Intellectual Consortium of Drug Discovery and Technology Development Inc.
General Requirements
The Journals covers all aspects of practicing disciplines. Manuscripts are accepted for consideration on the condition that they represent original material, have not been published previously, are not being considered for publication elsewhere, and have been approved by each author. Review articles, research papers, case reports and letters to the editor may be submitted for publication. All authors of a manuscript must have agreed to its submission and are responsible for its content (initial submission and any subsequent versions), including appropriate citations and acknowledgments, and must also have agreed that the corresponding author has the authority to act on their behalf in all matters pertaining to publication of the manuscript. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to inform the coauthors of the manuscript's status throughout the submission, review, and publication processes. The corresponding author is responsible for obtaining permission from both the original author and the original publisher (i.e., the copyright owner) to reproduce or modify figures and tables and to reproduce text (in whole or in part) from previous publications.Manuscripts submitted to the journal must represent reports of original research, and the original data must be available for review by the editor if necessary. Authors who are unsure of proper English usage should have their manuscripts checked by someone proficient in the English language.By submission of a manuscript to the journal, the author(s) guarantee that they have the authority to publish the work and that the manuscript, or one with substantially the same content, was not published previously, is not being considered for publication or published elsewhere.
Criteria of Publication
All manuscripts are considered to be confidential and are reviewed by the editors, members of the editorial board, or qualified reviewers. Publication of manuscripts by Journals are dependent primarily on their validity and coherence. The authors of published articles automatically transfer the copyright to Journals and there parent incorporation upon formal acceptance. However, the authors reserve right to use the information contained in the article for non-commercial purposes.
Conflicts of Interest
Authors are required to disclose any sponsorship or funding arrangements relating to their research and all authors should disclose any possible conflicts of interest.
Ethics
Published research must comply with the guidelines for human studies and animal welfare regulations. Authors should state that subjects have given their informed consent and that the study protocol has been approved by the institute's committee on human research. Further, they should also state that animal experiments conform to institutional standards. This should be described in the Methods section. For those investigators who do not have formal ethics review committees, the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki should be followed. Editors may request that authors provide documentation of the formal review and recommendation from the institutional review board or ethics committee responsible for oversight of the study. ICDTD Inc. requires authors to follow the requirements for manuscripts submitted to this journal.
Article Processing Charged (APC)
After editorial approval and peer review, all submitted manuscripts are subject to an article processing fee of USD 300 covering the cost of production.
Submission of Manuscripts
Manuscripts should be submitted to Editors of Journals of respective demographic region of the world by e-mail or alternatively three hard copies plus a CD or floppy diskette to respective editor. But we strongly encourage the authors to submit manuscripts electronically to save time, effort and proceeding. All components of the manuscript must appear within a single electronic file: references, figure legends and tables must appear in the body of the manuscript.
Typing Instruction
The following detailed instructions are necessary to allow direct reproduction of the manuscript for rapid publishing. If instructions are not followed, the manuscript will be returned for retyping. Manuscript Organization and Preparation Conventions names of genes, micro-organisms or botanical origin of plants must be italicized. Authors must use the original name published unless they have obtained permission to rename from the authors of the original study or international body. American spelling should be used throughout the manuscript.
Article Lengths
Editorials should not exceed 1,000 words including references. Correspondence should not exceed 750 words and may include a brief table or small figure; letters should be appropriately referenced. Databases, Resource and Application articles should not exceed 2000 words. Perspectives and Opinions: Not more than 3000 words. Research Articles, as well as Mini-Monograph articles, should not exceed 5,000 words, including tables, figures, and references. Reviews and Commentaries should not exceed 6,000 words, including tables, figures, and references. Reviews are written by authors who have significant publications in the field. Mini-reviews and Hypotheses should be topical and should not be longer than 2500 words, and preferably not have more than 40 references and 2 figures or tables. Meeting Reports should not exceed 5,000 words, including tables, figures, and references
General Format
The typing area must be exactly 8.5" wide by 11" long (letter sized page). Justify margins left and right (block format). The entire typing area of each page must be filled, leaving no wasted space. Text should be single-spaced and double-spaced between paragraphs. Special care should be taken to insure that symbols, superscripts and subscripts are legible and do not overlap onto lines above or below. Make sure text lines are equidistant.
Article Sections
A regular research article may have the following sections.Font: Standard font of Arial, Times Roman, Helvetica, Courier, size 12 point, justified with single line spacing must be used
Title Page: The title should be <100 characters (not including spaces). Provide the complete names of the institutions where the work was done, and the name, mailing address, telephone number, fax number, and email address of the corresponding author. If you wish to have two corresponding authors listed for the paper, you must designate one of them to communicate with the editorial office. On the first page of the manuscript, start title 1" (25 mm) down from top text margin. Type title in all capital letters, centered on the width of the typing area and single-spaced if more than one line is required. The title should be brief, descriptive and have all words spelled out. Double-space, then type the author(s) name(s), single-spaced if more than one line is required. Double-space, than type author(s) address(es), also single-spaced, capitalizing first letters of main words. Quadruple-space before Summary.
Running Title: A brief running title of about 50 characters should be provided.
Key Words: On the title page, provide 3 - 5 key words identifying the subject of your article. Key words must be provided by authors for indexing of their article. Key words will be listed directly below the Summary. Abbreviated forms of chemical compounds are not acceptable. Spell out entirely, using the official nomenclature. Example: Deoxythymidine Diphosphate (dTDP).
Abstract: Abstract must not exceed 200 words, should be self-explanatory and should not contain reference citations. It should concisely summarize the basic content and conclusions of the paper without presenting extensive experimental details. Centre, type and underline summary heading, capitalizing the first letter. A double-space should separate the heading from the summary text. Indent summary text approximately 1/2" (13 mm) from both left and right margins. The summary should be intelligible to the reader without reference to the body of the paper and be suitable for reproduction by abstracting services. Introduction to the text (without a heading) should being four spaces below the summary using full margins.
Major Headings: Papers must include the major headings: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgments and References. Capitalize first letter, underline, and centre headings on width of typing area.
Introduction: The Introduction should be concise, with no subheadings, and should present the background information necessary to allow the reader to understand the results presented.
Materials and Methods: The Materials and Methods section should include sufficient technical information to allow the experiments to be repeated. All companies from which materials were obtained should be listed with their location.
Results: This section should present clearly but succinctly the experimental findings of the study. Only results essential to establish the main points of the work should be included. In the Results section, include the rationale or design of the experiments as well as the results; reserve extensive interpretation of the results for the Discussion section. Results should be specifically tied to the objectives and methods presented earlier in the manuscript.
Discussion:The Discussion should provide an interpretation of the results in relation to previously published work and to the experimental system at hand and should not contain extensive repetition of the Results section or reiteration of the introduction. The discussion section should (a) reiterate the principal findings of the research, (b) explain why those findings are important, (c) comment on methodological weaknesses of the study, and (d) provide an overall conclusion. Authors should be careful not to draw conclusions or make inferences that are not specifically supported by the data reported in the study. In short papers, the Results and Discussion sections may be combined
Reference/ Citations
We accept the AMA (American Medical Association) or NLM (National Library of Medicine) style of reference. That requires the use of standard abbreviations for all references, when applicable. Abbreviations for many common medical journals and word abbreviations can be found in the AMA Manua of Style (pp.472-500 or Chapter 14.10).
Basic Format: Author(s). Title. Journal Name [using National Library of Medicine abbreviations]. Year;vol (issue No.): inclusive pages.
Example: Six or less authors
Thomas JC, Sage M, Dillenberg J, Guillory VJ. A code of ethics for public health. Am J Public Health. 2002;92(7):1057-1059.
Example: More than six authors
The names of all authors should be given unless there are more than 6, in which case the names of the first 3 authors are used, followed by “et al.”
Kupersmith J, Sung N, Genel M, et al. Creating a new structure for research on health care effectiveness. J Investig Med. 2005;53(2):67-72.
Example: Supplements
Stephenson PL, Green BF, Wallace RL Earl MF, Orick JT, Taylor MV. Community partnerships for health information training medical librarians working with health-care professionals and consumers in Tennessee. Health Info Libr J. 2004;21(suppl 1):20-26.
Acknowledgments:Acknowledgments should be limited to technical, scientific and brief. Authors may briefly mention individuals making significant non-authorship contributions to the manuscript. Funding support for the work presented should be detailed.
Tables/ Figures:Incorporate tables and/or figures with their legends into the main body of text
Citations:All citations must be placed in name/date form. Place the citation immediately after the textual information cited, placing name and date within parentheses with a comma.