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Author Guidelines

NOTE: Authors are requested to send their articles prepared according to the guidelines to the authors. 

Manuscript Basics: Enter the number of authors, article type, title, key words, abstract, covering letter, submission agreement, and recent photograph of corresponding author/Main author.

Author (s) List: enter the name, institution, and a unique and valid e-mail address for each author in the order they appear on the manuscript.

Manuscript File(s): a single Word or RTF file with tables and figures is the preferred format. If figures are not included in the Word or RTF file, they should be submitted as .JPEG, .TIFF, PowerPoint, and should be clearly labeled.

Presentation of Manuscript

TITLE PAGE

The Title page should contain the Title of manuscript, name(s) of the author(s), name(s) and address (es) of the institution(s) where the work was carried out, including a valid e-mail address for each author listed in the manuscript. For corresponding author please include recent photograph, telephone and fax. 

MANUSCRIPT TITLE

The Title of the manuscript should be specific, concise and as informative as possible. Words in the Title and in the Abstract are used for electronic search engines, such as Google, Yahoo, Pub Med, to find articles.

Please ensure that your title contains the main key words that most accurately describe the contents of the manuscript.

ABSTRACT

The Abstract should summarize concisely in no more than 250 words, the rationale, main findings, main conclusions, and wider implications of the study. It should contain no discursive matter or references. 

Key Words: Authors should suggest no less than Five Key Words for their article in alphabetical order.

SCIENTIFIC NAMES

The complete scientific name (genus, species, and authority, and cultivar where appropriate) must be cited for every organism at the first mention. 

EQUATIONS

If equations require more than one level of subscript or superscript, please use either ‘Microsoft Equation Editor’ or ‘Math Type’. If anything else is used, the equation has to be re-typed which makes it vulnerable to errors. Back to Contents

TABLES

Tables should be in continuation with text, and should be numbered with a concise and descriptive legend at the head. They should be cited in the text in a sequential order. 

FIGURES AND LEGENDS

Each figure should be included along with text where appropriate and clearly labeled using Arabic numbers. Citation in the text should take the form Figure 1A etc., and should be referred to in the text in sequential order. Label figures that have more than one panel in capital letters A, B, etc. 

REFERENCES

MLA styled reference format. The accuracy of the references and citation information is the responsibility of the authors. References should be referred to by number. Nothing should be italicized.

Citation of other URL addresses (unless in reference to an e-journal) may be made in the text but should not be included in the reference list.

HUMAN AND ANIMAL RIGHTS
For manuscripts reporting studies involving human subjects, statements identifying the committee approving the studies and confirming that informed consent was obtained from all subjects must appear in the Materials and Methods section. All experiments on live vertebrates or higher invertebrates must be performed in accordance with relevant institutional and national guidelines and regulations. In the manuscript, a statement identifying the committee approving the experiments and confirming that all experiments conform to the relevant regulatory standards must be included in the Materials and Methods section.

PLAGIARISM

*Note: The publisher and journal have a policy of “Zero Tolerance on the Plagiarism”. 

Author(s) are fully responsible, if the submitted manuscript contains any such type fabrication, fraud, or plagiarism. If any objections or complaints regarding the submitted article, Editor In-Chief has the right to modify or delete whole or part of the written/published content before/after publication. 

REVIEW PROCESS
Manuscripts submitted to the journal are initially reviewed by Editor In-Chief, and determines whether the manuscript meets the requirements of the journal and is worth sending out for thorough review. After the review, upon acceptance the necessary changes and comments on the manuscript will be sent to the author along with galley proof. Confirmation about the acceptance of the manuscript will be sent to e-mail address of the corresponding author. 

COPYRIGHT
As per journal policies manuscripts submitted to the journal have not been published and will not be simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere. Plagiarism is strictly forbidden, and by submitting the article for publication all the authors agree that the Editor In-Chief have the legal right to take appropriate action against the authors, if plagiarism or fabricated information is discovered. 

GALLEY PROOFS
Final Galley proofs sent to the corresponding author through email. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to ensure that the galley proofs are returned within 5 days of receipt. If require any corrections in article, if yes, and then use the correction format, which is attached. If there are no corrections then give us permission [by sending a reply mail as NO correction] to upload it on website.

Int.J.Bioassays prioritize the importance of integrity and fulfillment of the scholarly record. The historic record of published research articles shall remain available and unaltered as far as possible. However, circumstances may arise where a paper got published based on misconduct or honest error. Editors certainly guide the review process with much care, but it remains notoriously difficult to detect all occurrences of misconduct or error. For this reason it may become necessary to correct the scholarly record. The decision to alter the record should not be taken lightly. Action taken depends on the individual case and can take the form of

• Expression of Concern
• Correction (Erratum or Corrigendum)
• Retraction
• Removal

The purpose of the action is to correct the literature and to alert readers. It is not intended to punish the author(s).

The responsibility of guiding an investigation of misconduct or honest error is with the editor of the journal concerned. Authors and reviewers will take part in the investigation. The editor will decide on the form to best correct the scholarly record. Guiding principles are COPE's Retraction Guidelines and other accepted scholarly principles.

Minor errors that do not affect the integrity of the metadata or a reader's ability to understand an article and that do not involve a scientific error or omission are corrected such that the original article is replaced with the corrected version. If requested action originates from an author, final action will be according to decision made by Editors and Editorial Panel Members.

*DISCLAIMER*

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