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Services for Prospective Authors of JCDR |
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for Original article or Case report : Option one |
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If you have undertaken original research or have observed
an unusual case, but are yet to write an article, we (JCDR)
can assist you in the following way.
(Note: For authors who do not want assistance
from JCDR to write article, please follow the link to author
services.)
Step
One
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You need to write the draft outline (2000 words) of your
article focusing on the aims, objectives, methods, results
and provide a brief discussion. With reference to a Case
report the draft outline should be about 500 words with
pictures inserted, if necessary.
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Your focus should be on the content and not on the style,
drafting format, English nuances, elaborate references
and/or introduction.
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Include a few salient references in your draft outline
which closely link to your study. If the methodology followed
or the analysis done by you is not a standardised format
please include appropriate supporting references.
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While submitting your draft outline please remember to:
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Send the draft as a word document (.doc) file attachment
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Send the references in the pdf format as an attachment
(if available freely on the web, the link URL can
be forwarded to us, typed at the end of the draft
outline word document).
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Send the Declaration of the authors signed and scanned
as a pdf file attachment.
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Note we cannot proceed to step 2 without the above three
components. If the email does not include all the above components,
a reminder will be sent to the concerned author. Failure to
respond and provide the complete information stops further
communication. The incomplete email sent to us will be in
our system for 30 days from the last date of communication
and will be deleted thereafter. )
Step
Two
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The editorial board will screen the draft and inform the
author whether the draft is likely to go ahead for peer
review. If the editorial board feels that the draft lacks
the minimum information required or is not acceptable
for publication the author will be informed via email.
If accepted, it will be sent out for peer review.
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We believe that the peer review process can be started
at this stage as this helps to cut down on the time required
for actual publication and helps the authors to write
their discussion and conclusion better.
Step
Three
The draft outline with the comments of the peer reviewers
will be sent it back to you.
Step
Four
You can then write the Final Content Draft and submit it.
This draft will be re-screened by the editorial board and
based on the feed back of peer reviewers the editorial board
will decide to finally accept or reject the article. The
decision will be communicated to the corresponding author.
If accepted, next step will follow.
Step
Five
The final proof reading, fixing of bibliography and correction
if necessary in grammar and spelling will be done by JCDR
as per our standard requirement.
Step
Six
After corrections the final daft will be published in the
next available slot in JCDR.
For the above services of JCDR.
nominal charges apply. You will be required to pay the
requisite fee once the editorial board has agreed to send
your article for peer review (step 2). Please note that you
cannot use the services and apply for reward thereafter. In
case at step 4 the editorial board decides to reject the article
fees charged will be refunded after 30% deduction.
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| Services
for Original article : Option two |
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If you have performed original research and collected
data, but are yet to analyse it, we can assist you
in the following way.
Step
One
( Note we cannot proceed to step 2 without the above components.
If the email does not include all the above components a reminder
will be sent to the concerned author. Failure to respond and
provide the complete information stops further communication.
The incomplete email sent to us will be in our system for
30 days from the last date of communication and will be deleted
thereafter. )
Step
Two
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After this JCDR services will do the statistical work for
you. Correspondence will be maintained with the author to
understand better the needs of author as to how they want
the statistics to be done.
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After completion JCDR will send you back the results. You
can then write your analysis and send us the draft outline
with results and discussion.
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Providing services for statistical data does not guarantee
that the article will be accepted in the journal.
After
this steps one to six of Services for Original article Option
one will be followed.
For
the above services of JCDR
nominal charges apply. You will be required to pay the
requisite fee in advance at the time of sending us the initial
draft and data. If your article is not accepted by the editorial
board, (step one, option one) you will get a refund of the
amount paid after deducting 25% for providing the statistics
services. If your article undergoes peer review process but
is rejected by the editorial board at step 5 (option one)
a total of 50% of the total amount will be deducted.
Please
note that you cannot apply for reward if you have used any
services of JCDR.
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Services
for Case report : Option three
(suitable
for private practitioners) |
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If you have encountered an interesting
case or feel you have hit upon something novel or rare,
please share the same with us. You may either send an
email mentioning your complete name and address or use
your letter head to type it or write it legibly. (E-mail
is definitely the preferred mode for quicker responses.)
Our researchers
we will undertake a literature search and inform the editorial
board of the relevance of the observation, finding, or case
based on the reports in the indexed medical literature.
The editorial board will then use this information in addition
to their experience and decide whether or not to publish
the Case report.
Based on the review
of literature done JCDR will suggest a checklist of points
that you will need to cover in the article.
Writing the content:
You can then write a crude draft of the article. In this
manner you can communicate your visualization of the new
finding in the light of information that is already present.
However, if you are very busy, then you may provide us with
the information necessary. List according to the check points,
your findings and send it to us. We will get a rough draft
made by our researchers and send it for peer review.
Our peer reviewers
will provide meaningful comments and suggest improvements.
The professionals involved in peer review process are outside
the editorial board of JCDR and are blinded to the authors.
Based on this,
you can redraft the article. Alternatively, we can redraft
your article if you have chosen the relevant option.
We will then insert
the bibliography (based on the references accumulated by
us and/or provided by you) and send the article to our English
editors to work on the language and style.
Our English editors
will draft the article according to the style of the journal.
The final daft
will be published in the next available slot in JCDR.
If you use the above services of
JCDR nominal charges
apply. You will need to pay the requisite fee once the editorial
board has agreed to send your article for peer review (step
2). Please note that you cannot use the services and apply
for reward thereafter.
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| What
Is Final Content Draft ? |
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This refers to the final draft which includes all components
of the article with appropriate insertion of bibliography,
figures and tables.
It may be however deficient in the following aspects:
- Bibliography
not formatted according to the desired style - only provided
as a list.
- The style
of writing ordinary, requiring improvement in grammar or/and
usage of mixed American and UK English.
- The authors
names, affiliations etc. provided, but not formatted in
the standardised style required by the journal
- Material
for tables and legend provided, but not formatted according
to standardised style required by the journal
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| Authorship
Of The Articles For Which Authors Utilised Paid Services : |
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Under all options the authors using the services will remain
the first author and guarantor of the authenticity of the
study.
In
case of option 2 and option 3 JCDR will add the names of
our researchers as one of the contributing author. This
is a non financial incentive we offer to the members of
our team.
We
acknowledge and follow the EMWA guidelines for role of medical
writers in peer review journals. (http://www.emwa.org/Mum/EMWAguidelines.pdf)
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Important
notice
Under no circumstances what so ever will JCDR accept to publish
an article without merit and peer review. Read more about
JCDR Editorial
statement. |
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