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Journal Lay-Out and Instructions to Authors
OJHAS is the first peer reviewed, 'Online Only' biomedical journal from India,
promoted by a group of biomedical professionals from Mangalore, South India.
OJHAS publishes peer
reviewed articles of contemporary research in biomedical sciences and current opinions of
biomedical and healthcare professionals. The editorial board of OJHAS shall strive to
maintain highest standards of quality and ethics in its publication.
OJHAS is published every
three months. However, articles of Current Interest may be published as supplements in
between.
OJHAS is available FREE
online. Being in the public domain, the journal shall take all the care to preserve
confidentiality.
See Review Process for info on the time taken for review
Contents:
OJHAS is divided into the following
sections:
Submit your manuscripts
by E-Mail!
Editorial
Current Interest
Review Articles
Original Article
Opinion
Case Reports
Short Communications
Comments/Letters to the Editor
Submission of articles:
Articles can be sent by e-mail to
The Editor or by post to the address below on a
CD. Articles sent only on paper are not accepted.
Postal address for submissions:
Online Journal for Health and Allied
Sciences,
Light House Condominium,
Light House Hill Road,
MANGALORE -575001.
INDIA
File Format:
OJHAS accepts materials in the following
electronic formats:
1. Text: Open Office
Writer or Microsoft Word or HTML document.
2. Illustrations*: .GIF or .JPG format
Materials sent in any other format
shall not be accepted.
*Illustrations
(figures/photos/graphs) in .GIF or .JPG format should be inserted into the body of the
text and also e-mailed as attached files. The photographs used in case
illustrations should be the original, unedited images.
Submitted materials shall not be
returned, whether or not they are accepted; therefore please retain a copy of all
materials sent.
Correspondence:
All submissions should be accompanied by the e-mail ID of the first author. All
correspondence regarding the papers, including proofs, will be sent to the first author
unless specifically indicated otherwise at the time of submission. All correspondence from
the Editorial Board shall be through e-mail only.
Article
Format:
Editorials, Review Articles and articles of
Current Interest are solicited by the Editorial Board and therefore should be sent only on
our request. Guidelines for other articles are given below:
Basic Requirements:
Articles submitted to OJHAS shall conform to
the Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals (International
Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to
biomedical journals. N Engl J Med. 1997;336:309-15. See)
Originality:
All articles submitted for publication in OJHAS should be original material. The
submission should have been made exclusively to OJHAS and should 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 OJHAS.
Authorship: Each quoted
author should have contributed substantially to the represented work in terms of
conceptual design or analysis, writing of the article and final approval of the article in
order to take public responsibility for the content. First author must guarantee
this to be so.
Articles
published in OJHAS are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 2.5 India License
Disclosure of commercial
interests: Sources of support for the research or article must be acknowledged in
the paper and any financial involvement that might indicate a conflict of interest should
be disclosed at the time of submission.
Patient Anonymity and Consent:
Since On-Line journals are largely available for public access, ethical and legal
considerations mandate that patients' anonymity be preserved. Research papers must
indicate informed consent for procedures and the involvement of an ethical committee,
proof of which may be required in the review process of the paper.
Format:
The First Page should
comprise of the Title; Full name/s [Title, Given name, Family name, Lineage (ancestral
family name)], qualifications and designation of the author/s; Address for correspondence;
e-mail of corresponding author; Key words and Abstract.
The article, in the format given below,
should follow in the subsequent pages.
Suggested length of articles:
Original Work - 5000 words, 4 tables, 4
graphs, 3 images/photos
Case Reports - 1500 words, 2 tables, 2 graphs, 2 images/photos; references limited to 10
Short Communications - 1200 words, 1 table, 1 graph, 1 image/photo; references limited to
10
Comments/Letters to the Editor - 800 words; references limited to 8
Components
of articles:
Articles submitted to OJHAS shall conform to
the Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals (International
Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to
biomedical journals. N Engl J Med. 1997;336:309-15 See).
For Review Articles,
Current Interest, Original Work: Title,
Authors and affiliations, Summary/Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Statistics, Results,
Discussion, Acknowledgements, References
For Case Reports, Short
Communications: Title, Authors and
affiliations, Summary/Abstract, Introduction, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements,
References
For Comments/Letters to the
Editor: Title, Authors and affiliations, Introduction, Discussion, References
- Title: Short,
meaningful and interesting, preferably not more than 12 words (or 72 characters) in
length.
- Authors and affiliations: Full
name, qualifications, designation and institutional affiliation of all authors, complete
postal address and e-mail ID of the first author for correspondence.
- Summary/Abstract: Not
more than 150 words, stating the purpose(s) of the study or investigation, basic
procedures and methodology, important findings and principal conclusions. Emphasis should
be on new and important aspects of the study or observations. No references allowed.
- Introduction: Brief review of the subject or background; purpose of the article
and /or rationale for the study; pertinent references only.
- Methods: Selection criteria, details of the methods/procedures so that
others can reproduce the same. For established methods, give references; for not so well
known methods, give brief description and references; for new or substantially modified
methods, give details, reasons for use and for modification(s) and limitations. Drug(s)
and chemical(s) should be precisely identified by generic name(s), dose(s) and route(s) of
administration.
- Statistics: Clearly state the
statistical methods used in the design and analysis of the studies. Where relevant the
exact statistical tests must be stated with reference to confidence intervals.
- Results: Present in logical sequence in text, tables and illustrations,
avoid repeating the data. All tables must be prepared using
the Table option on the Open Office Writer or MS-Word menu.[See image below]
- Discussion: Emphasise the new and important aspects of the study and the
conclusions that follow, the implications and the limitations; relate to other relevant
studies; avoid repeating the details given in introduction and/or results.
- Acknowledgements: For contributions that need acknowledging but do not justify
authorship, with prior permission from the persons being acknowledged. Limit to ten.
- References:
Accuracy of citation is the author's responsibility. The
reference style is given below and conforms to the Vancouver style.
Each reference should be assigned a
number, consecutively in the order of mention in the text. The original number should be
reused each time the same reference is cited in the text. The number should be placed in
the text within round brackets (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).
The list of references should be given at
the end of the paper. Where there are 3 or less authors, list ALL the authors. Where there
are more than 3 authors, use et al after the third author.
Examples:
Citing a book:
Peter Speelman. Leptospirosis. In Fauci
AS, Braunwald E, Isselbacher KJ, et al, editors. Harrison’s principles of internal
medicine. 14th ed. New York: McGraw Hill; 1998. p. 1036-38.
Citing a journal:
Singh SS, Vijayachari P, Sinha A, et al.
Clinico-epidemiological study of hospitalized cases of severe leptospirosis.
Indian J Med
Res. 1999 Mar;109:94-9.
Citing conferences:
Kakkilaya BS, Motha B, Rajeev, et al.
Investigation of a leptospirosis outbreak in Surathkal. In Bundy D, Warrel D, Co-Chairman,
Scientific committee. Final programme and abstract book, Oxford 2000, New Challenges in
tropical medicine and parasitology, 2000 Sep 18-22; Oxford. Cheshire: Complete Congress
Services Ltd; 2000. p. 139
Citing Internet:
International Chemical Safety Cards:
Chloroaniline, p-. [Screens 9]. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ipcs/ipcs0026.html.
Accessed May 18th, 2001.
Further details: Vancouver Style
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. The authors can
verify the status of their submitted articles online by logging onto the website of OJHAS.
Generally
the review process shall be completed within three months of submission. Papers submitted (and revised) between Jan-Mar, Apr-Jun, Jul-Sep, Oct -Dec., shall be reviewed and published by the subsequent months of Apr., Jul., Oct., and Jan., respectively.
The editorial decision is final. The
editorial board reserves the right to make revisions aimed at greater clarity or
conformity of style.
Post-publication Revision:
Electronic publishing allows
post-publication revision of the text and other materials. Under special circumstances,
the editorial board will allow authors to amend text and/or other materials to a limited
extent, after publication. This can be done only until the deposition of
the published articles in Cogprints and Openmed archives. All amendments will be detailed on the amended paper.
For further details:
editor.ojhas@gmail.com
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