Information For Authors

Last update: 09-05-2024
Submission of Manuscripts

Papers are accepted for publication with an understanding that they are submitted solely to the journal of 'TMSS Medical College Journal' and are subject to peer review and editorial revision. The statement, views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) and are not necessarily those of the editor or publisher. Manuscripts should be accompanied by a cover letter from the author who will be responsible for correspondence. In case of multiple authors, the cover letter should contain a statement that the manuscript has been seen and approved by all the authors. Two copies of the manuscript should be sent to Executive Editor, TMSS Medical College Journal.

General Instructions
  • Article must be within 5 years of research work.
  • Authors of research work should be of relevent fields.
  • Type manuscripts double-spaced, on a good quality A4 sized paper, including references, figures with legends and tables on one side of the page only.
  • Use Times New Roman 11 sized font.
  • Leave a margin of 1-inch on all sides of the page. Beginning with abstract page, all the pages (including pages containing tables, figures and references) will contain page numbers at the lower right hand corner.
  • Cite each reference in text in numerical order and list in the reference section.
  • Begin each component of the manuscript with a new page in the sequence of (i) Title page with author information, name of the department(s) and institutions to which the work should be attributed, name md address of the author with post code responsible for corre- spondence and requests for reprints (ii) Acknowledgements (iii) Abstract page (iv) Text (v) References (vi) Tables (vii) Figures with legends, for illustrations.
  • Present the text in the sequence of Introduction, Methods & Materials, Results and Discussion. Use SI units of measurements (for blood pressure use mm of Hg)
  • Define Statistical methods in method section of the paper.
  • Use standard abbreviations, the full forms of which should precede in its first use in the text
  • As a general rule, articles should not exceed 10-12 pages. Too much large volume manuscripts will not be accepted for publication
  • With two copies of manuscript (hard copy), submit an electronic version (soft copy) composed in Microsoft Word 97-2007 format in a CD.

Title page with author information (first page, but do not number).

Text page must include:

  • Full title of the article not exceeding 50 characters with three to five key words for use as indexing terms and as running title for use on top of the text pages