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Mary Slessor Journal of Medicine

Instructions to authors…./ Instructions aux auteurs….               

Mary Slessor Journal of Medicine publishes original research papers, review articles, case reports and short communications on any aspect of health and tropical diseases. All papers are refereed by independent assessors.

Submission of Manuscript

Papers for publication should be submitted in triplicate, including all illustrations and should be addressed to the:

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Chuks Ejezie
Department of Medical Microbiology
College of Medical Sciences
University of Calabar
Calabar, Nigeria.

Manuscripts should be accompanied by a letter signed by ALL the authors stating their involvement in the work being reported and that they agree to its publication. Submitted papers will not be returned, so a copy should be retained by the authors.

Format for Original Articles

Papers should be organised as follows Title, Authors (and their affiliations), Abstracts, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, References. Manuscripts should be typed on one side of A4 paper (210 x 297) mm only, with double line spacing and wide margins. Abstracts of about 250 words with 3-5 key words for indexing should be provided. It should contain the purpose of the investigation, materials and methods, principal findings and the major conclusion. Tables and legends to figures should be typed on seperate sheets.

References to literature (Vancouver System) should be numbered in the text in order of appearance and should be listed in numerical order on a seperate sheet. List of references must include name(s) and initials of the author(s), years of publication, full title of paper, full title of journal (as in Index Medicus) , volume and first and last page numbers e.g. Greenwood B.M. Asymptomatic malaria infections- Do they matter? Parasitology Today 1987; 3 (7): 206-214. Ejezie G.C and Ezedinachi E.N.U Malaria parasite density and body temperature in children under 10 years of age in Calabar, Nigeria. Trop. Geogr. Med. 1992; 44(2): 97-101

One set of page proofs will be provided for authors to check for typesetting accuracy. No changes to the manuscript will be accepted after the proof stage.