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1 Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry Instructions for Authors GENERAL Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry publishes papers reporting original research work, critical up-to-date, topics of current interest and brief communications on all aspects of Clinical Biochemistry. LEGAL REQUIREMENTS It is necessary to send along with the manuscript, an undertaking signed by all the authors that (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) The contents, in whole or in part, for the paper entitled.. submitted to Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry have not been published and are not under the consideration of any other Journal for publication If accepted for publication in IJCB, the contents in whole or in part will not be published in any other Journal Authorship of the paper will not be questioned by any one of the authors or by any other person whose name is not given The Editor-in-Chief, the members of the Editorial Board, Asst. Editors and Scientific Advisory Committee and the Association of Clinical Biochemists of India and the Publisher will not be responsible for either the views expressed in the article, or any possible controversy regarding the authorship of the paper. Author should also ensure ethical committee clearance, if required. The undertaking should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief at the following address, till further notification : Dr. Praveen Sharma Editor-in-Chief Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry 52 Panchsheel Enclave Near Hotel Clarks Amer, Durgapura Jaipur , India praveensharma55@gmail.com; editor@ijcb.co.in Tel: , Mobile: EDITORIAL PROCEDURE Springer now offers authors, editors and reviewers of Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry the option of using our fully web based online manuscript submission and review system. To keep the review time as short as possible (no postal delays!); we encourage authors to submit manuscripts online to the journal s editorial office. Our online manuscript submission and review system offers authors the option to track the progress of the review process of manuscripts in real time. Manuscripts should be submitted to Editorial Manager at

2 Please login directly onto the Editorial Manager site to upload your manuscript files following the instructions provided on the screen. Further information can be obtained online from the submission site (see Help ) Please note: If you have already registered on Editorial Manger, please use your provided username and password and log in as Author to track your manuscript or to submit a NEW manuscript or revision. (Do not register again as you will then be unable to track your manuscript). Otherwise, if you are a new author, please click the Register button and enter the requested information. Upon successful registration you will be sent an with instructions to verify your registration. After uploading the manuscript files please ensure that the save and continue button is clicked. This enables viewing the proof of the uploaded manuscript, and enables submission. An onscreen submission acknowledgement and reference number will also be provided, instantly. If you have any questions or are unable to submit your manuscript online via Editorial Manager, please contact the Editor-in-Chief. All articles are reviewed by one or more experts to determine validity, significance, originality of the submitted content, and the Editor-in- Chief will make the final decision concerning acceptance or rejection. CATEGORIES OF PUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS o Main Article The articles should not exceed 5000 words and should describe new and confirmed findings. The article, should be divided into Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results & Discussion and References. It should be comprehensive, up to date and critical on the topic of importance. o Short Communication A short communication should not exceed 1500 words and present a record of completed short investigation giving details of new methods or findings. Short communications may be preliminary reports for priority, development of newer methods, techniques, or new theories. The article should be divided into Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results & Discussion and References. o Case Reports of special clinical biochemical interest and Letter to Editor will be considered for publication. Papers on normal metabolic processes of eukaryotes and prokaryotes relevant to human diseases will be within the scope of the Journal. Concise reviews and mini reviews from eminent scientists/research workers are also invited. MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION For general guidelines, see the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts submitted to Biomedical Journals published by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors ( and Instructions to Authors available at the journal website ( However, please find below some of the important points regarding manuscript preparation. The manuscript should be computer typed in MS Word (Office 97 onwards) in point size of 12. Use double spacing throughout for typing the manuscript. Prepare your graphics (Figures) according to the instructions below:

3 Illustrations The preferred figure formats are EPS for vector graphics exported from a drawing program and TIFF for halftone illustrations (photographs). EPS files must always contain a preview in TIFF of the figure. The file name (one file for each figure) should include the figure number. Figure legends should be included in the text and not in the figure file. Scan resolution Scanned line drawings should be digitized with a minimum resolution of 800 dpi relative to the final figure size. For digital halftones (photographs), 300 dpi is usually sufficient. Color illustrations Store color illustrations as RGB (8 bits per channel) in TIFF format. Vector graphics Fonts used in the vector graphics must be included. Please do not draw with hairlines. The minimum line width is 0.2 mm (i.e., pt) relative to the final size. If you are unable to embed your figures in the text document, then upload the figures separately as.gif,.jpeg,.eps,.tiff,.ppt or.xls files. Users of Macintosh computers should type the file extension name (e.g..doc) after the file name before uploading to ensure conversion to.pdf files. To ensure accurate conversion of characters, standard fonts such as Times, Times New Roman, Ariel, or Helvetica should be used for preparing the text and figures. Courier or Courier New should be used for sequence alignments. Symbol font should be used to convert Greek characters and other non-standard characters such as the degree symbol. MANUSCRIPT FORMAT Title Page: This page should be concise, descriptive and informative. It should include: 1. The title of the work 2. The category under which submitted 3. The authors full names (first name, middle initial(s),and surname) 4. Affiliations (the name of department (if any), institution, city and state or country where the work was done), indicating which authors are associated with which affiliation 5. The name, address, telephone and fax numbers and address of the corresponding author. TEXT The text should include the following : Abstract should be restricted to summary of the important results and conclusion only without general statements. It should not exceed 150 words and be on first page without abbreviations and references. Upto 6 keywords should also be given at the end of the abstract. Introduction should define the reason for the study, the nature of the problem, and its relation to previous work, quoting the references by numbers within brackets in the order in which they are cited.

4 Materials and Methods should contain sources of special chemicals, kits, animals, case material and all the actual methods employed briefly with references. Results and Discussion may be given separately or combined according to the discretion of the authors. Present the results in logical sequence using appropriate, tables and figures without duplication. Indicate the conclusions that may be drawn and place them in the context of a critical appraisal of previous work. Distinguish clearly new information from previous findings, and speculation from fact. Problems arising out of the study may be identified, and relevant hypotheses may be generated. Abbreviations and Units: Standard abbreviations should be used after giving the full names first time along with the abbreviation in parenthesis. Quantities and units should be as SI units or according to international practice. Concentrations be expressed on molar basis and Enzyme units as IU/L whenever possible. Figures (with Legend) and Tables: To appear on separate pages and numbered consecutively (1, 2 etc.). Only standard symbols should be used for figures. Tables should have brief titles and without vertical lines. Statistical significance to be given as foot-note to the tables. Acknowledgement: This should be brief. Personal acknowledgements will not be printed. Statistics: Statistics should be completed in consultation with a biostatistician. Drug names: Use generic names with the trade name in parenthesis. References: This should be numbered in order of citation in the text at appropriate place in brackets in line with the text (e.g. 1). References in the end must be on separate sheets in serial order. They must be complete in Vancouver format. List all authors; if the number is seven or more, cite first six names followed by et al. References must be given in the following format. Articles Harris EK. Statistical principles underlying analytic goal-setting in clinical chemistry. Am J Clin Pathol 1979; 72: Savory J, Wills MR. Trace metals: essential nutrients or toxins. Clin Chem 1992;38: Caroli S, Alimonte A, Coni E, Petrucci F, Senofonte O, Violante N. The assessment of reference values for elements in human biological tissues and fluids: a syustemic review. Crit Rev Anal Chem 1994; 24: Thienpont L, Franzini C, Kratochvila J, Middle J, Ricos C, Siekmann L, et al. Analytical quality specifications for reference methods and operating specifications for networks of reference laboratories. Eur J Clin Chem Biochem 1995; 35: Supplements Williams DN. Reducing costs and hospital stay for pneumonia with home intravenous cefotaxime treatment: Results with a computerized ambulatory drug delivery system. Am J Med 1994; 97(Suppl 2A):50-5.

5 Abstracts Henney AM. Chronic plaque or acute rupture? The yin and yang of vascular tissue remodeling [abstract]. Atherosclerosis 1997; 134:111. Books and Monographs Kahn CR, Weir GC, editors. Joslin s diabetes mellitus, 13ed. Philadelphia: Lea and Febiger, 1994: 1068pp. Book Chapters Karnofsky DH, Burchenal JH. The clinical evaluation of chemotherapeutic agents in cancer. In: Macleod CM, editor. Evaluation of chemotherapeutic agents. New York: Columbia University Press, 1949: Schmidt H. Testing results. In: Hutzinger O (ed) Handbook of environmental chemistry, vol 2E. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, 1989: p 111. Smith SE.Neuromuscular blocking drugs in man. In: Zaimis E (ed) Neuromuscular junction. Handbook of experimental pharmacology, vol 42. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York, 1976: pp Proceedings as Book Zowghi D, Ghose AK, Peppas P. A framework for reasoning about requirements in evolution. In: Foo N, Goebel R (eds) PRICAI 96: topics in artificial intelligence. 4th Pacific Rim conference on artificial intelligence, Cairns, August Paper presented at a conference Chung S-T, Morris RL. Isolation and characterization of plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid from Streptomyces fradiae. Paper presented at the 3rd international symposium on the genetics of industrial microorganisms, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 4 9 June 1978 Patent Norman LO. Lightning rods. US Patent 4,379,752, 9 Sept 1998 Thesis Reference to a thesis must be made if it is unavoidable. Ratnakar P. Biochemical studies of Allum sativum Linn. (Garlic) Ph.D. thesis, Delhi University, Delhi:1992 p 87. Internet publication/online document Doe J. Title of subordinate document. In: The dictionary of substances and their effects. Royal Society of Chemistry. Available via DIALOG. of subordinate document. Cited 15 Jan 1999 Unpublished work and personal communication May be included, If absolutely necessary, in the text Sinha KP, Personal communication; Shukla, R. et al. unpublished results Publication Charges from Indian Authors Rs. 1000/- and US $60 from outside India for each publication. NOTE: Correspondence related to publication and other matters concerning the Journal, including inquiries regarding the back volumes, should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief.

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