Submissions

Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines: Generals
• The submitted manuscript is an original work, has not been published, and is not being submitted for publication in other journals that have ISSN or ISBN. Each manuscript will be edited by the editorial team, and any substance that needs improvement will be sent back to the author for revision.
1. We accept four types of articles: 1) original articles, 2) case reports, 3) review articles.
2. All case reports that will be considered for publication are unique and rare cases with exceptional management and have important values for publication.
3. The manuscript should be written in English with correct English spelling and grammar
4. The author must register to make an account at the Journal of Medicine and Health Technology (JMHT) before they can do login to submit the manuscript.
5. All submitted manuscripts and illustrations are lawfully owned by the publisher and all authors are not allowed to publish to other media without the official permission of the publisher.
6. All forms of communication are done electronically.
Author Guidelines: Writing: Original Article
1. The manuscript title should be written along with the name of the author/authors (without an academic degree), the institution name where the author works, and the corresponding author (with detailed address and email correspondence).
2. The abstract and title are written in English. The abstract of the original article is made with a sub-heading consisting of an introduction (including the aim), methods, results, conclusions, and keywords. The abstract is no more than 300 words. Keywords are no more than 6 words, separated by commas (,).
3. The sub-headings consist of an introduction (consisting of background, problem formulation, literature review, and study objectives written in a chapter without subheadings), methods, results, discussions, conclusions (consisting of conclusions and suggestions in a single paragraph or more), and references. Each chapter of the manuscript is typed in capital letters.
4. The table and its title should be numbered in Arabic numerals; captions should be brief, clearly indicating the purpose or content of each table. Provide a footnote to each table, identifying all abbreviations used. The figure and graphic should be in .jpeg format. The total number of tables and figures is advisably not to exceed 6 in number. (eg 6 tables, 6 figures, 5 tables and 1 figure, 4 tables, and 2 figures, etc.).
5. The original article should be narrated in a paragraph (not in points). Images should be mentioned in the related text, not in the attachments.
6. References must be numbered in the order in which they are mentioned in the text, and written in Vancouver style. References are advisably not to exceed 50 in number.
7. Word count: the length will be indicated by or will be discussed with the editor, but will usually be less than 6,000 words.
Author Guidelines: Writing: Case Report
1. Title, author's name, institution, address, and email correspondence should be clearly stated.
2. The abstract is written in English. The abstract contains cases made in one paragraph without sub-headings consisting of background, objectives, briefcase illustration, methods and results of management, conclusions, and keywords. The abstract is no more than 300 words. Keywords are no more than 6 words, separated by commas (,).
3. The sub-headings consist of an introduction (including background, literature review, problem formulation, and objectives written in a chapter without sub-headings), case illustration, discussions, conclusions, and references.
4. Case reports should be narrated in paragraphs, not in points. Figures and tables are mentioned in the related text instead of in the attachment.
5. Word count: the length will be indicated by or will be discussed with the editor, but will usually be less than 3,500 words.
Author Guidelines: Writing: Review Article
1. The writing format is similar to the original article, consisting of the introduction, the text (the content), conclusions and suggestions, and references.
2. Title, author's name, institution, address, and email correspondence should be clearly stated.
3. Abstracts should be written in English, made in one paragraph without sub-headings, consisting of background, objectives, a summary of literature review, conclusions, and keywords (4-6 words).
4. The sub-headings consist of an introduction (including background, problem formulation, and objectives written in a chapter without sub-headings), literature review, discussions, conclusions, and references.
5. The literature review should be narrated in paragraphs (not in points), and figures and tables should be mentioned in the related text instead of in the attachment.
6. Word count: the length will be indicated by or will be discussed with the editor, but will usually be less than 5,000 words.
Author Guidelines: Writing Techniques
1. The manuscript title is no more than 12 words in number, explaining the entire text content, using Calibri (size 14, bold).
2. Abstracts are written in English, a maximum of 300 words followed by 4-6 keywords, typed with Calibri letter size 10.
3. The text is typed in Calibri size 10, 1.5 line space on A4 paper ((210 x 297 mm).
4. The manuscript advisably consists of 10-15 pages including references.
5. Figures must be in JPEG format and at least 300 dpi ( dots per inch ) resolution, write tables in the text (not in separate or in attached form).
6. Figures and tables should be numbered with Arabic numbering, and table titles as well as table brief information written with Calibri letters, size 9 with single spacing.
7. The references should consist of 80% of the main references (journals and proceedings) and 20% of secondary references (books) published in the last 10 (ten) years. References are written in Vancouver style. Each of the cited references is written with the number placed at the end of the sentence.
8. Example of reference writing as follows:
9. Powers JM, Sakaguchi RL. Craig’s restorative dental materials 12thMissouri: Mosby An Imprint of Elsevier; 2006. p.58-9.
10. Irfan A. Protocols for predictable aesthetic dental restorations [Internet]. Oxford: Blackwell Munksgaard; 2006 [cited 2009 May 21]. Available from: http://cclsw2.vcc.ca:2048/login?url=http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary& v=1&bookid=181691.
11. TackenMPE, Cosyn J, De Wilde W, Aerts J, Govaerts E, Vannet BV, et al. Glass fiber reinforced versus multistranded bonded orthodontic retainers: a 2-year prospective multi-center study. Eur J Orthod. 2010;32(1):117–23.