Requirements as per type of Article

Original article:

• Structured abstract (Introduction, material and methods, important results/observations, discussion including conclusions) maximum 250 words.
• Main article word limit 3000 (excluding abstract, title, tables, figures, references).
• Maximum four tables and maximum four figures.
• Minimum 20 and Maximum 40 references.

Short article:

• No abstract.
• Main article word limit 1500.
• Maximum one table and one figure.
• Maximum 20 references.
• Minimum 10 references.

Reviews/ Systematic review/ Meta-analysis:

• Structured abstract (Introduction, material and methods, important results/observations, discussion including conclusions) maximum 250 words.
• Main article word limit 3500 (excluding abstract, title, tables, figures, references).
• Maximum 6 tables and maximum 6 figures.
• Minimum 30 references and maximum 70.

Qualitative research:

• Unstructured abstract maximum 250 words
• Main article word limit 3500 (excluding abstract, title, tables, figures, references)
• Maximum five tables and maximum five figures
• Maximum 75 references (rct studies)

Case study:

• Abstract
• Main article word limit 1200.
• Maximum 2 table and 4 figure.
• Maximum 15 references.

Case series:

• Abstract
• Main article word limit 1500.
• Maximum one table and six figures.
• Maximum 20 references.

Letter to editor:

• No abstract.
• Main article word limit 750.
• No table and no figure.
• Maximum five references.
• It should be related to some article published most recently.