Preparation of Manuscript

 

> Format and Style

 

The authors are required to prepare their manuscripts in accordance with the format and style provided below in order to get accepted and subjected to peer-review process.

 

• File format                              

Manuscripts should be submitted in the DOC format

 

• Language                              

Manuscripts should be submitted in English

 

• Length                                   

There are no restrictions on the word count. However, the authors are encouraged to present   their findings concisely

 

• Font                                          

Text of the manuscripts should be in Times New Roman with a font size 12

 

• Spacing and layout              

Manuscript text should be double spaced and the manuscript pages should be numbered

 

• Footnotes                               

Footnotes are not permitted

 

• Abbreviations                       

Abbreviations should be defined upon first appearance in the text. Authors are encouraged to keep abbreviations to a minimum

 

• Reference Style                    

APA publication manual latest edition

 

• Nomenclature                       

Authors are required to use correct and established nomenclature wherever possible

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> Organization

 

The authors are required to organize their manuscripts as follows:

 

Beginning section.

• Title page: Should list the title, authors, and affiliations

• Abstract

• Introduction

 

Middle section

• Materials and methods

• Results

• Discussion

• Conclusions

 

Ending section

• Acknowledgements

• Statement of conflict of interest (if any)

• References

 

Figures, graphs, and tables

Figures, graphs, and tables should be properly numbered and inserted in the appropriate place in the main manuscript

It is also required to submit figures and graphs in separate files

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Title page

The title page should include the title, authors, and affiliations and should be the first page of the manuscript file.

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Abstract

The Abstract should be present after the title page in the manuscript file and should:

• Not exceed 300 words

• Not include citations and abbreviations (if possible)

• Describe the main objective(s) of the study

• Explain how the study was done without methodological detail

• Summarize the most important results and their significance

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Introduction

The introduction should include the following:

• Background, which puts the manuscript into context and enable the understanding of the purpose and the significance of the research. The problem addressed in the study should be described along with its importance

• A brief review of the key literature

• Any relevant disagreements in the field related to the research

• A brief concluding statement stating the overall aim of the work and a comment on whether the intended aim was achieved

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Materials and Methods

The Materials and Methods provided should include a comprehensive description of the research to enable any other researcher to fully replicate it. If materials, methods, and protocols included  are well established, authors may cite the articles in which they are described in detail. However, the manuscript should include details on the materials, methods, and protocols used to be understood independent of the aforementioned references. Protocols or specific information for any new method/s used should be included in detail.

Research involving human and animal subjects, and samples

 

The Materials and Methods section must include the required ethics statement for studies that involve human and animal subjects, and samples.

 

All research that involves human and animal subjects, and samples must have been approved by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) or an equivalent ethics committee. Upon request, authors must be able to submit a statement from the IRB or ethics committee, which indicates the relevant approval for the research conducted.

 

In such research, the subjects must have been instructed properly. Their consent should have been obtained by informing them that signing the relevant documents indicates that they have provided their consent to participate in the relevant study. Upon request, the authors should be able to submit a blank, sample copy of the consent form used. The authors must explain in the manuscript itself the reasons if the consent obtained was verbal and not in the written format, or if the consent could not be obtained, or if the consent is not required. It is also required that the IRB or ethics committee to approve the use of verbal consent in place of the written consent and/or lack of consent. Any information that would allow the identification of the subjects should not be included in the manuscript. All efforts should be made to protect the privacy and the anonymity of the participating subjects.

 

The ethics statement should include the following:

• The name of the approving Institutional Review Board or equivalent ethics committee Whether the consent obtained from the subjects was in written or verbal form.

• If verbal, the reason for not having the written consent must be stated and its approval from the IRB or equivalent ethics committee and the way verbal consent was documented should be included along with it.

• If approval was not obtained, a detailed statement from the authors explaining why it was not required.

• If the study involves categorizing humans by race/ethnicity, age, disease/disabilities, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, or other socially constructed groupings, authors should include the following:

  • An explicit description on the methods of categorizing human populations.​

  • A detailed description defining the categories as much as the study protocol allows.

  • A justification on the choices of definitions and categories, including for example whether any rules of human categorization were required by their funding agency.

  • An explanation on whether the authors controlled for confounding variables such as socioeconomic status, nutrition, environmental exposures, or similar factors in their analysis and if yes, how.

  • It should also be noted that more current, acceptable terminology should be used in place of any outmoded terms and potentially stigmatizing labels, for example,

                                 - In place of “cancer victims”, “patients with cancer” should be used.

                                 - In place of “Caucasian”, “white” or “of [Western] European descent” should be used.

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Results, Discussion, Conclusions

The language should be clear and concise and there are no restrictions to the word limit. Each section may be further divided into subsections with a concise subheading, as appropriate.

 

Figures, graphs, and tables can be used as appropriate in the results section. However, they should be included in the appropriate places in the manuscript.

 

Together, results, discussion, and conclusions should describe the results of the experiments, interpret them, and draw necessary conclusions. In addition, the authors should explain how the results relate to the hypothesis presented and explain concisely the implications of the findings particularly in relation to previous related studies and include any potential future directions for research.

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Acknowledgments

Authors should acknowledge the sources of funding and those who have contributed to the work with a description of the contribution. It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure that the aforementioned people have agreed to be named.

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Statement of Conflict of Interests

At the end of the manuscript and before the reference list, the authors are required to state, “The authors declare no competing interests” or “The authors declare the existence of a financial/non- financial competing interest”.

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References

References should be listed at the end of the manuscript and should be numbered according to the alphabetical order. Citations should not be included in the abstract.

 

In the reference list, all available work can be cited. However, the following sources should not be cited in the reference list:

• Unavailable and unpublished work including manuscripts that have been submitted but not yet accepted

• Personal communications

 

Therefore, the acceptable sources include:

• Published or accepted manuscripts

• Manuscripts on preprint servers, providing the manuscript has a citable DOI or arXiv URL.

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Figures, Graphs Tables

 

> Figures

Figures should be included as appropriate in relevant places in the manuscript. In addition, a  separate document should be submitted with all the figures.

 

Figures should be numbered in ascending numeric order at first appearance in the manuscript  using Arabic numerals. It should be noted that the “Figure” is required to be abbreviated to “Fig”. An example would be Fig 1, Fig 2, etc. Figure legends or captions should include a brief descriptive title and should be concise and self-explanatory.

 

> Graphs

Graphs must be of high standard and good quality. To denote points in graphs, solid or open circles, squares, triangles, and inverted triangles may be used. The plots or the lines of the graphs may be solid, pecked or dotted.

It should be noted that the graphs drawn in excel should be submitted separately as excel files.

 

> Tables

Tables should be numbered in ascending numeric order at first appearance in the manuscript using Arabic numerals. The tables should not repeat data available elsewhere in the manuscript. A caption should be included above each table with a label such as, for example, Table 1, Table 2, etc. along with a brief descriptive title. Footnotes may be included below the table. Each table should be placed immediately after the paragraph in which it is first cited.

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Author Names and Affiliations

The names of the authors should be included in the title page of the manuscript. Each name should be arranged according to the following order:

• First name (or initials, if used) Middle name (or initials, if used) Last name (surname, family name)

• Each author should have an affiliation, which includes department, university, or organization along with its location, including city, state/province (if applicable), and country.

• If multiple affiliations are there for an author, all affiliations should be included on the title page in the preferred order.

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Corresponding Author

The author submitting the manuscript will be considered as the corresponding author. The corresponding author will be the primary contact for the journal office.

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Author Contributions

Provide a separate document mentioning at minimum one contribution for each author along with the manuscript. It is the responsibility of the submitting author to complete and provide this information at submission. We expect that all authors have discussed and agreed to the contribution stated ahead of the submission time.

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Cover Letter

A separate document should be uploaded as a cover letter along with the manuscript. The length limit is 1 page.

The following should be included in the cover letter:

• A summary on the contribution of the study to the scientific literature Relating the study to previously published work

• Specification of article type, for example, research article, systematic review etc.

• Any suggestion on appropriate Academic Editors to handle your manuscript (optional) Any opposed reviewers (optional)

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Plagiarism Policy

EJCR does not allow plagiarism and any kind of manipulation of data and figures with the intention of providing incorrect information.

All the manuscripts submitted to EJCR will undergo a complete check for plagiarism before subjecting to peer review.