We recommend the authors to read this formatting guide completely as it describes how to prepare manuscript for submissions under Austin Publishing Group. This helps you to familiarize yourself to Austin Publishing Group formatting style.
Manuscript Title , Abstract , Keywords , Abbreviations , Body Text , Equations and Formulas , Units , Supplementary , References , Figures & Tables
Submissions: All the submissions must be sent to either concern Journal editorial office or email it to
[email protected]. Acknowledgement(s) to the concern submission will be received within 48 working hours.
Readability: Austin Publishing Group is an international Publisher of open access, peer reviewed Journals covering all aspects of science, technology, medicine and management. Thus the submissions must therefore be clearly written in simple understandable language so that they are accessible to readers in other disciplines and to readers for whom English is not their first language.
Peer Review Process: Each submission would undergo double blind peer review process. to enhance the quality of the manuscripts submitted to that particular journal. Please find the mentioned link for a brief look upon the peer review processing system: APG Peer Review Processing
Plagiarism: Manuscript Duplicity is a crime thus Plagiarism should be completely avoided. Figures and Tables extracted from any sources are considered as malpractice. The Data extracted must be cited and Austin Publishing Group does not encourage exact reproduction of any content.
Publication types: Austin Publishing Group accepts Original, Reviews, Mini Reviews, Rapid Communications, Case Report, Clinical Images, Perspectives, Letters and Editorial.
Manuscript Types | Word limit (excludes references) | Structure of the Manuscript | Page/Figure/Table Limits/ References |
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Original Manuscript | 5000 words | Title, Author(s) & affiliations, Corresponding author details; Abstract; Keywords; Abbreviations; Introduction; Materials and methods; Results and discussion; Conclusion; References | No Page, Figure, Table or reference limits |
Review Manuscript | 5000 words | Title, Author(s) & affiliations, Corresponding author details; Abstract; Keywords; Abbreviations; Introduction; Sub headings and sub-sub headings; Conclusion; References | No Page, Figure, Table or reference limits |
Mini Review | 2000 words | Title, Author(s) & affiliations, Corresponding author details; Abstract; Keywords; Abbreviations; Introduction; Sub headings and sub-sub headings; Conclusion; References | No Page, Figure, Table or reference limits |
Case Report | 1500 words | Title, Author(s) & affiliations, Corresponding author details; Abstract; Keywords; Case Presentation, Discussion/Conclusion; References | No Page, Figure, Table or reference limits |
Clinical Image | 150 words | Title, Author(s) & affiliations, Corresponding author details; One short paragraph describing the Image | Maximum of 2 Images |
Rapid Communication | 2000 words | Title, Author(s) & affiliations, Corresponding author details; Abstract; Keywords; Abbreviations; Introduction; Materials and methods; Results and discussion; Conclusion, References | No Page, Figure, Table or reference limits |
Perspective | 1000 words | Title, Author(s) & affiliations, Corresponding author details; Text description, References | No Page, Figure, Table or reference limits |
Editorial | 1500 words | Title, Author(s) & affiliations, Corresponding author details; Text description, References | No Page, Figure, Table or reference limits |
Letters | 500-1000 words | Title, Author(s) & affiliations, Corresponding author details; Text description, References | N/A |
N/A: Not Applicable
Manuscript Titles: Tile should be brief and precise technical enough to explain the content it holds in the manuscript. It is usually free from acronyms, abbreviations or punctuations.
Author(s): Author names need to be mentioned as Last name followed by their concern Initials without space or any punctuation. In case of more than one author is present they should be differentiated by the conjunction ‘and’ in between. Their affiliations are numbered after the initials in superscript. Corresponding author is represented with a superscript star.
Eg: Peter SG 1, Sudan HS 2 and Gracia LI 2 *
Affiliation(s): Author Affiliations must be provided as: Department, University, Country
Eg: Peter SG 1, Sudan HS 2 and Gracia LI 2 *
1Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California, USA
2Department of Cardiology and Surgery, University of Toronto, Canada
*Corresponding author: Last Name followed by Initials, Department, University, Complete Postal Address, Country, Telephone details;
Fax No., Email.
Eg: Christy LI, Department of Cardiology and Surgery, University of Toronto, 172 St George St, Toronto, ON M5R 0A3, Canada, Tel:
123-456-7890; Fax: 123-456-7890; Email: [email protected]
Abstract: The word limit for Abstract is 250 or fewer words. Abstract must summarize specifically the scientific content in the manuscript. Abstracts are short and accurate. Abstracts must be free from citations.
Keywords: Keywords serve as main tool for Indexers as well as Readers to locate your manuscript. Keywords enhance the chances of getting more citations and high readership to your manuscript. An article might contain up to maximum of 4-6 Keywords.
Eg: Lung cancer; Biomarkers; Cancer therapy
Abbreviations: Abbreviations must be separated by semicolon and all the abbreviations used in the manuscript must be mentioned.
Body Text: Respective Manuscript types must be written with the above mentioned structure format. Any of the mentioned structure missing will be resent to the author for further modifications.
Figures & Tables: Austin Publishing Group requires tables and figures to be submitted at the end of the manuscript. Please ensure that all the figures submitted comply with our Image integrity.
Figures submitted should be atleast 300 dpi, submitted in Tiff, Giff or JPEG formats only. All the figures submitted must be compatible with clarity. It should be intelligible for the readers to understand related to all disciplines. Excessive color and unnecessary details must be avoided. Allowable pixel size for the Figures is 800 pixels (Standard) and 1200 pixels (high resolution). All the figures submitted must be in standard or high resolution quality.
Figure legends must be short and mentioned below each figure. The respective Figure numbers must be mentioned in the body of the manuscript sequentially within round brackets.
Tables: Austin Publishing Group requires Tables to be small and presented in Table format. Pie diagrams, Charts etc are considered as "Figures". Tables presented in figure formats are not acceptable. Table legends must be mentioned above the Table. Tables must be provided at the end of the manuscript below figures. Symbols and Abbreviations used in the tables must be presented below the Table.
*Note: Small table denotes that it should fit normally into the windows. Else it should be added as a supplementary table.
Equations and Formulas: For mathematical symbols, Greek letters and other special characters, use normal text or Symbol font. MathType is used only for formulae that cannot be produced using normal text or Symbol font.
Units: SI/IU Units must be represented.
Supplementary Information: Supplementary information is usually provided as an essential background to the Article such as any example, large data sets, methods, calculations, etc. If the manuscript contains any Supplementary data the authors are asked to refer the supplementary data at an appropriate point in the main body of the manuscript. The supplementary information should not contain any figures. It may have Supplementary tables. They are published as raw dataset along with the manuscript.
References: Austin Publishing Group follows author-number system (Vancouver Style) where all the references including URLs are numbered successively within square brackets, in the same order of their appearance in the text.
Journal Article with less than 6 authors:
Karimi-Zarchi M, Peighmbari F, Karimi N, Rohi M, Chiti Z. A Comparison of 3 Ways of Conventional Pap Smear, Liquid-Based Cytology and Colposcopy vs Cervical Biopsy for Early Diagnosis of Premalignant Lesions or Cervical Cancer in Women with Abnormal Conventional Pap Test. Int J Biomed Sci. 2013; 9: 205-210.
Journal Article with more than 6 authors:
Henriques A, Arantes-Rodrigues R, Faustino-Rocha IA, Teixeira-Guedes IC, Pinho-Oliveira J, Talhada D, et al. The effects of whole green tea infusion on mouse urinary bladder chemical carcinogenesis. Iran J Basic Med Sci. 2014; 17: 145-148.
Book References:
Gardner JG, Simmons MJ, Snustad PD. Principles of Genetics. 8th edn. New York: John Wiley & Sons. 2006.
Book Chapter:
Honn KV, Tang DG, Chen Y. Adhesion molecules and site-specific metastasis. Neri Serneri SS, Gensini GF, Abbate R, Prisco D, editors. In: Thrombosis: An Update. Scientific Press. 1992; 269-303.
Link/URL:
National Cancer Institute at National Institutes of Health. [hyperlinked with www.cancer.gov]
Proceedings of a Conference:
Gee JC, Joshi S, Pohl KM, Wells WM, Zollei L, editors. Information Processing in Medical Imaging. Proceedings of 23rd International Conference; 2013 June 28--July 3; CA, USA. New York: Springer, 2013.
PhD Theses/Dissertation:
Simonneau A. Gold-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization Reactions Through Activation of Alkynes [dissertation]. Springer Theses, 2014.
Datasets:
Zheng LY, Guo XS, He B, Sun LJ, Peng Y, Dong SS, et al. Genome data from sweet and grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor). GigaScience. 2011.
Journal Article Epub ahead of print
Reardon DA, Wen PY. Targeted therapies: Further delineating bevacizumab's response spectrum. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2014 [In press].
Clinical images are the pictures that show the clinical findings of a particular case of the patient. The clinical pictures should include questions and answers that should educate or remind readers about an important clinical situation or event. The image should not just describe the picture; however, should be informative enough from a clinical teaching view.
Formatting guidelines: The title should be less than five to eight words. The text describing a clinical question should be within 150 words. The images can be uploaded in .tiff, .jpg or .jpeg format. We recommend using high-quality images. Text should be in one double-spaced electronic document.
If the image/figure of the patient is identifiable then the patient consent form is required. Incase, the eyes are masked then the form is not mandatory.
Please click to download patient consent form. Kindly fill the downloaded form and send it along with the manuscript.
Austin Journal of Clinical Case Reports is an open access scholarly journal. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments by publishing case reports in all aspects of Clinical Medicine. Case Reports is an open access journals. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments by publishing case reports in all aspects of Clinical Medicine.
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