Guidelines for Authors

Indian Journal of Aerospace Medicine (IJASM) publishes original articles, case reports, review articles, editorials, contemporary issues, letters to editor, book reviews and other scientific information related to aviation disciplines of medical sciences.
Contents of the IJASM are covered by copyright. Articles are accepted for publication with the understanding that their contents, all or in part, have not been published and will not be published elsewhere, except in the abstract form or with the consent of the Editor. IJASM does not accept any responsibility for the statements made by the authors. The Editorial Board has the right to introduce such changes in the articles as may be considered necessary for effectiveness of communication.
Following CERTIFICATES (Single copy) must accompany the articles:

(a) Certificate from Authors

First Author Second Author Other Authors

Date Date Date

(b) Certificate from Officer Commanding/Head of the Institution where study has been carried out.

Certified that I have no objection to the publication of the article titled ................written by ................ study for which has been carried out in this institution.


Place & date	Signature with official Stamp

MANUSCRIPT must be typed, in double space throughout, on one side of good quality white bond paper of size 22 x 28 cm or A4 size with 3 cm margin on both side. Words should not be hyphenated at the end of a line. Three copies, including the original, of the typescript should be submitted along with 3 sets of illustrations and the entire text in MS Word format on a 1.44 MB floppy. Authors must retain a copy of all the above material, as the Journal cannot be held responsible for its loss due to any reason. The material should be enclosed in a large envelope, superscribed 'articles for publication' - not to be Folded' and sent under registered cover to Chief Editor, Indian Journal of Aerospace Medicine, IAF, Vimanapura post, Bangalore - 560017(Karnataka).
PROCESSING : Material received for publication will be acknowledged. The article may be reviewed by referees. When required, one copy of the type script, suitably modified, will be sent to the principal author for revision and resubmission in duplicate. Accepted articles will be published in their turn. Reprints (at least 10) of each article will be sent free of cost to the First Author. Articles not accepted for publication will be returned by ORDINARY post.
AUTHORSHIP should be restricted to persons who have sufficient contributions to
(a) conception and design or analysis and interpretation of data,
(b) drafting the article or revising critically,
(c) final approval of the article to be published. All conditions must be ideally met. The order of authorship should be a joint decision of all the co-authors.
TYPESCRIPT : The typescript comprises
(a) title page
(b) abstract and key words
(c) text
(d) references
(e) tables
(f) legends for illustrations.
All these must start on separate pages and in the above order. Pages should be numbered consecutively beginning with the title page.

(a) Title page - Gives the title of the article, a short title for page heading, type of article (original article, case report etc), name(s), of the author (s), affiliations of author (s), place of work, names and addresses of the authors (including PIN code and FAX).
Ideally, the title should be of about 60 characters. It should have no abbreviations. Names of all the authors with highest academic degree must be typed one below the other with proper footnote marks after the name. Affiliations (with corresponding footnote marks at the beginning) and addresses of authors should be typed as footnotes only. The following footnote marks should be used in the order given *,+,#,**,++,##.

(b) Abstract and Keywords - The abstract is a synopsis of the main article in about 200 words and gives an opportunity to the author to induce the reader to go through the article. It must give the purpose, methods, results, and conclusions of the study, giving facts and not descriptions. Speculative surmises, and references to other works on the subject should not be included. Avoid abbreviations. No abstract is required for case reports. Below the abstract give not more that 5 key words using terms from Medical Subject Headings list of Index Medicus.

(c) Text - The text should be divided into sections, e.g. Introduction, Material and Methods, Results and Discussion. Each should have its individual heading and must not be mixed with others. Ensure that all references, tables and figures are cited in the text.

(d) Reference - Responsibility of accuracy of the references lies entirely with the authors. References should be listed in the order which they are cited in the text. They should be indicated in the text by Arabic numerals enclosed in square brackets, for example [2], on the line of the text and not above the line. Ensure that all the references cited in the text are included in the list and vice versa. List all authors when 6 or less: when 7 or more, give only first 6 and add et al. One -word names of journals, should be given in full, e.g. Cancer, Gastroenterology, Surgery. For correct abbreviations of the journals refer to the last Index Medicus. Do not use full stops in abbreviations of journals names. Representative examples are given below. Please note that initials of names have no periods; the year follows the periodical's or publishers name; Editorial, Abstract, etc. appears in parenthesis; both beginning and ending page numbers are given.

Journals
(i) Standard Journal Articles
You CH, Lee KY, Chey RY, Menguy R. Electrogastrographic study of patients with unexplained nausea, bloating and vomiting. Gastroenterology 1980;79 : 311-4.

ii) Organization as Author
The Royal Marden Hospital Bone-Marrow Transplantation Team. Failure of syngenieic bone-marrow graft without preconditioning in post-hepatitis marrow aplasia. Lancet 1977;2; 242-4.

(iii) No Author Given
Coffee drinking and cancer of the pancreas [Editorial]. BMJ 1981;283 : 628.

(iv) Volume with suppliment
Magni F, Rossoni G, Berti F. BN -5222021 protects guinea - pig from heart anaphylaxis. Pharmacol Res Commun 1988; 20 suppl 5: 75-8.

(v) Issue with supplement
Gardis G, Cole JO, Haskell D Marby D, Paine SS Moore P. The natural history of tardive dyskinesia. J Clin Psychopharmacol 1988 ; 8(4 suppl) ; 31S-37S.

(vi) Type of article indicated as needed
Spargo PM, Manners JM. DDAVP and open heart surgery [letter]. Anaesthesia 1989; 44: 363-4.

(vii) Journal Paginated by Issue
Seaman WB. The case of the pancreatic pseudocyst. Hosp Pract 1981; 16 (sep) ; 24-5.

Books and other Monographs
(viii) Personal Authors
Eisen HN. Immunology : an introduction to molecular and cellular principles of the immune response. 5th ed. New York : Harper and Rwo, 1974.

(ix) Editor (s) Compiler as Author
Dausset J, Colomabni J, editors. Histocompatiability testing 972. Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1973.

(x) Chapter in a Book
Weinstein L, Swartz MN Pathogenic properties of invading microorganisms. In : Sodeman WA, editors. Pathologic Physiology; mechanisms of disease. 3rd ed. Philadelphia : WB Saunders 1974;457 - 72.

(xi) Conference Papers
Harley NH. Comparing radon daughter dosimetric and risk models. In : Gammage RB, Kaye SV, editors. Indoor air and human health. Proceedings of the Seventh Life Sciences Symposium; 1984 Oct 29-31 : Knoxville (TN). Chelsea: Lewis, 1985 : 69- 78

(xii) Conference Proceedings
Vivian VL,editor. Child abuse and neglect : a medical community response. Proceedings of the First AMA National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect; 1984 Mar 30-31; Chicago. Chicago : Americal Medical Association, 1985.

(xiii) Scientific or Technical Report
Akutsu T. Total heart replacement device. Bethesda (MD): National Institute of Health, National Heart and Lung Institute; 1974 Apr. Report No. NIH-NHLI-69-2185-4

(xiv) Monograph in series
Hunnighake GW, Gakek JE, Azapiel SV, et al. The human alveolar macrophage. In : Harris CC,editor. Cultured human cells and tissues in biomedical research, New York : Academic Press, 1980; 54-56. (Stoner GD, editors. Methods and perspective in cell biology; vol 1).

OTHER ARTICLES
(xv) Disseration or Thesis
Cairns RB. Infrared spectropscopic studies of solid oxygen (dissertation). Berkeley, University of California : 1965.

(xvi) Newspaper Articles
Rensberger B, Specter B, CFCs may be destroyed by natural process. The Washington Post 1989 Aug 7 ; Sect. A : 2(col.5).

(xvii) Magazine Articles
Roueche B. Annals of medicine : the Santa Claus Culture. The New Yorker 1971 Sep 4; 66-81.

(e) Tables - are to be typed on seperate pages. They should be serially numbered in Arabic numerals (TABLE 1, TABLE 2) and a short title should specify the contents. Horizontal lines in the body of the table except between a column heading and its sub-headings should be avoided. The vertical lines separating the columns should be totally omitted. A table should not exceed two pages in length and should not contain less than four lines of data. All abbreviations should be defined in an explanatory. note. Tables should be self-explanatory and should nor duplicate the data in the text.

(f) Legend - to illustrations should be brief (rarely exceeding 40 words), but must explain the salient features of the illustrations.

(g) Illustrations - should be present only if they depict something new or unusual. They should be serially numbered in the order of their mention in the text, irrespective of their nature, viz. Photograph, drawing or chart, using only the word 'figure' and not diagram, graph etc. Type a label indicating the top (), the short title of the article and the figure number on a piece of paper and paste it on the back of the illustration.
Photographs: Unmounted black & white, glossy (not matt) printers of excellent clarity and contrast should be selected. Their size ideally should be of post card. Do not write anything on the photograph, either on the back or on the front. Do not use pins, staples or even paper clips to put the photographs together. Enclose the photos in thin cards, so that they do not get mutilated. Avoid identifiable, photographs, unless you have obtained the patient's permission to reproduce them ( a copy of which must accompany the article). Colored photographs are accepted only if inescapable.

Diagrams and Charts : These should be drawn on thin, white, smooth or glazed card in black ink, and not in any other colour.

MISCELLANEOUS:
Use a metric measurements - cm, m, g, kg, nL, L, No periods, no plural form (eg. '10cm' not '10 cms'). Use 'radiograph', 'radiographic' and 'radio graphical' not 'X-ray', skiagram' and 'roentgenogram'. 'Significant' should be reserved for use in the statistical sense. Avoid names and initials of the patients and dates. Avoid small articles on single individual aspect of the subject, when one larger article discussing all the aspects of the subject, when one larger article discussing all the aspects would carry more weight. Avoid unfamiliar abbreviations, medical jargon and passive voice. Avoid duplication and repetition of material in results and discussion, in tables and texts and in Text and Legends.

Manuscript for various types of articles :
(a) Original Articles : These scientific communications from research workers engaged on the field of medicine. The articles pertaining to the field of military medicine and those of general interest are published on priority.
Format - Abstract (See 7 (b) above). Introduction should describe the importance and aim of the study. Methods should describe the research plan, the subject and method used in that order explaining in detail the modus operandi for confirmation of disease and control of subjectivity. Data in tables or figures should not be duplicated in text; however, important observations may be highlighted. Inference should be based on relevant statistical analysis. Discussion should include the limitations of the research plan, material and methods, considering both the purpose and the outcome of the study. Discrepancies from previous studies should be explained.

(b) Case Reports :A case report should communicate a message that transcends the individual patient and should describe rare interesting facets of a particular disease or an unusual entity. The introductory paragraph should give general back ground and the specific interest of the case. In a series only one case should be discribed in detail and only salient features in other cases should be mentioned. Discussion should highlight unusual features of the case report and should not be a review of literature.

(c) Review Article and contemporary issues:
These are invited from experts in the field. Authors are requested to consult the Editor - in- Chief for prior approval of the topic.

(d) Methods in Medicine :These are brief description of a specific technique or procedure, modification of a technique, or equipment of interest and should be supported by relevant diagrams and results of clinical and /or field trials.

(e) 'Letter to the Editor' and replies :These should be brief offering objective and constructive criticism of published articles. These should be written on a non letter head paper without greeting, salutation or signature. The name and affiliation should appear at the end of the letter. A short and pertinent title should be given. These should be accompanied by a covering letter.
SIZE OF TEXT
The table below provides general guidelines regarding maximum permissible size of text as well as number of tables, figures and references.

TABLE Upper Limit of Text, Tables, Figures and References
Type of Article	Text (in words)	Table and Figures	Reference
Original Article	2500	8	30
Review Article	3000	8	30
Contemporary Issue	2000	4	8
Methods in Medicine	1000	4	8
Case report	1000	4	8
Letter	500	2	5

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