Manuscript Guidelines
International Journal of Research in Medical & Dental Sciences (IJRMDS) encourages both original and review articles. However, preference would be given to the former.
The author needs to take care of the following issues:
- The manuscript should be double column and can have up to 10 pages.
- All the submitted articles would be checked for plagiarism.
- All manuscripts should be written in English (either American or British English) on A4 paper (206x294 mm) with a wide margin.
- The author needs to submit the copyright and consent form together with the manuscript, thereby declaring that the article has not been published anywhere else.
- Published articles become the sole property of International Journal of Research in Medical & Dental Sciences (IJRMDS). However, the journal will not charge any subscription charges.
- Manuscript should be submitted through EDAS. The information about the submission link would be provided under the section of Call for Papers.
- Manuscripts should consist of the following sections: Title, Abstract, Introduction, System Description, Results/Observations, Discussion, Acknowledgements, References, Tables, Figures and Legends.
- Every submitted article might be sent to two reviewers and one editor. The decision of the majority would be applicable. The Journal follows double blind review process.
- The Journal and its conferences encourages Calibri font but can also accept Times New Roman.
- The Journal follows Vancouver style for referencing.
The Manuscript template can be downloaded here.
The stages, which a submitted manuscript will pass through
- Stage 1: Day 1: The manuscripts have to be submitted through EDAS submission link. The paper would be checked for format conformity and plagiarism. Only papers with proper format and a similarity score below 30 would be forwarded to stage 2.
- Stage 2: Day 2 - Day 5: Reviewers are assigned with due consideration to conflicts of interest.
- Stage 3: Day 6 - Day 28: The two reviewers and one editor submit their review forms.
- Stage 4: Day 29 – Day 30: Decision taken through majority vote and authors are informed.
The reviewer would assess the assigned manuscript on the following parameters
- Similarity score / plagiarism check
- Type of article: original article or review article
- Conformity with the manuscript template
- English language structure
- Technical quality of the paper
Copyright and Consent Form
Authors need to submit the copyright and consent form (
) when submitting the review manuscript.
Payment
Authors are asked to pay the 25.00 GBP publication fee upon acceptance and before submitting the final manuscript, using the Register tab in EDAS.