Authors Guideline  

• Instructions for Authors
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Instructions for Authors
General Guidelines:

Author Responsibilities:
Peer-Review Process:
Article Types:
EBERS journals publish articles comes in to the following categories but not limited to:
•    Research Articles
•    Review Articles
•    Case Reports
•    Clinical Images
•    Short Communications
•    Special Issue Articles
•    Editorials
•    Commentary
Page Setup Guidelines:
•    The page size for the document should be set to 8.5 by 11 inches with one inch margins all sides.
•    Text should be formatted in Times New Roman font with 10pt size and the alignment should be justified throughout the manuscript (size and alignment exceptions are mentioned for title, headings, etc.).
•    Do not use headers or footers.
•    The document must be single spaced. Double spaces should not be used anywhere in the manuscript.
•    Sentences should be aligned to the respective paragraph only. Paragraphs should end with a period and space is not allowed in front of any punctuation mark. No extra line breaks are allowed unless section differences are there.
•    Other than paragraph indenting, spaces should not be used in the beginning of paragraph.
•    Sentences should not start with any numerical values and parenthesis.
•    Italics should not be used for et al.
•    Date format: Month Date, Year
•    There should be no periods in between country name acronyms. Ex: UK, USA but not U.K., U.S.A.
Title:
•    Should be in Title case, Times New Roman font, 15pt, Bold with Central align
•    Full stop should not be used at the end
•    “I”, “We” should not be used in the Title
•    Conjunctions, Prepositions should be in lower case
•    Words like “in vitro, in vivo, ex vivo, etc.” should be italicized
Author Details – Affiliations:
Author Names:
•    Should be in Title case, Times New Roman, 11pt, Bold, Justified alignment
•    Initials should come after Last name and multiple names should be separated by comma (,)
•    Last two authors should be separated by “and”
•    Full stop should not be used at the end
•    Affiliation number should be in superscript if multiple affiliations are given
•    If only one affiliation is there for all the authors, then numbers are not required
•    Corresponding author should be highlighted by using an asterisk (*) symbol after the affiliation number. There is no need to put a comma (,) before the asterisk mark
Affiliations:
•    Should be in Title case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Normal, Justified alignment
•    Author designations/ranks should not be mentioned
•    Full stop should not be used at the end
•    Pin code/Zip code should come after the City name
Corresponding Author Details:
•    Should be in Title case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Normal, Justified alignment
•    Heading should be bold and start with an Asterisk (*) symbol and text should be normal and separated by colon (:)
•    Corresponding author name, Affiliation and Address should be separated by comma (,) and Telephone, Fax and E-mail should be separated by semicolon (;)
•    Order and representation of phone, fax and e-mails should be like Tel: XXX; Fax: XXXX; E-mail: XXXX
•    Full stop should not be used at the end
Abstract:
•    Heading: Should be in Title case, Times New Roman, 11pt, Bold, Justified alignment
•    Content: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Normal, Justified alignment
•    Abstract is limited to 250 words which should provide the brief information about the background, methodology and the outcome of the study
•    Abstract can be presented in structured or unstructured format
•    It should be free from formulae, acronyms and references/citations
•    Graphical Abstracts may be incorporated within the abstract box only wherever needed
Keywords:
•    Heading: Should be in Title case, Times New Roman, 11pt, Bold, Justified alignment
•    Content: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Bold, Justified alignment
•    Keywords should be separated by semicolon (;)
•    Full stop should not be used at the end
•    First letter of the first word should be capitalized
•    Only abbreviated forms without acronyms should be kept as keywords in sentence case
•    If abbreviation is lengthy and cannot be placed then acronym can be used
Abbreviations & Acronyms:
•    Heading: Should be in Title case, Times New Roman, 11pt, Bold, Justified alignment
•    Content: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Normal, Justified alignment
•    Abbreviations should be separated by semicolon (;)
•    Full stop should not be used at the end
•    In case of using abbreviations, the acronym of the abbreviation must be mentioned within parenthesis whenever it appears for the first time in the text. Later on, use of only acronym is enough
•    If sentence/paragraph starts with abbreviation/acronym it should convey the meaning appropriately
•    Instead of title case, lower case should be used for abbreviations expressing general phrases, experimental procedures, disease names, therapy/treatment names, receptor’s names, etc. in the body of the text.
•    Company/organization names, universities, associations, etc. can be capitalized
•    If disease names, experimental procedures, etc. are coined after any person, they can be capitalized
Body Text:
•    Main Headings: Should be in Title case, Times New Roman, 11pt, Bold, left justified alignment
o    Introduction
o    Materials & Methods
o    Results
o    Discussions
o    Conclusion
o    Acknowledgement
o    References
•    Sub Headings: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Bold, left justified alignment
•    Sub-Sub-Headings: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Bold, justified alignment and continue with the paragraph and separated from the text by colon (:)
•    Sub-Sub-Sub-Headings: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Bold + Italicized, justified alignment and continue with the paragraph and separated from the text by colon (:)
•    Sub-Sub-Sub-Sub-Headings: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Italicized, justified alignment and continue with the paragraph and separated from the text by colon (:)
•    Citation of References: All references provided at the end of the article must be cited in the body text by following the mandate provided as:
o    References should be cited in Square brackets “[]” only
o    Multiple references should be separated by comma (,) and space should not be there after comma [2,4]
o    Range of references should be separated by hyphen (-) and space should not be there before and after hyphen [5-9]
o    Citations in the text should follow the order of their appearance in the reference section
o    Single author: “…Uduman [66] summarized the different harvesting…”
o    Two authors: “…Deng and Coleman [10] reported that genetically engineered green algae…”
o    More than two authors: “Mata et al. [67] made use of simple large unit micro strainers…”
o    Any sentence/paragraph should not start with the reference without author name
Figures & Tables:
•    Heading: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Bold, Justified alignment
•    Legend: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Normal, Justified alignment
•    All legends should end with a full stop
•    All Figures & Tables should be cited in body text in ascending order with Title case citations only
•    It is not mandatory to maintain the order of sub figures & sub tables in the body text, however, citations should be placed in the body text as Figure 1a, Table 3b, etc.
•    In case of using any abbreviations in the legends, they must be mentioned in the Abbreviations section
•    Figure & Table foot notes must not end with a full stop
•    Space should not be given after representative characters such as alphabets, numbers and asterisks etc. in Figure & Table foot notes. Representation of such characters should be in superscript only
•    If two figures or tables are cited together in the body text, then they must be cited as “Figure 1 and 2”, “Table 1 and 2”, “Figure 1 and Table 1”, etc.
•    If more than two figures or tables are cited together in the body text, then they must be cited as “Figure 1-4”, “Figure 1,2 and 4”, “Table 1-7”, etc.
References:
•    Heading: Should be in Title case, Times New Roman, 11pt, Bold, Justified alignment
•    Content: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Normal, Justified alignment
•    Referencing style: Vancouver style
•    Format: 1Lastname A, 2Lastname B, 3Lastname C. Article Title. J Short Name. YEAR;Vol(Iss):XX-X.
•    End page numbers should be shortened (Ex.: Page numbers 125-129 must be styled as 125-9; 278-282 must be styled as 278-82; 398-401 must be styled as 398-401)
•    Language of references should be English only
•    Title in references should be in sentence case only
•    Only scientific names should be italicized. Superscripts, subscripts should be given wherever it is required. Ex.: 2nd, 5th, CH2COOH, H2SO4, etc.
•    Number of citations in the text should match with the number of references provided at the end of the article. Any additional references without citation in the body text should be removed
•    Complete reference should be provided without splitting them
•    There should be no duplicate references at the end of the article
•    “et al.” should be used after sixth author in case of more than six authors
•    Reference for articles published in Journals:
o    Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Caplan AL. Solid-organ transplantation in HIV-infected patients. N Engl J Med. 2002;347(4):284-7.
o    Rose ME, Huerbin MB, Melick J, Marion DW, Palmer AM, Schiding JK, et al. Regulation of interstitial excitatory amino acid concentrations after cortical contusion injury. Brain Res. 2002;935(1-2):40-6.
•    Reference for published Books:
o    Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA. Medical microbiology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2002.
•    Book chapters:
o    Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM. Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In: Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, editors. The genetic basis of human cancer. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2002. p. 93-113.
•    Reference for Conference proceedings:
o    Harnden P, Joffe JK, Jones WG, editors. Germ cell tumours V. Proceedings of the 5th Germ Cell Tumour Conference; 2001 Sep 13-15; Leeds, UK. New York: Springer; 2002.
•    For more details: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html
Preparation of Figures:
•    TIFF (recommended for images)
•    JPEG (recommended for photographic images, less suitable for graphical images)
•    The resolution of the Image should be approximately 300 dpi (dots per inch)
Proofs:
An Email along with the link directing to the proof in PDF format, which can be freely downloaded, would be sent to the corresponding author.
Once the PDF is downloaded, the corrections need to be sent back to the concerned managing editor within 3 days.
An Email notification needs to be sent if the article correction process would be delayed.
Authors facing a challenge to make any corrections to the electronic copy may consider taking a printout and making the changes on the hard copy.
Article Processing Charges:
Article Processing Charges (APC) of USD 100-150 will be charged to the authors whose articles are accepted for publication. However, there is no charge for the authors to submit their manuscript. This APC will be spent towards the charges incurred for the processing, production, digital conversions, publication and permanent online archival of the article.
Discounts/Waivers:
Discounts/Waivers will be provided to the students and authors from low income countries. However, authors must take approval for discounts/waivers from Editorial Office before making the submission.
Withdrawal Charges:
The authors have every right to withdraw their submissions as long as the submission doesn't enter into review process. However, the author need to pay a minimal charge to withdraw their submission, if the manuscript has undergone review process and accepted for publication. This amount will be used to compensate the expenditures occurred while processing the manuscript.
Copyrights:
Copyright will be given to the first author of the published manuscript.
Disclosure Policy:
Disclosure statements need to be sent at the time of submission. Certain manuscripts (like case studies, clinical trails, etc.) submitted without the disclosure statement will be considered incomplete and may not be considered to be reviewed.
•    At the external peer-review stage, the authors are required to send signed copies of the following statements:
•    Authors contribution
•    A statement of Conflict of interest.
•    Written Acknowledgments — consent of cited content and individuals.
•    Personal communications — written consent of cited content and individuals.
•    In the event of usage of any copyrighted/protected material – a signed authorization from author and publisher.
•    A signed copy of the subject whose clinical images are presented for study.
Reprints:
would be available 2 weeks after the publication of the article in the concerned journal. For information and price, contact by sending an Email to the editor at pr@ebersjournal.org.

Peer-review process

• The researcher is informed of the receipt of his research within a week of its arrival.
• The editor-in-chief, in consultation with members of the editorial board, selects two reviewers for one research. Research is subject to confidential arbitration to determine its suitability for publication, and the researcher is obligated to take into account the reviewers’ comments.
• After the research is accepted for publication in the journal, the researcher submits a copy of the research in its final form, and obtains a letter accepting his research for publication in the journal.
• Decisions regarding research are final and cannot be reconsidered.
• When the decision to accept publication of the research is issued, the researcher does not have the right to submit it for publication anywhere else except after a period of time determined by the journal’s editorial board.
• The researcher must continue his research, especially with regard to modifications.
• All ideas contained in the journal express the opinions of its authors, and do not express the view of the journal.

Copyright and licensing:

The following instructions apply to all users:

• Individuals may view, download, print or save journal content for research and teaching purposes.
• Any use and/or copying of this journal, in whole or in part, must include the usual bibliographic citation, including author attribution, date, article title, journal name and website address.
• Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
• Articles submitted to the journal must not have been previously published in their current or substantially similar form, or be under consideration for publication in another journal. Authors submitting articles for publication warrant that the work does not infringe any existing copyright and will indemnify the publisher against any breach of this warranty.
• All copyrights to the magazine vest for life.
• Authors are permitted and encouraged to publish their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their own website) after publication on the journal's website.
• If the author substantially adapts any material, the author must notify the copyright holder of the original work;
• Authors should always acknowledge the source in annotations and indicate the source in the reference list;
•  Authors should not assume that any content freely available on the web is free to use. Authors should check the website for details about the copyright holder for permission to reuse.
•  The journal follows an open access policy for its publications. All contents of the magazine are available free of charge to its users on the official website of the magazine when the issue is published. Users are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search and find full texts of published articles without prior permission from the publisher or author of the publication, and this conforms to the BOAI definition of open access.
• CC BY

Pay fees

Fees are currently 100-150 US dollars.

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Process for identification of and dealing with allegations of research Misconduct

plagiarism policy:

Plagiarism is the unethical act of copying the previous ideas, processes, results, or words of another person without explicit acknowledgment of the original author and source. Self-plagiarism occurs when an author uses a significant portion of their previously published work without using proper references. This can range from publishing the same manuscript in multiple journals to modifying a previously published manuscript with some new data.

The journal is against any unethical act of copying or plagiarism in any form.

Members of the editorial board, scientific committee and reviewers are required to be aware of all types of misconduct in order to identify papers in which research misconduct has occurred or appears to have occurred.

All manuscripts submitted for publication in the journal are checked for plagiarism using Turnitin or other software. Manuscripts found to be plagiarized during the early stages of review.

If it is proven that the published research contains plagiarism, it will be removed immediately. The researcher will be suspended from publishing in the journal for a period of three years.

Types of plagiarism:

• Complete plagiarism: Previously published content without any changes in the text, idea and grammar is considered complete plagiarism. It involves presenting accurate text from a source as its own.
• Partial Plagiarism: If the content is a mixture of multiple different sources, where the author has extensively paraphrased the text, it is known as partial plagiarism.
• Self-plagiarism: When an author reuses entire or parts of his or her previously published research, it is known as self-plagiarism. Complete plagiarism is a case where an author republishes his or her previously published work in a new journal.