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Author Guidelines
A paper is peer-reviewed for publication on the understanding that it is not being reviewed for publication simultaneously by another Journal; has not been accepted for publication elsewhere; and has not already been published.
The Journal will publish original articles, review articles, case reports and letters to the editor. Contributions must be in Standard English and should be as concise as possible.
Original articles may be in the clinical or laboratory medical sciences, not more than 2000 words with a maximum of 6 illustrations (figures and tables). Review articles are usually commissioned but unsolicited reviews are welcome. A review article should be between 3000 and 5000 words, including references and may contain illustrations (figures and tables). Case reports and letters to the editor should be at most 600 words long and may contain a maximum of 2 illustrations. Letters may be originated by the authors de novo or be a reaction to previously published works in the Journal or on issues of relevance to Medicine and medical practice.
Authors are requested to send three hard copies and an electronic copy on a floppy disk, in Microsoft Word format, of all documents, tables and figures including photographs. There are no extra charges for reproducing black and white photographs but authors may be charged for the reproduction of colour photographs and figures. Authors are required to pay a sum of N1000.00 (one thousand Naira only) processing fee into the OJM account with Diamond Bank (Account no 0182010010062) and forward the pay-in slip with the manuscript.
All manuscripts are subject to editorial review. Manuscript not accepted may only be returned to the author on demand and if the author pays for the return postage.
Preparation of Manuscripts:
Papers should be typewritten on one side of A4 paper (210 X 297mm) with double spacing and 2.5cm margins. Each of the following sections should begin on a new page: title page/ summary/ text/ acknowledgement(s)/ references/ tables/ legends for illustrations.
Title Page:
The title page should give the following information:
(1)Title of the article; (2) First name in full, second name abbreviated and last name in full of the author(s); no titles or qualifications may be attached; (3) the department(s) and institution(s) to which the work should be attributed; (4) name and address of the author responsible for correspondences; (5) sources of support in the form of grants; (6) a running title and three to four key words.
Summary:
The second page of the manuscript should carry a structured summary of not more than 150 words. The summary should embody the objectives of the study or investigation, methods, main findings and the principal conclusions under appropriate sub-headings.
Tables and Illustrations:
Each table, with a brief title, should be typed on a separate page. Illustrations should be submitted in the form of glossy prints and should not be mounted. Each illustration should have a label pasted on the reverse side giving its number (to correspond with its reference in the text). Tables and figures should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals.
References:
References should follow the Vancouver style, numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text.
At the end of the article, the full list of references should give names and initials of all authors if three or less. For more than three authors, list the name of the first three authors followed by et al. The authors' names are followed by the title of the article, then the title of the journal abbreviated according to the style of the Index Medicus or written in full, the year of publication, the volume, number and the first and last page numbers. Titles of books should be followed by the name of any editors, publisher, edition, place of publication, year of publication and relevant pages.
Articles should be sent to:
Dr. U. F. Ezepue
Editor
Orient Journal of Medicine
C/o P. O. Box 3153
Enugu, 400001 Nigeria
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
- If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
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