Submission:
The submission of manuscripts is only acceptable via the electronic submission system through the JVMR website. Tables and figures must be presented with captions within the main body of the manuscript in a single Microsoft Word file. Please ensure the figures and the tables included in the single file are placed next to the relevant text in the manuscript, rather than at the bottom or the top of the file. If assistance is needed, the Editorial Office can be contacted and will readily provide any help users need to upload their manuscripts.

 

Confidentiality:

The Editor-in-Chief, the members of the Editorial Board, and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the authors of the manuscript, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

 

Originality:

The papers accepted for submission and publication in "Journal of Veterinary Medical Research" are supposed to be original and not previously published elsewhere except for abstracts presented in local and international conferences. The journal editorial board has the right to withdraw the articles if found published in full elsewhere or an issue of plagiarism was raised and the authors will not be allowed to submit any other papers to the journal in the future.

 

List of Journal Topics:

1. Animal-derived food hygiene, safety, and technology (milk, dairy products, meat, meat products, seafood, and poultry meat).
2. Veterinary basic research (Veterinary Histology, anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, animal behavior, and animal nutrition).
3. Veterinary clinical research (Veterinary Surgery, theriogenology, internal medicine, infectious diseases, poultry diseases, fish diseases, zoonotic diseases, clinical pathology, applied epidemiology and animal hygiene). 
4. Veterinary microbiology and pathobiology (Veterinary Bacteriology & mycology, virology, immunology, parasitology, pathology, and molecular biology).
5. Veterinary Pharmacology, Toxicology and Forensic Medicine.

 

Language:

Please write your manuscript in a good English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture). Authors who feel their English language manuscript may require editing to eliminate possible grammatical or spelling errors are asked to use any English language editing service.

 

Types of Papers:

Journal of Veterinary Medical Research welcomes the following contributions:

 

Original Articles:

Papers should report the results of original research. The material should not have been previously published elsewhere. It shouldn’t exceed 4000 words, 10 figures and/or tables, with a maximum of 50 recent references (last three decades).

Review Articles:

Review articles on veterinary topics are invited for publication. They should give an update on recent advances in a particular field of veterinary sciences; the length should not exceed 3000 words, with a maximum of 50 references.

 

Short Communications and Case Reports:

Short communication and case reports are intended to rapidly communicate novel ideas, preliminary accounts of work, original observations, new methods, short clinical reports and significant case reports, but which are insufficient to fill the requirements of a full-length article. They should follow a similar format to papers but. But do not use section heading in the body of the short communication and case report; introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion should be in a single section. The title should be no more than 10 words, the text should not exceed 1000 words and only one or two figures and/or tables should be included. The word count excludes the title, author details, abstract, tables, figure legends, acknowledgment, and references. The references section is no more than 15.

 

To be considered for publication in the JVMR, a single case report must meet the following requirements: must describe a significantly novel presentation, describe a clinical technique or treatment that would significantly change the course and prognosis of the described disease (in this case more than one case recommended). A definite first clinical report or first case(s) of diseases in a particular location with an epidemiologic factor. Explain the best practice pursued.

Authors:

Authors will be able to check the progress of their manuscript through the submission system at any time by logging into their author accounts. JVMR uses double-blind review, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process. Before being sent to reviewers, manuscripts are pre-screened by the editorial office to check that they agree with the criteria for publishing in JVMR: accordance with the aims and scope of the journal, nature of the study, originality of the results, quantity and quality of data, general conclusions, and presentation of the work with a good quality of English language. If the paper does not fulfill these criteria, it may be rejected at this stage without review.

 

Plagiarism: 
Plagiarism is globally recognized as a serious academic offense. As part of our commitment to the protection and enhancement of the peer review process, editors assist the scientific community in all aspects of publishing ethics, especially in cases of (suspected) duplicate submission or plagiarism.

 

Animal Research Ethics:

The Editor retains the right to reject manuscripts on the basis of ethical or animal welfare concerns. Papers may be rejected on ethical grounds if the study involves unnecessary pain, distress, suffering or lasting harm to animals, or if the severity of the experimental procedure does not appear to be justified by the value of the work presented. Ethical approval authority and number must be included in the materials and methods section.

 

Conflicts of Interest:

Authors must identify and declare any personal circumstances or interest that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of reported research results. If there is no conflict of interest, please state "The authors declare no conflict of interest." Any role of the funding sponsors in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results must be declared in this section. If there is no role, please state “The founding sponsors had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, and in the decision to publish the results.”

 

Article Format and Layout:

Authors submitting papers that are suitable for consideration but do not comply fully with this Guide will be asked to amend the text and re-submit. 

 

Please send the manuscript (4 separate word documents) to the electronic system as follow:

1. Title Page
2. Main Document
3. References 
4. Tables and Figures

 

Original Articles should be no more than 4,000 words in length, excluding, the Title page, Abstract, Acknowledgements, Tables, Figures and References, with a maximum 50 references, 10 tables and/or figures.

Review Articles should be no more than 3,000 words in length with a maximum 50 references and Short Communications up to 1000 words with a maximum 15 references, 2 tables and/or figures.

Articles in English should be prepared in MS Word format, Times New Roman, font 12, wide page margins and 1 line spacing.

 

Original Articles should be arranged as follows:

Title page; an Abstract of up to 250 words (with no sub-headings), which should emphasize objectives, the experimental procedure, results and conclusions; up to six Keywords and in Sentence case should be supplied below the Abstract; the Main text must be sub-divided into (1) Introduction, (2) Materials and Methods, (3) Results, (4) Discussion, (5) Conclusions; (6) Conflict of interest statement; (7) Acknowledgements; (8) Author contributions; (9) References.

 

• The Results and Discussion sections may be combined in one section “Results and discussion.“
• Avoid sub-headings in the Discussion section.
• References must not be included within the Conclusions section.
• Figure legends should be included in the main manuscript file.

 

Article Preparation Guidelines:

Subdivision - numbered sections: divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2,), 1.2, etc. (the abstract and references are not included in section numbering).

 

• Title. Should be limited to 20 words or less and should not contain abbreviations. The title should be a brief phrase describing the contents of the paper.
• Author names and affiliations. Complete names and affiliations of all authors, including contact details of the corresponding author (E-mail address and Telephone number).
• Corresponding author. Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, as well as post-publication. This responsibility includes answering any future queries about Methodology and Material. Ensure that the e-mail address is given and that contact details are kept up to date by the corresponding author.
• Present/permanent address. If an author has moved since the work described in the article was done or was visiting at the time, a 'Present address' (or 'Permanent address') may be indicated as a footnote to that author's name. The address at which the author actually did the work must be retained as the main, affiliation address. Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes.

 

Abstract: Not more than 250 words, a concise and factual abstract is required. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. For this reason, References should be avoided. Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.

 

Keywords: up to six words in alphabetical order and suitable for indexing. Abbreviation list (optional): arranged alphabetically but including only those which are not in common use (e.g. excluding SI units). The decision as to which abbreviations to include within this list will finally lie with the editorial staff.

 

Main manuscript:

1. Introduction: should set the tone of the paper by providing a clear statement of the study, the relevant literature on the study subject, and the proposed approach or solution. The introduction should be general enough to attract a reader’s attention from a broad range of scientific disciplines. The introduction should state the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.
2. Materials and Methods: This section should provide a complete overview of the design of the study. Detailed descriptions of materials or participants, comparisons, interventions and types of analysis should be mentioned. However, only new procedures should be described in detail; previously published procedures should be cited and important modifications of published procedures should be mentioned briefly. Capitalize trade names and include the manufacturer's name and address.
3. Results: This section should provide complete details of the experiment that are required to support the conclusion of the study. The results should be written in the past tense when describing findings in the authors' experiments. Previously published findings should be written in the present tense.
4. Discussion: This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.
5. Conclusion: The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions section, which may stand alone or form a subsection of a Discussion or Results and Discussion section.
   
   
6. Acknowledgements: Collate acknowledgments in a separate section at the end of the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise. List here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing assistance or proof reading the article etc.).
7. References: Should not exceed 50 updated (recent) references and must provide available doi for each reference.

 

Illustrations or Figures:

All illustrations (line drawings and photographs) should be included in the main manuscript after their mention and also must be submitted as separate files, preferably in JPEG or TIFF format.

• Illustrations should be referred to as (Fig. 1), (Fig. 2), so on, according to their sequence in the text. References should be made in the text to each illustration.
• Please make sure that the figures will be printed at 8 cm (one column) or 16.5 cm (double column) in horizontal width by less than 19 cm in vertical length. Illustrations should be of such a size as to allow a reduction of 50%.
• Lettering should be big enough to allow a reduction of 50% without becoming illegible. Any lettering should be in English.
• If a scale should be given, use bar scales on all illustrations instead of numerical scales that must be changed with reduction.
• Each illustration should have a caption. The captions of all illustrations should be typed on a separate sheet of the manuscript.
• Explanations should be given in the figure legend(s).
• Photographs are only acceptable if they have good contrast and intensity (resolution, 300 pixels/inch). 

 

Tables:

Please submit tables as editable text and not as images and avoid using vertical rules.

Large tables should be avoided. If many data are to be presented, an attempt should be made to divide them over two or more tables. Tables should be numbered according to their sequence in the text. The text should include references to all tables. Each table should occupy a separate page of the manuscript. Tables should be included in the text after their mention in the text. Each table should have a brief and self-explanatory title. Column headings should be brief, but sufficiently explanatory. Standard abbreviations of units of measurement should be added between parentheses. Any explanation essential for understanding the table should be provided as a footnote at the bottom of the table.

 

References:
All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of the manuscript. The manuscript should be carefully checked to ensure that the spelling of the author`s names and dates are exactly the same in the text as in the reference list.

 

The Harvard system whereby author’s names and date of publication appear in the text will be used. In the text refer to the author`s name (without initial) and year of publication, followed - if necessary. Examples: "Since Peterson (1988) has shown that..." "This is in agreement with results obtained later (Kramer, 1989).”

 

If a reference in the text is written by more than two authors the name of the first author should be used followed by "et al." This indication, however, should never be used in the list of references. In this list names of first author and co-authors should be mentioned.

 

Authors are strongly advised to use reference management software such as EndNote. However, references should be checked carefully for accuracy and corrected manually to ensure the format matches exactly the JVMR style described below.

 

Unpublished results and personal communications are not recommended in the reference list but may be mentioned in the text. Citation of a reference as 'in press' implies that the item has been accepted for publication.

 

The list of references must be alphabetically arranged on a separate page. Only essential references should be included. Text citations can be in either of two ways:

(a) with date in parentheses, e.g. as demonstrated by Mills (2011); or (b) with names and dates in parentheses, e.g. according to recent findings (Mills, 2011). If a citation has more than two Authors the first Author should be given followed by et al. in standard text format (not italicized), e.g. Jones et al. (2007) or (Jones et al., 2007). Where lists of references are cited in the text, they should be placed first chronologically and then alphabetically, e.g. (Philbey et al., 2003; Cassidy and Mills, 2005; Litster, 2010). If two or more references by the same Author(s) published in the same year are cited, they should be distinguished from each other by placing a, b, etc. after the year, e.g., (Laven, 2011a, b; Laven and Smith, 2010a, b).

 

Papers that are in press may be cited using the year of acceptance where the digital object identifier (doi number) has been allocated. This can be updated to the year of print publication at the proof stage if the cited paper has been published. In the Reference list, quote the doi number where details of the journal volume and page numbers are yet not known.

 

The Reference list at the end of the paper should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. References should be single-spaced and a line break should be inserted between each reference. All Authors should be included up to 10, after which you should write 'et al.'; Please note that, in all cases, Journal titles must be abbreviated. Volume numbers and full page numbers should be provided and must provide the available doi link for each reference.

 

References should be set out as follows:

• Journal reference: Moghaddam A, Rahimi-Feyli P (2023). Comparison of Progestagen Sponges and Progesterone CIDRs Short-Term Treatments in Terms of Estrous Synchronization and Reproductive Performance during the Non-Breeding Season of Sanjabi Ewes. J Vet Med Res., 30(2): 55–60. https://doi.org/10.21608/jvmr.182934.1079
• Book Reference:  Strunk Jr W, White EB (2000). The elements of style. 4th ed. New York: Longman.
  
  
• A chapter in an Edited Book: Garry FB (2004). An overview of animal welfare in the US dairy industry. In: The well-being of farm animals: Challenges and solutions. Benson GJ, Rollin BE (eds), Iowa State University Press, pp 207–240.
• Web References: Web references can be listed separately (e.g., after the reference list) under a different heading if desired, or can be included in the reference list. 

 

Journal names should be abbreviated according to Index Medicus journal abbreviations: 
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/serials/lji.html 

List of title word abbreviations: 

http://www.issn.org/2-22661-LTWA-online.php  

CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service): 

http://www.cas.org/content/references/corejournals

 

Changes to Authorship:

No changes in the authorship including addition, deletion, or rearrangement of author names are possible after acceptance of the manuscript.

 

Copyright Notice:

Authors who publish with JVMR agree to the following terms:

 

a. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in JVMR.
b. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in JVMR.
c. Any part of the journal may be referred to assuming the author, the article, publication with volume and number plus URL for the references have been provided.

 

Editorial Review:

All manuscripts are subjected to peer review. If changes are requested, revisions received later than 30 days after this request will be treated as new submissions. When changes are made, the corresponding author should go into resubmission under the title of submission of a revised manuscript, and a Word document should be uploaded that indicates changes and modifications done.

 

Publication Fees:

Because Journal of Veterinary Medical Research allows the published articles available free in an electronic form on this website, so it charges publication fees for each manuscript of 100 USD for non-Egyptian researchers, and 700 EGP for Egyptian researchers (this amount is a subject for change and corresponding author must contact the editorial staff to confirm it before the payment process).

 

Upon provisional acceptance of a paper for publication, the publication fees are requested after the review process and prior to the final decision of the editorial board. The corresponding author of the accepted article will be informed of the payment method via email.

Proofs and Reprints:

The corresponding author will receive an e-mail containing PDF. A working e-mail address must therefore, be provided for the corresponding author. The proof can be downloaded as a PDF. Page proofs are considered as the final version of the manuscript. Proofs must be returned to the editor within five days of receipt with corrections if any. If there is no correction then the corresponding author must have to reply accordingly. We ask that you only correct typesetting errors and grammatical errors if any. Please note that the author is responsible for all statements made in their work, including changes made.

 

Publication Decisions 

The Editor-in-Chief of the journal is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The editor may be guided by the editorial policies of the journal and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The editor may confer with the members of the Editorial Board or reviewers in making this decision. The Editor-in-Chief and the reviewers evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

 

Online Publication:

Online articles are complete and final. They have been fully reviewed, revised and edited for publication, and the authors' final corrections have been incorporated. We will send the email to all authors once article will be published.

 

Publication Certificate:

We will provide publication certificate to all author with the detail of published article by an email after online publication.

 

Submission checklist 

You can use this list to carry out a final check of your submission before you send it to the journal (through online submission) for review.

 

Ensure that the following items are present:

• All necessary files have been uploaded: 4 Word Documents are sent to the online system (Title page, Main Document, References, Tables and/or Figures).
• One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details:
  • E-mail address and full postal address.
• Title: up to 20
• Abstract: up to 250 words.
• Keywords: up to 6.
• Approval number and committee details for IACUC.
• All figures (include relevant legends).
• All tables (including titles, description, footnotes).
• Ensure all figures and tables citations in the text match the files provided, 10 tables and/or figures or less.
• Manuscript has been 'spell-checked' and 'grammar checked.'
  • All references mentioned in the Reference List are cited in the text, and vice versa, and available doi is provided, 50 recent references or less.
  • Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Internet).
• Referee suggestions and contact details provided, based on journal requirements.

 

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