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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, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines

AUTHOR GUIDELINES

Author should submit research work for publication only to website of Medical Journal of South Punjab directly via online submission. The research work already published or accepted for publication should not be submitted by the researcher. This falls in category of duplicate or multiple publication and is liable to disciplinary consequences, including reporting to Pakistan medical and dental council and Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. Any research work that has been presented in some scientific meeting or conference, if not published may be submitted with complete disclosure. All authors and co-authors must provide their contact address, telephone/mobile numbers and email address, affilation detail, designation along with manuscript. At the time of submission, following documents are mandatory to be submitted along with manuscript.

1- A duly filled and signed Authorship form

2- Declaration of conflict of interest form

3- The institutional ethical review board/committee approval letter

The editors reserve the right to format the manuscript to conform to in house format.

Abstract

(Maximum 200-250 words)

Original article required structured abstract with following headings.

Objective:

Study Design:

Place and duration:

Methodology:

Results:

Conclusion:

Keywords: (At Least 5) Separate with [,] in alphabetical order

INTRODUCTION

It should be in three paragraphs. First paragraphs provides a context or background for the

study (that is the nature of the problem and its significance). Second paragraph should include

current literature of article. Third paragraph describe the specific purpose or research objective

of, or hypothesis tested by, the study or observation in form of statement It is preferable to cite

5-10 pertinent references.

Material & Methods

This should be written in descriptive form. Mentioning the following.

Study Design:

Place and duration:

Sample Size:

Sampling Technique:

Inclusion Criteria:

Exclusion Criteria:

Data Collection Procedure:

Data / Statistical Analysis:

Ethical Approval

RESULTS

The results should be in logical sequence in the text, tables and figures. DO not repeat all the

data in the tables or figures in the text.

“Elaborate the table in paragraph” ABC (Table 1)

DISCUSSION

Compare the results with other studies and emphasize the new and important

aspects of the study. Explain each aspects of study in separate paragraph. The last paragraph

on discussion should describe limitation of this study.

CONCLUSION

Should be 2-3 line statement highlighting the outcome of study in clear and

precise words.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST / DISCLOSURE

Declaration of conflict of interest if presents.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Optional.

REFERENCES (Vancouver Style)

All original articles must have 20-25 references not more than 5 year old, they should also include local / national references. All references must be cited as super script in the manuscript and in Vancouver style in the references list.

Undertaking by Author's

Dental Section

This Section of the Journal is dedicated to Dentistry, Dental Faculty.

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