Submissions

Author Guidelines

Submission of manuscripts for publication in mVJMHS: 

Manuscripts must be submitted with 3 hard copies along with a soft copy (CD/USB) labeled clearly the manuscript title, name of 1st author, date, designation, cell No., 1st/Corresponding author’s email address, either to Editor-in-chief/ExecutiveEditor, mVJMHS via email, post or courier. mVJMHS accepts manuscripts for publication with an

understanding of submitting it solely to mVJMHS and will be subjected for peer reviewing/editorial revision(s).

Statement/ opinion expressed on the communications sent to author(s) will necessarily be expressed by the editors of

mVJMHS, only. 

III. Mandatory style and criteria of manuscripts for publishing in mVJMHS:

Manuscript should be written in MS-Word, not exceeding 4000 words. All manuscripts must be divided into 4 separate files:

i) Cover letter,

ii) Title page,

iii) Main manuscript, and,

iv) Dataset (optional or mutually agreed, once required in rare cases). Manuscript must begin with a new page containing following sections, sequentially:

i) Cover letter

ii) Title page,

iii) Abstract,

iv) Key word,

v) Texts/main manuscript,

vi) Tables and legends for illustration,

vii) Acknowledgment

viii) Author(s) contribution

ix) References

x) Annex if any.

Thus, the numbering of all pages must be arranged consecutively too, beginning with the title at the lower righthand corner of each page. All parts/sections of the manuscript should be typed/printed out on only one side of A4-sized white paper with double spacing with a margin of 2.54 cm in all 4 sides of the manuscript. mVJMHS prefers the font of Times New Roman with a size of 12 cpi (character per inch). 

Cover letter:

A Cover letter addressed to the Editor, mVJMHS must be submitted by as a separate file with each manuscript by the

corresponding author. The author(s) must clearly define the scope of their research. The cover letter should not be more than 200 words and must include the address, contact number and email address of the corresponding author. The authors recommend two independent reviewers here but the editorial office has the right to accept or reject the

suggested reviewers.

Title page:

The title page should contain the ‘title of the manuscript’ in concise form (within 45 characters). It in Microsoft word

(doc/docx) format. On the title page, the author must indicate the following:

Title: Title must be short <14 notional words not more than 160 words, including punctuation and spaces. The title

should reflect the main content of manuscript.

Name of Author(s): Full name, Qualification, Designations, affiliation(s) of all the authors. Full contact details, Email, Contact number. Only one single author must be identified as the corresponding author.

Authors affiliations: The authors should be provided with institutional / departmental affiliation where they work and the place/institute where research work was carried out.

Declaration of Funding: Funding or support related to the research including grants, equipment, drugs etc. should

be acknowledged.

Declaration of conflict-of-interest statement: All authors. 

Structured Abstract:

The manuscript must contain a structured abstract in 300 words; containing following sub- sections: i) Aim(s) ii)

Study Design iii) Duration and Setting of the study iv) Methods v) Results vi) Conclusion. 

Keyword:

The key words in <150 words for any review article or case report and 250 words for structured abstract only for

original article summarizing the significant information and findings. Authors must give two to five key words

identifying the most important topics covered by the manuscript. Abbreviations, diagrams, and references in the

abstract should be avoided. 

Text of the manuscript:

The body of the manuscript/text should be divided into the following sections:

i) Introduction

ii) Methods

iii) Results (+tables & Figs/diagram)

iv) Discussion

v) Conclusion

vi) Acknowledgement

vii) Author(s) contribution

viii) Reference

Introduction:

It includes a short background, purpose and rationale for the study (or summarized observation) including objectives

of the research and any major hypothesis that was tested, including pertinent references (data/ conclusion from any

work may not to be included). (Not more than 5 paragraphs) 

Methods:

Selection of study subjects (patient or laboratory animals, including controls) should be described clearly including

their age, sex and other characteristics. The total methodology in detail, apparatus to be used, and procedure to be followed must be given in sufficient details to allow other researchers to reproduce it, as and if required for. References should be given to establish methods including statistical lines and precise identifications should be provided for all the drugs and chemicals to be used including generic names, dosage and route of administrations.

Authors(s) submitting review manuscripts are advised to include a section describing the methods used for locating

selecting, extracting and synthesizing data. If data is collected from other sources (published or unpublished) then proper permission(s) should be obtained and mentioned with acknowledgement.

Results:

Results should be presented in a logical sequence in the text, tables, figures and/or illustrations. The use of too many tables or diagrams in relation to the length of text may produce difficulties in the layout of pages. 

Tables and Figures/Diagram:

Table and figures/Diagram should be embedded in text and numbered consecutively in order of first citation in the text under the title of the table should be brief, yet self-explanatory.

·        Tables should not be submitted as photographs.

·        All table should be in Microsoft Word Format.

·        All figures should be included as one separate sheet or file.

·        The title should appear above each table (short and descriptive).

·        Please mention a clear legend and any footnotes suitably identified below, clearly.

·        Figures should be labeled properly, fitting to necessary size of the page.Captions of all figures should be typed, double-spaced & shown on separate sheets.

·        Any Footnote must contain explanatory matter, not in the heading for uniformity of style, symbols etc.

·        All original figures must be clearly marked in pencil on reverse side with No/Author's name.

·        Figures should be number separately from tables as 1,2,3 and so on.

·        Data presented in figure should not be repeated in the text.

·        For the original article, a total of six tables or figures are permitted.

Illustrations:

Line drawings, photos, micrographs, etc.) be clean/ digital files- recommended to use for high quality, as below: Min

300 dots/inch (DPI) or higher; Appr. size to fit in journal page, preferably in JPEG & GIF formats; face of subject/patient must not be identified in diagram; Should be submitted in separate files, not embedded in text files. 

Discussion:

Should present a detailed yet comprehensive analysis of results/findings to describe, compare and criticize (positively/ negatively) considering previous relevant studies, the country or abroad. Must emphasize new & important aspects of study & conclusions that follow them. Repetition of detail data/other materials in introduction/result may be avoided, unless one must. 

Conclusion:

To focus on the gist of study it should be linked with study goals. Recommendation and implication(s) may be included if appropriate & limitations be identified if any.

 Acknowledgements:

An acknowledgement may be placed at the end but should limit to 100 words, particularly to people who do not qualify for authorships but worked significantly for this study/write up manuscripts. Plus funding, donated resources, or other significant contributions be acknowledged, too, once the author(s) wish to. 

References:

1. We prefer ‘Vancouver style’ and ‘Arabic numbers’ to be cited in the text, consecutively, following an order that appears first in text using superscript (or may be cited within text numbers in round brackets). If a reference is required to be cited more than once then the same number must be used each time, throughout the text.

2. For tables or figure legends it should be cited in numbered in accordance with sequence from last number used in the text and follows the order of individual tables/figures.

3. The list of references must be added in consecutively cited reference no. in exact numerical order right at the end of the manuscript on last page(s) and separately from the text.

4. References on materials/ information available on websites should be cited in details to include the complete internet address, date of version cited, and authors' names, document title and date of internet publication or other

retrieval information (date of access), etc.

 Examples of references are given below-

(i) Reference from the Journals

1. Parkin DM, Clayton D, Blook RJ, Massyer E, Fried HP, Iranov E et al. Childhood leukaemia in Europe after Chernobyl: 5 years follow up. Br J Cance 1996; 73: 1006-1012

2. Paganini HA, Chao A, Ross RK, Henderson Aspirin use and chronic diseases: a cohort st of the elderly. BMJ 1989; 299: 1247-1250 Note: The name of the journal & its volume should be in Italic.

(ii) Books: Gyton AC, Hall JE The thyroid metabolic hormones In Textbook of Medical Physiology. 10th edn. NewTork: WB Saunders Company. 2000: 858-86

(iii) Internet: Harverd medical school Available https://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/havard medical college, accessed October 2011

(iv) Thesis/Dissertations: Khan MAH. Lipid profile and renal function status of hypothyroid patients [MD Thesis). Dhaka Bangabandhu Skeikh Mujib Medical University:2005

(v) Scientific or technical report

1. Akutsu T. Total heart replacement device. Bethesda MD:National Institutes of Health, National Heart and Lung Institute, 1974 Apr report No. N1H-NHLI-69 2185-4 Ethical approval 

The authors should mention the name of the ethical approval authority or IRB: Institutional Review Board for their study either separately or in materials and methods section, particularly if the study has been done on human subjects, laboratory samples or laboratory animals. However, not all surveys may not require ethical permission, parse, in general. But it can be obtained & attached with the proposal, if the authors(s) wish. 

Authorship Statement:

A form must be signed by all listed authors corresponding author is responsible for dictating the contribution to the paper made beach. The er obtaining signatures from all listed authors and using A check off form should indicate by name what each author contributed to each of the various aspects of the study. 

However (e-signature are accepted except for 1st & corresponding authors). 

Study concept

Study design

Data collection & processing

Statistical analysis

Manuscript writing 

Editorial Board Activities:

Once any manuscript is received by the Editorial Board member(s) it would undergo a thorough plagiarism check if the manuscript has <30% plagiarized texts or figs or data. Once it exceeds the limit then it would be returned to author to check back their plagiarized issues. Once the author can improve it and then they send back their manuscript to be reviewed & find the contents, data collection procedure, data analysis tools/software with quality yield and if it is of quality writing skills adding newer/novel issues then the manuscript may get published. However, manuscripts once rejected finally, can’t be returned to respective author(s), but would be destroyed to be safe from frauds or misutilizations or data/info hackings. The editorial board will send back manuscripts to the authors for proofs reading (before gally proof from the press) and gross errors or incompleteness will be corrected. The editors reserve the customary right to check the style if necessary and small corrections may be incorporated. No reprint of any manuscript will be provided unless it is finally printed out. The editor assumes that the writings are based on honest observations. It is not the task of the editor to investigate scientific fraud on a manuscript paper or to check false/fake data except plagiarism checking- to be checked by the reviewers; but the authors are suggested to check the plagiarism on their own, too, which will be prioritized for reviewing, editing & publishing. 

Copyright:

Accepted papers will be the permanent property of the mediVision Journal of Medical & Health Science (mVJMHS) published from the Vision Eye Institute and Hospital (VEIH) as its official organ. All the authors must

agree that by submitting any manuscript, the authors agree that all the accepted manuscripts/articles for publication, automatically belongs as the copyright of their article transferred to Vision Eye Institute and Hospital (VEIH), 229, Green Road, Dhaka 1205, BD.