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Author Guidelines

About the Journal     

Journal of Bangladesh Society of Physiologist (JBSP) [ISSN: 1995-1213; eISSN: 2219-7508; NLM Unique ID 101486956] is a peer reviewed, open access journal published biannually in the month of June and December by the Bangladesh Society of Physiologist, (BSP) founded in 2006.This journal is recognized by Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC) from 2007.

Editorial scope:

The JBSP is intended to promote prompt publication of concise, scientific article based on the study in all fields of Physiology and allied health sciences.

This journal publishes original article, review,meta analysis, editorial, letter to editor, short communication, case report in the field of Physiology and allied health sciences. It is published regularly in print and in Bangladesh Journal Online (Website:http://www.banglajol.info/index.php./JBSP) This journal does not charge authors any kind of processing or publication fee. Review article should be written by a subject expert.

Copyright policy

JBSP retains the copyright of the contents of this journal but grants the readers the right to use the contents with terms and conditions under a creative common attribution licenses 4 of Attribution, Share Alike and Non commercial type(CC-BY-NC-SA) that allows copy, distribute, display, and perform the work and make derivative works based on it only for noncommercial purposes. 

Journal of Bangladesh Society of Physiologist is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Peer review process:

All  submitted articles will undergo a preliminary check by members of editorial board before assigning to reviewer. Manuscript not fulfilling the requirement for publication or not prepared according the style and format of journal and/or following authors guideline will be sent back to author for correction and resubmission. All the checked manuscripts will be sent to two individual reviewers for double blind peer review as per recommendations by subject specific experts selected by editorial board. Reviewed manuscripts will be sent to the corresponding author for appropriate response if it is indicated. Upon recommendation of both the reviewers manuscripts will accepted. Acceptance is based on significance, originality and clarity and fulfillment of the criteria of the publication policy of this journal. Selection of the reviewed and accepted manuscripts intended for publication in a particular issue will be decided by Editorial Board. Rejected manuscripts will be returned to the author with a letter of regret.

Ethical aspects: Manuscripts based on the study involving human subjects should have been conducted according to the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration  of Helsinki revised 2000. Manuscript must contain a statement in the method section that all studies involving human subjects have been approved by appropriate ethical committee after careful examination of the ethical aspects. Permission of the patients or their families must be sought to reproduce photographs of the patients where identity is not disguised. Author should obtain written permission to reproduce any table, illustration from any other publication. Author should disclose conflict of interest if it is there.

Preparation and submission of Manuscript:

Before submission,the authors are requested to strictly follow the guide lines below for submission of manuscript to JBSP for publication. Manuscripts prepared following the “Uniform Requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical Journals” is acceptable to this journal for publishing. Authors are advised to visit the web site  www.icmje.org for this purpose. In addition, authors are requested to watch the format and style of the article published in this journal. The following documents with manuscripts are to be submitted for publication.  A covering letter addressed to the Editor of the journal. A Title page.  Abstract and key words in the first page followed by the text, prepared in the format of IMRAD. Authors must submit 2 hard copies of all documents and one copy in electronic form preferably written in a CD with adequate labeling.As an alternative option, submission through email with file attachment of all documents is welcome.

Covering letter:

All authors must sign after seeing the manuscript with the statement that they are the only author.The corresponding author should mention the contribution of each author to the work. It should contain a declaration that this manuscript has not been submitted else where or not under consideration in any journal.It should clearly indicate the publication type (Original/Review/case report/letter etc.)Authors are requested to submit new and revised manuscript and correspondence to: Editor Journal of Bangladesh Society of Physiologist(JBSP) Department of Physiology Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Shahbag,Dhaka-1000 Tele:+88-02-8618846; +88-01819707160 Email:bangsphysiol@yahoo.com; sferdousiratna@gmail.com,

Title page:

It should contain title of the article followed by Name and affiliation of each byline author, the center/centers to which the work is attributed, name, address, telephone, email address of corresponding author, declaration of conflict of interest, Disclaim if any, disclosure for financial or other support, number of tables, number of figures given and a short running title and lastly word count of abstract.

Manuscript Organization:

It should be typeddouble spaced throughout with Justified and 2.5 cm margins. Font type is Times New Roman with size 12andprinted on a good quality A4 size weight 80 gm of paper on one side. Manuscript should have uniform style, correct journal format, carefully proofread for grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Manuscript format:

In general, original article should be divided into following sections: Title page, Abstract,Text, Acknowledgement, References. At the end, Tables with titles and foot notes, alternatively graph with title and Illustrations with legends. Each of the sections is to start on a separate page. Pages should be numbered consecutively beginning   from the abstract.

Abstract page:

It should start with appropriate title of the article and structured with headings (Background, Objectives, Methods with statistical analysis, Result& Conclusion. Authors name should not be given at this page.It should be preferably within about 250 words.  Avoid abbreviations in the title and abstract except standard abbreviation. A non structured abstract is suggested for review article and case report. It should be followed by3 to 5 Key words.

Text:

Text should be arranged into following sections: Introduction, Methods, Results,

Discussions, Acknowledgement, References.

Introduction: It will include statement of the problem with a short discussion of its importance and significance, review of the literature related to the problem with pertinent reference and lastly Objectives/ hypothesis/ benefits expected stated in 1-2 paragraph.

Methods: In this section study type, place and time, description of study subjects and grouping, sampling, selection criteria, approval of the study involving human subjects by ethical review committee and description of the ethical aspects in such study, description of study variable, description of procedure, methods, apparatus, drugs or chemicals as applicable should be given. Description of statistical   procedure with enough detail to enable a knowledgeable reader with access to the original data to verify the reported results should be provided. For  animal experimental study animal ethical aspects should also to be mentioned.

Results: Present result in logical sequence in text, table and illustration with most important finding first. Describe without comment Restrict number of table and figure needed to support assessment of paper. Do not duplicate data in table and figure.

Discussion: In this section, describe only the key findings and their comparison to other researchers, their interpretetion , probable explanation from literature if relevant and the message of the study.

Table: Simple self explanatory with brief title, not duplicate in text. Each table should be numbered in Romans and  printed in separate page. Do not use internal horizontal and vertical rules. Uses of many tables are not encouraged. It should be mentioned in result section.

Illustration: All illustrations must be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals as they appear in the text. Submit Print photograph of each illustration along with its electronic file. Figure number, title of manuscript, name of the corresponding author and arrow indicating top should be written on a sticky label affixed on the back of each photograph. Scanned picture, graph, chart with title and figure number should be printed on separate page and its original data presentation file should be inserted in the CD along with text.

Legend: Must be typed in a separate sheet of paper. Photomicrograph should indicate the magnification, internal scale and the method of staining. All drugs should be mentioned in their generic form. The commercial name may be used in parenthesis.

Acknowledgement: Individuals, institution, sponsor, organization or bodies can be acknowledged in the article for their contribution or financial or any form of assistance to the work.

References: For reference, use author number style (Vancouver) which is based on an ANSI standard adapted by the National Library of Medicine(NLM). References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text.Identify references in the text, tables and legends by Arabic numerals in superscript. All citations to electronic references should be presented in numbered references following the text. The titles of the journals should be abbreviated according to the style used in Index Medicus. Write names all authors of the article. The reference list is not usually checked by the editorial staff or reviewer. It is the total responsibility of author to provide accurate information.

Examples:

Standard journal article:

Khalil M,Chowdhury MAI, Rahman H, Mannan S, Sultana SZ, Rahman MM et.al. Splenic Mass and its relation to age, sex and height of the individual in Bangladeshi Peoples. J Bangladesh SocPhysiol 2008;3(1):71-78.

Journal article with organization as author:

Name of organization full stop title of the article full stop abbreviated journal title coma year and month of publication semicolon volume colon page number.

American diabetes Association.diabetesupdate.Nursing, 2003Nov;Suppl:19-20

Journal article with multiple organization as author:

Name of the Ist organization semicolon Name of the 2nd organization semicolon Name of the 3rd organization full stop title of the article full stop abbreviated journal title full stop year and month of publication semicolon volume colon page number.

American Dietetic association; Dietitians of Canada. Position of Dietetic association and Dietitians of Canada: nutrition and women’s health. J Am Diet Assoc.2004 jun;104(6):984-1001.

Journal article with Governmental body as author:

Name of the bodies with intervening semicolon end with full stop topic colon title of article full stop Abbreviated journal title full stop year and month of publication semicolon volume colon page number.

National Institute on Drug Abuse (US); Caribbean Epidemiology Centre; Pan American Health Organization; World Health Organization. Building a collaborative research agenda: drug abuse and HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean 2002-2004. West Indian Med J.2004 Nov; 53 Suppl 4:1-78

Standard book with initials for authors:

Name of the authors full stop title of the book full stop edition full stop place of publication colon name of publisher semicolon copy right year full stop page number p full stop

Eyre HJ,LangeDP,MorrisLB.Informed decisions: the complete book of cancer diagnosis,treatment and recovery.2nd ed. Atlanta: American Cancer Society; 2002.768p.

Contributed chapter of a book:

Name of the authors of chapter full stop title of the chapter full stop In colon name of editors/editor coma editors/ edito full stop title of the book full stop place of publication colon name of publisher semicolon copy right year full stop page ranges.

Rojko JL, Hardy WD. Feline lukemia virus and other retroviruses. In:SherdingRG,editor.Thecat:diseases and clinical management.New York: Churchill Livingstone;1989.p.229-332.

Conference Proceedings:

Pacak K, Aguilera G, Sabban, E, Kvetnansky R, editors. Stress: current neuroendocrine and genetic approaches. 8th symposium on Catecholamines and Other Neurotransmitters in Stress: 2003 Jun 28-July 3; SmoleniceCastle(place of conference), Slovakia. New York(place of publication): New York Academy of Sciences(publisher); 2004 Jun. 590 p.

Scientific and Technical Reports:

Page E, Harney JM. Health hazard evaluation report. Cincinnati(OH)(Place of publication: Natonal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (US)(Publisher); 2001 Feb.24 p(Total number of pages). Report No.: HETA2000- 0139-2824

Dissertation &Thesis:

Entire Reference

Kempner JL. Aching heads,making medicine: gender and legitimacy in headache [dissertation]. [Philadelphia]: University of Pennsylvania;2004.271p.

Alam M. Study of Heart Rate Variability in Adolescent Athletes[M Phil thesis].[Dhaka]: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University;2008. 178p.

Part of Dissertation &Thesis:

Mackowski MP. Human factors: aerospace medicine and the origins of manned space flight in the United States[dissertation].[Tempe(AZ)]:Arizona State University;2002 May.Part 2,Space medicine;p.188-377.

Alam M. Heart Rate Variability in Adolescent Athletes[M Phil thesis].Dhaka(Bangladesh): Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University;2008 July.Appendix(Name of the part) 4(Number of the part),Classification of Physical Activity Intensity(Title of the part). p.7(Location of the part).

Standard journal article on the Internet:

Kaul S, Diamond GA. Good enough: a primer on the analysis and interpretation of noninferioritytrials.Ann Intern Med [Internet].2006Jul4 [cited 2007 Jan 4];145(1):662-9.Available from::http://www.annals.org/cgi/reprint/145/1/62.pdf

Journal article on the Internet with organization (s) as author:

National Osteoporosis Foundation of South Africa. Use of generic alendronate in treatment of osteroporosis. S Afr Med J [Internet].2006 Aug[cited 2007 Jan 9];9(8):696-7. Available from: http://blues.sabinet.co.za/WebZ/Authorize?

Journal article on the Internet with governmental body as author:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(US), National center for HIV/AIDS,Hepatitis,STD, and TB Prevention and control of tuberculosis in correctional and detention facilities: recommendations from CDC. Endorsed by the Advisory Council for the elimination of tuberculosis, the national Commission of Correctional Health Care and the American correctional Association.MMWR R Rep[Internet].2006Jul7[cited2007Jan 9];55(RR-9):1-44.Availablefrom:http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5509al.htm

Journal article on the Internet with no author:

Prevention strategies for asthma-secondary prevention.CMAJ[Internet].2005 Sept[cited 2007Jan 5];173(6Suppl):S25-7.Available from:http//:www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/173’6_suppl/S25

Journal article on the Internet without standard volume, issue or article number:

Jacobs JL,LeeMT,LindbergM,KaminC.Problem based learning,multimedia paucity of behavioral issue learning.MedEduc Online[Internet].2005[cited2005]:[5p].Available from:http://www.med-ed-online.org/pdf/10000006.pdf

The Editor reserves the customary right to style and if necessary shortens the material accepted for publication and to determine the priority and time of publication. Editor assumes that work based on honest observations. It is not a task of the editor to investigate scientific fraud paper.

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 E-mail: sferdousiratna@gmail.com

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