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Editorial Policies

Types of Manuscripts and Limits

Original articles: Randomized controlled trials, intervention studied, studies of screening and diagnostic test, outcome studies, cost-effectiveness analyses, case-control series, and surveys with high response rate. Up to 3000 words excluding about 30 references and abstract.
Review articles (including for Ethics forum, Education forum, E-Medicine, etc.): Systemic critical assessments of literature and data sources. Up to 4000 words excluding about 90 references and abstract. For review articles, include the method (literature search) in the abstract as well as in the introduction section. Usually, review articles are invited by the Editor-in-chief from people of eminence with vast personal experience in the field.
Case reports: new/interesting/very rare cases can be reported. Cases with clinical significance or implications will be given priority. However, mere reporting of a rare case is not encouraged and may not be considered. Up to 1000 words excluding references and abstract and up to 10 references.
Brief communication: Study with clinical interest or unusual presentation of a disease can be sent. Up to 1500 words and 15 references.
Announcements of conferences, meetings, courses and other items likely to be of interest to the readers should be submitted with the name and address of the person from whom additional information can be obtained.
Editorial, Guest Editorial, Review Article, Commentary, Expert’s Comments, and Symposia articles are solicited by the editorial

Heading	Important Points
Title Page	Type of manuscript (e.g. Original article, Case Report). - The title of the article, which should be concise, but informative. Authors full names (First name, middle initial(s) and surname) - Affiliations (the name of department(if any), institution, city and state or country where the work was done), indicating which authors are associated with which affiliation - Detail corresponding author address (Showing telephone & fax number and E-mail address)
Abstracts & key words	Summary of manuscript not more than 200 words and have a structured form i.e. reflect structure of an article i.e. Aim of the study, material and methods, results and conclusion. - A one page abstract for original paper & ½ page for case study is recommended. - The abstract should not be structured for a brief report, review article, brief communication and research methodology. Do not include references in abstract. - Key words should not repeat in the title of manuscript. Ideally, authors should use key words selected from the MeSH catalogue & minimum 3 key words should be given below the abstract.
Introduction	Mention the reason for the study, the nature of the problem, and its relation to previous work, quoting the order in which they are cited. - Results and conclusions of the study should not be mentioned.
Material & Methods	Should contain sources of special chemical kits, animals, case material and all the actual methods employed briefly with references. - In study design the place of study, duration, inclusive and exclusion criteria should be given. - Informed consent form should be obtained from all study group subjects. - Ethical clearance of the study should be obtained from institutional ethical committee. - Statistical methods used in the study should be mentioned in details. - All the investigations involving human or animal research must confirm with Helsinki Recommendations
Results	- Results should be presented in logical sequence using appropriate tables and figures without duplication. - Data should be presented in SI units except BP, which should be expressed in mmHg. - Tables and figures should be given at the end of manuscript.
Discussion	- Distinguish clearly new information from previous findings & speculation from facts. Problems arising out of the study may be identified & relevant hypothesis may be generated. Indicate the conclusion that may be drawn and place them in the context of critical appraisal of previous work. - Interpretation of results should not be unnecessarily long & rambling. It should be pertinent to the data presented. - Results or review of the literature should not be repeated.
Acknowledgement	- Contributions that need acknowledging but do not justify authorship, such as general support by a departmental chair; - Acknowledgments of technical help. - Acknowledgments of financial and material support, which should specify the nature of the support.
References	- It should be presented in consecutive order( As they are cited in the text) i.e. Vancouver standard - First six authors should be presented. - Journal title abbreviation should be in Medline standard. - Full title of the cited reference must be included. - Citation in the text should be marked by Arabian numbers in brackets. - Each citation item should be placed in a separate paragraph - (1) Standard Journal Article Savory J. Wills MR. Trace metals: essential nutrients or toxin. Clin Chem 1992;38;1565-73 -(2) Book and Monographs Kahn CR, Weir GC, editors. Joslin’s diabetes mellitus, 13ed, Philadelphia: Lea and Febiger 1994:1068pp. -(3) Chapter in Book Schmidt H. Testing results. In: Hutzinger O (ed) Handbook of environmental chemistry, vol 2E. Spinger, Berlin Heidelberg New York.1989: p111.
Tables & Figures	- Tables should have brief titles and without vertical lines. - Statistical significance to be given as foot note to the tables and its level should be marked as star in table or given in separate column as a part of the table. - Only standard symbols should be used for figures and legends should be given wherever necessary. - Each table and figure should be given on separate page and numbered consecutively (1, 2, etc.)
Cases	- The case should be one that is highly unusual, very unique, underreported in the literature. - The case report must present as a challenging diagnostic and therapeutic problem. - The case report must have significant educational value including the ability to perhaps change a clinician's traditional method of handling such a case. - The case report's interest to the reader should be significant.Preparation of Case Reports - Follow the standard format for the article (Abstract, Key-words, Introduction, Case History, Discussion and References
Short communication	- Approximately of 2000 words including an abstract of 100 words. - Three tables and/or figures may be considered. - References should not more than 10. - No key words are required.
Letters to the Editor	- Objective and constructive criticism of any article published in JKIMSU. - Includes any scientific or medical interest for the readers. - Length should not > than 1500 words - Two tables and/or figures may be provided. - References should not > than 10 - No key words.