Submissions

Author Guidelines

Manuscript preparation

Journal of the Medical College for Women & Hospital (JMCWH) is published biannually (January & July) with the aim to promote medical sciences through publication of original articles, review articles, annotations, case reports and brief communications. The Editorial Board of JMCWH will consider for publication manuscripts of interest to readers in Bangladesh as well as around the world. All submissions are subject to review by the Editorial Board and by referees in appropriate specialties. 

Editorial Process:

The authors are required to submit the manuscript as per instruction of the journal. The manuscripts are submitted to the email address provided. The submitted manuscripts then undergo initial scrutiny by the Editor in-Chief and/or Assistant Editor in order to assess the suitability for formal review. The manuscripts that lack adequate originality and also those which are scientifically and technically flawed are rejected before beginning of the formal review process. The manuscripts that are found to be suitable as per scientific standards are primarily selected. These then undergo the process of review in which the manuscript is sent forward to two or more peer reviewers who are experts in the fields related to subject of the article. Once the feedback from the reviewers are obtained, their comments are forwarded to the author of correspondence for necessary change/amendments suggested by the reviewers. The process of authors doing necessary corrections is repeated till the reviewers and the editors are satisfied. The entire review process including submission of corrected manuscript by author is needed to be completed within 21 days, however, corresponding author may be given an additional 7 days to complete the corrections upon request. Final version of corrected manuscript is accepted for publication. The manuscript then undergoes the process of proof reading, type setting and copy editing. Following this process the corresponding author is needed to provide a ‘final authors approval’ for which 3-5 days are given. All the manuscripts submitted and accepted within a provided deadline for each issue then are sent to the printing press. Once the journal issue printed copies are received, they are disseminated to the scientific community, different medical colleges of the country. 

Anti-Plagiarism Policy:

Plagiarism includes duplication of author’s own published work, in part or in whole in absence of appropriate citation or mispresentation of ideas, words and other expression of creativity belonging to others as one’s own. Anti-plagiarism policy is strictly followed by the Journal. All manuscripts undergo plagiarism check upon submission to Journal of Medical College for Women & Hospital using commercially available software. Author may be required to address any similarity or duplication of already published work, if plagiarism is noted.

Manuscript Submission: Manuscripts are received with the understanding that they are not under simultaneous consideration by another journal. An abstract published prior to a full report is not regarded as a duplicate publication. The author’s transmittal letter must accompany the manuscript and contain these statements : “The manuscript has been seen and approved by all authors involved and is neither being published nor being considered for publication elsewhere”. It should be duly signed by all the authors of the article. The authors transfer copyright to the JMCWH. Accepted manuscripts are not to be published elsewhere without permission.

Manuscript Preparation : The format of the JMCWH complies with “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals” published by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors in Vancouver, British Columbia, [for reference visit www.icmje.org] updated 2021 (the widely accepted “Vancouver style”). Manuscripts, including tables, references and figure legends, must be typewritten, double spaced, on 8.5 Χ 11 inch or size A4 paper, with margins of at least 1 inch. The text font style should be in Times New Roman/ Calibri with font size 12. Pages should be numbered (arabic) consecutively, beginning with the title page and continuing through the last page of typewritten material. One original and two photocopies of the entire manuscript should be submitted, along with two sets of photographs. In addition, authors should submit the matched final version of the manuscript through email to the journal. Manuscript is to be emailed in the following email address: medicalcollegeforwomen@yahoo.com in MS-Word and should include manuscript title and author’s name. Authors should clearly mention the type of the manuscript being submitted (original article/review article/case report) in the cover letter. Manuscripts should be presented in the following order: (i) Title page, (ii) Abstract with key words, (iii) Text (Introduction, Materials & Method, Results, Discussion, Conclusion), (iv) Acknowledgements, (v) References, (vi) Tables, (vii) Figures.

Title page: The title page must contain : 1) title of the article, 2) correct names of each author plus academic degrees for each, 3) each author’s official, academic and/or clinical title and affiliation, 4) name and address of the institution(s), 5) a short-title and key words, 6) name and address, including contact number, of the author to whom correspondence should be sent. For case reports, it is recommended that the number of authors be limited to four or five.

Abstract: All original articles must contain an abstract of not more than 300 words. The abstract should be divided into Background, Materials and Method, Results, and Conclusion [particularly for original article] and followed by keywords.

Manuscript Format: Most original articles should have the following format : Introduction (the question the paper intends to answer); Materials and Method (the study design and methods, definitions such as for diagnostic criteria, the population or patient samples, and laboratory and statistical methods); Results (the patient findings in a logical sequence with tables and figures as necessary); and Discussion (conclusions based on the findings, evidence from the literature that supports the conclusions, conflicting evidence, applicability of the conclusions, and implications for future research or clinical applications).

References: List references in consecutive arabic numerical order (the order of citation in the manuscript, not alphabetically). Once a reference is cited, all subsequent citations should be according to the original number. All references must be cited in the text or tables. Unpublished data and personal communications will not be accepted as references. Referring to abstracts should be avoided. Referring to research material before the year 2000 should be avoided as much as possible. References to journal articles should include, in this order: (1) authors, (2) title, (3) journal name (as abbreviated in Index Medicus), (4) year, (5) volume and issue number, and (6) inclusive page numbers. References to books should include (1) authors, (2) chapter title (if any) (3) editors names (if any), (4) title of book, (5) city of publication, (6) publisher, and (7) year, volume and edition numbers and specific page numbers should be included when appropriate. The author is responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the references and for their correct textual citation. 

Examples:

Articles in Journals

(1) Standard journal article

List the first six authors followed by et al.

Less than six authors:

Patschan D, Müller GA. Acute Kidney Injury in Diabetes Mellitus. Int J Nephrol. 2016; 2016:6232909. doi: 10.1155/2016/ 6232909.

More than six authors:

Runesson B, Gasparini A, Qureshi AR, Norin O, Evans M, Barany P, et al. The Stockholm Creatinine Measurements (SCREAM) project: protocol overview and regional representativeness. Clin Kidney J.2016; 9(1):119-27. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfv117.

(2) Organization as author

National Kidney Foundation. KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Diabetes and CKD: 2012 Update. Am J Kidney Dis. 2012;60(5):850-86. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2012.07. 005.

(3) No author given

The behavioural pharmacology of dementia. Behav Pharmacol. 2017;28:91-93. doi: 10.1097/FBP.0000000000000302.

(4) Article not in English

Jordan B. Axel, médecine/sciences et les « Chroniques génomiques ». Une longue histoire. Med Sci (Paris). 2021; 37 Hors série n° 2:29-30. French. doi: 10.1051/medsci/2021223.

(5) Volume with supplement

Pei L, Wu H. Does online learning work better than offline learning in undergraduate medical education? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Med Educ Online. 2019; 24(1):1666538. doi: 10.1080/10872981.2019. 1666538.

(6) Issue with supplement

Payne DK, Sullivan MD, Massie MJ. Women's psychological reactions to breast cancer. Semin Oncol. 1996; 23(1 Suppl 2):89-97.

Books and Other Monographs

(7) Personal author(s)

Ringsven MK, Bond D. Gerontology and leadership skills for nurses. 2nd ed. Albany (NY): Delmar Publishers; 1996.

(8) Editor(s), compiler(s) as author

Peloso A. Editorial: Alternative Regenerative Medicine for Diabetes: Beyond the Stem Cell Approach. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2021;12:648763. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021. 648763.

(9) Organization as author and publisher

World Health Organization. Health Topics/ Diabetes. WHO Press, World Health Organization; Geneva, Switzerland: 2021. [(accessed on 25 October 2021)]. Available from: https://www.who.int/healthtopics/diabetes#tab=tab_1

(10) Chapter in a book

Luchsinger JA, Ryan C, Launer LJ. Diabetes and Cognitive Impairment. In: Cowie CC, Casagrande SS, Menke A, Cissell MA, Eberhardt MS, Meigs JB, Gregg EW, Knowler WC, Barrett-Connor E, Becker DJ, Brancati FL, Boyko EJ, Herman WH, Howard BV, Narayan KMV, Rewers M, Fradkin JE, editors. Diabetes in America. 3rd ed. Bethesda (MD): National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (US); 2018 . 200-22 p.

(11) Conference paper

Bengtsson S, Solheim BG. Enforcement of data protection, privacy and security in medical informatics. In: Lun KC, Degoulet P, Piemme TE, Rienhoff O, editors. MEDINFO 92. Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Medical Informatics; 1992 Sep 6-10; Geneva, Switzerland. Amsterdam: North-Holland; 1992. 1561-5 p.

(12) Scientific or technical report, Issued by funding/sponsoring agency:

Smith P, Golladay K. Payment for durable medical equipment billed during skilled nursing facility stays. Final report. Dallas (TX): Dept. of Health and Human Services (US), Office of Evaluation and Inspections; 1994 Oct. Report No.: HHSIGOEI69 200860.

(13) Dissertation

Kaplan SJ. Post-hospital home health care: the elderly's access and utilization [dissertation]. St. Louis (MO): Washington Univ; 1995. 

Electronic Material

(14) Journal article in electronic format

Morse SS. Factors in the emergence of infectious diseases. Emerg Infect Dis.1995;1(1):22-24. [(accessed on 20 October 2021)]. Available from; http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/eid.htm.

Illustrations: Two copies of all figures or photographs should be included with the submitted manuscript. Photographs must be high-contrast, glossy, black and white prints, unmounted and untrimmed with preferred size between 4 Χ 5 inches and 5 Χ 7 inches (10 Χ 13 cm and 13 Χ 18 cm). Figure number, name of senior author, and an arrow indicating “top” should be typed on a gummed label and affixed to the back of each illustration. Written permission must accompany any photograph in which the subject can be identified or any illustration that has been previously published. For submission online, images should be uploaded in JPEG format. The image size should not be more than 1024kb or 1MB. All illustrations (“figures”) must be numbered as cited in the text in consecutive numeric order.

Images such as x rays, laparoscopic images, ultrasound images, histopathology slides or images should be anonymised by removal of any identifying marks and must not be accompanied by text that could reveal the patient’s identity.

Legends: Captions for the figures must be typed, double-spaced, and must not appear on the figures. For photomicrographs, the legend should include the original magnification and stain used.

Tables: Each table should be arabic numbered and typed double-spaced, including all headings. Verify tabular statistics to make sure they tally and match data cited in the text.

Author’s Responsibility: The authors are entirely responsible for accuracy of all statements and data contained in the manuscript, accuracy of all reference information, and for obtaining and submitting permission from the author and publisher of any previously published material included in the submitted manuscript. The corresponding author will receive an edited manuscript for “final author approval”. The author should review this carefully, as he/she is responsible for all changes in his/her work, including changes made by the editors.

If in the process of scrutiny/selection procedures the author intends to withdraw the article the author will apply to the Editor-in-Chief for withdrawal. Until the author receives any withdrawal letter from the Editor-in-Chief the withdrawal is not valid. Mere verbal communication from either or both, or submitting an application for withdrawal is not enough. Once the article is in press or submitted by Editor in Chief for online publication the article cannot be ‘withdrawn’.

Informed Consent: All manuscripts reporting the results of experimental investigation involving human subjects should include a statement confirming that informed consent was obtained from each subject or subject’s guardian, after approval of the experimental protocol by a local human ethical committee. 

Submit manuscript to:

Editor-in-Chief

JMCWH

Medical College for Women & Hospital

Plot-4, Road-9, Sector-1,

Uttara Model Town

Dhaka-1230, Bangladesh

Phone: 88-02-58953939, 88-02-58950003,

01324257307

E-mail: medicalcollegeforwomen@yahoo.com

Web: www.medicalcollegeforwomen.edu.bd, www.mcwhospital.com

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The co-authors have authorized the principal/corresponding author to enter into arrangements mentioned below:

a) Formal publication of the work has not taken place previously, with exception of as a part of a lecture that has been published an abstract/ thesis/review.

b) The manuscript is not under consideration for publishing elsewhere.

c) The manuscript has been seen and approved by the authors involved and should be duly signed by all the authors of the articles.

d) Their work has been duly approved by authorities of institutions in which their work has been conducted when applicable.

e) They hold the right to reproduce any material that has been copyrighted or published elsewhere.

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1. The journal is granted the right of first publication. The journal allows the work to be shared by others with the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal acknowledgement.
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3. The authors are allowed and encouraged to post their work online like in institutional repositories as it can lead to greater citation of the published work.

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