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Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
Author Guidelines
Author Guidelines
Instructions for Manuscript Preparation
Manuscript submission
Submission of manuscript and all other communications addressed to the editor should be done through the journal’s online submission system. Kindly register yourself to the journal and follow the steps detailed in the web page for manuscript submission. Authors are also requested to submit the tables and figures separately as supplementary data during the manuscript submission process. The authors can also submit any other data that is not essential for inclusion in the manuscript as supplementary file.
Manuscript categories
The journal accepts the following categories of manuscripts:
Categories
Description
Word Limit
Abstract Type
Miscellaneous Considerations
Editorial
1000 to 1500
Original Articles
Original research on disease prevalence/mechanisms, etiology, diagnosis, course of treatment, newer treatment strategies, and disease prophylaxis
2500 to 4000
Structured 275 or fewer words
75 or fewer references; not more than 4-6 tables /figures can be included
Reviews
Systematic or narrative reviews describing newer developments, or summarizing/ analyzing published evidence
3500 to 4000
Unstructured 275 or fewer words
Total number of tables and figures should not exceed 3
Hypothesis
Should describe the origin of the hypothesis and strategies to explore it
1000 to 1500
Case Studies
Case reports having significant clinical interest and educational values
1000 to 1500
Maximum number of references are 10 for case studies and 20 for cases series
Correspondence
Authors and reviewers can express their perspectives on articles published in the journal. This section may also allow the readers to address the difference in opinion with authors.
500 to 1000
Should not include tables or figures
Book reviews
Reviews of interesting books in the field of rheumatology and immunology
Reviewer should declare no relation with book authors
Manuscript format and style
The format for submission should be Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx).
The manuscript text should follow single spacing using 'Times New Roman' font ( size 12)
Use the abbreviations only in necessary places. All the abbreviations should be expanded on the first instance of their use. Abbreviate long names of chemical substances and terms for therapeutic combinations. Abbreviate names of tests and procedures that are mostly known by their abbreviations than by the full name (For example: VDRL test, ANA test, etc.). Abbreviate units of measurement when they appear with numerals (Such as 20 mL).
Use generic names for all drugs and SI units throughout the manuscript.
Authors should arrange the manuscripts section in the following order: title page, abstract, text, acknowledgements (if any), and references. For original, observational, and experimental studies; the text should be categorized into four main headings: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, and Discussion.
Title page requirements
A concise and informative title, which should attract reader’s interest. (Kindly submit the title page as a supplementary file to ensure blind review. Do not provide any author identifying material in the body of the manuscript)
The name(s) of the author(s), institutional affiliation, and address.
Address, telephone and fax numbers of the corresponding author including e-mail.
List the authors in the order in which they have to be appeared in the title page. In the case of group authorship, identify one or more authors who will have responsibility for the publication.
Abstract for original research should be given under four main headings: Background/Objectives, Methods, Results, and Conclusion.
A list of 3 to 6 key words below the abstract for indexing.
Acknowledgments
The source of funding as well as a disclosure statement mentioning conflict of interest can be included under this heading.
References
Arrange the references in the order in which they appear in the text and provide the corresponding reference number as superscript within the content.
Cite symposium papers only from published proceedings.
Journal titles cited in the references section should conform to the abbreviations given inIndex Medicus.
Limit the use of footnotes only on the title page and in tables. The order for using the footnote symbols is *, †, ‡, §, ||, ¶, **, ††, ‡‡, and so on.
Tables
Use Arabic numerals to number the tables in the order in which they appear in the text. Use titles that concisely describe the content of the table. Give the units of measure for all numerical data given in a column or row.
Figures
Figures can be submitted as 'jpg', or 'tiff ' files in a zipped folder. Figures should be numbered using Arabic numerals in the order in which they appear in the content. Each figure should have a legend. Use of phrases than sentences is preferred for legend. All symbols or letters that appear on the figures should be explained in the legend. For pictures of histologic slides, give stain and magnification data at the end of the legend for each part of the figure. If no scale marker appears on the figure, give the original magnification used during the observation.
Copyright Notice
Copyright for articles published in this journal is retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the ‘Internet Journal of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology’. All the published content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under Creative Commons license (CC-BY).
Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) after the publication of the manuscript in IJRCI, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.
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