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Disclaimer:
Every effort is made by the publisher and editorial board to ensure that no inaccurate or misleading data or statements appear in the journal. However, they wish to make it clear that the data and opinions appearing in the articles herein are the responsibility of the authors concerned.
JPSDM seeks to publish experimental and theoretical research results of outstanding significance in the form of research articles, and reviews.
Studies on patients require Ethics Committee and/or Independent Review Board (IRB) approval, and the patient's written informed consent, should be documented in the methods section with the approval number. The Editors reserve the right to refuse publications where the required ethical approval/patient consent is lacking.
The author should ensure that the work described has been carried out in accordance with The Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki) for experiments involving humans. The manuscript should be in line with the Recommendations for the conduct, reporting, editing, and publication of scholarly work in Medical Journals. The terms sex and gender should be used correctly. Authors should include a statement in the manuscript that informed consent was obtained for experimentation with human subjects.
All animal experiments should comply with the ARRIVE guidelines and should be carried out in accordance with the U.K. Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, 1986 and associated guidelines, EU Directive 2010/63/EU for animal experiments, or the National Institute of Health Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and the authors should clearly indicate in the manuscript that such guidelines have been followed. All human and animal studies must have been approved by the investigator's Institutional review board.
A conflict of interest may exist when an author or the author's institution has financial or other affiliations with people or organizations that may inappropriately influence the author's work. A conflict can be actual or potential and full disclosure to the journal is the safest course. All submissions to the journal must include disclosure of any relationships that could be viewed as potential conflicts of interest. The authors should declare any conflict of interest if there is no conflict of interest the authors should declare no conflict of interest.
The below guidance only refers to the writing process, and not to the use of AI tools to analyse and draw insights from data as part of the research process. Where authors use AI-assisted technologies in the writing process, authors should only use these technologies to improve readability and language. AI-assisted technologies should not be listed as an author or co-author, or be cited as an author. Authors should disclose in their manuscript the use of AI in the writing process by following the instructions below:
Authors must disclose the use of generative AI- in the writing process by adding a statement at the end of their manuscript in the core manuscript file, before the References list. The statement should be placed in a new section entitled ‘Declaration of Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process’.
Statement: During the preparation of this work the author(s) used [NAME TOOL / SERVICE] in order to [REASON]. After using this tool/service, the author(s) reviewed and edited the content as needed and take(s) full responsibility for the content of the publication. This declaration does not apply to the use of basic tools for checking grammar, spelling, references etc. If there is nothing to disclose, there is no need to add a statement.
Submission declaration and verification :
Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract, a published lecture or academic thesis, that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, including electronically without the written consent of the copyright-holder. To verify compliance, your article may be checked by an originality or duplicate checking software.
For transparency, we require corresponding authors to provide co-author contributions to the manuscript. The roles are Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration; Resources; Software; Supervision; Validation; Visualization; Roles/Writing - original draft; and Writing - review & and editing. Note that not all roles may apply to every manuscript, and authors may have contributed through multiple roles.
Changes to authorship :
The request for changes in authorship is to be addressed to the editor. In case any such changes need to be made then the author would have to withdraw his paper and resubmit it with the new author details.
Role of the funding source :
Please list the source(s) of funding for the study, for each author, and for the manuscript preparation in the acknowledgments section. Financial and other material support should be disclosed and acknowledged.
Language :
Manuscripts must be written in English in a clear and concise manner.
Submission :
Our online submission system guides you stepwise through the process of entering your article details and uploading your files. The system converts your article files to a single PDF file used in the peer-review process. Editable files (e.g., Word, LaTeX) are required to typeset your article for final publication. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revision, is sent by e-mail.
Suggesting reviewers :
Please submit the names and institutional e-mail addresses of several potential reviewers. Editors do not invite reviewers who have potential competing interests with the authors. Further, in order to provide a broad and balanced assessment of the work, and ensure scientific rigor, please suggest diverse candidate reviewers who are located in different countries/regions from the author group.
General information :
The original manuscript should be formatted with double line spacing using Times New Roman fonts (12 pt). The text must be in a single-column format with justified margins. Use bold face, italics, subscripts, and superscripts where appropriate. To avoid unnecessary errors, the authors are strongly advised to use the "spell-check" and "grammar-check" functions of their word processing software. Use continuous line numbering throughout the text and all manuscript pages must be numbered at the bottom right corner of each page.
Revised manuscripts:
The authors must submit the revised version of their submissions within three weeks of receiving the editorial decision. In response to reviewers' comments, the authors must ensure that each comment is followed by their revision and/or response. In instances where an author disagrees with a comment or suggestion of a reviewer, please justify the reason.
Single anonymized review :
This journal uses a single anonymized review process.
Article structure:
The manuscript should be compiled in the following order:
Essential title page information
The title page should include the following:
The Manuscript text should include the following:
1- Abstract
A structured abstract, by means of appropriate headings, should provide the context or background for the research and should state its purpose, basic procedures (selection of study subjects or laboratory animals, observational and analytical methods), main findings (giving specific effect sizes and their statistical significance, if possible), and principal conclusions. It should emphasize new and important aspects of the study or observations. Non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential, be defined at first mention within the abstract.
Research Papers require a structured abstract of less than 300 words arranged under the following headings:
Introduction: Describe the topic? mechanisms, history, and/or how it relates to a problem.
Objectives: Explain the purpose. What does the study try to demonstrate?
Methods: Briefly describe the experimental design.
Results: Report your findings.
Conclusion: Analyze your results and link it back to the purpose.
Review articles also require a structured abstract. Please adhere to the following structure: Background, Aim of Review, concepts of review, conclusion
2-Keywords
Authors are asked to provide (4 to 6) keywords, separated with semicolons. These keywords are used for indexing purposes.
3-Introduction
The author(s) should strive to define the significance of the work and the justification for its publication. Any background discussion should be brief and restricted to pertinent material.
4-Material and methods (Experimental or Methodology or Patients and methods)
Authors should be as concise as possible in experimental descriptions. The experimental section must contain all of the information necessary to guarantee reproducibility. All vendor details, including company, city, and country, should be mentioned for chemicals, reagents, strains, etc.
5-Results
The study results should be clear and concise. The results should be presented in a logical sequence in the text, tables, and illustrations.
6-Discussion
This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them.
7-Conclusion(s)
The main conclusion(s) of the study should be presented in a short conclusion statement that can stand alone and be linked with the goals of the study.
Acknowledgements
Please acknowledge individuals/companies/institutions who have contributed to the study, as well as entities providing financial support. A statement of no conflict of interest needs to be added at the end of the manuscript.
Nomenclature and Units
All measurements and data should be given in standard international units where possible, or in other internationally accepted units in parentheses throughout the text. All non-standard abbreviations should be defined following the first use of the abbreviation.
Figures
Please make sure that artwork files are in an acceptable format (TIFF, JPG or JPEG Office files) and of high resolution (300 dpi or more). Figures should be referred to as for example Fig. 1. They should be uploaded on separate sheets with their legends.
Color Artwork
If, together with your accepted article, you submit usable color figures then the publisher will ensure, at no additional charge that these figures will appear in color on the Web.
Tables
They should be uploaded on separate sheets.
References
Text: Indicate references by Arabic numerals in brackets, which run in order of appearance throughout the text (Vancouver numbered). For instance [4] or [7-10, 13,15]. The actual authors can be referred to, but the reference number(s) must always be given.
List: Number the references (e.g., [2]) in the list in the order in which they appear in the text.
Examples of references:
- For journal articles
[1] A.A. Maamoun, R.H. El-akkad, M.A. Farag, Mapping metabolome changes in Luffa aegyptiaca Mill fruits at different maturation stages via MS-based metabolomics and chemometrics, J. Adv. Res. (2019). doi:10.1016/j.jare.2019.10.009.
[2] H.R. El-Seedi, S.A.M. Khalifa, E.A. Taher, M.A. Farag, A. Saeed, M. Gamal, M.E.F. Hegazy, D. Youssef, S.G. Musharraf, M.M. Alajlani, J. Xiao, T. Efferth, Cardenolides: Insights from chemical structure and pharmacological utility, Pharmacol. Res. 141 (2019) 123-175. doi:10.1016/j.phrs.2018.12.015.
- For articles in press (online)
[1] Hellems MA, Gurka KK, Hayden GF. A review of The Journal of Pediatrics: The first 75 years. J Pediatr (2008). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.08.049.
- For Books
Rosenstein BJ, Fosarelli PD. Pediatric pearls: the handbook of practical pediatrics. 3rd ed. St Louis: Mosby; 1997.Virginia Law Foundation. The medical and legal implications of AIDS. Charlottesville (VA): The Foundation; 1987.
- For book chapters
Neufeld EF, Muenzer J. The mucopolysaccharidoses. In: Scriver CR, Beaudet AL, Sly WS, et al, eds. The metabolic and molecular bases of inherited diseases. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2001. p. 3421-52.
Web References
- For websites
American Medical Association [homepage on the Internet]. Chicago: The Association; c1995-2002 [updated 2001 Aug 23; cited 2002 Aug 12]. AMA Office of Group Practice Liaison; [about 2 screens].
These items should be uploaded via Editorial Manager in the following order:
Research highlights should be 5-6 bullets and each bullet should contain no more than 85 characters without numbering.
After acceptance
Availability of accepted article
This journal makes articles available online as soon as possible after acceptance. This concerns the accepted article (both in HTML and PDF format), which has not yet been copyedited, typeset, or proofread. A Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is allocated, thereby making it fully citable and searchable by title, author name(s) and the full text. The article's PDF also carries a disclaimer stating that it is an unedited article. Subsequent production stages will simply replace this version.
Proofs
One set of page proofs (as PDF files) will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author. Please use this proof only for checking the typesetting, editing, completeness and correctness of the text, tables, and figures. We will do our best to get your article published quickly and accurately. Therefore, it is important to ensure that all of your corrections are sent back in one communication within 48 h. proofreading is solely your responsibility. Note that the publisher may proceed with the publication of an article if no response is received.
Offprints
The corresponding author will be notified and receive a link to the published version of the open access article. This link is in the form of an article DOI link which can be shared via email and social networks.