Important Instructions

Instructions to the Authors

The Journal

Subharti Journal of Interdisciplinary Research is an official publication of Swami Vivekananda Subharti University, is a peer-reviewed online journal with a frequency of three issues annually. The journal’s full text is available online at http://www.journal.subharti.org. The journal allows free access (Open Access) to its contents and does not charge for submission, processing or publication of manuscripts and even for colour reproduction of photographs as it is only in the online format as of now. The journal will cover technical and clinical studies related to health, ethical and social issues in all the fields pertaining to human sciences. Articles with common interests and social implications will be given preference. The Journal is published in the months of April, August and December. The authors can submit their articles online at journal@subharti.org

Copyright

The entire contents of the Subharti Journal of Interdisciplinary Research are protected under Indian and International copyrights. The Journal, however, grants to all users a free, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual right of access and a license to copy, use, distribute, perform and display the work publicly and to make and distribute derivative works in any digital medium for any reasonable non-commercial purpose, subject to proper attribution of authorship and ownership of the rights. The journal also grants the right to make small numbers of printed copies for their personal non-commercial use.

Disclaimer

The information and opinions presented in the Journal reflect the views of the authors and not of the Journal or its Editorial Board or the Publisher. Publication does not constitute endorsement by the journal. Neither the Subharti Journal of Interdisciplinary Research nor its publishers nor anyone else involved in creating, producing or delivering the Subharti Journal of Interdisciplinary Research or the materials contained therein, assumes any liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information provided in the Subharti Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, nor shall they be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages arising out of the use of the Subharti Journal of Interdisciplinary Research.

The Subharti Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, nor its publishers, nor any other party involved in the preparation of material contained in the Subharti Journal of Interdisciplinary Research represents or warrants that the information contained herein is in every respect accurate or complete, and they are not responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of such material. Readers are encouraged to confirm the information contained herein with other sources.

Types of Manuscripts and Word Limit

Original research articles

Randomised controlled trials, intervention studies, studies of screening and diagnostic test, outcome studies, cost effectiveness analyses, case-control series, and surveys with high response rate up to 2500 words excluding references and abstract.

Short Communication

Up to 1000 words excluding references and abstract and up to 8 references. A short communication contains only a short report of the case (only pertinent details) and a short discussion and references up to a maximum of 8 or a short research that does NOT require further confirmation. Number of figures should be restricted to a maximum of 6.

Case Reports

Only New / interesting / very rare cases can be reported. Cases with clinical significance or implications will be given priority, whereas mere reporting of a rare case may not be considered. Up to 2000 words excluding references and abstract and up to 10 references.

Review articles

Systemic critical assessments of literature and data sources up to 3500 words excluding references and abstract.

Letter to the Editor

Should be a short and decisive observation. It should not be preliminary observations that need a later paper for validation. Up to 400 words and 4 references

Reviews/ Systematic Reviews/ Meta-analysis

Only those who have done substantial work in a particular field can write a review article. A short summary of the work done by the authors (s) in the field of review should accompany the manuscript. The journal expects the authors to give post-publication updates on the subject of review. The update should be brief, covering the advances in the field after the publication of the article and should be sent as a letter to the editor, as and when major development occurs in the field.

Please Note: NARRATIVE REVIEWS are strongly discouraged. Systematic review and Meta-analysis, with specific hypotheses and universally accepted methodology (Like PRISMA statements) only would be considered.

Announcements of Conferences, Meetings, Courses, Awards, and other items likely to be of interest to the readers should be submitted with the name and address of the person from whom additional information can be obtained up to 100 words.

Sending the Manuscript to the Journal

Articles should be submitted online only by mail to journal@subharti.org with following attachments.
1. First Page File: Prepare the title page, covering letter, acknowledgement, etc., using a word processor program. All information which can reveal your identity should be here. Do not zip the files.
2. Article file: The main text of the article, beginning from Abstract till References (including tables) should be in this file. Do not include any information such as acknowledgement, your names in page headers, etc., in this file. Do not zip the files. Limit the file size to 400 kb. Do not incorporate images in the word file. If the file size is large, graphs can be submitted as images separately without incorporating them in the article file to reduce the size of the file.
3. Images: Submit good quality colour images. Each image should be less than 400 kb in size. Size of the image can be reduced by decreasing the actual height and width of the images (keep MINIMUM OF 1024x760 pixels). All image formats (jpeg, tiff, gif, bmp, png, eps, etc.) are acceptable; JPG is most suitable. Do not zip the files
4. Legends: Legends for the figures/images should be included at the end of the article file.
Please submit the Copyright transfer form in pdf format only (Duly sign the copyright form and scan it and send at the above email id.)

Preparation of the Manuscript

1. The manuscripts should be typed in A4 size (212 × 297 mm) paper, with margins of 25 mm (1 inch) from all the four sides.
2. Use 1.5 spacing throughout.
3. Number pages consecutively, beginning with the title page.
4. The language should be British English.
5. The font shall be preferably Times New Roman

Title Page

The title page should carry

1. Type of manuscript
2. The title of the article, which should be concise, but informative;
3. Running title or short title not more than 50 characters;
4. Name of the authors (the way it should appear in the journal), with his or her highest academic degree(s) and institutional affiliation;
5. The name of the department(s) and institution(s) to which the work should be attributed;
6. The name, address, phone numbers, facsimile numbers, and e-mail address of the contributor responsible for correspondence about the manuscript;
7. The total number of pages, total number of photographs and word counts separately for abstract and for the text (excluding the references and abstract).
8. Source(s) of support in the form of grants, equipment, drugs, or all of these; and
9. If the manuscript was presented as part at a meeting, the organisation, place, and exact date on which it was read.
10. Conflict of Interest, if any in detail
11. Acknowledgements in detail

Abstract Page

The second page should carry the full title of the manuscript and an abstract (of no more than 150 words for case reports, brief reports and 250 words for original articles). The abstract should be structured and state the Context (Background), Aims, Settings and Design, Methods and Material, Statistical analysis used, Results and Conclusions. Provide 3 to 10 key word below the abstract.

Introduction

State the purpose of the article and summarize the rationale for the study or observation.

Methods

Describe the selection of the observational or experimental subjects (patients or laboratory animals, including controls) clearly. Identify the age, sex, and other important characteristics of the subjects. Identify the methods, apparatus (give the manufacturer's name and address in parentheses), and procedures in sufficient detail. Give references to established methods, including statistical methods; provide references and brief descriptions for methods that have been published but are not well known; describe new or substantially modified methods, give reasons for using them, and evaluate their limitations. Identify precisely all drugs and chemicals used, including generic name(s), dose(s), and route(s) of administration. Reports of randomized clinical trials should present information on all major study elements, including the protocol, assignment of interventions (methods of randomization, concealment of allocation to treatment groups), and the method of masking (blinding), based on the CONSORT statement (available at http://www.consort-statement.org/). Authors submitting review manuscripts should include a section describing the methods used for locating, selecting, extracting, and synthesizing data. These methods should also be summarized in the abstract.

Ethics

When reporting experiments on human subjects; do indicate whether the procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional or regional) and Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000. (http://www.wma.net/e/policy/17-c_e.html). Do not use patients' names, initials, or hospital numbers, especially in illustrative material. On reporting experiments on animals, indicate whether the institution or a national research council's guide for, or any national law on the care and use of laboratory animals was followed.

VERY IMPORTANT: Please note that as per the regulations of the Government of India Notification via its Gazette publication dated 8th February 2013, all trials (human or as applicable) need to be registered with the Clinical trial registry of India. The IRB/ IEC needs to be registered with appropriate authorities. It is assumed that all Indian authors’ research work complies with this government policy/rules and regulations. All manuscripts are published under good faith that all rules and regulations have been complied.

Statistics

When possible, quantify findings and present them with appropriate indicators of measurement error or uncertainty (such as confidence intervals). Report the losses to observation (such as dropouts from a clinical trial). Put a general description of methods in the Methods section. When data are summarized in the Results section, specify the statistical methods used to analyse them. Avoid non-technical uses of technical terms in statistics, such as 'random' (which implies a randomising device), 'normal', 'significant', 'correlations', and 'sample'. Define statistical terms, abbreviations, and symbols. Use upper italics (P < 0.05).

Results

Present the results in logical sequence in the text, tables, and illustrations. Do not repeat in the text all the data in the tables or illustrations. Emphasis or summarise only important observations.

Discussion

Emphasize the new and important aspects of the study and the conclusions that follow from them. Do not repeat in detail data or other material given in the Introduction or the Results section. Include in the discussion section the implications of the findings and their limitations, including implications for future research. Relate the observations to other relevant studies. In particular, contributors should avoid making statements on economic benefits and costs unless their manuscript includes economic data and analyses. Avoid claiming priority and alluding to work that has not been completed. State new hypotheses when warranted. Recommendations, when appropriate, may be included.

Acknowledgments (in first page file only: Not in Manuscript file)

1. Contributions that need acknowledging but do not justify authorship, such as general support by a departmental chair;
2. Acknowledgments of technical help; and
3. Acknowledgments of financial and material support, which should specify the nature of the support. This should be the last page of the manuscript.

Tables

Tables should be self-explanatory and should not duplicate textual material.
• Tables with more than 10 columns and 25 rows are not acceptable.
Illustrations (Figures)
• Figures should be numbered consecutively according to the order in which they have been first cited in the text.
· Submit good quality colour images.
· Each image should be less than 100 kb in size

References

References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text (not in alphabetical order).
Journal references
Standard journal article
Kulkarni SB, Chitre RG, Satoskar RS. Serum proteins in tuberculosis. J Postgrad Med 1960; 6:113-120.
Books and Other Monographs

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