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of revised guidelines, 2003
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.
