Submissions

Author Guidelines

Introduction

The Journal of Bashir Institute of Health Sciences (JBIHS) is a peer-review journal where submissions are considered based on scientific validity and technical quality. The JBIHS covers all aspects of Medical Science particularly radiology, ophthalmology, surgery, dentistry, nursing, and medical lab technology that are useful and informative. We welcome research and review articles, scientific reports, and short communication. All the submissions will be reviewed by the editorial board of the journal for relevancy and the accepted articles will be freely available to the readers around the globe.

You may choose to submit your manuscript as a single Word file to be used in the refereeing process. Only when your paper is at the revision stage, will you be requested to put your paper into a 'correct format' for acceptance and provide the items required for the publication of your article.

Plagiarism Policy

The JBIHS has strict plagiarism policy. Before submission, the author must ensure that no part of the manuscript is plagiarized. If any article is proved to be plagiarized, the Journal committee reserve the rights to take an immediate and strict actions against the authors ranging from rejection of the manuscript to preclusion of the authors from any future publication within the JBIHS. For serious fraud or plagiarism, the journal can also report back to the authors/s affiliating institution/s.

Ethical Considerations

In case of experimental studies on human and/or animals, the authors must provide a formal approval letter, obtained from an Institutional Review Board or Ethics Committee. Studies on human subjects must include a statement that the subjects gave informed consent, and the anonymity of the patient was preserved. Photographs must be cropped to conceal the identity of the human subjects.

Authorship Criteria

For transparency, we encourage authors to submit an author statement file outlining their individual contributions to the paper using the relevant Credit roles: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration; Resources; Software; Supervision; Validation; Visualization; Roles/Writing - original draft; Writing - review & editing. Authorship statements should be formatted with the names of authors first and Credit role(s) following.

All authors should have made substantial contributions to all the following: (1) the conception and design of the study, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data, (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content, and (3) final approval of the version to be submitted.
Original article should be subdivided into –

1. Abstract
2. Key Words
3. Introduction
4. Materials and Methods/Methodology
5. Statistical Analysis
6. Result
7. Discussion
8. Conclusion
9. Conflicts of interest
10. Authors’ Contribution
11. Acknowledgments (If any)
12. Tables and Figures
13. References

Abstract: In the case of original article, abstract should be structured. It should be divided into Background, Aims and Objectives, Study Design, Materials and Methods, Statistics, Results and Conclusion. All results should be mentioned in the abstract. There should not be any selective reporting of results in abstract.

Key Words: 3 to 6 key words on the basis of Medical Subjects Heading (MeSH) of “Index Medicus” should be given.

Introduction: Description of the research area, pertinent background information, and the hypotheses tested in the study should be included under this section. The introduction should provide sufficient background information such that a scientifically literate reader can understand and appreciate the experiments to be described. The introduction MUST include in-text citations including references to pertinent reviews and primary scientific literature. The specific aims of the project should be identified along with a rationale for the specific experiments and other work performed.

Materials and Methods/Methodology: How was the study done? How were the subjects selected? How was the intervention allocated? How blinding was done? How were the endpoints measured? Should be given in sufficient detail. Appropriate reference/s to some standard technique should be given.

Statistical Analysis: Sufficient information regarding the statistics used should be given. Description of data should be given in standard form like “Mean (SD)”, “Median”, “Range” or “Frequencies (Percentages)”. Statistical tests should be mentioned in detail including assumptions for test, exact p value and confidence interval.

Results: There must not be any overlap between results shown in table and results written in text. Results should appear in logical sequence i.e.; most important results should be written first. Absolute value should be written with method of description like percentages, mean, median etc.

Discussion: Discussion should start with summary of main results. All results should be interpreted and compared with existing knowledge of the subject. Reasons for the findings should be discussed. Implication of results obtained should be discussed in detail. Limitations of the study should also be mentioned.

Conclusion: Main findings of the study should be written in the conclusion. A box should be added just after the conclusion mentioning what was already known before the study and what information this study adds to the existing knowledge.

Conflicts of interest: Authors must declare all sources of support for the research and any association with a product or subject that may constitute conflict of interest.

Authors’ Contribution: Authors must declare the roll of all author's contribution.

Acknowledgments: All acknowledgments (if any) should be included at the very end of the paper before the references and may include supporting grants, presentations, and so forth.

References:

References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text (not in alphabetic order) using Arabic numerals in box parentheses e.g. [1] and the same sequence must appear in numerical order at the end of the manuscript under the heading “References”. References cited in tables or figure legends should be numbered in accordance with the sequence established by the first identification in the text of the particular table or figure. Information from manuscripts submitted but not accepted should be cited in the text as "unpublished observations" with written permission from the source.

Tables and Figures

Tables:

Tables should be self-explanatory and should not duplicate textual material. Number tables in Arabic numerals, consecutively in the order of their first citation in the text and supply a brief title for each. Explain in footnotes all non-standard abbreviations that are used in each table. Obtain permission for all fully borrowed, adapted, and modified tables and provide a credit line in the footnote. Tables with their legends should be provided at the end of the text after the references. The tables along with their number should be mentioned in the in the text in relevant place.

Figures:

Figures should be numbered consecutively according to the order in which they appear in the text. Labels, numbers, and symbols should be clear and of uniform size. The lettering for figures should be large enough to be legible width of printed column. Symbols, arrows, or letters used in photomicrographs should contrast with the background and should be marked neatly with overlay. Titles and detailed explanations should be written in the legends for illustrations.

If a figure has been published elsewhere, acknowledge the original source and submit written permission from the copyright a credit line should appear in the legend for such figures. If the uploaded images are not of printable quality, the publisher office may request for higher resolution images which can be sent at the time of acceptance of the manuscript. The Journal reserves the right to crop, rotate, reduce, or enlarge the photographs to an acceptable size.

Copyright:

Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not been published before (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, or thesis) that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere; that if and when the manuscript is accepted for publication, the authors agree to automatic transfer of the copyright to the publisher.