JJOAS-N welcomes submissions in all natural and medical scientific disciplines from researchers worldwide. Information on submitting your manuscript is included below
Initial Submissions
• Your manuscript text file should be in English; start with a title page that shows author affiliations and contact information, identifying the corresponding author with an asterisk (*).
• Your manuscript must be submitted as one whole document (i.e., a Word file), complying with the required structure (title, Abstract, Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, References).
• Figures and Tables must be embedded inside the text immediately after citing them in the manuscript.
• The main text should be no more than 3,500 words (including Abstract, Methods, References and figure legends).
• JJOAS-N discourages excessive self-citation (i.e., should not exceed 10-20%).
Structure of the manuscript
For the main body of the text, there are specific requirements:
• English Font type: Times New Roman.
• Font size: 12.
• Headline font size: 14 Bold.
• Subheadings font size: 12 Bold.
• Table and figure title's font size: 10 Bold.
• Figure legends (these are limited to 350 words per figure).
• Tables (maximum size of one page).
Submitting manuscript sections in the following order will facilitate passing the initial submission stage:
1. Title
• The title should be written in English, with maximum 20 words.
Author Affiliations: Include, in this order, department/laboratory/section/division, institution, city, state with ZIP code (for US institutions) or country with postal code (for non-US institutions).
• Use superscripts to match authors with institutions. Multiple affiliations are allowed. Affiliations, where the work was conducted should be listed.
• We strongly encourage authors to supply an ORCID identifier for each author.
2. Abstract
• The abstract should be structured including; background, methods, results, and conclusion/implications of the study.
• The abstract should be written in English and no more than 250 words.
• Make sure it serves as a general introduction to the topic and as a brief, non-technical summary of the main results and their implications.
3. Main Body
• Introduction
• Methods
• Results (with subheadings).
• Discussion (without subheadings).
• Conclusion
4. Contact and competing interest information for all authors.
5. Data sharing plans (for all data, documentation, and code used in analysis).
6. Funding information and whether an open access license has been selected.
7. Acknowledgements (optional).