General Information

Aims & Scope:
The Diabetic Association Medical College journal is a scientific journal dealing with clinical medicine, basic sciences, epidemiology, public health and various health care specialities. It is an official organ of Diabetic Association Medical College and going to be published bi- annually (January and July).

The journal publishes articles of authors from any part of theglobe/country. It intends to publish the highest qualitymaterial on all aspects of medical science. It accepts originalresearch articles, review articles, short communications,case reports and letters to editor. In addition, it providesreaders with opinion regarding the articles published in thejournal. Complimentary print copies of the journal are sentto libraries of all medical colleges and other relevantacademic institutions in the country.

Instruction to authors:
Manuscript written in English on bio-medical topics will be considered for publication provided these have not been published previously and are not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Conditions for manuscript submission:

• All manuscripts will be subjected to peer and editorial review.
• Accepted manuscript will become the property of Diabetic association medical college journal.
• The author should obtain written permission from appropriate authority if the manuscript contains any table, data or illustration previously published in other journals. The letter of permission should be submitted with manuscript.
• If the photographs are identified, permission from the patient or parents/guardians should accompany the manuscript. Otherwise identity will be blackened out.
• The materials submitted for publication may be in the form of an original research, review article, special article, a case report, recent advances, new techniques, brooks review on clinical/medical education, adverse drug reaction or a letter to the editor.
• The authors should sign a covering letter mentioning that final manuscript has been seen and approved by all authors. Relevance and contributions of coauthors should be clearly mentioned by principal author. Irrelevant person or without any contribution should not be entitled as coauthors.
• All rights are reserved to the journal. No part may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission form editors.
• We strongly encourage authors to pay careful attention to the instruction to the "Instruction for authors" which will be found in this section of each issue.
• The editorial board reserves the right to edit and if necessary, shorten any material accepted for publication. All manuscript will go through a peer-review process.
• Editors are not responsible for currier/postal failure.

Manuscript preparation:

• It should be typed in English and on one side of A4 (290×210 cm) size white paper, using Times New Roman font size 12, with double space throughout. All pictures should be in 300 dpi.
• The widely accepted “Vancouver style” should be followed in reference section.
• There should be one original, two paper copies and one IBM Compatible electronic copy.
• There should be a margin of 2.5 cm at both top and bottom and 1.2 cm left and right.
• Pages should be numbered in English numerical at the upper right hand corner of each page.
• Each of the following section should be in separate page:
  • Title page
  • Abstract
  • Text-Introduction, Materials & Methods, Result & Discussion
  • References
  • Tables and legends
  • Acknowledgement

Title page:
Title page should include the title of the paper, name of the authors, name of the department they worked, email address & phone number. Title should be concise, informative and self-explanatory (not exceed 100 characters). Title should provide a reasonable indications of the contents of the paper.

Abstract:
It should be structured as introduction with objectives, materials and methods, result, discussion with conclusion including key words, number of figures, tables, references & correspondence (about 350 words maximum).

Text:
The text should be presented in the form of-

• Introduction: Provide background of the study. It should be very specific & reasoning. It should include the purpose of the article. The rational for the study or observation should be summarized. Only strictly pertinent references should be cited. Data or conclusion from the work being reported should not be presented in the introduction.
• Materials and Methods: Provide technical information about the study. Study design & sampling method should be mentioned. Describe your section of subjects (patients or laboratory animals) clearly. Consent from respondents/patients should be taken in a form before interview/study. All drugs & chemicals used should be identified precisely, including generic name, dose and route of administration. For all quantitative measurements SI unit should be used.
• Results: This should be presented in logical sequence in the text, table and illustration, for statistical analysis standard procedure should be maintained.
• Discussion: Author's comment on the result supported with contemporary references including arguments and analysis of identical work done by other workers may be elaborately discussed. A summary is not required. Describe the implication of the findings for future research.
• Conclusion: Link the conclusion with the goals of the study but avoid unqualified statements and conclusion not completely supported by your data. Recommendation when appropriate may be included.
• Tables: Number and titles of tables to be clearly written in Arabic numerical.
• Source: Source of illustrations & figures should be mentioned.
• Abbreviations and symbols: Use only standard abbreviations, avoid abbreviation in the title of the article.

Acknowledgement:

1. Contributions that need acknowledgement but do not justify authorship, such as general support by a dept. or dept. chairman.
2. Acknowledgement of technical help.
3. Acknowledgement of financial & material support.
4. Author should obtain written permission for everyone acknowledged by name.

Reference:
These should be given in the text using the Vancouversystem. They should be numbered consecutively in theorder in which they first appear in the text usingsuperscript. If a reference is cited more than once the samenumber should be used each time. References cited only intables and figures and not in the text should be numbered insequence from the last number used in the text and in theorder of mention of the individual tables and figures in thetext. At the end of the paper, on a page (s) separate from the ext, references should be listed in numerical order. The journal adheres closely to the Vancouver style of references (See http:// www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_ requirements. html, updated 2013).

Sample references are given below-

1. Standard Journal Article List the first six authors followed by et al: Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Caplan AL. solid-organ transplantation in HIV-infected patients. N Engl J Med. 2002 Jul 25;347(4):284-7
   As an option, if a journal carries continuous pagination throughout a volume (as many medical journals do) the month and issue number may be omitted:
   Halpern SD, UP PA, Caplan AL. Solid-organ transplantation in HIV-infected patients. N Engl J Med. 2002;347:284-7
   More than six authors: Rose ME, Huerbin MB, Melick J, Marion DW, Palmer AM, Schiding JK, et al. Regulation of interstitial excitatory amino acid concentrations after cortical contusion injury. Brain Res. 2002; 935(1-2):40-6
   Optional addition of a database's unique identifier for the citation: Helpern SD, Ubel PA, Caplan AL. Solid-organ transplantation in HIV-infected patients. N Engl Med. 2002 Jul 25;347(4):284-7. PubMed PMID:12140307
   Organization as author: Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group. Hypertension, insulin's and proinsulin In participants with impaired glucose tolerance Hypertension. 2002;40(5) :679-86
   No author given: 21st century heart solution may have a sting in the tail BMJ. 2002;325(7357):184
   Volume with supplement: Geraud- G, Spierings EL, Keywood C. Tolerability and safety of frovatriptan with short- and long-term use for treatment -of migraine and in comparison with sumatriptan. Headache. 2002,42 Suppl 2:S93-9.
   Issue with supplement: Glauser TA. Integrating clinical trial data into clinical practice. Neurology. 2002;58(12 Suppl 7):S6-12.
   Article published electronically ahead of the print version: Yu WM, Hawley TS, Hawley RG, Qu CK. Immortalization of yolk sac-derived precursor cells. Blood. 2002 Nov 15; 100(10):3828-31. Epub 2002 Jul 5.
    
2. Books and Other Monographs Personal authore(s): Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA. Medical microbiology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 2002.
3. Other Published Material Newspaper article: Tynan T. Medical improvements lower homicide rate: study sees drop in assault rate. The Washington Post. 2002 Aug 12; Sect. A: 2 (col.4).
   Dictionary and similar references: Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary. 29th ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders; 2000. Filamin; p. 675.
4. Unpublished Material In press or Forthcoming: Tian D, Araki H, Stahl E, Bergelson J, Kreitman M. Signature-of balancing selection in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. Forthcoming 2002.
5. Journal Article on the Internet Abood S. Quality improvement initiative in nursing homes: the ANA acts in an advisory role. Am J Nurs [Internet]. 2002 Jun [Cited 2002 Aug 12] 102(6): [about 1, p.]. Available from: http://www.annals.org/ cgi/reprint/145/1/62.pdf

Illustration
All drawings should be made with black Indian ink on white paper. Photographs and photomicrographs should be supplied as glossy black and white prints unmoundted. All photographs, graphs and diagrams should be referred to as figures numbered consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals.

Drug names
Generic name should generally be used. When proprietary brands are used in research, include the brand name in parentheses in the methods section.

Permission
Materials taken from other source must be accompanied by a written statement from both author and publishers giving permission to the journal for reproduction. Obtain permission in writing from at least one author of papers that is still in press, unpublished data and personal communications.

The editor of Journal of Diabetic Association Medical College reserves the customary right to style and if necessary shortens the material accepted for publication and to determine the priority and time of publication. Editor assumes that the manuscript submitted by the author is based on honest observations. It is not a task of the editor to investigate scientific fraud paper.