The journal intends to cover technical, pre-clinical, para-clinical and clinical studies related to human well being including ethical and social issues. The journal caters to the need to teaching faculties, practicing clinicians as well as medical students. Hence article related to all field of medical education will be considered.
Authorship credit should be based only on contributions any of the three components mentioned below:
Concept and design of study or acquisition of data or analysis and interpretation of data;
Drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and
Final approval of the version to be published.
Each contributor should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content of the manuscript. The order of contributors should be based on the extent of contribution towards the study and writing the manuscript.
All manuscripts must be submitted on editor.journal@gcsmc.org or editor.gcsmcjournal@gmail.com
The manuscript must be submitted with contributors' form signed by all the contributors. The submitted manuscripts not meeting with the Instructions to Authors would be returned to the authors for technical correction, before they undergo editorial/ peer-review. The manuscript should be submitted in the form of two separate files:
This file must be in MS word format and provide the type of manuscript (original article, case report, short communication, review article, etc.) title of the manuscript, running title (4 to 5 words), names of all authors/ contributors (with their highest medical degrees, designation and affiliations) and name(s) of department(s) and! or institution(s) to which the work should be credited. All information which can reveal your identity should be here.
The manuscript must not contain any mention of the authors' identity in any form. The main text of the article, beginning from Abstract till References (including tables) should be in this file. Do not incorporate images in the file. The pages should be numbered consecutively, beginning with the first page of the blinded article file. The file must be provided in MS word format
Submit good quality color images in jpeg files ( up to 1800 x 1200 pixels or 5-6 inches). Legends for the figures/images should be included at the end of the article file. Number of images and tables are restricted up to 4 in each manuscript.
Manuscripts i n MS word format sh all be in accordance with "Uniform requirements for Manuscripts submitted to Biomedical Journals" developed by the International Committee of MedicalJournal Editors (October 2006)
The text of original articles amounting to up to 3000 words (excluding Abstract, references and Tables) should be divided into sections with the headings Abstract (structured - max. 200 words), Key-words, Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion, References ( max. up to 25 ), Tables and Figure legends.
It should have max. limit up to 1000 words (excluding Abstract and references) and should have the following headings: Abstract ( unstructured - max. 200 words), Keywords, Introduction, Case report, Discussion, Reference (max. up to 10), Table and figure legends.
It should have abstract ( max. 200 words), introduction/historical background, discussion, co n cl u si o n , References, Tables and Figure legends.
The length of it should not exceed 1000 words and references 10.
References should be numbered in the order of appearance in the text (not in alphabetic order). The titles of journals should be abbreviated according to the style used in Index Medicus. The commonly cited types of references are shown here, for other types of references please refer to ICMJE Guidelines
(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform requirements.html).
Journals
a. Shukla N, Husain N, Agarwal GG and Husain M. Utility of cysticercus fasciolaris antigen in Dot ELISA for the diagnosis of neurocysticercosis. Indian J Med Sci 2008;62:222-7.
Books and Other Monographs
a. Personal author(s): Ringsven M and Bond D. Gerontology and leadership skillsfor nurses. 2nd ed. Albany (NY): Delmar Publishers; 1996.pp 616
b. Editor(s), compiler(s) as author: Norman IJ, Redfern SJ, editors. Mental health care for elderly people. New York: Churchill Livingstone; 1996.pp 617.
c. Chapter in a book: Phillips SJ and Whisnant JP. Hypertension and stroke. In: Laragh JH, Brenner BM, editors. Hypertension: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management. 2nd ed. New York: Raven Press; 1995. pp. 465-78.
Electronic Sources as reference
a. Journal article on the Internet
Abood S. Quality improvement initiative in nursing homes: the ANA acts in an advisory role. Am J Nurs [serial on the Internet]. 2002 Jun [cited 2002 Aug 1 2];1 02(6):[about 3 p.]. Available
from: http://www.nursingworld.org/AJN/2002/june /Wawatch.htm
b. Monograph on the Internet
Foley KM and Gelband H, editors. Improving palliative care for cancer [monograph on the Internet]. Washington: National Academy Press; 2001 [cited 2002 Jul 9]. Available from:
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309074029/html/
c. Homepage/Web site
Cancer-Pain.org [homepage on the Internet]. New York: Association of Cancer Online Resources, Inc.; c2000- 01 [updated 2002 May 16; cited 2002 Jul 9]. Available from:
http://www.cancer-pain.org/ .
d. Part of a homepage/Website
American Medical Association [homepage on the Internet]. Chicago: The Association; c1995-2002 [updated 2001 Aug 23; cited 2002 Aug 12]. AMA Office of Group Practice Liaison; [about 2 screens].
Peer Review Process:
The “GCSMC Journal of Medical Sciences” follows double blind peer review process. Following receipt of a manuscript/article from the authors, the manuscript undergoes a review by editorial team members (by editor in chief/executive editor/Associate editors). If the manuscript is found appropriate for the further process following the editorial review, the blind manuscript is sent to two anonymous peer reviewers and also to one statistical reviewer. It is make sure that the reviewers are having qualifications of post- graduation or higher in the concerned subjects and not from the same institute where the authors belong. Upon completion of peer review, the changes suggested by the reviewers are forwarded to the authors and modifications are sought with explanations (if required). The revised manuscript is again forwarded to the concerned reviewers, if required. If the reviewers are satisfied with the revisions from the authors, the manuscript is accepted and formative changes shall be done before the publication. At any stage of review, if editorial board members or reviewers find the manuscript unsuitable for the publication, the manuscript is rejected.