- 1. General provisions
- ☐ The authors should ensure that the contents of the present manuscript have not been published nor intended to be published in other journals.
- ☐ The manuscript should be formatted as follows: A4 paper, 12 point font, left-aligned, double-spaced.
- ☐ An original article should be presented in the following order: cover page, abstract, keywords, introduction, methods, results, discussion, references, and captions and legends for tables and figures.
- 2. Cover page
- ☐ This section should indicate the contact information of the corresponding author: postal code, address, phone number, fax number, and email address.
- ☐ A running title should be given in 10 words or less.
- 3. Abstract and Keywords
- ☐ The abstract should be written in one paragraph that is within 250 words.
- ☐ Upto ten keywords should be included (preferably those recommended in MeSH of Index Medicus; the first letter of each key word should be capitalized).
- 4. Main text
- ☐ The title should not include abbreviations; all the words must be spelled out.
- ☐ Information regarding approval of an institutional review board and obtaining informed consent should be mentioned in the Method section.
- ☐ References should be numbered in Arabic numbers in the order they are cited.
- ☐ Superscript numbers should come after commas and periods according to submission rules.
- ☐ When using abbreviations, their full forms should be used at first mention; abbreviations/acronyms should then be used consistently in further occurrences.
- ☐ Units of measure should be written in accordance with submission rules (except for % and °C, a space should come between the number and the unit of measure).
- ☐ For numbers, a comma should be inserted after every third digit.
- ☐ All statistical methods used should be described accurately in detail.
- 5. References
- ☐ In-text citations should be numbered and should correspond to the numbers in the references.
- ☐ Up to six authors should be mentioned. In case there are seven or more authors, “et al.” must come after the primary author.
- ☐ Official abbreviations of quoted journals must be used.
- ☐ Year, volume, and start page–end page of the quoted literature should be accurately mentioned.
- ☐ The first letter of the title of the quoted article should be capitalized.
- ☐ Compliance with quotation styles should be observed.
- ☐ The manuscript should comply with quotation rules in case a book has separate authors by chapter.
- 6. Table
- ☐ Each table must have its own title and be given a separate page.
- ☐ All abbreviations used in the table should be spelled out.
- ☐ All superscript numbers used in the table should comply with the contribution rules.
- 7. Figures
- ☐ Each figure should be produced in a separate file and should not be included in the main text.
- ☐ The file name of each figure should be the figure number.
- ☐ Figures can be black and white or in color; they will be published as submitted.
- ☐ The titles and legends of the figures should be concisely drafted on a separate page in English.
- ☐ The figures should be explained in complete sentences, not phrases or clauses.
- ☐ All abbreviations should be written out.
- ☐ When a figure contains several pictures, the explanation of the figure should be followed by that of each picture, distinguishing them as A, B, C, etc.
