JPCCR-The Journal of Pre-Clinical and Clinical Research

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MANUSCRIPTS
We do not accept manuscripts sent by e-mail.

Manuscripts should be sent to the following address:

JPCCR Editors,
Institute of Agricultural Medicine
Jaczewskiego 2
20-090 Lublin, Poland

All manuscripts must be written in English, typewritten, double-spaced, on one side of good quality A4 (210 x 297 mm), or 8.5x11 inch paper, with at least 3 cm (1.2 inch) margins. Submit with a MS-DOSTM-formatted disk with the text of the paper, preferably as a file in MS-WordTM. MS-WordTM for Macintosh files are acceptable only if submitted on an IBMTM-formatted disk. Label the disk with the first author's name and title of the manuscript; specify the name and version of word-processor used. Please ensure that the text in file is identical with that on printout. Only in exceptional cases, manuscripts submitted without a diskette, will be accepted at editors' discretion. Although either British or American usage is permitted, the usage in each paper must be consistent. The Editors reserve the right to adjust style of the text and/or graphs to certain standards of uniformity.

ORGANISATION AND FORMAT OF ORIGINAL ARTICLES

The text of the manuscript should not exceed 16 double-spaced pages (excluding title page, abstract, references, tables and figures). Text should be arranged in the following order: Title Page, Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion (one Results and Discussion section can be accepted in individual cases), Conclusions, Acknowledgements, and References. Number all pages in sequence, beginning with the Title Page. The Title page of the original must contain the complete title of the manuscript, names (with full first names) and affiliations of all authors, name, address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail box address of the author responsible for correspondence, a proposed running title of not adequately index the subject mater of the article. Concerning the keywords, the authors are encouraged to use terms included in the thesaurus of medical keywords proposed by National Library of Medicine (Index Medicus terms). As the policy of the Editors is that neither the names and institutions of the authors are known to the reviewers nor the authors know the reviewers, any information concerning the author(s) and his (their) institution must be removed from the Title Pages of the 2 copies. Therefore, the Title Page of the 2 copies must contain the complete title of the manuscript, proposed running title, and 5-10 key words or phrases identical to those in the original. Also, the Acknowledgements which may identify author(s) or institution should be removed from these copies. The second page of the manuscript should contain the Abstract summarizing the purpose, methods, results, and conclusions of the work in less than 200 words.

ORGANISATION AND FORMAT OF BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS

The text of the manuscript should not exceed 4 double-spaced pages (excluding title page, abstract and figures). Abstract must not exceed 40 words and the paper may include no more than 2 figures. Subdivision of the text into Title Page (arranged as described above for Original Articles), Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion and References (limited to a necessary minimum) is recommended.

ORGANISATION AND FORMAT OF CASE REPORTS

The text of the manuscript should not exceed 6 double-spaced pages (excluding title page, abstract and figures). The abstract must not exceed 40 words and paper may include no more than 3 figures. Subdivision of the text into Title Page (arranged as described above for Original Articles), Abstract, Introduction, Case Description, Discussion and References is recommended.

REFERENCES

In the Reference section, list references should be numbered in the order in which they appear in the text, including names of all authors, and numbered consecutively. In the text, references should be cited by numerals in square brackets.

TABLES

Tables should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals and placement indicated in the text in the left hand margin. Type each table double-spaced on separate sheet. A clear, descriptive title should be typed at the top of the table and footnotes (indicated by superscript lowercase letters-a, b, c-etc.) should be typed at the bottom of the table.

FIGURES

Only very sharp, high-contrast, glossy black and white photographs will be accepted. Colour will be printed only at the author's expense. Line drawings (graphs, charts, etc.) must be submitted as good quality printouts with the original data attached on a separate sheet. Please note that one set of data sheets containing only numerical data which were used to compose the graphs should be sent. Computer-generated figures should also be submitted on MS-DOSTM formatted disk in the format of graph files. Photographs for half-tone reproduction should be of the highest quality. Electron and light micrographs have a scale marker. All lettering must meet professional standards and must be legible after reduction in size by half. Figures should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals and their placement indicated in the text in the left hand margin. Identify each figure on the back with soft pencil, giving abbreviated title of manuscript, figure number and an arrow indicating "top". Legends providing brief descriptions of figures and definitions of abbreviations used should be typed double-spaced on separate sheet(s) and appended as a part of the text.

PROOFS

Authors will receive page proofs for correction. They must be mailed back to the Editors within 10 days. Authors' alterations in excess of 10% of the original composition cost will be charged to authors.