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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  • If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

Author Guidelines

Bangladesh Medical Journal Khulna is published twice a year in the month of June & December. The Journal publishes original articles, Brief reports, Case reports, Review articles and Letters to editor. It follows the uniform requirement for manuscript submitted to Biomedical Journal as recommended by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (www.icmje.org/recommendations).

The Journal is approved by Bangladesh Medical & Dental Council (BMDC) and is indexed by Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) and Googles Scholar. It is also registered with International Serial System of France bearing print ISSN 1012-8751 & online ISSN 2311-8016. BMJK is available in Bangladesh Journal Online since 2010 (www.banglajol.info/index.php/BMJK).

Preparation of manuscript

  1. Three copies of the articles with three copies of illustrations should be submitted.
  2. Articles should be typed in English on one side of white A4 size good quality paper with clear margin on both side and interline space (1.5 point) throughout.
  3. The manuscript must be accompanied by a Cover letter declaring that "It has neither been previously published nor been submitted elsewhere for publication"
  4. The 'Title page should be the first page of all manuscript and must include the following: 1. Title, 2. Article type, 3. Full name for each author including highest degree and affiliation, 4. Contact information for the Principal/Corresponding Author (name, address, telephone, e mail) and 5. Word count.
  5. References would be the last segment of the text and it should be absolutely correct both in content and style.
  6. Length of an article should be limited to the word count (excluding reference & illustration) as designated for each type.
  7. Authoritative and state of the art review article are invited from distinguished person in the particular field of medical science.
  8. Standard abbreviation should be used. The full form for which an abbreviation stands should precede its first use in the text.

Format of Manuscript The format of the manuscript depends on the type of the article. Each component should begin in a new page in a sequential order and contain relevant information.

II. A) Original Articles (length: 2000±500 words)

1. Abstract (250±50 words)
A structured abstract should include headings such as Background, Objective, Methods, Results, and Conclusions. Title be added at the top and Key words (?5) at the bottom of the abstract.

2. Introduction
A brief introduction outlining the wider context that generated the study. This should summarize the rationale and purpose of the study.

3. Methods
A 'Patients and Methods or a 'Methods' section details study design to ensure reproducibility of the research. It will include case selection, technical procedure, ethical aspect and the statistics.

a) Ethical Approval - All studies that involve human subjects must be approved by an institutional review board and this should be noted in the Methods section.

b) Statistical Method - Statistical methods for obtaining all P values should be provided to allow verification. Statistical software, if used should be specified.

4. Results
It should be presented in the form of text, tables and illustrations. The order of presentation of results should parallel the order of the methods section. Significance of results generally should include estimates of effect size and 95% confidence intervals, not just P values or statements that a difference was statistically significant. Text should not reiterate information presented in the Tables and illustrations (Total?6; laid after reference).

a) Tables - Table should be typed on separate sheet (not more than two tables per sheet), be numbered consecutively using Roman numerals and include appropriate headers. It should be self explanatory and referred in the text. Any abbreviations used should be defined in footnotes. Rows should be in a meaningful order. Units of measurement should be provided for all numbers. Each column should hold only one type of data, internal horizontal and vertical rules should not be used.

b) Illustrations (Figures) - Figures include graphs, charts and photographs. Authors should number figures in the order in which they appear and are referred in the text. Each figure should be accompanied by a legend at the bottom. Photographs and graphs should be supplied as glossy coloured print (3" x 2.5") mounted in a separate sheet. Readers should be able to understand figures without referring to the text. The axes on graphs should be labeled, including units of measurement, and that the font is large enough to read.

5. Discussion
The section should compare and contrast antecedent literature on the topic and how the current study changes the understanding of a clinical situation. It should also include the limitations of the present study.

6. Conclusion
A brief concluding paragraph presenting the implications of the study results and possible new research directions on the subject.

7. Acknowledgement
If desired for recognition of support of the work.

II. B) Brief Reports (length : 1000±200 words) A brief account of observational studies or large case series. The arrangement are unstructured Abstract (100±20 words), Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion.

II. C) Case Reports (length: 1000±200 words) It highlights unique presentations or aspects of disease processes that may expand the differential diagnosis and improve patient care. For a manuscript to be considered as a Case Report, it must meet at least one of the following 3 criteria: 1. Challenge an existing clinical or pathophyslologic paradigm, and/or; 2. Provide a starting point for novel hypothesis, testing clinical research, and/or 3. Offer a clinical 'lesson" that may allow medical colleagues to provide improved care.

Case Report should consist of an unstructured Abstract (100±20 words), Introduction, Case study (including clinical presentation, diagnosis and outcome) as well as a Discussion that includes a brief review of the relevant literature.

II. D) Review Articles (length: 3000±500 words)
State of the Art Review Articles (invited) provide a comprehensive and scholarly overview of an important clinical subject with a principle focus on developments in the past 5 years. Preference for a review article is given to systematic reviews and meta analyses of clearly stated questions over traditional narrative reviews of a topic.

Components should include: unstructured Abstract (250±50 words), Context, Objective, Data Sources, Study Selection, Data Extraction, Results, Analysis and Conclusions.

II. E) Letters to Editor (length: 300±50 words)
Letters in response to articles published in the BMJK are welcome. The letters will be followed by comments from original author (where appropriate) of the article in question.

III. References
Authors are responsible for the accuracy of references cited - these should be checked against the original documents before the paper is submitted.

A) In the text, Reference number should be cited as superscript. Where more than one reference is cited, it is separated by a coma or hyphen for example,1,4,9 & 22-25.

B) In the reference list, it should be numbered sequentially as it appears in the text. Punctuation of references must follow the Vancouver style. Names and initials of all authors are listed if there are 6 or fewer; otherwise the first 6 and then et al is added.

C) Example of references
1. Standard Journal
Kramarz P, DeStefano F, Garguilo PM, Chen RT, Lieu TA, Davis RL, et al. Does influenza vaccination prevent asthma exacerbations in children? J Pediatr 2001; 138: 306-10.

2. Book
a) Personal author(s)
Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA. Medical microbiology. 4th ed. St Louis: Mosby; 2002. p. 28-35.

b) Editors, compliers as author
Gilstrap, LC, Cunningham FG, VanDorsten JP, editors. Operative obstetrics. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw Hill; 2002. p. 85-90.

c) Chapter in a book
Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM. Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In: Vogelstein B, kinzler KW, editors. The genetic basis of human cancer. New York: McGraw Hill; 2002. p. 93-113.

3. Electronic Material
a) Website
Garrow A, Weinhouse GL. Anoxic brain injury: assessment and prognosis. In: UpToDate Cardiovascular Medicine [online). Available at www.UpToDateInc.com/card. (Accessed 22 February, 2000).

b) Online Journal
Alwick K, Vronken M, de Mos T. Cardiac risk factors: prospective cohort study. Ann Rheum Dis. Published Online First: 5 February 2004. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.001234

IV. Authorship
The uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical Journal state that authorship credit should be based only on substantial contribution to (A) conception and design or analysis and interpretation of data and to (B) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content and to (C) final approval of the version to be published. "Conditions A, B & C must all be met". Publication solely in the acquisition of funding or the collection of data does not justify authorship. The Journal reserves the right to satisfy itself regarding the specific role of each listed author to justify authorship.

V. Editorial procedure
All articles on receipt for publication undergo primary screening before being registered but this does not mean that it has been accepted for publication. The manuscript is sent to two or more reviewers who take minimum one month time for masked peer review. Thereafter a feedback is provided to the Principal author. The ultimate authority to accept or reject the article rests with the Editorial Board. Clarifications are sought from the authors when required. Letter of acceptance can be issued only after approval of the article. No article is rejected unless similar comments are received from at least two reviewers. Ethical aspect and conflict of interests are also considered in the assessment of papers.

VI. Submission of manuscript
All manuscripts should be submitted by registered post at the following address :-
Editor, Bangladesh Medical Journal Khulna
BMA Bhavan, Shahid Dr Milon Chattar
34 KDA Avenue, Khulna 9100, Bangladesh
(Telephone : 041-723273)

Authors from abroad may submit the manuscript through E mail:  bangmedjk@hotmail.com

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  • When registering an account we ask you to log in and provide certain personal information (such as your name and email address), and there is the option to register using an ORCiD which will pre-fill the registration form.
  • As part of submitting an article for publication, you will need to provide personally identifying information which will be used for the peer review process, and will be published. This can include ‘Affiliation’, ‘Competing interests’, ‘Acknowledgements’.

2.2 why we collect the data

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  • Personal data submitted with the article or book is collected to allow follow good publication ethics during the review process, and will form part of the official published record in order for the provenance of the work to be established, and for the work to be correctly attributed.

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  • Published personal data that accompanies an article or a book forms part of the official published record in order for the provenance of the work to be established, and for the work to be correctly attributed.

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3.1 what data we collect

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  • When registering an account we ask you to log in and provide certain personal information (such as your name and email address), and there is the option to register using an ORCiD which will pre-fill the registration form.
  • Reviewers can also be registered by editors who invite them to review a specific article. This requires the editor to provide the reviewer’s First Name, Last Name, and Email address. Normally this will be done as part of the process of inviting you to review the article or book.
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4.2 why we collect the data

  • Assuming that it is accepted for publication, this data forms part of the official published record in order for the provenance of the work to be established, and for the work to be correctly attributed.
  • Author names, affiliations and emails are required for publication and will become part of the permanent cited record.

4.3 what we do (and don’t do) with the data

  • The co-author’s personal data is stored in the author database. This personal data is only used in relation to the publication of the associated article.
  • Any co-author data collected is added to the author database and is only used in association with the article the user is co-author on.

4.5 what to do if you want to get a copy of your data, or want your data to be removed

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  • To conform to publication ethics and best practice any personal data that is published alongside an article or book cannot be removed. If you have a query about a publication to which you are attributed please contact info@ubiquitypress.com

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5.2 why we collect and store the data, and for how long

  • This data would be collected to keep you updated with any news about the platform or specific journal

5.3 what we do (and don’t do) with the data

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(Updated: 18 May 2018)