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Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Research

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Instructions to authors…./ Instructions aux auteurs….                

General Instructions
Articles submitted for publication should be typed double-spaced with accompanying diskette in Microsoft Word format for easy and quick peer review and typesetting. All articles must include the correct names and addresses of author(s) including e-mail addresses and telephone numbers. Articles will be subjected to a thorough peer review process before any decision is made to publish or not. Authors should note that the Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Research is not under any obligation to publish articles submitted, as decision to publish will be based on recommendations of reviewers and the editorial advisory board.

Tables and Figures
All tables and figures must be clearly illustrated with titles. They should be relevant to the theme of the article and should be provided on separate sheets at the end of the main text. They should be numbered sequentially.

Abstracts
Articles must contain a brief summary at the beginning of the write-up stating clearly how the research was carried out, including major findings and conclusion. Abstracts should not be more than 150 words.

Body Text
The text of articles should be organised into headings and sub-headings such as Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussions, and Conclusion. Authors of review articles and short reports are requested to organise the body of their manuscripts using headings and sub-headings appropriate to the material and disciplines represented.

References
References should be in the Vancouver style and numbered consecutively in the order in which they are mentioned in the text. Titles of journals should be abbreviated according to the Index Medicus style. Authors must cross-check and make sure that all information provided in the reference list is complete and correctly written. Reference numbers should be inserted above the line on each occasion a reference is cited in the text, e.g., … as noted in other studies.5 

Author(s) Guarantee
All authors will be requested to complete and submit an author(s) guarantee form certifying that all authors named have contributed sufficiently to the work submitted and that the content of the manuscript has neither been previously published nor being considered for publication elsewhere.

To submit articles and for more information contact the editor at the following address:

Professor FE Okonofua
Editor, Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Research
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
School of Medicine, College of Medical Sciences
University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria
Tel: 234 52 600 437 Fax: 234 52 602 091
Email: [email protected]