Instructions to Author
The ‘Esculapio’ agrees to accept manuscripts prepared in accordance with the “Uniform Requirements submitted to the Biomedical Journals” as approved by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines. All authors are requested to follow standardized guidelines by clicking on this link which are essentials for publications in Esculapio https://www.equator-network.org/
Please download and Fill (type) in this form and scaned signatures attached.
Plagiarism:
Manuscripts are screened for plagiarism using Trunitin software.
Covering Letter
- The corresponding author should submit a covering letter to the editor stating the importance and purpose of study.
- He/she should provide the details of all authors including their names, emails and complete name of institutes.
- Please declare conflict of interest and any funding source.
Ethical Approval Letter:
All authors are required to submit Ethical Approval Letter from Institutional Review Board (IRB) where study is conducted. It is mandatory requirement for all research articles submitted to Esculapio.
General Principles:
- Manuscript must be written in British English.
- Manuscript should be typed on A-4 size paper (8.5 x 11 inches or 21.6 x27 cm) white paper with margins of 1 inch.
- Type on one side of the paper with double spacing.
- All pages should be numbered on the lower right hand side of manuscript.
5.The article should be formatted accordingly on MS Word:
- Font Type: Times New Roman
- Font Size: 14 for article title, 12 for article text
- Line spacing should be set at 1.5 throughout the text
Title page:
The title page should include the following: article title, article category, abstract word count, manuscript word count, number of references, and the number of tables and figures.
- The title length should not exceed more than 14 words.
- Do not capitalize the first letter of each word in the title unless it is a proper noun.
- Do not use abbreviations in the title.
- Manuscript should be submitted with a covering letter signed by all authors, clearly mentioning name of corresponding author.
- Sequence of authors, once signed and submitted, cannot be changed.
- Clearly identify full names, designations, quali;cations, e-mails and institutes of all the authors.
- The journal will only contact to corresponding author.
- Explain role of each author in the study next to the title page.
- Authors must also submit a copy of ethical permission letter from the institutional review board or institution head where the research study was conducted.
Conflict of interest:
Authors should provide declaration of conflict of interest and funding information with regard to the research.
Instructions about formats of different Manuscripts:
Original Research Article should be written under following headings:
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Material & Method
- Result
- Discussion
- Conclusion
Words counts: 3000-3200 words, excluding abstract and references.
Maximum 3 tables or figures.
- Up to 25 references.
- Should be exclusively submitted to Esculapio.
Manuscript formatting – Abstract:-
Structured abstract: Approx 250 Words, under headings of ;
- Objective
- Materials and methods
- Results
- Conclusion
- Key words must be according to Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) , List of index
Un-Structured abstract: Approx 150 Words
Article categories
- Case report
- Case series
- Narrative review
- Short communication
- Short report and special communications
Introduction
Describes background and objective of the study do not include data or conclusion from the current study .
Method:-
The following heading should be used for the methods section, as appropriate:
- Subjects and methods
- Patients and methods
- Materials and methods
- Selection and description of participants
The inclusion criteria of the study participants, which may be patients, healthy controls or healthy subjects, should be clearly described. Exclusion criteria need to be explained.
- Technical Information & equipments
Recognized the method, procedures and any equipments (manufacturer’s name and address) in detail so that workers easily reproduce them and also give references to establish methods including statistical method . All drugs and chemicals should be described in generic name(s), dose(s), and route(s) of administration.
Statistics
Simple way is used to describe statistical method so that reader enable to access the original data to correct the results. Statistical software should be mentioned.
Results
- Results should be described in a logical sequence in the text, tables and illustrations.
- Summarize important observations.
- Frequencies and percentages both should be mentioned.
- Exact p values should be reported.
- Mean should be with standard deviations.
Discussion:-
Summarize main results and compared with results of other published studies.
Emphasize new findings of research.
Conclusion:-
Findings which has been shown in the results should not be included in conclusion.
Conclusion should be a brief summary of the study.
References:-
References Should be two third less than 5 years old and Vancouver style should be used, if there are more than six authors, write et al after the first six names.
A table is provided below as summery of above mentioned information.
|
Manuscript Type |
Abstract Structure |
Abstract WordCount |
Maximum Authors |
Wordcount |
Number of References |
Total Tables & Figures |
|
Audit |
Structured |
250 |
6 |
3000 |
25 |
3 |
|
Case Report |
Unstructured |
150 |
6 |
1250 |
10 |
2 |
|
Letter to the Editor |
NA |
NA |
3 |
400 |
5 |
1 |
|
Original Article |
structured |
250 |
6 |
3000 |
25 |
3 |
|
Review Article |
structured |
250 |
6 |
4000 |
40 |
3 |
|
Editorial |
– |
– |
– |
1000 |
8-20 |
– |
Processing charges:
All manuscripts from Pakistan have processing charges of Rs. 5, ooo/- (nonrefundable). Overseas US$ 50/-
Publication charges:
Once the manuscript is accepted for publication, the authors are required to pay publication charges of R s. 15,000/(-in case of overseas US$100/-) For colored
photograph extra Rs 2,000/-.
Payment mode:
The Processing & Publication charges can be sent directly to our bank account
The relevant bank account details are as under:
Title of account: ESCULAPIO
Account number : 6010042806500015
Name of Bank: The Bank of Punjab, services hospital branch, jail road ,Lahore
Printed copy: Two printed copies will be supplied to the correspondence author. Authors can order additional copies at the rate of Rs 2000/- per copy
