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The JDUHS offers submission of manuscripts in the form of Original Article, Systemic Review, Meta-Analysis, Review Article, Short Communication, Case Report, Student Article, Commentary, Audit, or Letter to the Editor.<\/p>\n
All manuscripts should be submitted through the online portal system of the journal or via email:\u00a0jduhs@duhs.edu.pk<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n The journal discourages submission of more than one article dealing with related aspects of the same study. Authors are strictly directed to follow the submission checklist before submitting the manuscript to the journal. Manuscripts that do not adhere to the instructions will be returned to the corresponding author for technical revision before undergoing peer review.\u00a0<\/p>\n SUBMISSION CHECKLIST<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n AUTHORSHIP CRITERIA<\/strong><\/p>\n Consistent with the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines (http:\/\/www.icmje.org\/<\/a>), all listed authors must meet the following criteria:<\/p>\n Authors are expected to consider carefully the author\u2019s list and order before submitting their manuscript and provide the definitive list of authors at the time of the original submission. Any addition, deletion or rearrangement of author names in the authorship list should be made only before the manuscript has been accepted and only if approved by the journal editor. The journal may ask for the reason for the change in author list and written confirmation (email, letter) from all authors that they agree with the addition, removal or rearrangement. No changes in the authors\u2019 list will be made if the manuscript has already been published in an online issue.<\/p>\n Corresponding authors are responsible for ensuring that all listed authors have approved the manuscript before submission, including the names and order of authors.<\/p>\n This responsibility includes but not limited to: (i) ensuring that original data\/original figures\/materials\/code upon which the submission is based are preserved following best practices in the field so that they are retrievable for reanalysis; (ii) confirming that data\/figures\/materials\/code presentation accurately reflects the originality; and (iii) foreseeing and minimizing obstacles to the sharing of data\/materials\/code described in the work. The corresponding author should be responsible for managing these requirements across the author group and ensuring that the entire author group is fully aware of and in compliance with best practices in the discipline of publication.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>SUBMISSION FORMAT<\/strong><\/p>\n Text files should be submitted as word files in the following order: Cover letter, Title page, Manuscript in the prescribed format. \u00a0<\/p>\n Title page<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Title page should be submitted separately with the manuscript providing the following information;<\/p>\n Title:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>The title should be concise and informative. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.<\/p>\n Running title:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>A short running title is also required. The number of word count in running title should not exceed 65 characters without spacing. \u00a0<\/p>\n Authors name and affiliations:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>The name of each author should be accurately spelled and provided with Given name(s) and family name(s). Present the authors’ affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name and the e-mail address of each author.<\/p>\n Corresponding author:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Complete detail of the corresponding author including name, institutional address, Email, and Contact number must be provided. The journal will make all the communication with the corresponding author at given addresses and contact number.<\/p>\n Word Count:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Total word count of the manuscript, excluding the title, abstract and table\/figure(s) must be mentioned.<\/p>\n Number of references:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>The total number of references must also be mentioned.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>ARTICLE CATEGORIES<\/strong><\/p>\n Original article<\/strong><\/p>\n Original article should normally report original research focusing on new and important aspects of the study. The manuscript should be of about 2000-2500 words, with no more than six tables or illustrations. It should contain a structured abstract\u00a0(Objective, methods, results, conclusion)<\/em>\u00a0of maximum 250 words. A maximum of 3 to 10 keywords should be given for an original article as per MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, and References should all start on a separate page. The total number of references in an Original Article must not exceed 30.<\/p>\n Systematic Review & Meta-analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n All systematic reviews and meta-analysis should follow PRISMA guidelines. This PRISMA checklist is available at:\u00a0http:\/\/www.prisma-statement.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Review article<\/strong><\/p>\n Review article should consist of a structured overview of some relatively narrow topics providing background and recent development with reference to the original literature. It should contain an unstructured abstract of 250 words. The length of the review article should be from 3000 to 4000 words with a minimum of 40 and maximum of 60 references. A maximum of 3 to 10 keywords should be given for review article as per MeSH (Medical Subject Headings).<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Commentary<\/strong><\/p>\n It should contain an unstructured abstract of 150 words. The length of the commentary should be from 2500 to 3000 words with a minimum of 20 and maximum of 40 references. Three to 10 keywords should be given for review article as per MeSH (Medical Subject Headings).<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Short Communications<\/strong><\/p>\n Short communications should be of about 1500-2000 words. It should contain a non-structured abstract of about 150 words with one table or illustration and no more than ten references. The rest of the format should be that of an original article.<\/p>\n Case Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n Case reports may appear in this section. The word count of case report should be 1200-1500 words with a minimum of 3 keywords. It should have a non-structured abstract of about 100 \u2013 150 words with a maximum of 10 references.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Letter to the editor<\/strong><\/p>\n Letters should normally not exceed 400 words, with not more than 5 references and be signed by all the authors-maximum 3 are allowed. Preference is given to those that take up points made in contributions published in the journal.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Clinical Trials<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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