Instructions to Authors

                                            The Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Medicine(Iraqi J.Vet.Med)

                                                            p-ISSN:1609-5693,e-ISSN:2410-7409

                                                                     Instructions to Authors

Thank you for choosing Iraqi J.Vet.Med to submit your valuable work. This guideline will guarantee that we have everything required thus your manuscript can move through peer review and publication processes efficiently and timely. Please take the time to read and follow the instructions in this guideline as carefully as possible to ensure that your manuscript matches the journal’s requirements.
 

SUBMISSION

All manuscripts should be submitted, and subsequently reviewed, online through the journal’s website submission system at http://jcovm.uobaghdad.edu.iq/. There is no other form of submission accepted. Before submitting a manuscript, new submitting author(s) must register to create an account. Co-authors can access to the manuscript details in the submission system, if they register using the email address used during manuscript submission. Author(s) should use the accepted file format, which is Microsoft Word, to prepare their manuscript. Author will be guided stepwise by the submission system through the steps of entering and uploading the manuscript files. When submitting a manuscript, author(s) guarantee to the Iraqi J.Vet.Med that the manuscript:

  • has not been published simultaneously elsewhere, even in a different language, an exception will be applied if published as an abstract or part of an academic thesis or dissertation (please note that all manuscripts will be subjected to plagiarism detection software Turnitin),
  • is not under consideration for publication by another journal or publisher,
  • is read and accepted by all co-authors for submission,
  • will not be published elsewhere if accepted in whole or part without the written approval of the Iraqi J.VetMed.

General Considerations

Iraqi J.Vet.Med accepts the following types of publications: original research articles, should provide novel and significant information; reviews, should provide new knowledge or conclude new ideas from results of researchers; and research notes, should provide limited but significant result(s) of complete designed experiments. 

All manuscripts submitted to Iraqi J.Vet.Med should be only in English and written according to comprehensive grammar and appropriate terminologies. Manuscripts should be typed in single-spaced, as one column, with pages numbered consecutively, using Times New Roman font at 12 points. The typed area should be 15 cm width x 24 cm height. To obtain only one submission ID number for a single manuscript, authors should submit their manuscript once, as more than one submission for a manuscript could lose the chance for further consideration.

English Corrections

To expedite proper peer reviewing of your manuscript, it is necessary that it is submitted in grammatically correct English. All manuscripts in the Iraqi J.Vet.Med should be written in English language, Arabic title and abstract should be provided as well (only for Arabian authors). If authors’ first language is not English, we highly recommend that authors have their manuscript professionally edited prior submission. Please write your text in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these). Iraqi J.Vet.Med does not provide language editing services. Author(s) who feel their manuscript might need editing to abolish potential grammatical errors are encouraged to obtain such services before submission, and they are responsible for charges related with such services.

Structure of Manuscripts

In all manuscript types, these sections must appear in the following order:  Title, Abstract; Keywords; Introduction; Materials and Methods; Results and Discussion; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Conflict of Interest and References. For review articles, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion sections may be reformed to be written in a new form, as the author(s) deem essential.
 
Title Page
The title must provide specific, concise, and relevant statement of the manuscript contents. The title of the manuscript must be centered in boldface with 20 words maximum. The first letter of each word should be capitalized, except for prepositions. The title should not have abbreviations even when gene or protein names are included, however, well-known terminologies such as DNA or RNA can be abbreviated. Please note that there is no period after the title. 
Below the title, authors’ names should be typed as first name (full name or initial), middle initial, full last name, capitalize only the first letter of each full name. Affiliations should be indicated in front of the appropriate address by superscript numbers, and placed under the author names.  Do not provide the title, position, or degree of authors. The corresponding author(s) should be clearly indicated and footnoted with one of the following symbols: *, †, ‡, § (e.g., *Corresponding author).  Please ensure that the title page includes the name, email, full address, and telephone numbers of the corresponding author(s).
 
 Abstract
A concise abstract as a single paragraph with a total of about 250 words maximum is required. Without headings, the abstract must be structured as follows:  1) Background, mention the problem addressed in a broad context and highlight the aim(s) of your study; 2) Methods, briefly describe the main methods and treatments utilized (Include species and strains of animals used); 3) Results, summarize the main findings of your work; and 4) Conclusion, indicate the core conclusions or interpretations. The Abstract should comprise complete sentences, use of nonstandard abbreviations (i.e., author-derived abbreviations) should be avoided, if needed, they should be defined in parentheses the first time they are mentioned in the abstract. References and footnotes are not allowed.
 
Keywords
After the abstract, provide three to five relevant keywords or phrases which can be used for subject indexing. Keywords should contain critical words from the title, but must not include abbreviations, except if they are generally recognized throughout a science field (e.g., DNA, RNA, IgG). Keywords should be written as singular terms rather than plural and should be formatted as follows: Keywords: …., …., …., ……. . 
 
 Introduction
The introduction should briefly provide a background essential for readers to understand the investigation presented in the manuscript. Key publications of the topic described previously should be reviewed and cited properly. The aim(s) or objective(s) of the current work should be clearly stated at the end of this section.
 
Materials and Methods
This section should provide adequate details of procedures used; so other researchers can repeat and build on the published outcomes. If original methods established, they should be described in detail, whereas well-known methods (including modifications, if any) can be briefly described and correctly cited. Sources of chemicals, drugs, equipment, and products applied should be stated in parentheses at first mention. Condition of animals (Breed, strain, age, sex, and body weight) and diets provided (chemical analysis of dietary ingredients, if crucial to the experiment) used in the experiments should be described clearly. Experiments including animals must be performed in accordance with principles and specific guidelines presented in local, national, or international legislation on the care and use of animals in research. International System of Units (SI) should be used for all measurements, and if other measures are used,  their equivalent in SI should be given.
 
Statistical Analysis
Analyzing and subsequently interpreting biological data using incorrect statistical approaches is not acceptable. Therefore, Iraqi J.Vet.Med highly recommends authors to consult with a statistician prior submitting their manuscripts. Name and version of the statistical software used should be given.  
  
Results
Authors should report a clear description of their experimental results. Data should be presented precisely and concisely in tables or figures, with no literature comparisons (only if needed). Duplication of data in tables and figures must be avoided. All tables and figures must be understandable by themselves by providing appropriate captions and footnotes. Tables and figures must be introduced in the main text near to their first mention. Tables and figures must be numbered in accordance with their appearance in the main text.
 
Discussion
In this section, the results and their interpretation should be discussed in terms of relevancy with previous findings, and how these interpretations addressed the question introduced in the introduction.  This section should be ended with an overall conclusion describes how your work aided in understanding or resolving a problem. Directions of future research may be included. The Discussion and Results sections can be combined.
 
Acknowledgements 
This section is not mandatory. However, if author(s) desire to include Acknowledgments section, it should follow the Discussion section. Sources of funds, individuals’ critical participation, and institutes helped to accomplish the work should be mentioned in enough details.
 
Conflict of Interest
Conflict of interest declaration should state, as “The author(s) declare no conflicts of interest”.
 
References
Please note that since January 2020, the Iraqi J.Vet.Med will use the Vancouver reference style or also called the author–number system. In the text, references must be identified by Arabic numbers in parenthesis (1) and placed before the punctuation. Successive references should be joined together with a hyphen (1-5). Nonconsecutive references should be separated with commas (2, 4, 7, 8), please note that there is no AND after the last reference. In the reference list, references must be numbered consecutively in order of appearance in the text regardless of the alphabetical order. All names of authors should be appeared in the section of references, i.e., avoid using et al. even if the authors more than 6. To abbreviate journals, authors can use conventional ISO abbreviations found in journals database of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/journals . Authors must make sure that all references cited in the manuscript text are also present in the section of references and vice versa with avoiding duplication and typo. To avoid such mistakes, Iraqi J.Vet.Med highly recommends authors to prepare the references using a reference software package, such as EndNote, Mendeley, etc. All references should be written in English, please convert Arabic or other language references to English. Example references are given below
 
Articles
Author 1 A, Author 2 B, Author 3 C, Author 4 D. Title of the article. Abbreviated journal title. Date of publication; volume number(issue number): page numbers.
Example:
Choi JH, Lee K, Kim DW, Kil DY, Kim GB, Cha CJ. Influence of dietary avilamycin on ileal and cecal microbiota in broiler chickens. Poult Sci. 2018;97(3):970–9.
Lambert JD, Yang CS. Mechanisms of cancer prevention by tea constituents. J Nutr. 2003;133(10):3262S-3267S.
 
Non-edited Books (Book Author)
  1. Citation to Whole Book
Author(s) of book.  Title of book.  Edition (if other than first).  Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Pagination.
Example
Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA. Medical microbiology. 7th ed. Philadelphia (PA): Saunders Elsevier; 2013. 874 p.
  1. Chapter in a book
Author(s) of book.  Title of book.  Edition (if not first). Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Chapter number, Chapter title; p. (page numbers of the chapter).
Example
Ansel  HC. Pharmaceutical measurement. 13th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2010. Chapter 3, Pharmaceutical measurement; p. 35-47.
 
Edited books
  1. Whole Book in an Editted Book (Editor as Author(s))
Editor(s) – Last name and initials, editors. Title of book. Edition (if not first). Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Pagination.
Example:
O'Campo P, Dunn JR, editors. Rethinking social epidemiology:  towards a science of change. Dordrecht: Springer; 2012. 348 p.
  1. Chapter in an Edited Book
Author(s) of chapter - Last name and initials. Title of chapter. In: Editor(s) of book - Family name and initials, editors. Title of book. edition (if not first). Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. p. [page numbers of chapter].
MacDougall C, Chambers HF. Aminoglycosides. In: Brunton LL, Chabner BA, Knollman BJ, editors. Goodman & Gilman’s the pharmacological basis of therapeutics. 12th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2011. p. 1505-20.
 
Thesis
Author-Last name and initials. Thesis title [type of thesis; dissertation for a PhD and master's thesis for a master's degree]. Place of publication: Publisher; Year.
Kay JG. Intracellular cytokine trafficking and phagocytosis in macrophages [dissertation]. St Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland; 2007
Kashifalkitaa H.F. Effect of bromocriptine and dexamethasone administration on semen characteristics and certain hormones in local male goats [dissertation]. Baghdad, Iraq: University of Baghdad; 2008.
 
Webpage
Author/organization’s name. Title of the page [Internet]. Place of publication: Publisher; Date or year of publication [updated YYYY Mon DD; cited YYYY Mon DD]. Available from: URL
Example:
Diabetes Australia. Diabetes globally [Internet]. Canberra ACT: Diabetes Australia; 2012 [updated 2012 Jun 15; cited 2012 Nov 5]. Available from: http://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/en/​Understanding-Diabetes/Diabetes-Globally/.
 
Tables
 
Microsoft Word table function must be used to prepare tables, no other form such as photograph is accepted. Tabs and spaces must not be used to separate table cells. Horizontal or vertical rules must not be used to set the tables. Tables should be inserted in the body of the manuscript close to their first mention. All tables should be numbered in accordance with their appearance in the main text. In the main text, they should be written as full word (Table, not Tab.). Similarly, the word Table should be written as full above the table with a period after its number (Table 1.). Each table should be titled and footnoted (using “insert caption” function) briefly and clearly that make the table self-explanatory without referring to the main text. The first word of the title should be only capitalized with no period at the end of the title. All components of the table, such as a unit of measure, abbreviations, statistical analysis, should be identified with superscript footnotes under the table. For a unit of measure, it can be appeared with the title or inside the table. For all abbreviations used in the table, must be defined and matched those used in the main text.  For statistical analysis, the footnote can be provided as “Means within a row/column lacking a common superscript differ significantly (P≤0.05)”, and other significant P values can be specified. Mean comparisons within column and rows must be indicated (e.g., lowercase (or small letters) a, b in rows indicate….., Uppercase (or capital letters) A,B in column indicate….). Values of probability can be indicated as follow: *P≤0.05, **P≤0.01, ***P≤0.001.
 
Figres/Illustrations
Figures and illustrations must be submitted with high quality (300 dpi).  One of Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel), PDF, and JPEG formats can be used to create figures and illustrations. Backgrounds such as grid lines in graphs or unnecessary objects in photographs should be removed.  Color figures or illustrations for in print or online will NOT be additionally charged. Figures should be inserted within the main text. When a Figure cited in the main text, it should be written in full (Figure, not Fig.). All figures and illustrations must be titled (captioned). The title should be concise, located under the figure or graph. The title should be started as “Figure 1.”(please note that there is a period after the number, not colon). The first word of the title should be only capitalized with no period at the end of the title. Figures and illustrations must be self-explanatory, i.e., all symbols and description must be identified in the title without referring to the main text.

 

  Secretarial editor of the Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Medicine Iraq - Baghdad - Al-Ammreya- College of                                                                    Veterinary Medicine - Bagh. Uni. Post Office      
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