Guide for Authors

Instruction for authors

  

Types of Papers:

The following types of articles will be considered for publication:

 

1.Review articles

Review articles should not exceed 5000 words (excluding abstract, legends and references) and should try not to exceed 75 references. The review should begin with an introduction and end with a conclusion or a perspective.

 

2.Original articles:

Original articles should not exceed 4000 words and as a rule should try not to exceed 50 references and 10 tables/figures. The abstract, legends and references aren’t included in the word.

 

3.Brief Communication

Brief Communications should not exceed 2000 (excluding abstract, legends and references) and have 25 references and 4 tables/figures.

 

4.Case reports

Case reports written-up single cases which present original observations, new insights and/or information based on novel technology. The text is to be composed in Abstract, Introduction, Clinical history and Discussion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instructions for Complying with Ethical Standards

 

1.Funding 

In this paragraph all sources of funding for the research reported should be declared. The role of the funding body in the design of the study and collection, analysis, and interpretation of data and in writing the manuscript should be declared. If not applicable, please add the following sentence: “This study was not supported by any funding.”

 

2.Conflict of Interest

All financial and non-financial competing interests must be declared in this section. If not applicable, please add the following sentence: “The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.”

 

3.Ethical approval

For studies with animals, the following statement should be included in the text: “All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed.”

For retrospective studies, please add the following sentence: “For this type of study formal consent is not required.”

For studies involving patients, please add the following sentence: “All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.”


If applicable (where such a committee exists): “All procedures performed in studies involving animals were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institution or practice at which the studies were conducted.”

If articles do not contain studies with human participants or animals by any of the authors, please select one of the following statements: “This article does not contain any studies with human participants performed by any of the authors.” “This article does not contain any studies with animals performed by any of the authors.” “This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.”

 

 

 

Title page

Title page contains the following information.

1.Title

The title should be concise and informative.

2.Author information

The name(s) of the author(s)

The affiliation(s) of the author(s)

E-mail address of the corresponding author

The 16-digit ORCID of the author(s)

3.Abstract

The abstract contains 150 to 300 words which should be divided into the following sections:

Objectives

Methods

Results

Conclusions

Abbreviations, footnotes, and references should not be used in the abstract.

Please note: For some articles (particularly, systematic reviews and original research articles), 300 words may not be sufficient to provide all necessary information in the abstract. Therefore, the abstract length can be increased from the 300-word limit (to up to 450 words) if the topic dictates, and to allow full compliance with the relevant reporting guidelines.

Submission of persian abstract is mandatory as well.

4.Keywords

Please provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes. MeSH provides tools to help author's select MeSH descriptors as key words for articles.

5.Acknowledgements

An Acknowledgment section may be included to acknowledge, for example, people who have assisted with aspects of the work (but who do not qualify as authors), disclaimers, collaborations, etc.

6.Competing Interests

Authors are required to disclose financial or non-financial interests that are directly or indirectly related to the work submitted for publication.

 

Manuscript file

1.Text Formatting

Manuscripts should be submitted in Word format.

Use a normal, plain font (12-point Times Roman) for text.

Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages.

Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables.

Save your file in docx format (Word 2007 or higher) or doc format (older Word versions).

Manuscripts with mathematical content can also be submitted in LaTeX.

2.Abbreviations

Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.

3.Footnotes

Footnotes can be used to give additional information and are numbered consecutively; those to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data)

  

References

  • Must be up-to-dated and limited to those that are necessary. Lists of references should be given in numerical order in the text, and in the reference list. Please use Vancouver style which could be used in the Endnote, Mendeley Reference Manager or Zotero softwares.

1.Citation

Reference citations in the text should be identified by numbers in square brackets. Some examples:

  1. Glucose is the primary fuel source for fetal growth during pregnancy [3].
  2. This is in agreement with results obtained later [1-3, 7].

2.Reference list

The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text.

The entries in the list should be numbered consecutively.

3.Journal article

Gamelin FX, Baquet G, Berthoin S, Thevenet D, Nourry C, Nottin S, Bosquet L. Effect of high intensity intermittent training on heart rate variability in prepubescent children. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2009; 105:731-738. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-008-0955-8

Always use the standard abbreviation of a journal’s name according to the ISSN List of Title Word Abbreviations

4.Book

South J, Blass B. The future of modern genomics. Blackwell, London; 2001

  1. Book chapter

Brown B, Aaron M. The politics of nature. In: Smith J (ed) The rise of modern genomics, 3rd edn. Wiley, New York; 2001, pp 230-257

6.Online document

Cartwright J. Big stars have weather too. IOP Publishing PhysicsWeb. http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/11/6/16/1. Accessed 26 June 2007

7.Dissertation

Asadabadi A. Screening of human pathogenic big six sero-groups among Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli obtained from sheep, goats and calves. Dissertation, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman; 2018

 

Tables

All tables are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.

Tables should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.

For each table, please supply a table caption (title) explaining the components of the table.

Footnotes to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data) and included beneath the table body.

 

Color Art

Figures should be submitted separately from the text.

All figures are numbered using Arabic numerals.

Color illustrations should be submitted as RGB.

Avoid effects such as shading, outline letters, etc.

Do not include titles or captions within your illustrations.

Figures should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.

Figure parts should be denoted by lowercase letters (a, b, c, etc.).

Each figure should have a concise caption describing accurately what the figure depicts. Include the captions in the text file of the manuscript, not in the figure file.

Figure captions begin with the term Fig. in bold type, followed by the figure number, also in bold type.

No punctuation is to be included after the number, nor is any punctuation to be placed at the end of the caption.

Identify all elements found in the figure in the figure caption; and use boxes, circles, etc., as coordinate points in graphs.

 

Article Processing Charges (APCs)

We are delighted to announce that publication in our peer-reviewed open access journal is entirely free of charge. Our commitment to fostering an inclusive and accessible platform empowers researchers worldwide to disseminate their findings without the burden of publication fees. This initiative underscores our dedication to promoting high-quality scientific research and ensuring that valuable knowledge remains freely available to the global community. We warmly invite scholars to submit their manuscripts and contribute to the advancement of science without any financial constraints