The manuscript submission process to the Journal of Ageing and Restorative Medicine is a simple and quick process.  Manuscripts can be submitted by the corresponding author online or as an email attachment via Email to the Editorial Assistant Ms. Rose Brown at ijarm@scitcentral.com or to submissions@scitcentral.com.  A manuscript number will be emailed to the corresponding author within 72 hours.  The submission of manuscript files should be in Word format. 

Essential elements for submission

·   Cover letter

·   Manuscript including tables and figures

·   Licensing agreement

·   List of referees

All manuscripts should be submitted with a pre-defined cover letter indicating the type of article(e.g, research article, review article, case study, commentary, editorial, etc.) and assurance that the article submitted for publication is not under consideration elsewhere simultaneously.

All authors must submit a Licensing agreement.  The Journal content published by SciTech Central Inc. are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License known as CC-BY License which means that anyone is free to use, reproduce and distribute the work subject to citation of the original source in accordance with the CC-BY License. 

All manuscripts undergo extensive evaluation while in the peer-review process. Authors are encouraged to provide the names and contact information for 3–5 external reviewers.  Authors may also indicate researchers whom they feel should not review the submission.

Article Type

We accept various formats of literary works such as research articles, review articles, case studies, commentaries, editorials, clinical image articles, letters to the editor, perspective and book reviews. 

Research Articles

·   Research articles should present original research that adds to the body of knowledge and are supported by the significant and relevant amount of data, tables, graphs, pictures and illustrations wherever necessary

·   They follow the outline of title, authors and their affiliations, corresponding author details, abstract, keywords, abbreviations, introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion, conclusion and references

·   Word limit is 5000 words

Review Articles

·   A review is an attempt to summarize and evaluate published information and data from many authors and sources on a topic that falls within the scope of the journal and is supported by tables, graphs, pictures and illustrations wherever necessary. It usually includes a large number of references.

·   It follows the outline of title, authors and their affiliations, corresponding author details, abstract, keywords, abbreviations, introduction, section headings, sub headings and sub-sub headings, conclusion and references

·   Word limit is 6000 words

Mini review

Mini reviews are summaries of recent insights in a particular research area. A mini-review article has a word count of around 3000-4000 words.

General structure of a mini-review article consists of the following sections:

• Title
• Authors and their affiliations
• Corresponding author details
• Abstract
• Keywords
• Introduction
• Review
• Conclusion
• References

Case Studies

·   A Case study describes a particular technology development and application which contains original data generated in the process of developing the technology or in support of its application and is supported by a significant amount of data, tables, figures and illustrations wherever necessary. 

·   It follows the outline of title, authors and their affiliations, corresponding author details, abstract, keywords, case development presentation, discussion, conclusion and references.

·   Word limit is 2000 words.

Commentaries

·   Commentaries are opinion articles which represent the perspective/opinion of the author(s) and are usually written by experienced writers on recent development/innovation/research findings that falls within the scope of the journal and is supported by tables, graphs, pictures and illustrations wherever necessary.

·   They follow the outline of title, authors and their affiliations, corresponding authors details abstract, keywords, abbreviations, introduction, description of the innovation/development, conclusions and references

·   Word limit is 2000 words

Editorials

·   Editorials are written by Editorial Board Members or Invited Guest Editors on a variety of current subjects of interest to the journal readership and falls within the scope of the journal. They may be supported by tables and graphs if necessary. 

·   They follow the outline of title, authors and their affiliations, corresponding author details, text description and analyses, conclusion and references.

·   Word limit is 1500 words.

Clinical Image Articles

·   Clinical Images articles include photographic depictions of diagnostic or investigative images in radiology, endoscopy, pathology and cytopathology.

·   They follow the outline of Title, Authors and affiliations, Corresponding author details, a short paragraph describing the image and Conclusion. References and citations are not mandatory.

·   Word limit is 150 words.

Letters to the Editor

·   Letters to Editor are comprehensive reports of cases/research findings related to previously published articles.

·   They follow the outline of title, authors and their affiliations, corresponding author details, text description and analysis, conclusion and references.  Abstract is not required and the letter should not be divided into sections.

·   Word limit is 1000 words.

Perspective

·   The perspective provides a forum for authors to discuss models and ideas from a personal viewpoint.

·   It follows the outline of title, authors and their affiliations, corresponding author details, abstract, keywords, abbreviations, introduction, section titles, sub headings and sub-sub heading, conclusion and references.

·   Word limit is 2000 words.

Book Reviews

·   A book review is both description and evaluation of a book.  It should focus on the book title, purpose, contents and authority.

·   It follows the outline of title; reviewer and his/her affiliation book summary and analysis.

·   Word limit is 1500 words. 

Article Preparation Guidelines

Papers must be clearly written in English. Any financial support or grants from any external source then clearly mention the same to avoid future discrepancies. The manuscript should contain the complete details of the corresponding author along with the affiliations of all the other authors.  The order of the manuscript is as follows:

·   Title Page

·   Running Head

·   Abstract

·   Keywords

·   Abbreviations and Units

·   Introduction/ Objective

·   Materials and Methods

·   Results Discussion

·   Conclusion

·   Acknowledgment and Funding Information

·   References

·   Supplementary Information

Preparation of Manuscript

Title Page

It contains the title of the manuscript and the names and addresses of the authors.  The full postal address, email address, telephone and facsimile number of the corresponding author should be included.

Running Head

A short title for the manuscript is needed to help identify your manuscript during the evaluation process. It also acts as the manuscript title on the journal homepage providing information at a glance for the readers of the journal. 

Abstract

All manuscripts must include a brief but informative abstract.  The word limit for Abstract is 300 words. The abstract should summarize the article in a short and accurate way without any citations or mathematic equations.  It should describe the scope and rational of the work, the experiments conducted, the results and the findings. 

Keywords

All articles should contain minimum 4-6 Keywords to get more readership and citations for the manuscript. Keywords must be separated by a semicolon.

Abbreviations

Abbreviations are the short forms used in the manuscript. The full names of all the abbreviations used in the manuscript must be mentioned first in the text.  A list of abbreviations can be included in the manuscript if necessary.

Body Text

The body of the manuscript should follow with the above-mentioned structure format depending on the article type.

Introduction

The introduction should provide a clear statement of the problem and enough background information.  The objectives of the study should be clearly emphasized at the end of the introduction or in a separate section. 

Materials and Methods

The material and methods should provide sufficient details of the materials and equipment used and the procedures followed to allow the work to be repeated by others. 

Results

The results should be presented in a logical sequence.  All table, graphs statistical analyses and calculations should be clearly presented.  For mathematical symbols, Greek letters and other special characters, use normal text or Symbol font.Figures must be compatible with clarity and high resolution quality, must be at least 300 dpi and submitted in Tiff, Giff or JPEG formats only. Figure caption must be mentioned below each figure and figure numbers must be mentioned in the body text sequentially. Tables should be presented in Table format and table titles must be mentioned above  the table..

Discussion

The results should be discussed in relation to any hypotheses advanced in the introduction and objectives.  Comment on results and indicate possible sources of errors.  Compare your work to other work reported in the literature.  Refer to figures and tables by number. 

Conclusion

The main conclusions of the researched work should be presented. Limitation and recommendation for future research should be discussed. The contribution of the work to the scientific community and its economic applications should be emphasized. 

Acknowledgment

The source of financial support must be acknowledged.  The technical assistance may also be acknowledged. 

References

References should be in a proper format. All the references including URLs are numbered successively within square brackets in the text and included in list of references in the same order of their appearance in the text.

Journal Papers

1.  Calik P, Yilgora P, Ayhanb P, Demir AS (2004) Oxygen transfer effects on recombinant benzaldehyde lyase production. Chemical Engineering and Science, 59 (22-23): 5075-5083. DOI:10.1016/j.ces.2004.07.070.

Text Book

2.  Navabi Z (1998) Analysis and modeling of digital systems. 2nd Ed. McGraw Hill, New York, USA. ISBN: 0070464790, pp: 632.

Book Chapter

3.  Katz RH (1986) Computer-aided design databases. In: New Directions for Database Systems, Ariav G, Clifford J, (Eds.), Intellect Books, Norwood, New Jersey, USA, pp: 110-123. ISBN: 0893913448.

Conference Proceedings

4.  Magott J, Skudlarski K (1989) Combining generalized stochastic petri nets and PERT networks for the performance evaluation of concurrent processes. Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Petri Nets and Performance Models, Dec. 11-13, IEEE Xplore Press, Japan, pp: 249-256. DOI: 10.1109/PNPM.1989.68558.

Government Publications

5.  United Nations (2001) Indicators of sustainable development: guidelines and methodologies. United Nations Press, New York, USA.

Online Publications

6.  Lal R (1995) Sustainable management of soil resources in the humid tropics. United Nations University Press, Tokyo, Japan.http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/uu27se/uu27se00.htm (Accessed on March 17, 2012)

Generic Website

7.  UNEP (2002) Cleaner production assessment in industries production and consumption branch. United Nations Environment Program. http://www.unepie.org/pc/cp/understanding_cp/cp_industries.htm (Accessed on February 13, 2011)

Theses

8.  Alkoaik F (2005) Fate of plant pathogens and pesticides during composting of greenhouse tomato plant residues. Unpublished dissertation in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Supplementary Information

Supplementary information is usually provided as an essential background to the article and is not considered essential for inclusion, in the full text of the manuscript. The supplementary information should not contain any figures and it may have supplementary tables.  Supplementary information is published as a separate pdf along with manuscript.

Publication Ethics

Authors must give assurance that no part of the manuscript reporting original work is being considered for publication in whole or in part elsewhere.  The corresponding author must affirm that all of the other authors have read and approved the manuscript before submitting it for publication.

Policies on the use of human subjects in Research

When reporting experiments on human subjects, authors should indicate that the procedures followed were in accordance with ethical standards set by a Governing Committee or a University Review Board responsible for human experimentation and must demonstrate that the institutional review body explicitly approved the study.  Studies using human subjects are required to state in the manuscript that all human subjects were provided with the approved informed consent. 

Polices on the use of animals in Research 

When reporting experiments on animals, indicate that all the institutional guidelines and any national laws for the care and use of laboratory animals were followed. 

Manuscript Revisions

Once the final review is completed, the author will be required to resubmit the revised manuscript using our original template.  The final revised manuscript will be sent via e-mail as a word file and should be returned within 3 days of receipt.  Alterations to the text and figures (other than the essential correction of errors) are unacceptable at proof stage and authors may be charged for excessive alterations. 

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Retractions

If only a small part of the article reports flawed data, especially if this is the result of genuine error, the problem can be rectified by a correction of erratum.  Retractions are also used to alert readers to cases of redundant publication (i.e. when authors present the same data in several publications), plagiarism and failure to disclose a major competing interest likely to influence interpretations or recommendations.  Notices of retraction will mention the reasons and basis for the retraction inorder to distinguish cases of misconduct from those of honest error and they will also specify who is retracting the article. 

Article processing charges

The Open Access Format of publication allows all the readers (researchers, scholars, scientists etc.) a wide and open source of scientific literature. This format allows free access to all the published work available on World Wide Web.  Unlike Subscription Based Model of publishing, the Open Access Model provide wide visibility and creditability with the citations for each view of the published article which indicates the quality of the article published.

The Article Processing Charges (APC) is always associated with the Open Access Model of publishing. The minimum fee is required for the article consists of various components including processing of article, quality check, double-blind peer review, pdf conversion, xml conversion, html conversion, editing at the international level, increased number of pages, color effects, video effects (in video-articles), professional graphical editing, unlimited author’s corrections, etc. 

The APC can be covered by the Author/Sponsor/University Grant/ any financial aid form author’s side.  This APC is always associated with each article to be published in SciTech Central International Journals.  For the Inaugural Issue there is minimum fee for ACP in SciTech Central International Journals.  After the Inaugural Issue, the Article Processing Changes for SciTech Central Journal will be 1575$(USD)/1225£ (GBP)/1525€ (EUR).

Other Publications

The journal can publish annual meeting abstracts, full conference proceedings and meeting-reports.  Also special issues on important and relevant topics lead by Guest editor can be published by the journal. 

Article Withdrawal Policy

From time to time, an author may wish to withdraw a manuscript after submitting it. 

Changing one’s mind is an author’s prerogative. And an author is free to withdraw an article at no charge – as long as it is withdrawn within 1 week of its initial submission.

If you have concerns or questions about it, please contact us for further discussion. We welcome your input.

Withdrawal Charges (exceptional cases)

International Publication process is a time consuming process involving various quality checks, unbiased & blind Peer Review, XML, HTML, PDF development, intensive graphic designing, DOI application & assignment, Creative Commons Attribution Licensing, etc. So, once the whole process is completed and authors are willing to withdraw their manuscript(s) due to any reason; they are liable to pay the withdrawal charges in order to compensate the work done by the editorial office and the resources spent on their manuscript(s).

The withdrawal charges varies from USD $299- USD $499 depending upon the length, quality, graphics applied, resources spent, etc. on the particular manuscript by the editorial staff which can be different for different manuscripts.  

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