Submission Checklist

Submission consideration in the journal requires the following guidelines to be acknowledged. If submission of research/review paper do not follow the guidance, we might send it back to you for corrections.

Formatting Guidelines

• Title

The article's title must be written in bold, centered, and capitalized using a 12-point Times New Roman font. The title should be brief yet informative, accurately reflecting the paper's content. Since titles are frequently used by readers to find specific content, it's advisable to avoid using formulas, abbreviations, and specialized language whenever feasible.

• Author(s) Name and Affiliation

The author(s)' name should be written legibly, including the last name. Just under the author's name, provide information about their affiliation and address – where the actual research was conducted. Use a small, raised letter in lowercase, placed right after the author's name, to indicate each affiliation and link it to the corresponding address. These details about the author(s) should use a 10-point Times New Roman font and be centered beneath the title.

  

• Corresponding Author

Clearly specify who is available to manage communication throughout the process of review, publication, and even after publication. Make certain to include phone numbers (including country and area codes) in addition to the email address and full mailing address.

Sequence of components of manuscript

• Abstract: Every manuscript needs to be accompanied by a concise summary. This abstract should not surpass 300 words and should be appropriately formatted with justified, italicized text in Times New Roman font (12-point). The abstract must concisely cover the research's context, methodology, significant findings, and concluding remarks.
• Keywords: Three to five keywords. These keywords need to be alphabetically listed, with commas separating them, and a full stop at the end.
• Introduction: Introduction must cover the brief research background, problem statements, new discoveries and their impact as well as linked it to the significance of your research findings. Introduction must not exceed 500 words.
• Methodology: This section should consist of information related to materials, chemicals, formulation development methods, characterizations, for clinical research, study design should be explained in terms of observational, experimental subjects, study design, inclusion and exclusion criteria. Ethical review statement must be given for studies where cell lines or animals/humans are involved. Statistical analysis must be ensured and mentioned as well.
• Results: Please summarize the impact of results and mechanistic summary of the research, before explaining results outcomes. Give numeric results not only as derivatives (for example, percentages) but also as the absolute numbers from which the derivatives were calculated, and specify the statistical significance in terms of test of significance value and p-value (in brackets) if any. Do not duplicate data in graphs and tables if already mentioned in text.
• Discussion: Discussion can be the explanatory outcome of the results in comparison with the literature review.
• Conclusion and Future prospects: Findings of the study can be mentioned in accordance with the objectives of the study. Future prospects should also be encouraged to discuss.

Tables and Illustrations: All significant tables and figures/images must be integrated into the main text of the paper. The table headings should be in Times New Roman font, bold, and 10 points in size. Tables must be in editable format. Similarly, the headings for figures/images should follow the same specifications as tables, positioned beneath the respective image/figure and aligned at the centre. Manuscript figures must have 350 DPI resolution. If photographs of patients are used, either the subjects should not be identifiable or their pictures must be accompanied by written permission to publish the picture.

• Units   of   Measurement:   All   measurements   should   be expressed in conventional units, with System International (SI)units given in parentheses throughout the text.

 

• Abbreviations:  Except for units of measurement, abbreviations are discouraged. The first time an abbreviation appears it should be preceded by the words for which it stands, However, title and abstract must not contain any abbreviations.
• Names of Drugs: Only generic names of drugs should be used.

• Acknowledgements: Contributors who helped in characterization of the samples or who do not meet the criteria of authorship should be acknowledged.

 

• Funding Disclosure: All sources of grants received and its spending should be disclosed. If there are no funding sources, the authors should state "none to declare". If the research work being submitted has received any form of sponsorship or support from an organization or a non-governmental organization (NGO), kindly provide this information in a clear manner.

 

• References: References must be written in Vancouver style The total number of references in an original article must not exceed 50, while in the review articles maximum limit of references is 100.

Journal Article: Arshad R, Tabish TA, Naseem AA, ul Hassan MR, Hussain I, Hussain SS, Shahnaz G. Development of poly-L-lysine multi-functionalized muco-penetrating self-emulsifying drug delivery system (SEDDS) for improved solubilization and targeted delivery of ciprofloxacin against intracellular Salmonella typhi. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 2021 Jul 1; 333:115972.

 

 

Journal Review Article: Arshad R, Razlansari M, Hosseinikhah SM, Tiwari A, Ajalli N, Manicum AL, Throat N, Rahdar A, Zhu Y, Tabish TA. Antimicrobial and anti-biofilm activities of bio-inspired nanomaterials for wound healing applications. Drug Discovery Today. 2023 Jun 17:103673.

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 Chapter in Book: Woessner JF.  Lysosomal function.  In: Dingle JT, Fell HG, editors. Lysoosomes, in biology and pathology. London: North Holland Publishing Co; 1969:299–329.

 

Conflict of Interest

Any conflict of interest should be declared by all authors. This may include grants or honorarium, credits and promotions, memberships or any personal or professional relationships which may appear to influence the manuscript. Such competing interests are not unethical but should be declared.

Ethical considerations for human/ animal use

• Authors should comprise a statement in the manuscript that informed consent was obtained for experimentation with human subjects. The privacy rights of human subjects must always be observed.
• All animal experiments should comply with the Helenski guidelinesand should be carried out in accordance with the U.K. Animals (Scientific Procedures) or the National Research Council's Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and authors must clearly indicate these guidelines in the manuscript.

Declaration of interest

All authors must disclose any financial and personal associations with other people or organizations that could inaptly impact (bias) their work.