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J. Infertil. Reprod.
Biol. ISSN 2310-7588 |
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Article processing All
submitted articles are subjected to a double blind peer-review process. The review
process may take approximately 3 to 6 weeks. In initial review, it is ensured
that the similarity-index of submitted article is below 12% as per Journal of
Infertility and Reproductive Biology (JIRB) policy. Upon preliminary
evaluation by the Editorial Board, the papers are sent to two or more
referees (experts in respective fields) for evaluation. After the reviewers
have submitted their comments you will be contacted by an editor or assistant
editor regarding acceptance, provisional acceptance, or rejection of a
manuscript. The decision of the Editor-in-Chief to publish a paper in
concurrence with referee(s) opinion is considered final. 2-
Frequency of publication JIRB, is published as a quarterly journal with
4 issues per year. Special editions are also planned subjected to the scope
and need. 3-
Submission of articles Authors
are invited to submit papers through (Online
Submission system). Submissions must be
original and should not have been published previously or be under
consideration for publication while being evaluated for this journal. Paper
must be in JIRB format (Download
Manuscript Template). Classification
contributions are classified into Research Paper, Technical Note, and
Discussion & Replies. Research Papers should be a well organized thesis
based on original theories of experimental research and technical
achievement. Technical Notes should be of contents describing new research
and technical achievements, ideas on new issues, and contents complementing
or revising previously published papers. Discussion & Replies should
present complementary of different data or opinions on previously published
research methods and results. In principle, the writer should reply to the
discussion. Please follow these comments for manuscript preparation: (1)
Full name of authors should be added to manuscript. Please do not use short
form of author name such as M.R. Salehikar. (2)
Pages should be numbered consecutively. The full title of the paper should be
followed by the full name of all authors, the names and addresses of their
institutions. Telephone, fax and email address of corresponding author should
be added in manuscript. (3)
The figures should be placed in the text. Figures should be clear and the
lettering legible and proportional to the size of the figure so that
reduction is possible if necessary. Figures will appear in color online and
in the final PDF once the paper has been accepted. (4)
Figures, photos, illustrations and graphs should be referred to in the text
as figures and numbered consecutively throughout the paper by Arabic
numerals. (5) The second page should contain the Abstract and five to ten keywords. An abstract of about 250 words should be included and appropriate keywords listed preferably selected from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). (6)
Tables should be cited in numerical order in the text using Arabic numbers.
The table headings should be as follows: Table 1, 2, 3. Each table
should have a descriptive title. (7)
We are pleased to receive papers from all regions of the world where English
is not the native language. Please ensure that your paper is well presented
in logic and good English. If necessary, please have your paper edited by a
colleague who is a native speaker before you submit it. A clear and concise
language will help editors and reviewers concentrate on the scientific
content of your paper and thus help in the peer review process. (8)
References must be identified by Arabic numerals,
enclosed within
parentheses (e.g. 1, 2 etc.), numbered
consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text
(between square brackets) and listed at the end of paper. Please do not use
abbreviated name of journals. Examples
of references: Journal
Article: Kostyk SK, Drophco E, Moltz H, et al. Occulation in immature rats in relation to the time and dose of injected human chorionic gonadotrophin or pregnant mare serum gonadotrophin. Biology of Reproduction. 1978;19(5):1102-1107.
If there are more than four authors add the first three authors in listed followed by et al. Section
in Book: Ellenhorn M, Schonwald S.
Lead poisoning. In: Ellenhorn M, ed. Ellenhorn’s Medical Toxicology: Diagnosis and
Treatment of Human Poisoning. 2nd ed. New York, Williams and Wilkins, 2009:1564-79. Book: Morgan
WKC, Seaton A. Occupational Lung Diseases. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, WB
Saunders Co, 2009. Web
site: WHO.
Occupational and community noise. 2008, Available from www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs258/en
(Accessed August 28, 2009). (10) Manuscript must be written by font of
"Time New Roman" and font size of 9 pt. Please download
Manuscript Template and use it to prepare your
manuscript. Personal
communications and unpublished data including manuscripts submitted but not
yet accepted for publication should not be used as a reference. Periodical
titles should be abbreviated according to the Index Medicus.
If the cited journal is not covered by Index Medicus,
mention the complete name of the journal. Inclusive page numbers should be
given for all references. Print surnames and initials of all authors when
there are four or less. In the case of five or more authors,
the names of the first three authors followed by et al, should
be listed. 4-
Copyright Authors
are also instructed to submit the copyright transfer form once the article is
accepted for publication, without which the articles will not be processed.
Author can download the copyright transfer form duly filled form should
be submitted to jirb@dormaj.com. Please Download Copyright Form. The
facts and views in the article will be of the authors and they will be
totally responsible for authenticity, validity and originality etc. The
authors should give an undertaking while submitting the paper that the manuscripts
submitted to journal have not been published and have not been simultaneously
submitted or published elsewhere and manuscripts are their original work.
That if and when the manuscript is accepted for publication, the authors
agree to automatic transfer of the copyright to the publisher. 5-
Publication Ethic 5-1-
Plagiarism Based
on Journal of Infertility and Reproductive Biology policy only original
article (i.e., article which has neither been published elsewhere, nor is under
review elsewhere) can be published. Manuscripts that are found to have been
plagiarized from a manuscript by other authors, whether published or
unpublished, will incur plagiarism sanctions. 5-2-
Duplicate Submission Manuscripts
that are found to have been published elsewhere, or to be under review
elsewhere, will incur duplicate submission/publication sanctions. If authors
have used their own previously published work, or work that is currently
under review, as the basis for a submitted manuscript, they are required to
cite the previous work and indicate how their submitted manuscript offers
novel contributions beyond those of the previous work. 5-3-
Citation Manipulation Submitted
manuscripts that are found to include citations whose primary purpose is to
increase the number of citations to a given author’s work, or to articles
published in a particular journal, will incur citation manipulation
sanctions. 5-4-
Data Fabrication and Falsification Submitted
manuscripts that are found to have either fabricated or falsified
experimental results, including the manipulation of images, will incur data
fabrication and falsification sanctions. 5-5-
Improper Author Contribution or Attribution All
listed authors must have made a significant scientific contribution to the
research in the manuscript and approved all its claims. It is important to
list everyone who made a significant scientific contribution, including
students and laboratory technicians. 5-6-
Sanctions In
the event that there are documented violations of any of the above mentioned
policies is found, the following sanctions will be applied: ·
Immediate rejection of the infringing manuscript. ·
Prohibition against all of the authors for any new
submissions to Journal of Infertility and Reproductive Biology, either
individually or in combination with other authors of the infringing
manuscript, as well as in combination with any other authors. This
prohibition will be imposed for a minimum of 36 months. In
cases where the violations of the above policies are found to be particularly
egregious, the journal reserves the right to impose additional sanctions
beyond those described above. 5-7-
Research involving human participants and/or animals 5-7-1-
Statement of Human Rights When
reporting studies that involve human participants, authors should include a
statement that the studies have been approved by the appropriate
institutional and/or national research ethics committee and have been
performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964
Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical
standards. ·
If doubt exists whether the research was conducted in
accordance with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration or comparable standards,
the authors must explain the reasons for their approach, and demonstrate that
the independent ethics committee or institutional review board explicitly
approved the doubtful aspects of the study. ·
The following statements should be included in the text
before the References section: ·
Ethical approval: All procedures performed in studies
involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of
the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964
Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical
standards. ·
For retrospective studies Ethical approval: For this type
of study formal consent is not required. 5-7-2-
Statement on the Welfare of Animals The
welfare of animals used for research must be respected. When reporting
experiments on animals, authors should indicate whether the international,
national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals
have been followed, and that the studies have been approved by a research
ethics committee at the institution or practice at which
the studies were conducted (where such a committee exists). ·
For studies with animals, the following statement should
be included in the text before the References section: ·
Ethical approval: All applicable international, national,
and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were
followed. ·
If applicable (where such a committee exists) Ethical
approval: All procedures performed in studies involving animals were in
accordance with the ethical standards of the institution or practice at which
the studies were conducted. ·
If articles do not contain studies with human
participants or animals by any of the authors, please select one of the
following statements: 1.
Ethical approval:
This article does not contain any studies with human participants performed
by any of the authors. 2.
Ethical approval:
This article does not contain any studies with animals performed by any of
the authors. 3.
Ethical approval:
This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals
performed by any of the authors 6-
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