JOURNAL OF NEPAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
The text of the manuscript is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; Time New Roman font, all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the manuscript.
Provide a website link to all references for PubMed, PMCID, DOI, Full Text (provide all or as much as available).
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
Supplementary Files: Please also submit supplementary files along with your manuscript and also go through JNMA Checklist (must read):
1. Forwarding letter
2. Authorship
3. Declaration
4. Manuscript preparation guideline
5. Ethical Approval letter for research article, only
6. Appropriate reporting guideline checklist (for research article, only), please check below for details
For Research Article: Authors must check the EQUATOR Network, CONSORT and STROBE sites for any reporting guidelines that apply to your study design and ensure they include any required supporting information recommended by the relevant guidelines. Documentation (checklist) for specific studies should be uploaded as supporting information during manuscript submission.
For Case Report: Please download Case Report Consent Form, get it signed, keep the original with the patient chart and submit a copy of it.
Please go through Author Guideline Video | Manuscript Preparation Video, in Nepali language before preparing and submitting to JNMA.
Please add all co-authors (in stage 3. Enter Metadata) in the list of contributors (add contributor) during the submission process.
Author Guidelines
About JNMA
Journal of Nepal Medical Association is an internationally peer-reviewed, MedLine/PubMed indexed, a monthly general medical journal published by Nepal Medical Association. JNMA is the first and oldest medical journal from Nepal since 1963 AD. JNMA is available at PubMed, PMC, DOAJ, OASPA, Google Scholar, Index Copernicus, EBSCO, EMBASE and other repositories.
JNMA abide by:
1. International Committee of Medical Journal Editors for Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals
2. World Association of Medical Editors for best editorial practice
3. Council of Science Editors for best editorial practice
3. Committee on Publication Ethics for practising good publication ethics
You can also view our author guideline (printed version) from HERE [You need to have Acrobat Reader installed on your computer]
*Please go through Author Guideline Video | Manuscript Preparation Video for Nepalese Authors.
The Editorial Process
JNMA follows the principles of COPE, CSE, WAME, ICJME, DOAJ, OASPA guidelines. The submitted manuscripts are duly acknowledged and initially reviewed for possible publication by the Editors with the understanding that they are being submitted only to the JNMA, have not been published, simultaneously submitted or accepted for publication elsewhere.
Rejection: More than 95% of the submitted manuscript is rejected by the preliminary in-house review process, mostly due to lack of JNMA format [to avoid preliminary rejection, please go through submission guideline in detail, follow them strictly and prepare your manuscript accordingly]. On average, 40-60% of the manuscripts with insufficient originality or insignificant message, serious scientific and technical flaws are rejected after peer review. However, we do encourage the author to resubmit after the revision if the research was conducted scientifically. The preliminary rejection of the manuscript is related to; manuscript being out of scope, manuscript not formatted correctly, not following checklist and guidelines accurately, submission below publishable standards, incomplete submission (e.g. lack of ethical approval letter for research article). The rejection could also be due to lack of originality, flaws in the METHODS section, generalising and exaggerating the finding not supported by internal and external validity, peer reviewers' comment not adequately answered or unanswered, plagiarism, publication misconduct and more. While declining the submission, we do not make comment on each aspect of the manuscript but give the reason for inadequate JNMA formatting, which means one or all of the above reasons. If you follow the JNMA guideline in detail, you will find out the reason for the rejection. If you fail to pinpoint, we request you to consult a modern epidemiologist, methodologist, or medical statistician. Therefore, we request you to go through the author guideline in detail to avoid rejection of your submission.
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http://jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/about/submissions#authorGuidelines
