Author Instructions

Pediatric Surgery in Tropics is an author friendly journal. Keeping in mind the limitations of authors from developing countries, we do not strictly look into the manuscript preparation process. Rather we only see if there is a clinically useful message in the manuscript. Therefore, we request our authors to concentrate more on the content rather than on the format. Those who prefer to use the template (available in journal website) may use it; other may simply type their text in plain Microsoft word / rtf file and send it by email attachment to the editor: editor@pediatricsurgeryintropics.com

 

The title page should include all the following components:

1. Title of the paper

2. List of all authors in preferred order

3. Institutional affiliation of each author

4. Address of the corresponding author (both postal, email address)and  telephone numbers (mobile, landline or Fax)

5. Keywords

6. Source of funding

7. Conflicts of interest statement

8. Statement of compliance with ethical standards

9. Patient consent for publishing identifiable details.

10. Each manuscript should include the following details:

11. Why was the paper written (introduction, background, problem statement)

12. What was done (methods and materials)

13. What was observed (Results of studies or case report)

14. What the authors want to say on this topic (Discussion, opinions, recommendations, criticisms)

15. References to support the authors’ statements

 

We do not bother our authors with stringent word limitations. We only wish them to write briefly and succinctly without losing the readability and usefulness of the text. Number of references should also be kept to minimum necessary limit, but sufficient for supporting the statements. If the articles are boringly lengthy our editorial team will suggest places where trimming is required (Author compliance with editorial suggestions is a precondition for final acceptance).

 

Illustrations should really illustrate. We believe in the aphorism “one picture should replace 1000 words”. Although there are no limitations on the number of illustrations, they should be kept to the minimum necessary numbers. We encourage all colour figures. We do not charge for illustrations.

 

Tables are better submitted as word file and not as Excel or other formats. Please use table maker of Microsoft word.  

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During initial submission all figures and tables can be incorporated at appropriate places of the text file and the entire manuscript is submitted as a single word file.

 

After peer review, we may ask to provide separate figure files if required for better clarity of reproduction. In such case figures can be submitted as JPEG or TIFF files. Resolution must be more than 300 dpi for quality reproduction.

 

References should be in Vancouver style. Copy-paste of citation details from PubMed is acceptable. Cite them at the end of main text in the order of their appearance in the text. Refer to them in text by superscript serial numbers.

 

When the manuscript is ready, please run spelling and grammar check of Microsoft word.

 

Submit the article as email attachment along with the following documents to editor@pediatricsurgeryintropics.com.

 

Documents to accompany the article submission:

1. Covering letter

2. Author declaration signed by corresponding author on behalf of all authors