Instructions to Authors

1. Submission of manuscript:

2. Preparation of Manuscript:

We accept manuscript under following categories:

Word Limit
The manuscript should be within the word limit according to the category of article as mentioned below. This word limit does not include Abstract.

Research Areas

The journal publishes original research article from broad areas of health and allied sciences like Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Gynecology, Neurology, Surgery, Orthopaedics, Ophthalmology, ENT, Anesthesiology, Community Medicine, Pediatrics, Public Health, Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation, Occupational Therapy, Paramedical sciences, Nursing, Health and Hospital Management, Genetics, Biodiversity & Conservation, Pathology, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Occupational and Environmental sciences, Molecular Biology, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Forensic Science, Dietetics & Nutrition, Yoga, Ayurveda, Homoepathy etc.   

Manuscript Instructions

Please communicate with us electronically and send your manuscript as an attachment in MS word. Don’t send article in PDF format. Manuscripts should be prepared using font size 12, Times New Roman, and Styles- No Spacing; Page Layout: Margins (Normal- 1” from all sides), Size (A4- 8.27” *11.69”) and aligned left. All pages should be numbered sequentially. Manuscripts should be written in good scientific language, nomenclature and standard international units should be used. Authors are requested to write category of article (Original Research Article, Short Communication, Review Article, Case Report) under which they want to publish it.

Originality: All articles submitted for publication in Galore International Journal of Health Sciences and Research (GIJHSR) should be original material. The submission should have been made exclusively to GIJHSR and must not have been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. The first author should certify to this effect. Any author/s found to falsify or mislead the editors will be disqualified from future submissions to GIJHSR.

Original Research Article
Original Research Article should be submitted under following headings in one file.

Title
The Title should be a brief phrase describing the contents of the paper. The Title Page should include the authors' full names and affiliations, the name of the corresponding author along with contact number and e-mail information. Present addresses of authors should appear as a footnote.

Abstract
The Abstract should be informative and completely self-explanatory, briefly present the topic, state the scope of the experiments, indicate significant data, and point out major findings and conclusions. The abstract should be upto 250 words in length. Complete sentences, active verbs, and the third person should be used, and the abstract should be written in the past tense. Standard nomenclature should be used and abbreviations should be avoided. No literature should be cited.

Key Words
Following the abstract, write relevant keywords upto 6.

Introduction
The Introduction should be concise and define the scope of the work in relation to other work done in the same field.

Materials and Methods
Materials and Methods should be complete enough and clearly describe the experiments and techniques used in the study. However, only truly new procedures should be described in detail; previously published procedures should be cited, and important modifications of published procedures should be mentioned briefly.

Statistical Analysis
The details of statistical tests used and the level of significance should be stated. If more than one test is used it is important to indicate which groups and parameters have been subjected to which test.

Results
Results should be combined and presented with clarity and precision. The results should be written in the past tense when describing findings in the author(s)'s experiments. Previously published findings should be written in the present tense.

Discussion
The Discussion should interpret the findings in view of the results obtained in this and in past studies on this topic.
This section should deal with the interpretation, rather than recapitulation of results. It is important to discuss the new and significant observations in the light of previous work. Discuss also the weaknesses or pitfalls in the study. New hypotheses or recommendations can be put forth. Avoid unqualified statements and conclusions not completely supported by the data. Repetition of information given under Introduction and Results should be avoided.

Conclusion
State the conclusions in a few sentences in lucid manner at the end of the paper. Conclusions must be drawn considering the strengths and weaknesses of the study.

Acknowledgement(s)
Author(s) may acknowledge the support obtained in the study. It should be typed in a new page. Acknowledge only persons who have contributed to the scientific content or provided technical support. Sources of financial support should be mentioned. 

Tables
Tables should be kept as minimum as possible and placed at appropriate place in the text and be designed to be as simple as possible. Tables should be self-explanatory without reference to the text. The details of the methods used in the experiments should preferably be described in the legend instead of in the text. The same data should not be presented in both table and graph forms or repeated in the text.Tables should be prepared in Microsoft Word.
Don’t keep tables/figures at the end of article. All the tables/figures should be kept at appropriate place in the text of article where you have mentioned about these tables/figures. All the tables/figures should be mentioned in text of article.

Figure legends:Graphics should be prepared using applications capable of generating high resolution GIF, TIFF, JPEG or PowerPoint before pasting in the Microsoft Word manuscript file. Use Arabic numerals to designate figures and upper case letters for their parts (Figure 1). Figures can be attached as JPEG file.

References
The references may be cited in Vancouver style or Oxford style.
Avoid citing abstracts as references.
Each reference should be assigned a number, consecutively in the order of mention in the text.
References are to be cited in the text by superscribed number and should be in the order in which they appear. The original number should be reused each time the same reference is cited in the text. The number should be placed in the text as superscript inside bracket and in bold & blue color like [1], outside the full-stops and commas and inside colons and semi-colons. When multiple references are cited at a given place in the text, use a hyphen to join the first and last numbers that are inclusive and use commas to separate non-inclusive numbers (2-5,7,10).
For Vancouver style, reference numbers should be in increasing order like 1,2,3,4,5…. throughout the text of article starting from INTRODUCTION section. Don’t write reference number in ABSTRACT.
The list of references should be given at the end of the paper. If there are 3 or less authors, mention name of all the authors. Where there are more than 3 authors, use et al after the third author.
References mentioned in text of article must be shown in REFERENCE section and vice-versa.

Examples:

All the references must be complete and in Vancouver style. Write references in following style.

Citing a Book
Author(s) name. Title of book. Edition of book (if not the first edition). Place of Publication: Publisher Name; Year of Publication. Page No.
Example:
Ahmed SE, Mustafa E, Abdul EM. Fundamentals of Research Methodology. 2nd edn. India: Sunrise Publication; 2006. p.203-06.

For Journal Articles:
Author(s) name. Title of article. Title of journal. Publication year; Volume (Issue): Page No.
Example:
Ahmed KJ, Mustafa W, Abdul RT. Role of quality soaps in hand washing and cleanliness. Int J Res Rev. 2014;1(2):1-6.

For Webpages:
Author. Title of publication [type of medium – Internet]. Place of publication (if available): Publisher (if available); Date of publication – year month day (supply year if month and day not available) [updated year month day; cited year month day]. Available from: web address.
Example:
Ahmed SE, Mustafa E, AbdulRaheem EM. Assessment of plasma levels of fasting blood glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, and HbA1c in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus [Internet]. 2013 [updated 2013 Sept. 10; cited 2013 Oct 14]. Available from http://www.ijrr.org

For Reports and other Government Publications:
Author(s). Title of report. Place of publication: Publisher; Date of publication – year, month (if applicable). Total number of pages if applicable e.g. 24 p. Report No.: (if applicable)
Example:
Ahmed SE, Mustafa E, AbdulRaheem EM. Assessment of plasma levels of fasting blood glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, and HbA1c in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Mumbai: New Era Publisher; 2014. 24p. Report No.: GHI224

For Conference Papers
Author(s) name. Title of Paper. In: Editor (s) name or Organization name. Title of conference; Date of conference; Place of conference. Place of publication: Publisher’s name; Year of publication. p. Page numbers.  Example:
Ahmed SE, Mustafa E, AbdulRaheem EM. Assessment of plasma levels of fasting blood glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, and HbA1c in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. In: Patel SS, Jacko AG. 10th International Conference on Health Informatics; 2001 Jan 4-6; Mumbai, India. New Era Publisher; 2001. p. 202-210.

Don’t write qualifications of authors, hospitals’ name, any star marks etc. in references.

Review process:

Papers will usually be acknowledged upon receipt.
All scientific papers will be independently peer reviewed to determine the originality of research and the viability of publication.
Anonymity of authors/institutions and referees to each other shall be maintained so that the review process remains uninfluenced. Reviewers' comments may be sent to authors when revisions to the paper are found necessary. Generally the review process shall be completed within two months of submission. The editorial decision is final. The editorial board reserves the right to make revisions aimed at greater clarity or conformity of style.

General Instructions

Papers must be submitted with the understanding that they have not been published elsewhere (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, review, or thesis) and are not currently under consideration by another journal. The Corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that the article's publication has been approved by all the other co-authors. It is also the authors' responsibility to ensure that the articles emanating from a particular institution are submitted with the approval of the necessary institution.

Electronic submission of manuscripts is strongly encouraged, provided that the text, tables, and figures/plates are included in a single Microsoft Word file (preferably in Times New Roman, Font Size 12).
Further correspondence and proofs will be sent to the corresponding author before publication unless otherwise indicated. It is a condition for submission of a paper that the authors permit editing of the paper for readability. The inclusion and deletion of author(s) name will not be permitted after the preparation of proofs. All enquiries concerning the publication of submitted/accepted papers should be addressed to editor.gijhsr@gmail.com.

Copyright Policy

All rights are reserved with publisher. All the authors must sign a copyright transfer form sent by the journal before publication of articles.

Policy on Plagiarism

Address for Correspondence

All correspondence to editor should be done by email at following ID.

Email:  editor.gijhsr@gmail.com

Check List for Author(s) before submitting manuscript:

  • Please check category of article under which you want to publish your article.
  • Check for correct Affiliation details (present working address with post) of all authors with email ID. Don’t forget to write email ID of all the authors.
  • ABSTRACT: Check for Abstract with Key words.
  • Author(s) are advised to ensure that all reference numbers should be in increasing order throughout the text of article, if references are cited in Vancouver style.
  • Word limit: Check word limit for particular category of your article. It should be less than 8,000 words excluding Abstract for Original Research Article. For Short Communication (upto 3,000), Review Article (upto 7,000), Case Report (upto 3,000). ABSTRACT should be less than 250 words.
  • Links/Hyperlinks: Make sure there is no link/hyperlink in article. Article should not be in two columns. Article must be in one column.
  • Manuscript must be in Times New Roman, Font size 12 and Styles- No Spacing; Page Layout: Margins (Normal- 1” from all sides), Size (A4- 8.27” *11.69”).

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