Manuscripts may be submitted openly to the Nitesh S. Chauhan (Editor-in-Chief) in electronic submission, E-mail: nschauhan84@gmail.com.
General Guidelines: For full articles, the manuscript, written in English, should not exceed 30 pages in length (ca. 20 printed pages) and for mini-reviews a maximum of 40 pages in length (ca. 15 printed pages). The manuscript should be typed in double-spacing throughout on A-4 or American quarto paper. Dot matrix print or any print that is difficult to read is unacceptable. Soft copies of the manuscript must accompany the original and should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief at his address. All pages should be numbered. Abbreviations should be defined the first time they are used in the manuscript and a list of abbreviations used should also be provided.
Manuscript Organization: The manuscript should be divided as: Title page, abstract and the main text. The text may be subdivided further according to the areas to be discussed. This should be followed by the Acknowledgement (if any) and Reference sections. The first page should contain the title, the authors names (initials and surname only), with an asterisk in front of the name of the principal author.
Conflict of Interest: Financial contributions to the work being reported should be clearly acknowledged, as should any potential conflict of interest.
Abstract: The abstract should not exceed 250 words and it should condense the essential features of the article, with the focus on the background, methodology, results, conclusions and major advances in the field.
Keywords: Authors must supply up to eight key words along with their manuscript.
Text: The main text should begin on a separate page and it may be subdivided into separate sections. The article should mention any previous important in the field and contain a comprehensive discussion starting with the general background of the field. It should then go on to discuss the salient features of recent developments. The authors should avoid presenting material which has already been published in previous reviews. The reference numbers should be given in square brackets in the text. Acknowledgements should be kept to a minimum.
All authors must strictly follow the guidelines below for preparing illustrations for publication in International Journal of Drug Discovery & Technology.
Manuscript Submission: Two copies of the final manuscript must accompany the original along with the soft copy of the manuscript on a computer floppy disk(s) in MS Word file format (or created in any other well-known word processing software) should be submitted. To achieve rapid publication authors are encouraged to e-mail or post their submission to the appropriate given editorial address (see above) at the same time that they mail the manuscript. Authors must provide their full address, telephone and Fax numbers with E-Mail address with all submissions.
Proofs: Authors are sent page proofs. To avoid delays in publication, proofs should be checked immediately for typographical errors and returned within 48 hours. Authors will be charged for excessive changes made at the page proof stage.
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