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Submission of duly filled Agreement form is Mandatory
(Revised
July 1998)
Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
(IJPP) welcomes original articles and short communication from any part of
the world. All efforts are made to complete the peer review and editorial
processing speedily. Letters to the Editor should generally refer to
articles recently published in IJPP. Reviews are generally solicited from
established scientists, but proposals for reviews are welcome. The
proposals should include a synopsis/outline of the review, and a list of
publications of the author on the subject of the review.
Submit
three copies of the manuscript, typed in double space on one side of the
paper only, to the Editor for Physiology / Pharmacology, depending on the
subject of the article, or to the Executive Editor, IJPP, Department of
Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi — 110029
It
will facilitate the quality and speed of publication if the manuscript is
also submitted on a floppy diskette in MSWORD, In addition to the printed
copies. However, the diskette may be submitted only after the article has
been accepted for publication so that revisions suggested by referees, if
any, can also be incorporated in the floppy by the authors.
Title
Page
The
title page should carry (1) the title of the article, which should be
concise but informative, (2) a short running head or footline of not more
than 40 characters (count letters and spaces) placed at the foot of the
title page and Identified, (8) first name, middle initial, and last name of
each author, (4) name of department(s) and institution (a) to which the
work should be attributed, (5) name and address of author responsible for
correspondence about the manuscript, (6) name and address of author to whom
requests for reprints should be addressed, (7) the source(s) of support in
the form of grants, equipment, drugs or all of these, and (8) a statement
signed by all authors that the paper has neither been published in whole or
part earlier (except as an abstract) nor is under consideration elsewhere.
Abstract
And Key Words
The second page should carry an abstract
of not more than 150 words. The abstract should state the purpose of the
study or investigation, basic procedures, (study subjects or experimental
animals, observational and analytic methods), main findings (give specific
data and their statistical significance, if possible), and the principal
conclusions. Emphasize new and important aspects of the study or
observations. Use only approved abbreviations.
At the bottom of the abstract, supply a
few key words, preferably using terms included in Medical Subject Headings
of Index Medicus and MEDLINE.
The text of articles should be in the
following sequence: Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion. Only
standard terms which have been generally accepted should be used.
Proprietary or trade names should begin in capitals and the spellings
carefully checked. The chemical and official name must precede the
proprietary name of a drug.
Introduction
Clearly state the purpose of the article.
Summarize the rationale for the study or observations. Give only strictly
pertinent references, and do not review the subject extensively.
Methods
Describe your selection of the
observational or experimental subject. (Patient. or experimental animals
including controls) clearly. Identify the methods, apparatus (manufacturer.
name and address in parenthesis and procedures in sufficient detail to
allow other workers to repeat the experiment. If the procedures involve an
assay, include data on its accuracy, e.g. specificity, sensitivity and
recovery. Give references to established methods, including statistical
methods. Provide references and brief descriptions for methods that have
been published but are not well known. Describe new or substantially
modified methods, give reasons for using them and evaluate their
limitations.
When reporting experiments on human
subjects, indicate whether the procedure followed were in accordance with
the ethical standards of the committee on human experimentation of the
institution in which the experiments were done or in accordance with the
Helsinki Declaration of 1975. When reporting experiments on animals,
indicate whether the institution’s or Indian National Science Academy’s
guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals were followed. Identify
precisely all drugs and chemicals used, including generic name(s),
dosage(s) and route (s) of administration. Do not use patient’s name,
initials, or hospital numbers.
Include number of observations and the
statistical significance of the finding when appropriate. Detailed
statistical analyses, mathematical derivations, and the like may sometimes
be suitably presented in the form of one or more appendices.
Results
Present your results in logical sequence
in the text, tables, and illustrations. Do not repeat in the text all the
data in the tables, illustrations, or both. Emphasize or summarize
Discussion
Emphasize the new and important aspects
of the study and conclusions that follow from them Do not repeat in detail
data given in the results section. Include in the discussion implications
of the findings and their limitations and relate the observations to other
relevant studies. Link the conclusion with the goals of the study but avoid
unqualified statements and conclusions not completely supported by your data.
Avoid claiming priority and alluding to work that has not been completed.
State new hypotheses when warranted but clearly label them as such.
recomendation when appropriate, may be included
Acknowledgement
Acknowledge only persons who have made
substantive contribution to the study. Authors are responsible for
obtaining return permission from persons acknowledged by name because
readers may infer their endorsement of the data and conclusions.
References
Number the references consecutively in the
order in which they are first mentioned in the text. Identify references in
text, and legends, by Arabic numerals (in parentheses). References cited
only in tables or in legends should be numbered in accordance with a
sequence established by the first identification in the text of the
particular table or illustration.
Use the style of the examples below,
which are based on the formats used by the U.S. National Library of
Medicine in Index Medicus.
The title of journals should be
abbreviated according to the style used in Index Medicus.
Try to avoid using abstracts as
references.
“Unpublished observations” and verbal
personal communications may not be used as references, although references
to written communications may be inserted. In manuscripts accepted but not
yet published, designate the journal followed by “in press” (in
parentheses). Information from manuscripts submitted but not yet accepted
should be cited in the text as “unpublished observation & (in
parentheses).
The references must be verified by the
author(s) against the original documents.
Examples of correct forms of reference
are given below:
Journal:
1. Standard journal
article (list all authors when six or less; when seven or more, list only
first three and add et al. Muralidhara DV, Shetty PS. Nutritional status
and spontaneous locomotor activity in the rat. Indian J Physiol Pharmacol
1990; 34: 120—124.
Books & Monographs
2. Weatherall M.
Drugs and excitable cell membranes. In: Robson JM, Stacey RS, eds. Recent
advances in pharmacology. London, Churchill 1986: 22—28.
Tables
Type each table on a separate sheet
remember to use double space. Do not submit tables as photographs. Number
tables consecutively and supply a brief title for each. Give each column a
short or abbreviated heading. Explain in footnotes all nonstandard
abbreviations that are used in each table.
Identify statistical measures of
variation such as standard deviation and standard error of the mean.
Do not use internal horizontal and
vertical rules.
Cite each table in the text in
consecutive order.
Illustrations
Illustrative materials should be used
with economy. Each copy of the manuscript should be accompanied by one set
of figures. Figures should be professionally drawn and photographed:
freehand or type—written lettering is unacceptable. Instead of original
drawings, roentgenogram, and other material, send at least one set of laser
printout or sharp, glossy black—and—white photographic prints, about 127 by
173 mm (5 by 7 inch) but no larger than 210 by 300 mm (8.4 by 11.8 inch).
If you supply only one set of laser printouts or glossy prints, all the
remaining copies of the manuscript should be accompanied by a set of
photocopies of the figures. Letters, numbers and symbols should be clear
and even throughout, and of sufficiently large size so that when reduced
for publication, each item will be legible. Titles and detailed
explanations should be given in legends, not on the illustrations
themselves.
Each figure should have a label pasted on
its back indicating the number of the figure, the names of the authors, and
the top of the figure. Do not write on the back of the figures, mount them
on cardboard, or scratch or mark them using paper clip. Do not bend
figures.
Photomicrographs must have internal scale
markers. Symbols, arrows, or letters used in the photomicrographs should
contrast with the background.
If photographs of persons are used,
either the subjects must not be identifiable or their pictures must be
accompanied by written permission to use the photograph.
Legends of Illustrations
Type legends for illustrations
double-spaced, starting on a separate page, with Arabic numerals
corresponding to the illustrations. When symbols, arrows, numbers, or letters
are used for identifying parts of an illustration, identify, and explain
each one clearly in the legend. Explain internal scale and identify method
of staining in photomicrographs.
The approximate position of the figures
and tables should be indicated in the margin of the manuscript.
The cost of printing of more than three
Figures/ illustrations and Table(s) in one article will be charged to the
author(s).
Units of Measurement
Measurement of length, height, weight,
and volume should be reported in metric unite (metre, kilogram, litre) or
their decimal multiples or fractions.
Temperatures should be given in degrees
Celsius. Blood pressures should be given in millimeters of mercury. Other
measurements should be reported in the units in which they were made.
The following abbreviations should be
used:
Unit
U
Kilogram,
gram
kg, g
Milligram
mg
Picogram
pg
hour(s)
h
minute(s)
min
second,
millisecond
s, ms
mole,
millimole, micromole
mol, mmol, µmol
nanomole,
picomole
nmol, pmol
metre,
centimetre,
millimeter
m,cm,mm
micrometer
µm
litre,
milliliter
L, mL
microlitre
µL
microgram
µg
milimetre
of
mercury
mm, Hg
milliequivelent mEq
curie
ci
Angstrom
A
Calorie
cal
degree
centigrade
C
molarity
mol
routes
ip,po,im,iv
Statistical
Terms
correlation
coefficient
r
degrees
of
freedom
df
mean
x
not
significant
NS
number
of
observations n
standard
deviation
SD
probability
p
standard
error of the
mean
SEM
student
test
t Test
variance
ratio
F
General Remarks
A
recent issue of the Journal is a good guide to the style
1. Proofs: Proofs
should be corrected and return within 48 hours to the Executive Editor, IJPP,
of Physiology, All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, New Delhi - 110
029.
2. Reprints: 40
reprints of every article published In IJPP are prepared as a matter of
routine and supplied to the authors at nominal cost (to cover handling and postal
expenses). It is regretted that requests for more than 40 reprints cannot
be entertained.
3. Copyright : Papers
which have been published become the property of the Journal, and
permission to reproduce them in any form must be obtained from the
Executive Editor.
