- CHECKLIST FOR SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPT TO JIACM
- Covering letter including copyright release.
- Undertaking by ALL Authors, as below.
- Three copies of typescript of the article on A-4 size paper to be posted to the editorial office.
- Soft copy of the manuscript to be e-mailed to [email protected].
- Name and address of author responsible for correspondence about the manuscript, including highest degree and
affiliations of each author. - Abstract (upto 250 words) along with 3 - 6 key words.
- Three glossy prints for each illustration (10 cm x 8 cm), appropriately labelled and each illustration is cited in the text.
- Submit the legends on a separate sheet in the manuscript.
- Check all references for accuracy and completeness. Put references in Vancouver format in numerical order, making sure
each is cited in the text. - Individual ICMJE Conflict of Interest forms filled and signed by each author, separately. The form is available at the Journal
- website, www.jiacm.in, under the heading “Author Guidelines”.
- Registration of ALL types of studies (especially clinical trials) in the Clinical Trials Register of India, CTRI – available from
http://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/login.php
Undertaking
UNDERTAKING BY AUTHORS
We, the undersigned, give an undertaking to the following effect with regard to our article titled .........................................................................................................................submitted for publication in the Journal, Indian Academy of Clinical Medicine :-
- The article mentioned above has not been published or submitted to or accepted for publication in any form, in any other
Journal. - We also vouchsafe that the authorship of this article will not be contested by anyone whose name(s) is/are not listed by
us here. - We also agree to the authorship of the article in the following sequence:-
- Authors’ Names ------- Email ID ------- Contribution to Paper ------- Signature
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IMPORTANT - All the authors are required to sign this form independently in the sequence given above.
- Each author should have generated at least a part of the intellectual content of the paper.
- Each author should be able to defend publicly in the scientific community, that intellectual content of the paper for which he/she can take responsibility.
- No addition/deletion/or any change in the sequence of the authorship will be permissible at a later stage, without valid reasons and permission of the Editor.
- By signing this undertaking, each author also affirms to have read, understood, and agreed to the ICMJE and COPE
guidelines for ethical publishing
Instructions to Authors
