Instructions to Authors
1. Submission of
Manuscript
Authors are requested to submit their manuscript in
electronic form as an email attached file, preferably as
a single Microsoft WORD document to the editorial. Each
submission has a file size limit of 10Mbytes. Do take
note that the journal makes no page charges.
When the manuscript is first received, it is given a
reference number. This number will subsequently be used
on all future correspondences for that submission.
Enquiries about the status of the submission can be made
via email. In this case, please quote the reference
number and the name of the first author.
1.1 Proofs
Designate one author as the corresponding author. The
complete contact information of this author including
the telephone numbers, fax numbers and email addresses
should be provided. This is the author to whom proofs of
the accepted paper will be sent. Proofs are sent to the
corresponding author only.
1.2 Copyright
A copyright form will be provided to the corresponding
author prior to the publication of an accepted paper. It
is the author’s responsibility to have taken the
necessary actions to obtain permission for using any
materials that may be protected by copyright. The
submitting author is responsible for obtaining the
agreement of all co-authors and sponsors before making a
submission. A manuscript accepted for publication in the
journal implies the transfer of copyright to the Journal
of Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Engineering or its
successor.
* Notes on the Journal's style
Template and full description of
the journal's style including referencing (in Microsoft
WORD).
2. Editorial Policy
The Journal of Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Engineering
publishes reviews, research articles, communication
notes, and letters to the editor. A manuscript submitted
to this journal is with an understanding that no similar
version has not been published and will not be
simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere. A
violation of this condition is considered fraud, and
will be addressed by appropriate sanctions. In
particular, two manuscripts are considered similar if
they are of same hypothesis, objectives, using the same
methods or essentially similar data.
It is mandatory that contributors must conform to
standards of responsible authorship at least in the
following ways: (I) all the authors must accept
responsibility and read for the entire content of
submitted manuscript, (II) authorship is restricted to
those who have made significant contributions to the
work as described in the manuscript. “Honorary”
authorship is strongly discouraged. The cover letter
with each submission shows how each author has
contributed significantly, and (III) the authors must
describe safeguards to meet standards of ethical conduct
of research (e.g., approval of research protocols by
institutional committees). Where applicable, authors
must confirm in writing that they have complied with the
World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki
regarding ethical conduct of research involving human
subjects and/or animals.
In this journal, reviews will be restricted to ten
printed pages, research articles will be restricted to
eight printed pages, communication notes will be
restricted to five printed pages, and letters to the
editor will be restricted to two printed pages. Each
full page of printed text corresponds to approximately
900 words. Please allow sufficient space for tables and
illustrations within the page limit. However, it is up
to the decision of editor in publishing articles
above the allowed page limit. The text of the
manuscript must be carefully checked for grammatical and
typing errors to avoid correction in the proof. All
tables and calculations should also be carefully
checked.
3. Peer Review Process
For every submission that falls within the scope of the
journal, two independent experts in the field of the
submission will be selected to act as reviewers. This
journal adopts a single-blind peer review process where
the identity of the reviewers will remain anonymous. The
appropriate editor will assess the recommendation report
from both reviewers as to whether the article should be
accepted, revised or rejected. The report will be based
on the content of the submission, its quality and
presentation. If the reviewers give conflicting advice,
the editor will act as an adjudicator. The decision made
by the editor will be final. On acceptance for
publication, papers may be subject to editorial
amendment. It is worth noting that undecipherable
English is a valid reason for rejection. |