Instructions for Authors
Manuscript Submission
Authors should submit their manuscripts online using the online electronic submission system ‘Scripture’ developed for this journal by the Indian Orthopaedic Research Group (IORG). Please click on the links below if you are ready to submit your article.
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All manuscripts are to be submitted via the Journal submission software ‘Scripture’ on the website. Any other query regarding article formatting for the submission process can also be mailed to Contact Asian Journal of Arthroscopy (AJA).
E-mail: editor.asian.arthroscopy@gmail.com
Copyright Agreement and Submission letter
The entire contents of the Asian Journal of Arthroscopy are protected under India and international copyrights. However, the Journal grants to all users a free, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual right of access to, and a license to copy, use, distribute, perform and display the work publicly and to make and distribute derivative works in any digital medium for any reasonable non-commercial purpose, subject to proper attribution of authorship and ownership of the rights. The journal also grants the right to make small numbers of printed copies for their personal non-commercial use under Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 International Public License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Creative Commons/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ is in use from January 2021.
Acceptance or rejection
Manuscripts are judged on the interest and importance of the topic, intellectual and scientific strength, clarity of presentation and relevance to Asian Journal of Arthroscopy readers.
Copyright form: Download here
Conflict-of-interest Statement
All authors of articles must disclose any and all conflicts of interest they may have with publication of the manuscript or an institution or product that is mentioned in the manuscript and/or is important to the outcome of the study presented. Authors should also disclose conflict of interest with products that compete with those mentioned in their manuscript. If the articles are authored by the editorial board, the conflict of interest must be clearly stated.
Conflict of Interest form: Download here
Conflict of Interest forms are according to Guidelines by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and Each Authors details have to be filled separately and submitted with the manuscript. Plagiarism is not permitted and Journal will check every article for plagiarism using ‘iThenticate’ and Google search.
Article submission Charges: None
Article Publishing Charges: 3000 INR (150 US $)
Please make payment Via Net Banking on the following account details
Payment Option for both, articles from India and Other Countries.
Bank Account Name – Academic Research Group
Bank– Indian Bank
Account Number – 50274105260
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After payment through net banking, send us a soft copy of the payment receipt.
Special Notice: Instead of the IBAN number use the IFSC code given above for International Wire Transfers.
OR visiting the link
https://www.paypal.com/webapps/hermes?token=61S5483823880734R&useraction=commit&mfid=1586147776179_441140819418f
Aim and Scope of the Journal
Journal will focus on Research related to Arthroscopy and related sciences.
Policy against Plagiarism
The Journal follows strict anti-plagiarism policy and defines plagiarism as the duplicate publication of the author’s own work, in whole or in part without proper citation, or mispresenting other’s ideas, words, and other creative expression as one’s own. All manuscripts submitted to the Asian Journal of Arthroscopy undergo plagiarism check with the commercially available software ‘iThenticate’. Only in cases of minor duplication or similarity with previously published work, the authors may be provided an opportunity to rectify the same; in all other cases, the manuscript is desk rejected along with the plagiarism report (please also see the Scientific Misconduct section for additional details).
Scientific Misconduct
If plagiarism is detected after publication, the Journal will investigate the same, and if established, the authors’ institution and funding bodies would be notified, and the article will be retracted. To report plagiarism, please contact the Journal office, preferably through email for better documentation of correspondence.
For duplicate publication, fabricated data, undisclosed conflict of interest, plagiarism and/or other issues of publication and scientific misconduct, Asian Journal of Arthroscopy follows the guidance produced by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) https://publicationethics.org/core-practices , World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) http://www.wame.org/policies-and-resources and International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) http://www.icmje.org/icmje-recommendations.pdf .
Asian Journal of Arthroscopy endeavors to avoid all possible misconduct. All manuscripts are checked for plagiarism using iThenticate. If the Editor or a reviewer is concerned that some aspect of a submitted article may constitute a misconduct in research, publication or professional behavior, the Journal communicates the same to the author(s) and seeks clarification. However, if the concerns are not satisfactorily resolved by discussion with the author(s), the Journal may report the same to appropriate authorities such as their institutions and, for duplicate publication, the journal in which the previous publication had appeared.
The Journal also encourages its readers to report any published article in which they suspect misconduct through e-mail or letter. The anonymity of the complainant would be maintained at all times.
Instructions for Manuscript Preparation
Manuscripts should be written in English. Authors whose native language is not English should seek the assistance of a colleague who is a native English speaker and familiar with the field of the work. Authors are advised to follow the recommendations in the “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication” proposed by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (www.icmje.org). Manuscripts must be typed double-spaced with wide margins on A4 paper. The manuscript parts should be in the following order, with each section beginning on a new page: title page, abstract, text, acknowledgments, references, tables, figure legends, and figures. Number all lines in a continuous manner and number all pages in the bottom right corner beginning with the title page. For reports on randomized control studies, authors should refer to the CONSORT statement (www.consort-statement.org). Standard abbreviations and SI units should be used. Define abbreviations at first appearance in the text, figure legends, and tables, and avoid their use in the title and abstract. Use generic names of drugs and chemicals.
Article Formats
The Journal will include many focused and novel features including those listed below:
Perspectives
Insights
Interviews
Guest Editorials
Master Class
Innovations
Burning Questions
Case Reports
Original articles
Reviews, meta-analysis, systematic reviews
Case Study /Series
Case Image
Technical Note
Video Technique
Surgical Tips and tricks
Clinical Perspective
Basic Science
Allied Sciences
Letter to Editor
Letter to Experts
Description of various formats is provided below
Perspectives: A clinical overview of a common topic with the aim to share with the reader the recent update and current state of affairs.
Insights: Invited article from an Expert in the Field specially focusing on their area of Research or Interest.
Guest Editorials: These will be invited from eminent clinicians/researchers who have vast experience in the field of Arthroscopy.
Interviews: Academicians and Researchers across the world will get a chance to feature in our interview section and share their views
Master Class: In this feature, we will invite a ‘Master’ to demonstrate videos or pictorial demonstrations of surgical techniques or concepts.
Innovations: An innovative concept or an Idea that provides a new perspective. This needs to send directly to the editorial email and after editorial review, it will be sent for peer review. 1000 words article describing the new concept, implant, protocol, or surgical modification should be accompanied with a note of how this will be clinically relevant.
Burning Questions: Opinion/Counter opinions from experts or group of experts on selected topics.
Original Articles: Include case series, comparative trials, epidemiological studies, and RCT’s
Case Report: A single case that highlights a particular complication along with treatment strategy and methods of management of a unique/difficult/complicated case.
Technical Note and Video Technique: Detailed description of a new technique or improvisation of an old technique.
Surgical Tips: Small surgical tips and pearls are invited for this section. Pictures are essential and video will be preferable.
Case Study: This new format combines the level V evidence with Clinical Decision Making (CDM). It focuses on getting the thought process of the treating surgeon when dealing with a complex/complicated case.
Clinical Perspective: this special section will publish specific learning points or experiences which the authors can share with the readers. The only essential point is that this perspective should be clinically relevant and rationally acceptable. This need not be with details of management or follow-up of the case. The idea is to provide a platform for the publication of these important and clinically relevant learning points. A single-page write up of less than 1000 words will be accepted.
Case Image: Only a single image of a unique case can spark a full-fledged discussion on diagnosis and treatment of it. This section will aim to publish such images with detailed descriptions of the case.
Basic Science: Original and review articles from the field of basic research in Arthroscopy including histopathological developments, biomechanical studies, and new implant developments.
Allied Sciences: articles from allied branches like Arthritis care, biomechanics which are related to Arthroscopy will also be accepted by the journal.
Literature Review: In form of special review, metanalysis or systematic reviews focussed on one particular area of Arthroscopy Surgery.
Journal Review: A review of articles related to Arthroscopy that are published in the last one month in other Journals.
Letter to Editor: On any topic or article that is published in the journal. Readers can share their own similar cases as published in the Journal.
Letter to Experts: JOurnal will soon be creating an Expert panel of surgeons. Readers can ask queries regarding complicated cases to our Experts. These queries will be answered by experts and the Research Group will add a literature review to this expert opinion and the article will be peer-reviewed and published.
Submission Files
Following files will be essential for submission of any kind of article
– Cover letter
– Title page
– Blinded manuscript
– Tables [separate word file]
– Figures [each figure send separately with proper description]
The blinded manuscript is to be submitted as a primary file while all other documents including tables figures, copyright forms, etc. are to be submitted as a supplementary file in the Scripture system.
The details of formatting these files are provided below.
Manuscripts submitted to the Asian Journal of Arthroscopy must be submitted in the format described below. Articles that do not meet the journal’s style will not be peer-reviewed or considered for publication. All articles should be no more than 3500 words long with a maximum of 50 references and 15 figures. Manuscripts should also contain an abstract of up to 350 words. The article will only be accepted for peer review in the following format:
Cover Page
Title page
Abstract
Keywords
Introduction
Material and Methods
Results:
Discussion
Conclusions
Clinical Relevance
References
Illustrations and figures: [to be sent on a separate word file]
Figure legends (if any)
Additional data files (if any)
List of abbreviations used (if any)
Copyright Form: [Download Here]
Conflict of interest Statement: To be downloaded from the website and a signed copy scanned and submitted along with the manuscript. [Download Here ]
Authors’ contributions:
Acknowledgments and Funding:
Manuscripts should be submitted in Microsoft Word Document format.
The details of formatting these files are provided below.
Cover Letter: This is the official letter written to editors by the author, where they can inform the editorial board about the significance of their study. They can also inform regarding special situations like shared data with another study or long-term follow up of the already published articles. This also provides the chance to authors to interact directly with the editorial board and put up any specific point for considerations like more number of authors, manuscript exceeding word count, or figure count.
Title Page: The title should be concise and informative to make electronic retrieval of the manuscript both effective and specific. Include important information such as the study design, i.e., clinical or basic, and in particular indicate if the study is a randomized control trial. A running title not exceeding 35 letters and spaces should be provided.
Example of Title Page
The first page of the manuscript should be a dedicated title page, including the title of the article. The title should include the study design, i.e. Case report. For example
Authors Names should appear in sequence that will be final, with superscript numbers mentioning authors affiliations
Author Name A1, Author Name B2, Author Name C3*
1st Author: [First Name] [Middle Name] [Last Name] [Degree] [Institution affiliation] [Email]
2nd Author: [First Name] [Middle Name] [Last Name] [Degree] [Institution affiliation] [Email]
3rd Author: [First Name] [Middle Name] [Last Name] [Degree] [Institution affiliation] [Email]
4th Author: [First Name] [Middle Name] [Last Name] [Degree] [Institution affiliation] [Email]
5th Author: [First Name] [Middle Name] [Last Name] [Degree] [Institution affiliation] [Email]
6th Author: [First Name] [Middle Name] [Last Name] [Degree] [Institution affiliation] [Email]
Maximum Six authors allowed for one article/ four authors for case reports.
[In case of more authors please write to us at editor@asian.arthroscopy.com]
Name of Corresponding Author [Degree] [Institution affiliation]
Address of correspondence
Please send good quality photographs of all authors for publication with the article. [If photos are not provided they will not be published]
* Corresponding author should be indicated with an asterisk.
The page should contain the article title, the full names of the authors including only major qualification such as M.D. or Ph.D., and the complete postal address of the department and institution where the work was done. Designate one author as a correspondent and supply his or her complete postal address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address. If the name or address for offprint requests is different, this should be stated. Every person listed as an author should have materially participated in the design, execution, and analysis of the study and should verify the accuracy of the entire manuscript before its submission. No more than 6 authors can be included in the title page. Lesser contributors may be noted in an acknowledgment section at the end of the manuscript.
Authorship criteria are as per the ICMJE Guidelines and include Authorship credit should be based only on substantial contributions:
- To conception and design or acquisition of data or analysis and interpretation of data
- Drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content
- Participation solely in the acquisition of funding or the collection of data does not justify authorship
- General supervision of the research group is not sufficient for authorship
The order of naming the contributors should be based on the relative contribution of the contributor. Once submitted the order cannot be changed without the written consent of ALL the contributors
For an original article the number of contributors should not exceed six; for case reports, letter to the Editor and review articles, the number of contributors should not exceed four. A justification should be included, if the number of contributors exceeds these limits.
Only those who have done substantial work in a particular field can write a review article. A short summary of the work done in the field of review should accompany the manuscript.
Example to state Author’s Contributions
We suggest the following kind of format (please use initials to refer to each author’s contribution):
“FC analysed and interpreted the patient data regarding the fracture disease and the stiffness. RH performed the histological examination of the callus and was a major contributor in writing the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.”
All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an acknowledgements section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, writing assistance, or a department chair who provided only general support.
Blinded Submission: The Journal is open access and follows the Double-blinded peer review process. Author information should not be included in the main document. Authors should submit the title page, the main document, tables, and the Pictures separately. To ensure blinding, authors should not include in the abstract or text the name or initials of the authors or the institution at which the study was performed. Refer to your own published work in the third person. Use “In the previous work of Author name et al.”, not “In our previous work.” The blinded manuscript should contain title, abstract, keywords, main article with references, tables and figure legends
Abstract: The abstract must not exceed 350 words. Do not use abbreviations or references in the abstract. The structured abstract should consist of four paragraphs: Background (including the context and purpose of the research), Methods, Results, and Conclusions. The abstract should be typed on a separate page, and should not include abbreviations, footnotes, or references. The abstract should make clear how the paper adds to the arthrosopy literature.
Keywords: Add 3 to 5 keywords at the end of the abstract. MESH terms will be preferable. Find details of Mesh terms on Pubmed.
Blinded Manuscript: The length of the text and references should not exceed 15 pages of double-spaced type. The number of figures and tables together should not exceed 20. Do not repeat in the text all data that appear in the tables or illustrations; emphasize or summarize only important observations. A conclusion may be included in the summary paragraph of the Discussion only if it is not redundant.
The blinded manuscript should not contain the names of the author or their institute. References should be numbered in order of appearance and should be placed in square brackets [1]. Manuscript is usually, but not necessarily, divided into sections with the headings Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion and Clinical Relevance. Long articles may need section subheadings to clarify their content.
Introduction: should explain the background of the case, including the disorder, usual presentation and progression, and an explanation of the presentation if it is a new disease. If it is a case discussing an adverse drug interaction the introduction should give details of the drug’s common use and any previously reported side effects. It should also include a brief literature review.
Material & Methods should be sufficiently detailed to allow easy understanding and reproduction of the study. Details of study design, outcome measures, outcome assessors and statistical methods have to be provided here. Surgical technique should be described in detail with photographs and videos. [videos should be uploaded on Youtube and link to be submitted to us]
Results: Keep results very succinct and to the point. Write all data in mean ± SD [Range] with appropriate standard units. Mention p values till third decimal points. Use tables to display the numerical data. Do not interpret the results in this section. Provide details of complication events and their individual follow ups.
Discussion: should be elaborate and should focus on the main results of your study. Individual complications should be addressed separately and put in context with the current literature.
Clinical Relevance: Of the study should be mentioned in three or four sentences
Additional details
Abbreviations: If abbreviations are used in the text they should either be defined in the text where first used, or a list of abbreviations can be provided.
Consent: This section is compulsory. It should provide a statement to confirm that the patient has given their informed consent for the case report to be published. You do not need to send the form to us on submission, but we may request to see a copy at any stage (including after publication).
Identifying information should not be published in written descriptions, photographs, sonograms, CT scans, etc., and pedigrees unless the information is essential for scientific purposes and the patient (or parent/guardian, wherever applicable) provides informed consent for publication. Authors should remove patients’ names from figures, unless they have obtained informed consent from the patients. The journal abides by the ICMJE guidelines:
1. Authors, and not the Journal or its Publisher, need to obtain the patient consent form before submitting their work for publication consideration to AJA. Authors should ensure that this patient consent form(s) are properly archived. The consent forms should not to be uploaded with the cover letter or sent through email to the Editorial or Publisher offices.
2. If the manuscript contains patient images that preclude anonymity or a description that has an obvious indication of the identity of the patient, a statement about obtaining informed patient consent should be indicated in the manuscript.
3. To protect the patient’s identity, the recognizable facial features not related to the study should be digitally blurred
4. Written informed consent is the preferred method for obtaining consent. If verbal consent is obtained, the authors must ensure that the verbal consent is recorded in the medical case record of the patient and duly signed by witness.
Acknowledgments: Please acknowledge anyone who contributed towards the study by making substantial contributions to conception, design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data, or who was involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content, but who does not meet the criteria for authorship.
References: Authors are responsible for verifying the accuracy and completeness of the references. The number of references should not exceed 50. The style of the references should follow the MEDLINE/ PubMed Journal Article Citation Format found at the National Center for Bibliography Information [NCBI] Website where specific reference citations can be searched for. Abbreviations of journal names must conform to those used in MEDLINE/PubMed. Avoid using abstracts as references. In the references, do not list personal communications and unpublished material (including oral and poster presentations and manuscripts not yet accepted for publication).
All references must be numbered consecutively, in square brackets, in the order in which they are cited in the text, followed by any in tables or legends. The must be no more than 50 references listed, e.g.
For an article within a journal:
Ahn JH, Wang JH, Lim HC, Bae JH, Park JS, Yoo JC, Shyam AK. Double transosseous pull out suture technique for transection of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2009 Mar;129(3):387-92..
For a book chapter, or article within a book
Songcharoen P. Neurotization in the treatment of brachial plexus injury. In: Omer G, Spinner M, van Beek A, editors. Management of peripheral nerve problems. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders; 1998. p. 459-64.
If a non-English-language reference is listed, the original language should be indicated, as shown in the following sample:
Journal article not in English
Li Y, Wang G, Cai G, Jia D, Ji L, He C, Zheng J. [EFFECTIVENESS OF KNEE EXTENSOR MECHANISM RECONSTRUCTION FOR RECURRENT PATELLAR SUBLUXATION WITH BONE ANCHOR IN ADOLESCENTS]. Zhongguo Xiu Fu Chong Jian Wai Ke Za Zhi. 2015 Oct;29(10):1204-7. Chinese.
Tables: to be added to a separate word file and not in the blinded manuscript. Tables should be given a brief, informative title and numbered consecutively in the order of their citation in the text. Type each table double spaced on a separate page. Use the table function in MICROSOFT WORD, not spreadsheets, to make tables. Tables must be no larger than a single sheet of A4 paper. The table number and title should appear above the table, and the definition of all abbreviations, levels of statistical significance, and additional information should appear below the table.
Preparing tables: Each table should be numbered in sequence using Arabic numerals (i.e. Table 1, 2, 3 etc.). Tables should also have a title that summarizes the whole table, maximum 15 words. Detailed legends may then follow, but should be concise.
Figures: Figures should be provided separately and should be uploaded in scripture as supplementaryl files. Figure legend has to be included in the blinded manuscript after references. Please site figures in the text in rounded brackets (Fig 1A). Include an internal scale in any micrographs or provide the magnification in the caption (wherever appropriate). Professionally produced arrows should be used to highlight the photograph’s message and the illustration should be of a professional standard. If photographs of persons are used, either the subjects must not be identifiable or the subject’s or guardian’s written permission to use the photograph must accompany the manuscript.
Preparing illustrations and figures:
Please note that the Asian Journal of Arthroscopy can only publish fifteen figures in each article. If you have more than 15 figures and feel that all are essential to the understanding, please make this clear in your covering letter, explaining why the figures are needed. Figures and tables should be sequentially referenced. Authors should include all relevant supporting data with each article.
Figures should be provided as separate files and should not be included in the main text of the submitted manuscript or include within them the figure legend. Each figure should comprise only a single file. There is no charge for the use of color. Authors should make every effort to preserve the anonymity of the patient be removing or concealing any identifiable features, including birthmarks and tattoos. Please take extra care with images of the head and face, ensuring that only the relevant features are shown. Publication of facial images will be subject to approval by the Editor-in-Chief.
Formats:
The following file formats can be accepted:
EPS (preferred format for diagrams)
PNG (preferred format for photos or images)
TIFF
JPEG
High Resolution Pictures Are Necessary
Figure legends: No more than 15 figures per article is accepted. For each figure, the following information should be provided: Figure number (in sequence, using Arabic numerals – i.e. Figure 1, 2, 3 etc); short title of figure (maximum 15 words); detailed legend, up to 300 words. Figures should be provided as separate files. The legends should be included in the main manuscript text file rather than being a part of the figure file. For each figure, the following information should be provided: Figure number (in sequence, using Arabic numerals – i.e. Figure 1, 2, 3 etc); short title of figure (maximum 15 words); detailed legend, up to 300 words. The legend should include a brief description of the exact location of the image on the patient, the type of image (e.g. micrograph/x-ray), and time in relation to progression e.g. one week after surgery. There must be no abbreviations unless they are expanded (excluding common abbreviations such as antibodies).
Ethics: It is the responsibility of the authors to assure that all clinical investigations detailed in manuscripts submitted to the journal are conducted in accordance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki (www.wma.net/en/30publications/10policies/b3/index.html). All case reports must include a statement indicating that informed consent has been obtained from the patient or appropriate persons for publication, including any necessary photographs. An example of such a statement would be “The patients and/or their families were informed that data from the case would be submitted for publication and gave their consent.” Do not use patients’ names, initials, institutional ID numbers, or other identifying information. Articles, including their study design, originating from a particular institution are assumed to be submitted with the approval of the requisite authority on ethical issues. Articles describing research involving human subjects must include a statement in the Materials and methods section indicating that approval was given by the institutional review board (IRB) or Ethics committee of the institution and that informed consent was obtained from each patient or candidate. Manuscripts reporting animal experiments must include a statement in the Materials and methods section indicating that approval was obtained from the institutional review board and that animal care complied with the guidelines of the authors’ institution or any national law on the care and use of laboratory animals.
Statistics: Statistical methods should be described with sufficient detail at the end of Materials and Methods to enable a knowledgeable reader with access to the original data to verify the reported results. When possible, quantify findings and present them with appropriate indicators of measurement error or uncertainty (such as confidence intervals).
After Acceptance
Upon acceptance of your article, your article will be processed and you will receive the proofs.
Colour Illustrations: Online publication of colour illustrations is free of charge. Please note that, in such cases, it is the authors’ responsibility to prepare figures to be illustrative enough to convey the necessary information even after they are converted into black and white.
Proofreading: The purpose of the proof is to check for typesetting or conversion errors and the completeness and accuracy of the text, tables, and figures. Substantial changes in content, e.g., new results, corrected values, title, and authorship, are not allowed without the approval of the Editor. After online publication, further changes can only be made in the form of an erratum, which will be hyperlinked to the article.
Online First (Ahead of Print): The article will be published online after receipt of the corrected proofs. This is the official first publication citable with the DOI. After the release of the online version, the paper can also be cited by issue and page numbers.
Style and language
General: Currently, journal can only accept manuscripts written in English. Spelling should be US English or British English, but not a mixture.
It is essential that submitted manuscripts have a high standard of written English. Manuscripts that are poorly written will be returned to authors for revision prior to peer review. Authors are advised to write clearly and simply, and to have their article checked by colleagues before submission. Non-native speakers of English may choose to make use of a copyediting service before submission.
The journal will copyedit accepted manuscripts before they are published. The editing is designed only to correct such things as misused words, spelling errors, missing references or incomplete citation information.
Typography
– Please use double line spacing.
– Type the text justified, without hyphenating words at line breaks.
– Abbreviations spelt out in full for the first time.
– Numerals from 1 to 10 spelt out.
– Numerals at the beginning of the sentence spelt out.
– Use hard returns only to end headings and paragraphs, not to rearrange lines.
– Capitalize only the first word, and proper nouns, in the title.
– All pages should be numbered.
– Use the journal reference format.
– Footnotes to text should not be used.
– Greek and other special characters may be included. If you are unable to reproduce a particular special character, please type out the name of the symbol in full.
– Gene names should be in italic, but protein products should be in plain type.
-Please ensure that all special characters used are embedded in the text, otherwise, they will be lost during manuscript processing.
– Genes, mutations, genotypes, and alleles should be indicated in italics, and authors are required to use approved gene symbols, names, and formatting. Protein products should be in plain type.
Units: SI Units should be used throughout (liter and molar are permitted, however).
Artwork Guidelines
Electronic figure submission
Supply all figures electronically.
Indicate what graphics program was used to create the artwork.
For vector graphics, the preferred format is EPS; for halftones, please use TIFF format. MS Office files are also acceptable.
Vector graphics containing fonts must have the fonts embedded in the files.
Name your figure files with “Fig” and the figure number, e.g., Fig1.eps.
Line art
Definition: Black and white graphic with no shading.
Do not use faint lines and/or lettering, and check that all lines and lettering within the figures are legible at final size.
All lines should be at least 0.1 mm (0.3 pt) wide.
Scanned line drawings and line drawings in bitmap format should have a minimum resolution of 1200 dpi.
Vector graphics containing fonts must have the fonts embedded in the files.
Halftone art
Definition: Photographs, drawings, or paintings with fine shading, etc.
If any magnification is used in the photographs, indicate this by using scale bars within the figures themselves.
Halftones should have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
Combination art
Definition: a combination of halftone and line art, e.g., halftones containing line drawing, extensive lettering, colour diagrams, etc.
Combination artwork should have a minimum resolution of 600 dpi.
Colour art
Colour art is free of charge for online publication.
If black and white will be shown in the print version, make sure that the main information will still be visible. Many colours are not distinguishable from one another when converted to black and white. A simple way to check this is to make a xerographic copy to see if the necessary distinctions between the different colours are still apparent.
If the figures will be printed in black and white, do not refer to colour in the captions.
Colour illustrations should be submitted as RGB (8 bits per channel).
Figure lettering
To add lettering, it is best to use Helvetica or Arial (sans-serif fonts).
Keep lettering consistently sized throughout your final-sized artwork, usually about 2–3 mm (8–12 pt).
The variance of type size within an illustration should be minimal, e.g., do not use 8-pt type on an axis and 20-pt type for the axis label.
Avoid effects such as shading, outline letters, etc.
Do not include titles or captions in your illustrations.
Figure numbering
All figures are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.
Figures should always be cited in the text in consecutive numerical order.
Figure parts should be denoted by lowercase letters (a, b, c, etc.).
If an appendix appears in your article/chapter and it contains one or more figures, continue the consecutive numbering of the main text. Do not number the appendix figures, “A1, A2, A3, etc.” Figures in online appendices (Electronic supplementary material) should, however, be numbered separately.
Figure captions
Each figure should have a concise caption describing accurately what the figure depicts. Include the captions in the text file of the manuscript, not in the figure file.
Figure captions begin with the term Fig. in bold type, followed by the figure number, also in bold type.
No punctuation is to be included after the number, nor is any punctuation to be placed at the end of the caption.
Identify all elements found in the figure in the figure caption; and use boxes, circles, etc., as coordinate points in graphs.
Identify previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference citation at the end of the figure caption.
Figure placement and size
When preparing your figures, size figures to fit in the column width.
For most journals, the figures should be 39 mm, 84 mm, 129 mm, or 174 mm wide and not higher than 234 mm.
The publisher reserves the right to reduce or enlarge figures.
Permissions: It is the responsibility of authors/contributors to obtain permissions for reproducing any copyrighted material. A copy of the permission obtained must accompany the manuscript. Copies of any and all published articles or other manuscripts in preparation or submitted elsewhere that are related to the manuscript must also accompany the manuscript.
Revised Manuscript
The revised version of the manuscript should be submitted online in a manner similar to that used for the submission of the manuscript for the first time. However, there is no need to submit the “First Page” or “Covering Letter” file while submitting a revised version. When submitting a revised manuscript, contributors are requested to include, the ‘referees’ remarks along with point-to-point clarification at the beginning of the revised file itself. In addition, they are expected to mark the changes as underlined or colored text in the article.
Complaints and Appeals
This procedure applies to complaints about the publishing policies, procedures and/or actions of the Asian Journal of Arthroscopy Editorial staff. This complaint must relate to content or a procedure that was the responsibility of the Asian Journal of Arthroscopy or its Editor.
If the authors strongly believe that their manuscript was wrongly rejected, they can register an appeal with the Journal by emailing a detailed explanation to editor.asian.arthroscopy@gmail.com.
The appeals will be acknowledged by the Editorial Office and will be investigated in an unbiased manner. While under appeal, the said manuscript should not be submitted to other journals. The final decision rests with the Editor-in-Chief, and second appeals are not considered.
The Journal only accepts complaints through the above-mentioned e-mail, as this provides a reliable trail. All complaints are acknowledged at the earliest. The complaint would be followed up in an unbiased manner and be handled by the person to whom they are made, if possible. The Journal aims to resolve any complaint raised within 2–4 weeks; however, if that is not possible, an interim response would be provided until the complaint is resolved.
For any query you may contact the Editorial office:
Contact:
Editorial Office
Dr. Sachin Tapasvi
E-mail: editor.asian.arthroscopy@gmail.com
