Submissions

Author Guidelines

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 Microsoft Word, (following the JMMC Template) Click Here to Download

Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.

Authors should carefully list and order their names on the first page of the article. An author's name will not be added or deleted after submission.

The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

PREPARATION SECTION

 

Scope

Authors intending to submit a manuscript should check whether the manuscript is consistent with the journal’s editorial strategy and scope. Manuscripts submitted to JMMC are welcomed in all areas of Health Sciences including dental and allied. The focus of the journal is on the research, modelling, data-driven innovations, interpretation of results and how the results of research may be translated into practice. JMMC also publishes a variety of other papers including teaching modules, discussion papers, review article, case report, editorial and letter to editor.

Follow Guidelines to author while writing your article available on web site. A general format for writing Paper may be download (Template/Format) Click Here to Download.

 

Language

 

Please write your manuscript in English language. Either American or British usage is accepted, but mixture of both is not acceptable.

 

Submission

 

Manuscripts should be electronically submitted online through JMMC website.

All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revision, is sent using the online system.

 

 

 

Before Submission:

Before submitting the article, corresponding author should carefully read the Publication Ethics, Open Access policy and Plagiarism Policy of the Journal.

Authors should ensure that the article has not been published previously and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Publication/Submission must be approved by all authors of the paper.

Authors should carefully list and order their names on the first page of the article. An author's name will not be added or deleted after article acceptance.

Submission:

Authors should submit the article through journal on-line submission system, which can be done using the Register tab. On successful registration, author can upload the article.

Authors should note that all submitted articles are refereed through a blind peer review process.

Articles should be formatted according to the Journal Template, which can be found in Author guidelines Paper Template.  (JMMC Template Word).

The abstract should be up to 200-250 words and 4-6 keywords.

References should be cited in the text by number as superscript. At the end of the paper, they should be listed in the order in which they appear in the text. The Journal follows Vanocur referencing style.

After Acceptance:

Authors will be notified about the acceptance / rejection of the paper through email.

Upon acceptance of an article, authors will sign a Copy right and Author Consent Form. (applicable after 1st December, 2019).

Accepted manuscript will be sent to the corresponding author for proof reading. No editing or proofreading will be allowed after publication of an article

 

 

File Type

The manuscript should be submitted as a single Microsoft Word file/PDF file including all contents. Author owns full rights of the text provided and the changes will not be made by the editors and publishers. In case of the reprinting of previously published or copyright protected material, the author is solely responsible for obtaining permission in this regard.

 

Article Length/Word limit

The length of an article, including the title, author information, abstract, text, tables, figures, notes, references, and appendices, should be approximately 6-12 pages.

 

Submission Checklist

You can use this list to carry out a final check of your submission before you send it to the journal for review. Ensure that the following items are present:

One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details:

E-mail address

Full postal address

All necessary files listed below have been included:

• Manuscript:
• Full author list with affiliation.
• Include keywords
• All figures (include relevant captions)
• All tables (including titles, description, footnotes)
• Ensure all figure and table citations in the text match the files provided
• Supplemental files (where applicable)

Please ensure the figures and tables included in the single file are placed either next to the relevant text in the article or on separate pages(s) at the end (not a mixture of both).

 

Further considerations

 

Manuscript has been 'spell checked' and 'grammar checked'

All references mentioned in the Reference List are cited in the text, and vice versa

Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Internet)

A competing interest statement is provided, even if the authors have no competing interests to declare

The full form of abbreviations for abstracting and indexing purposes should be presented in the manuscript.

Journal policies detailed in this guide have been reviewed

 

Submission Declaration

 

It is JMMC editorial policy to welcome submissions for consideration which are original and not under consideration for any other publication at the same time. All authors should be aware of the importance of presenting content that is based on their own research and expressed in their own words. Plagiarism is considered to be bad practice and unethical. As per the part of HEC Plagiarism Policy, originality guidelines are designed to assist authors in understanding acceptable and unacceptable practice.

JMMC follows HEC Plagiarism policy, that allows similarity less than 17%. And plagiarism from each source should be less than 5%. In case your paper is extracted from your own previously done research work, then also place the following statement in the author’s note:

“I hereby declare that the given paper is extracted from my MPhil/PhD thesis and/or is an extension of my previous research work.

 

Originality and plagiarism

Authors should ensure that they have written and submit only entirely original works, and if they have used the work and/or words of others, that this has been appropriately cited. Publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the work reported in the manuscript should also be cited. Plagiarism takes many forms, from "passing off" another's paper as the author's own, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another's paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

 

Multiple, duplicate, redundant or concurrent submission/publication

 

Papers describing essentially the same research should not be published in more than one journal or primary publication. Hence, authors should not submit for consideration a manuscript that has already been published in another journal. Submission of a manuscript concurrently to more than one journal is unethical publishing behaviour and unacceptable.

 

The publication of some kinds of articles (such as clinical guidelines, translations) in more than one journal is sometimes justifiable, provided that certain conditions are met. The authors and editors of the journals concerned must agree to the secondary publication, which must reflect the same data and interpretation of the primary document. The primary reference must be cited in the secondary publication.

 

Charges, Article processing charges

JMMC journal does not charge article processing charges (APC) or submission charges. All articles are published free of charge except original article.

 

Authorship of the manuscript

Only persons who meet these authorship criteria should be listed as authors in the manuscript as they must be able to take public responsibility for the content: (i) made significant contributions to the conception, design, execution, data acquisition, or analysis/interpretation of the study; and (ii) drafted the manuscript or revised it critically for important intellectual content; and (iii) have seen and approved the final version of the paper and agreed to its submission for publication. All persons who made substantial contributions to the work reported in the manuscript (such as technical help, writing and editing assistance, general support) but who do not meet the criteria for authorship must not be listed as an author, but should be acknowledged in the "Acknowledgements" section after their written permission to be named as been obtained. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate coauthors (according to the above definition) and no inappropriate coauthors are included in the author list and verify that all coauthors have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and agreed to its submission for publication.

 

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Authors should—at the earliest stage possible (generally by submitting a disclosure form at the time of submission and including a statement in the manuscript)—disclose any conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or their interpretation in the manuscript. Examples of potential conflicts of interest that should be disclosed include financial ones such as honoraria, educational grants or other funding, participation in speakers’ bureaus, membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity interest, and paid expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements, as well as non-financial ones such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, knowledge or beliefs in the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. All sources of financial support for the work should be disclosed (including the grant number or other reference number if any).

 

Acknowledgement of sources

Authors should ensure that they have properly acknowledged the work of others, and should also cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. Information obtained privately (from conversation, correspondence or discussion with third parties) must not be used or reported without explicit, written permission from the source. Authors should not use information obtained in the course of providing confidential services, such as refereeing manuscripts or grant applications, unless they have obtained the explicit written permission of the author(s) of the work involved in these services.

 

 

 

Hazards and human or animal subjects

If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the authors must clearly identify these in the manuscript. If the work involves the use of animals or human participants, the authors should ensure that all procedures were performed in compliance with relevant laws and institutional guidelines and that the appropriate institutional committee(s) has approved them; the manuscript should contain a statement to this effect. Authors should also include a statement in the manuscript that informed consent was obtained for experimentation with human participants. The privacy rights of human participants must always be observed.

 

Peer review

Authors are obliged to participate in the peer review process and cooperate fully by responding promptly to editors’ requests for raw data, clarifications, and proof of ethics approval, patient consents and copyright permissions. In the case of a first decision of "revisions necessary", authors should respond to the reviewers’ comments systematically, point by point, and in a timely manner, revising and re-submitting their manuscript to the journal by the deadline given.

 

Fundamental errors in published works

When authors discover significant errors or inaccuracies in their own published work, it is their obligation to promptly notify the journal’s editors or publisher and cooperate with them to either correct the paper in the form of an erratum or to retract the paper. If the editors or publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains a significant error or inaccuracy, then it is the authors’ obligation to promptly correct or retract the paper or provide evidence to the journal editors of the correctness of the paper.

 

Publication Ethics

The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan has prepared Publication Ethics guidelines for all its approved Journals. This journal follows these guidelines which are available here https://www.hec.gov.pk/english/services/faculty/SSAH/Documents/JCR/HEC%20Approved%20Ethical%20Guidelines.pdf

 

 

Copyright Notice

COPYRIGHT POLICY

JMMC follow an open-access publishing policy and full text of all articles is available free, immediately upon acceptance. Articles are published and distributed under the terms of the CC BY-SA 4.0 International License. Thus, work submitted to UOL Journals implies that it is original, unpublished work of the authors; neither published previously nor accepted/under consideration for publication elsewhere.

 

Authors will be responsible for any information written/informed/reported in the submitted manuscript. Although we do not require authors to submit the data collection documents and coded sheets used to do quantitative or qualitative analysis, we may request it at any time during the publication process, including after the article has been published. It is author's responsibility to obtain signed permission from the copyright holder to use and reproduce text, illustrations, tables, etc., published previously in other journals, electronic or print media.

 

 

Conflict of interest statements

It will be published at the end of the article. If no conflict of interest exists, the following sentence will be used: "The authors declare no conflict of interest." Authors are required to disclose any sponsorship or funding received from any institution relating to their research. The editor(s) will determine what disclosures, if any, should be available to the readers.

 

Authors are not permitted to post the work on any website/blog/forum/board or at any other place, by any means, from the time such work is submitted to JMMC, until the final decision on the paper has been given to them. In case a paper is accepted for publication, the authors may not post the work in its entirety on any website/blog/forum/board or at any other place, by any means, till the paper is published JMMC. The authors may, however, post the title, authors’ names and their affiliations and abstract, with the following statement on the first page of the paper - "The manuscript has been accepted for publication in “JMMC”. After publication of the article, it may be posted anywhere with full journal citation included.

All articles published in JMMC are open-access articles, published and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License which permits remixing, transformation, or building upon the material, provided the original work is appropriately cited mentioning the authors and the publisher, as well as the produced work is distributed under the same license as the original.

In the future, JMMC may reproduce printed copies of articles in any form. Without prejudice to the terms of the license given below, we retain the right to reproduce author's articles in this way.

 

Brief Summary Of The License Agreement

By submitting your research article(s) to JMMC, you agree to Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License which states that:

Anyone is free:

• To copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
• To remix, transform, or build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially

Provided:

• The author and the publisher have been appropriately credited
• The link to license is provided
• Indicated if any changes were made
• The material produced is distributed under the same license as the original