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Submissions can only be made online at arductheditorial@gmail.com

All manuscripts must be submitted in MS WORD(R) format using Times New Roman font size 12, double spacing and headings must be bold.

All the named authors must have approved the final manuscript. Pages should be numbered consecutively in the lower right corner.

The following contributions are accepted (word counts exclude abstract, table and references):

1. Original research (between 1000 and 3500 words).

2. Scientific letters (less than 600 words): one table or graph and not more than 5 references.

3. Review/CPD articles (Up to 1800 words):

4. Case reports/opinions (between 1000 and 2500 words): This may be unique clinical experiences, special reports, and short report of original research with maximum penalty of two tables or illustrations and not more than 15 references.

5. Editorials (Between 500 and 1000 words): scientific editorials can be used to highlight progress in any scientific field related to medicine.

FORMAT

Title page

All articles should include an abstract. The structured abstract for an original research article should be between 300 and 500 words and should consist of four paragraphs labelled ‘Background, methods, results and conclusion’. It should briefly describe the problem or issue being addressed in the study, how the study was performed, the major results and what the authors conclude from these results. The abstracts for other types of articles should not be longer than 300 words and may not need to follow the structured abstract format.

Acknowledgements

In a separate section, acknowledge any financial support received or possible conflict of interest. This section may also be used to acknowledge substantial contributions to the research or preparation of the manuscript made by persons other than the authors.

References

Cite references in numerical order in the text, in superscript format. Do not use brackets. In the reference section, references must be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are cited, not alphabetically. References should be according to the format set forth in the uniform requirements for manuscript submitted to “biomedical journals” by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.

Abbreviations for the journal titles should follow index medicus format. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of all references. List all authors when there are six (6) or fewer; when there are seven (7) or more, list the first three (3) then et al, when citing URLs to documents in the worldwide web, place in the reference list, and use the following format: authors of document (if available), Title of document (if available), URL (Accessed[date]).

The following are sample references:

Standard Journal Article

List first authors:

Hughes EG, Brennan BG. Does cigarette smoking impair natural or assisted fecundity? Fertil Steril 1996;66:679-89.

More than six authors:

Yasufuku k, Chiyo M, Koh E. et al. Endobronchial ultrasound guided transbrochial needle aspiration for staging of lung cancer. Lung cancer 2005;50(3):347-54.

Chapter in Book:

Bays J. conditions mistaken for child abuse. In: Reece RM, Ludwig S, eds. Child abuse: Medical diagnosis and management. 2^nd ed. Baltimore, MD. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2001:297-306.

Editor(s) as author

Eastell R, Bauman M, Hoyle NR, Wieczorek L, editors, Bone Markers; Biochemical and Clinical Perpectives. London: Martin Dunitz Ltd. 2001.

Books and other monographs

Alexandra RN, Udeh FH Wells JH. Clinical Chemistry. 3^rd ed. Bristol Falls: fields; 2009. Dissertation: Driver HS, McLean H,Kumar DV. Influence of menstrual cycle on upper airways resistance and breathing during sleep: Bikes Oath, Sussex University; 2005.

Worldwide web (www): Barclays L. IDSA: Skin and soft tissue infections guidelines updated. Medscape Medical News. Available at http:// www.medscape.com/viewarticle/827399. Accessed June 26, 2014.

Tables

Tables should be explanatory, clearly organised and supplemental to the text of the manuscript. Each table should include a clear descriptive title on top and numbered in roman numerals e,g I, II etc in order of its appearance as called out in text. Tables must be inserted in the correct position in the text, authors should place explanatory footnotes, not in heading. Explain in footnotes all non-standard abbreviations.

Figure

All figures must be inserted in the appropriate position of the electronic document. Symbols lettering, and numbering (in Arabic numerals e.g 1,2 etc in order of appearance in the text) should be placed below the figure, clear and large enough to remain legible after the figure has been reduced. Figures must have clear descriptive titles.

 

Photographs and images

If photographs of patient are used, either the subject should not be identifiable or use of the picture authorised by an enclosed written permission from the subject. The position of the photographs or images should be clearly indicated in the text Electronic images should be saved as either jpeg or ping files. All photographs should be scanned at a high resolution (3000dpi, print optimised).

 

Permission

Permission should be obtained from the author and publisher for the use of quotes, illustrations, tables and other materials taken from previously published works which are not in the public domain. The author is responsible for the payment of any copyright fee(s) if these have not been waived. The letters of permission should accompany the manuscript. The original source(s) should be mentioned in the figure legend or as a footnote to a table.

Manuscript are initially examined by the editorial staff and are then sent to independent reviewers who are not informed of the identity of the author(s). When publication in its original form is not recommended, the reviewer’s comments (without the identity of the reviewer being disclosed) may be passed to the first author, and may include suggested revisions. Manuscripts not approved for publication will not be returned.

 

Ethical consideration

Papers based on original research must adhere to the declaration of Helsinki on “Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects” and must specify from which recognised ethics committee approval for the research was obtained.

 

Conflict of interest

Authors must declare all financial contributions to their work or other forms of conflict of interest, which may prevent them from executing and publishing unbiased research. Conflict of interest exists when an author (or the author’s institution), has financial or personal relationships with other persons or organisations that inappropriately influence (bias) his or her opinions or actions. The following declaration may be used if appropriate “declare that I have no financial or personal relationship(s) which may have appropriately influenced me in writing this paper”.

Manuscript submission and correspondence

All submission must be made via email as Microsoft word or RTF document file attachment file attachment to:arductheditorial@gmail.com.

Please three(3) hard copies of articles should be sent/posted to the editor, and this must be accompanied by evidence of ₦5,000 processing fee (with exception of UCTH residents only). If articles are accepted for publication by the reviewers, a publication fee of ₦10,000 will be paid by the author(s). Payments should be made into Zenith Bank Plc, Account number: 1010867137, Account Name: Association of Resident Doctors UCTH.

 

Correspondence by post may be sent to:

Dr. George Owusu
Journal of Medicine in Africa,
Association of Resident Doctors,
University of Calabar Teaching Hospital,
Calabar, Cross river State, Nigeria.
Phone:+234(0)8068280210

Email:arductheditorial@gmail.com

Copyright Notice

By submitting manuscripts to the Journal of Medicine in Africa, ARD UCTH, authors of original article are assigning copyright to the Journal. Authors may use their own work after publication without written permission, provided they acknowledge the original source. Individuals and academic institutions may freely copy and distribute articles published in the journal for educational and research purposes without obtaining permission.