Submissions

Author Guidelines

Preparing main manuscript text:

General guidelines of the journal's style and language are given below:

Manuscripts for Research Articles submitted to Journal of Anatomy and Research (IJAR) should be divided into the following sections (in this order):

1. Title page
2. Abstract
3. Keywords
4. Background
5. Methods
6. Results and discussion
7. Conclusions
8. List of abbreviations used (if any)
9. Competing interests
10. Authors' contributions
11. Acknowledgements
12. End notes
13. References
14. Illustrations and figures (if any)

Title page

The title page should: " provide the title of the article " list the full names, institutional addresses and email addresses for all authors " indicate the corresponding author Please note: " abbreviations within the title should be avoided.

Abstract

The Abstract of the manuscript should not exceed 350 words and must be structured into separate sections: Background, the context and purpose of the study; Results, the main findings; Conclusions, brief summary and potential implications (do not cite references in the abstract).

Keywords

Three to Ten keywords representing the main content of the article.

Background

The Background section should be written in a way that is accessible to researchers without specialist knowledge in that area and must clearly state - and, if helpful, illustrate - the background to the research and its aims. The section should end with a brief statement of what is being reported in the article.

Methods

The methods section should include the design of the study, the type of materials involved, a clear description of all comparisons, and the type of analysis used, to enable replication.

Results and discussion

The Results and discussion may be combined into a single section or presented separately. The Results and discussion sections may also be broken into subsections with short, informative headings.

Conclusions

This should state clearly the main conclusions of the research and give a clear explanation of their importance and relevance. Summary illustrations may be included.

List of abbreviations

If abbreviations are used in the text they should be defined in the text at first use, and a list of abbreviations can be provided, which should precede the competing interests and authors' contributions.

Competing interests

A competing interest exists when your interpretation of data or presentation of information may be influenced by your personal or financial relationship with other people or organizations. Authors must disclose any financial competing interests; they should also reveal any non-financial competing interests that may cause them embarrassment were they to become public after the publication of the manuscript. Authors are required to complete a declaration of competing interests. All competing interests that are declared will be listed at the end of published articles. Where an author gives no competing interests, the listing will read 'The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests'.

Authors' contributions

In order to give appropriate credit to each author of a paper, the individual contributions of authors to the manuscript should be specified in this section. An 'author' is generally considered to be someone who has made substantive intellectual contributions to a published study. To qualify as an author one should 1) have made substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; 2) have been involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and 3) have given final approval of the version to be published. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content. Acquisition of funding, collection of data, or general supervision of the research group, alone, does not justify authorship.

All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an acknowledgements section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help , writing assistance, or a department chair who provided only general support. Provide the scanned copy of the duly filled Author's contribution form along with the manuscript.

Acknowledgements

Please acknowledge anyone who contributed towards the article by making substantial contributions to conception, design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data, or who was involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content, but who does not meet the criteria for authorship. Please also include the source(s) of funding for each author, and for the manuscript preparation. Authors must describe the role of the funding body, if any, in design, in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; and in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. Please also acknowledge anyone who contributed materials essential for the study. If a language editor has made significant revision of the manuscript, we recommend that you acknowledge the editor by name, where possible. Authors should obtain permission to acknowledge from all those mentioned in the Acknowledgements section.

Endnotes

End notes should be designated within the text using a superscript lowercase letter and all notes (along with their corresponding letter) should be included in the End notes section. Please format this section in a paragraph rather than a list.

References

All references, including URLs, must be numbered consecutively, in square brackets, in the order in which they are cited in the text, followed by any in tables or legends. Each reference must have an individual reference number. Please avoid excessive referencing. If automatic numbering systems are used, the reference numbers must be finalized and the bibliography must be fully formatted before submission.

Only articles, datasets and abstracts that have been published or are in press, or are available through public e-print/preprint servers, may be cited; unpublished abstracts, unpublished data and personal communications should not be included in the reference list, but may be included in the text and referred to as "unpublished observations" or "personal communications" giving the names of the involved researchers. Obtaining permission to quote personal communications and unpublished data from the cited colleagues is the responsibility of the author. Footnotes are not allowed, but endnotes are permitted.

The commonly cited types of references are shown here, for other types of references such as newspaper items please refer to ICMJE Guidelines or http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html

Examples of the reference style

Article within a journal

Koonin EV, Altschul SF, Bork P. BRCA1 protein products: functional motifs. Nat Genet 1996;13:266-267.

Article within a journal supplement

Orengo CA, Bray JE, Hubbard T, LoConte L, Sillitoe I. Analysis and assessment of ab initio three-dimensional prediction, secondary structure, and contacts prediction. Proteins 1999;43(Suppl 3):149-170.

In press article

Kharitonov SA, Barnes PJ. Clinical aspects of exhaled nitric oxide. Eur Respir J, in press. Published abstract Zvaifler NJ, Burger JA, Marinova-Mutafchieva L, Taylor P, Maini RN: Mesenchymal cells, stromal derived factor-1 and rheumatoid arthritis [abstract]. Arthritis Rheum 1999;42:s250.

Article within conference proceedings

Jones X: Zeolites and synthetic mechanisms. In Proceedings of the First National Conference on Porous Sieves: 27-30 June 1996; Baltimore. Edited by Smith Y. Stoneham: Butterworth-Heinemann; 1996:16-27.

Book chapter, or article within a book

Schnepf E. From prey via endosymbiont to plastids: comparative studies in dinoflagellates. In Origins of Plastids. Volume 2. 2nd edition. Edited by Lewin RA. New York: Chapman and Hall; 1993:53-76.

Whole issue of journal

Ponder B, Johnston S, Chodosh L (Eds). Innovative oncology. In Breast Cancer Res 1998;10:1-72.

Whole conference proceedings

Smith Y (Ed). Proceedings of the First National Conference on Porous Sieves: 27-30 June 1996; Baltimore. Stoneham: Butterworth-Heinemann; 1996.

Complete book

Margulis L. Origin of Eukaryotic Cells. New Haven: Yale University Press; 1970.

Monograph or book in a series

Hunninghake GW, Gadek JE. The alveolar macrophage. In Cultured Human Cells and Tissues. Edited by Harris TJR. New York: Academic Press; 1995:54- 56. [Stoner G (Series Editor): Methods and Perspectives in Cell Biology, vol 1.]

Book with institutional author

Advisory Committee on Genetic Modification: Annual Report. London; 1999. PhD thesis Kohavi R: Wrappers for performance enhancement and oblivious decision graphs.

PhD thesis

Stanford University, Computer Science Department; 1995. Link / URL TheMouse Tumor Biology Database [http://tumor.informatics.jax.org/mtbwi/index.do]

Link / URL with author(s)

Neylon C: Open Research Computation: an ordinary journal with extraordinary aims. [http://blogs.openaccesscentral.com/blogs/bmcblog/entry/open_research_comp utation_an_ordinary]

Preparing illustrations and figures

Illustrations should be provided as separate files, not embedded in the text file. Each figure should include a single illustration and should fit on a single page in portrait format. If a figure consists of separate parts, it is important that a single composite illustration file be submitted which contains all parts of the figure. (There is no charge for the use of color figures)

Formats

The following file formats can be accepted
1. PNG (preferred format for photos or images)
2. TIFF
3. JPEG
4. BMP

Figure legends

The legends should be included in the main manuscript text file at the end of the document, rather than being a part of the figure file. For each figure, the following information should be provided: Figure number (in sequence, using Arabic numerals - i.e. Figure 1, 2, 3 etc); short title of figure (maximum 15 words); detailed legend, up to 300 words. Please note that it is the responsibility of the author(s) to obtain permission from the copyright holder to reproduce figures or tables that have previously been published elsewhere.

The image may either be a figure from your manuscript or another relevant image. You must have permission from the copyright to reproduce the image. Images that do not meet our requirements will not be used. Image can be used by the journal for the cover page and other journal website designs purposes.

Images must be 300dpi and 155mm square (1831 x 1831 pixels for a raster image). Allowable formats - JPEG, BMP, DOC.

Preparing tables

Each table should be numbered and cited in sequence using Arabic numerals (i.e. Table 1, 2, 3 etc.). Tables should also have a title (above the table) that summarizes the whole table; it should be no longer than 15 words. Detailed legends may then follow, but they should be concise. Tables should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.

Smaller tables considered to be integral to the manuscript can be pasted into the end of the document text file, in A4 portrait or landscape format. These will be typeset and displayed in the final published form of the article. Such tables should be formatted using the 'Table object' in a word processing program to ensure that columns of data are kept aligned when the file is sent electronically for review; this will not always be the case if columns are generated by simply using tabs to separate text. Columns and rows of data should be made visibly distinct by ensuring that the borders of each cell display as black lines. Commas should not be used to indicate numerical values. Color and shading may not be used; parts of the table can be highlighted using symbols or bold text, the meaning of which should be explained in a table legend. Tables should not be embedded as figures or spreadsheet files.

Style and language

In General Currently, International Journal of Anatomy and Research can only accept manuscripts written in English. Spelling should be US English or British English, but not a mixture. There is no explicit limit on the length of articles submitted, but authors are encouraged to be concise. International Journal of Anatomy and Research (IJAR) will not edit submitted manuscripts for style or language; reviewers may advise rejection of a manuscript if it is compromised by grammatical errors. Authors are advised to write clearly and simply, and to have their article checked by colleagues before submission. In-house copy editing will be minimal. Non-native speakers of English may choose to make use of a copy editing service.

Help and advice on Manuscript preparation:

International Journal of Anatomy and Research (IJAR) Provides the paid services upon the request by author cost of manuscript preparation will be informed to the author.

Abbreviations

Abbreviations should be used as sparingly as possible. They should be defined when first used and a list of abbreviations can be provided following the main manuscript text.

Typography

- Article should be typed with a Font: Arial Font size: 12
- Please use double line spacing
- Type the text unjustified, without hyphenating words at line breaks
- Use hard returns only to end headings and paragraphs, not to rearrange lines
- Capitalize only the first word, and proper nouns, in the title
- All pages should be numbered
- Use the International Journal of Anatomy and Research format template 
- Footnotes are not allowed, but end notes are permitted
- Please do not format the text in multiple columns
- Greek and other special characters may be included If you are unable to reproduce a particular special character, please type out the name of the symbol in full. Please ensure that all special characters used are embedded in the text, otherwise they will be lost during conversion to PDF.

Publishing the rare images

Rare images in your own field can publish with our journal International Journal of Anatomy and Research with the unique image id with your name on bottom (upon the author request).

Guidelines to prepare the Image article Image should be unique with the consent by the patient or a immediate family member Images from the Clinical conditions, Radiological images with brief note on that and also need to mention details such as the date, place with covering letter and authorship/contributors acknowledgement.

Brief Note Preparation guidelines for Image

It is mandatory to mention the unique features of the case as well as image with available literature. Brief note should be self explanatory to the image file. Acceptance of the Image As per the policy of the journal, based on the reviewer comments, the editorial board will accepts the image.

Processing & Publication charges

There will be no processing charges and Publication charges will be informed to author based on the editorial board decision, refer to the publication charges.