Submissions

Author Guidelines

Manuscript Types

Original articles (basic and clinical research), review, case report, and letter to editor

Manuscript Preparation for Original Article

• Manuscript title : The title should be clear and informative, not more than 20 words


• Author : Write full name of author and co author, included address and email address


• Abstract : Abstract consist of introduction, method, result, and conclusion, Not more than 350 words


• Keywords : please list not more than 5 words


• Text : For original articles should be consist of introduction, methods, results, discussion, and should include approporiate figures and tables. Text must be typed in Calibri 10, single column, 1,5 spaced. Margins on all four sides are 2 cm


• Tables : Each tables must have a brief title, numbered, and mention clearly in main text. The column in tables not using vertical line. It must be self-explanatory and not duplicated in the text or figures


• Figures : Figures should have a brief title, numbered and mention clearly in main text. The files must be in JPG9.jpg) files, minimum resolution is 300 dpi (photographs) an 1200 dpi (line art)


• Ethical Approval of Studies and Informed Consent: For all manuscripts reporting data from studies involving human participants or animals, a formal review and approval, or formal review and waiver by an appropriate institutional review board or ethics committee is required, and should be described in the Subjects and Methods section


• Acknowledgement : Mention the grant source and person who help your study

Manuscript Preparation for Review

It is review from various articles in journals or books on the development of cutting edge natural medicine.
The article consists of:

• Manuscript title


• Author : Write full name of author and co author, included address and email address


• Abstract : it is written in a paragraph which consists of 250 words maximum. Abstract contains about the brief description of the review. The keywords must be included on the same page as abstract. It consists of 3-5 words which are chosen genuinely so that reflects the concept of article.


• Keywords : please list not more than 5 words


• Text : For original articles should be consist of introduction, Contents, Conclusion, and References. Text must be typed in Calibri 10, single column, 1,5 spaced. Margins on all four sides are 2 cm

Manuscript Preparation for Case Report

Containing article about clinical cases related with the use of natural medicine and good for dissemination among other colleagues. The case report consists of the title, author’s identity, abstract, case presentation, discussion and conclusion. Abstract is written it is written in a paragraph which consists of 350 words maximum. Abstract contains about introduction, case presentation, discussion and conclusion. The keywords must be included on the same page as abstract. It consists of 3-5 words which are chosen genuinely so that reflects the concept of article.

Manuscript Preparation for Letter to Editor

It is the communication tool between the readers and the editorial team and also to other readers. The letter contains comments, or opinions about the contents of the previous iisue in IjRetina or suggestions for subsequent publication.

Reference Format

The references should be listed numerically by order of citation in the text. All references must be cited in superscript. References should fololow Vancouver standard. Mention all author if the person not more than 6. If more than 6 authors, please mention all 6 author, than use et al.

• Reference to a journal publication :
  Ghazaly A, Moes A, Shorbagy M, Nahrery E. Angiopietin-2 as Biomarker Of Metabolic Syndrome and Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthrtitis Patients. The Egyptian Rheumatologist 2015. Vol 38 (1)9-13.


• Reference to a book :
  Pfister F, Feng Y, Hammes HP. Pericyte loss in diabetic retina. In : Duh, Elia. Diabetic retinopathy. Boston : Humana Press. 2008. P.245-259


• Dissertation :
  Thomas Markus. Molecular mechanisms of Angiopoietin-2 mediated destabilization of the vascular endotel. Dissertation der Fakultät für Biologie der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität.2008.

General Principles

Manuscripts which are submited should have never been published previously. IJRETINA doesn’t accept the manuscript which is also sent to another journal to be published to avoid the plagiarism.

All of manuscripts which are sent to IJRETINA will be reviewed by experts in disciplines related (peer-review) and editorial team. Authors may be required to revise their manuscripts for reasons of any aspect. Manuscripts with excessive errors in any aspect may be returned to authors for retyping or may be rejected. The manuscript which is published must be approved by an ethics committee or consider the ethical aspects of research that can be accounted for. Moreover for the clinical research with human as the subjects, the certificate of approval from the ethics committee must be attached.

Manuscripts must be typed with single space on paper 210 x 297 mm (paper A4) with maximum number of pages is 15.