Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission’s compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

• The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
• The submission file is in Open Office, Microsoft Word, or PDF document file format.
• Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
• The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
• The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

 

Article Types
Four types of manuscripts may be submitted:

Editorials: It will be preferably written invited only and usually covers a single topic of contemporary interest in clinical (medicine and surgery) or non clinical subject .

Original Articles: These should describe new and carefully confirmed findings, and experimental procedures should be given in sufficient detail for others to verify the work. The length of a full paper should be the minimum required to describe and interpret the work clearly.

Reviews: Submissions of reviews and perspectives covering topics of current interests in neurosurgery are welcome and encouraged. Reviews should be concise and no longer than 3 to 4 printed pages (about 12 to 15 manuscript pages). It should be focused and must be up to date. Reviews are also peer-reviewed.

Case Reports: This should cover uncommon and/or interesting cases in neurosurgical field with appropriate confirmation process.

 

Conflict-of-Interest Notification Page:
To prevent potential conflicts of interest from being overlooked or misplaced, this information needs to be part of the manuscript. The ICMJE has developed a uniform disclosure form for use by ICMJE member journals (http://www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf) and JBCPS has accepted that.

 

Sending the Manuscript to the Journal

Manuscripts must be accompanied by a cover letter, conflicts of interest form, authorship and declaration form, which is available in web site. (https://ewmch.com/submissions/); Authors can contact with e-mail address: editorial.ewmcj@gmail.com for soft copy of these forms. They must download these, fill up and re send to e-mail back for submission.

 

 

 

Anti-plagiarism Policy:

Authors should ensure that they have written and submitted only entirely original works, and if they have used the work and/or words of others, that this has been appropriately cited. Plagiarism takes many forms, from “passing off” another’s paper as the author’s own, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another’s paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others.  Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

All manuscripts submitted to East West Medical College Journal will undergo a plagiarism check with commercially available software. Based on the extent of plagiarism, authors may be asked to address any minor duplication or similarity with the previously published work. If plagiarism is detected after publication, the journal will investigate. If plagiarism is established, the journal will notify the authors’ institutions and funding bodies and retract the plagiarized article. 

To report plagiarism, contact the journal office. 

Email: editorial.ewmcj@gmail.com

Multiple, duplicate, redundant, or concurrent submissions or publications

Papers that fundamentally describe the same study should not be published in more than one journal or primary publication. As a result, authors should not submit an article that has previously been published in another journal for consideration. Submission of a manuscript to more than one journal at the same time is unethical and unacceptable publishing behavior.

Specific types of papers (such as clinical recommendations or guidelines) may be published in more than one journal if certain requirements are satisfied. The authors and editors of the relevant journals must consent to secondary publication, which must have the same data and interpretation as the initial paper. In the secondary publication, the primary reference must be cited.