Submission of Manuscript
All the manuscript must be submitted preferally as an email attachment to njogeditor@gmail.com
Please also see the ‘Guidelines to Authors’ and ‘Editorial Policy’ for further details.
Final checklists before you submit your article for the possible publication in the NJOG:
2. Authorship
3. Declaration
4. Manuscript
Forwarding letter
Signed by all contributors
Previous publication / presentations mentioned
Source of funding mentioned
Conflicts of interest disclosed
Authors
Complete author information
Author for correspondence, with e-mail and tel. no.
Identity not revealed in paper except title page (e.g. name of the institute in material and methods, citing previous study as ‘our study’, names on figure labels, name of institute in photographs, etc.)
General outline for article presentation and format
Double spacing
Margins 2.5 cm from all four sides
Title page contains all the desired information
Running title provided (not more than 50 characters)
Abstract page contains the full title of the manuscript
Abstract provided (not more than 150 words for case reports and 250 words for original articles)
Structured abstract provided for an original article
Key words provided – arrange them in alphabetical order (three to five)
Introduction of 100-150 words
Headings in title case (not ALL CAPITALS, not underlined)
References cited in superscript in the text without brackets after with/without comma (,) or full stop (.)
References according to the journal’s instructions – abide by the rules of Vancouver system.
Language and grammar
Uniformity in the language
Abbreviations spelt out in full for the first time
Numerals from 1 to 10 spelt out
Numerals at the beginning of the sentence spelt out
Tables and figures
No repetition of data in tables/graphs and in text
Actual numbers from which graphs drawn, provided
Figures necessary and of good quality (colour)
Table and figure numbers in Arabic letters (not Roman)
Labels pasted on back of the photographs (no names written)
Figure legends provided (not more than 40 words)
Patients’ privacy maintained (if not, written permission enclosed)
Credit note for borrowed figures/tables provided
