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.