format.

For Journals Format: Author(s) of article (surname initials). Title of the manuscript. Journal title abbreviated Year of publication; volume number (issue number): page numbers.

Standard journal article (If more than six authors, the first six shall be listed followed by et al. )

Hornung H, Woolley K, Kori M L, Bennani L K, Bundgaard R K, Charles C S

et al. Anti-Inflammatory and analgesic activity of Jatropha gossypifolia in experimental animal models. Global Journal of Pharmacology 2009; 3(1):1-5.

For Books and other monograph Format: Author AB, Author BB, Author CC. Title of Book. Ed, Vol, Publisher, City, year, page numbers.

Faycal K M, Indian Material Medica. Edn 3, Vol. I, London, 2000, 242-246.

For Patent Reference: H. Aviv, D. Friedman, A. Bar-Ilan and M. Vered. Submicron emulsions as ocular drug delivery vehicles, U.S. Patent US 5496811; 1996.

For Website Reference: Quick dissolving tablets. http://www.biospace.com. 27 may, 2001.

Ethical Matters: Authors involving in the usage of experimental animals and human subjects in their research article should seek approval from the appropriate Ethical committee in accordance with “Principles of Laboratory Animal Care”. The Method section of the manuscript should include a statement to prove that the investigation was approved and that informed consent was obtained.

Sequence for Manuscripts Submission:

• Article Title
• Authors and Co-Authors details and their affiliations (Department/Section, Faculty/School, University/College Name, Country Name)
• Abstract (Maximum of 250 words)
• Key words (Maximum of 6)
• Introduction
• Materials and Methods or Methodology
• Results and Discussion (Including Figures, Tables, etc)
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgement (Optional)
• References