To,

The Editor

Sub: Submission of Manuscript for publication

Dear Sir,

We intend to publish an article entitled “ ” in your esteemed journal as an Original Article

On behalf of all the contributors I will act and guarantor and will correspond with the journal from this point onward.

Prior publication

Support

Conflicts of interest

Permissions

We hereby transfer, assign, or otherwise convey all copyright ownership, including any and all rights incidental thereto, exclusively to the journal, in the event that such work is published by the journal.

We would like to suggest following referees for the article.

Thanking you,

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Copyright form

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Manuscript Title:

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I/we certify that I/we have participated sufficiently in contributing to the intellectual content, concept and design of this work or the analysis and interpretation of the data (when applicable), as well as writing of the manuscript, to take public responsibility for it and have agreed to have my/our name listed as a contributor.

I/we believe that the manuscript represents valid work. Neither this manuscript nor one with substantially similar content under my/our authorship has been published or is being considered for publication elsewhere, except as described in the covering letter. I/we certify that all the data collected during the study is presented in this manuscript and no data from the study has been or will be published separately. I/we attest that, if requested by the editors, I/we will provide the data/information or will cooperate fully in obtaining and providing the data/information on which the manuscript is based, for examination by the editors or their assignees. Financial interests, direct or indirect, that exist or may be perceived to exist for individual contributors in connection with the content of this paper have been disclosed in the cover letter. Sources of outside support of the project are named in the covering letter.
I/We hereby transfer(s), assign(s), or otherwise convey(s) all copyright ownership, including any and all rights incidental thereto, exclusively to the Journal, in the event that such work is published by the Journal. The Journal shall own the work, including

copyright;

the right to grant permission to republish the article in whole or in part, with or without fee;

the right to produce preprints or reprints and translate into languages other than English for sale or free distribution; and

the right to republish the work in a collection of articles in any other mechanical or electronic format.

We give the rights to the corresponding author to make necessary changes as per the request of the journal, do the rest of the correspondence on our behalf and he/she will act as the guarantor for the manuscript on our behalf.
All persons who have made substantial contributions to the work reported in the manuscript, but who are not contributors, are named in the Acknowledgment and have given me/us their written permission to be named. If I/we do not include an Acknowledgment that means I/we have not received substantial contributions from non-contributors and no contributor has been omitted.
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Checklist (to be tick marked, as applicable)

Manuscript Title __________________________________________________________________________________

First page file

Title of the article

Short running title of not more than 90 characters

Names of all contributors (first name, middle name initials (if applicable), and surname in that sequence), highest academic degrees, and their professional affiliations

Word count (text only, exclusive of title, abstract, references, tables, and figure legends; should not exceed 2500 words)

Number of figures

Number of tables

Statement of conflict of interest

Sources of support if any

Address for correspondence - the name, address, phone numbers and email address of the corresponding contributor

Acknowledgment if any

The corresponding author should promptly inform the editor of any change in e-mail id or mailing address.

Covering letter

Previous publication / presentations mentioned

Source of funding mentioned

Conflicts of interest disclosed

Authors

Identity of authors, institutional affiliation and place of work should be mentioned only in the first page file.

Presentation and format

Double spacing

Margins 2.5 cm from all four sides

Title page contains all the desired information (vide supra)

Running title provided (not more than 90 characters)

Abstract page contains the full title of the manuscript

Abstract provided (not more than 290 words)

Structured abstract provided for an original article

Key words provided (3-5)

Key messages provided

Introduction of 75-100 words

Headings in title case (not ALL CAPITALS, not underlined)

References cited in superscript in the text without brackets

References according to the journal’s instructions

Language and grammar

Uniformly British English

Abbreviations spelt out in full for the first time

Numerals from 1 to 10 spelt out

Numerals at the beginning of the sentence spelt out

Tables and figures

No repetition of data in tables/graphs and in text

Actual numbers from which graphs drawn, provided

Figures necessary and of good quality (colour)

Table and figure numbers in Arabic letters (not Roman)

Figure legends provided (not more 20 words)

Patients’ privacy maintained (if not, written permission enclosed)

Credit note for borrowed figures/tables provided

Type of article: Original

Title of the article:

Running title

Contributors

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Department(s) and institution(s)

Corresponding Author:

Name

Address

Phone numbers

Facsimile numbers

E-mail address

Word counts

for abstract :

for the text :

Total number of figures:

Total number of tables:

Source(s) of support:

Presentation at a meeting:

Organisation

Place

Date

Conflicting Interest (If present, give more details):

Acknowledgement if any

Contribution Details (to be ticked marked as applicable):

Contributor 1	Contributor 2	Contributor 3	Contributor 4
Concepts
Design
Definition of intellectual content
Literature search
Clinical studies
Experimental studies
Data acquisition
Data analysis
Statistical analysis
Manuscript preparation
Manuscript editing
Manuscript review
Guarantor

Title of the article:

Abstract:

Background:

Aims:

Methods: (including settings and design and statistical analysis used)

Results:

Limitations:

Conclusions:

Key-words:

Key Messages:

Article file

Introduction:

Methods:

Results:

Discussion:

References:

Tables: if any

Illustrations:

Legends to figures:

Title of the manuscript

Give information about prior publication or presentation in a conference/seminar. If nil, state so

Give information about support in financial or other manner. If nil, state so

State perceived or otherwise conflicts of interest. If nil, state so

Give information about permission for reproducing pre-published information/material. If nil, state so

Optional to provide names of two or three particularly qualified reviewers who have had experience in the subject of the submitted manuscript, but who are not affiliated with the same institutes as the contributor/s. Kindly include complete address as well as e-mail.

Address of corresponding author

All persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship, and all those who qualify should be listed. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content. One or more authors should take responsibility for the integrity of the work as a whole, from inception to published article.

Should not be more than 90 characters

First name, initials of middle name, last name, in that sequence with highest academic degree and institutional affiliation

Should not exceed 290 words

Should not exceed 2500 words

Authorship credit should be based only on 1) substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; 2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and 3) final approval of the version to be published. Conditions 1, 2, and 3 must all be met. Acquisition of funding, the collection of data, or general supervision of the research group, by themselves, do not justify authorship.

Should be not more than 290 words

Guidance on how to write this part is available in an editorial in the January-February 2015 issue of the Journal.

3-5

Provide appropriate messages of about 35-50 words to be printed in centre box. Emphasise on new message derived from the manuscript

Ensure that no material identifying the authors or their institute is present in this file. This is the commonest reason for delays in processing articles.

Include why this study was conducted, what were the aims and objectives of the study.

Do not merely repeat the results in this section. Compare and contrast them with other reports and explain what they mean. Be sure to explicitly mention the limitations in a separate paragraph. Guidance on how to write about limitations is available in an editorial in the January-February 2015 issue of the Journal.

Drawings only; do not embed the images in the text file as these have to be submitted separately online

Should not be more than 20 words

Covering Letter

Checklist

First page file

Abstract Page

Type of article: Original

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2015-09-01

Jayashree

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