Important Guidelines/ Formatting
5 references of international standing should be cited
Discussion and Results can be merged into one section
All images have to have high resolution
sentances should be short and "very concise"
Types of Papers:
Full length is 25 pages, 15 figure max, and references are not page length
Short Papers are 10 pages 5 figure max
Reviews are 20 pages, 10 figures
correspondence articles are 800 words and 10 reference max
one person needs to be listed for correspondence
Competing interest statement must be signed regardless of exitence of competing interests which includes full disclosure of all backers and personal relationships that may have an influence (bias) on the work performed
Must use fully inclusive language "he or her" instead of "he" chairperson instead of chairman, flight attendent instead of stewardess
FORMATTING
double space, all lines numbered
Must follow structure Title page; second page contains the Abstract and keywords; subsequent pages include the Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgement(s), References, Figure legends, Tables, and Figures Figure legends should be gathered on a separate page(s), followed by Tables and Figures with a separate page for each one
should keep introduction short, backround info that lead to project
Material and Methods
Provide sufficient details to allow the work to be reproduced, including the information about suppliers and catalogue numbers when appropriate. Methods already published should be indicated by a reference: only relevant modifications should be described.
Results and discussion
These two parts can be separated as "Results" and "Discussion" or combined into one section. The discussion about each major point of the results is very important, and should not repeat the experimental results; generally citation of related references is necessary.
Conclusions
This section is not obligatory and can exist as a short paragraph at the end of "Results and Discussion" section. When it exists as a section, it should be short and concise but should not repeat the Abstract. Generally the Conclusion does not cite references, and it is different from the discussion.
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