Information for Authors

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Articles submitted for publication should be typed double-spaced with accompanying flash in Microsoft-word format for easy and quick peerreview and typesetting. All articles must include the correct names and address for author(s) including e-mail address and phone number. Articles will be subjected to a through peer-review process before any decision is made to publish or not. Authors should note that the journal of medicine and biomedical research is not under any obligation to publish articles submitted, as decision to publish will be based on recommendation of reviewers and the Editorial Advisory Board.

TABLES AND FIGURES

All tables and figures must be clearly illustrated with titles. They should be relevant to the theme of the articles and should be provided on separate sheets at the end of the main text. They, should be numbered sequentially.

ABSTRACTS

Articles must contain brief summary at the beginning of the write-up stating clearly how the research was carried out, including major findings and conclusion. Abstract should not be more than 150 words.

BODY TEXT

The text of articles should be organized into heading and sub-headings such as Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussions, and Conclusion. Authors of review articles and short reports are requested to organize the body of their manuscript using headings and sub-headings appropriate to the material and discipline represented.

REFERENCES

References should be in the Vancouver style and numbered consecutively in the order in which they are mentioned in the text. Titles of journal should be abbreviated according to the Index Medicus Style. Authors must cross check and make sure all information provided in the reference list is complete and correctly written. Reference numbers should be inserted above the line on each occasion a references is cited in the text, e.g…….as noted in other studies.

AUTHOR(S) GUARANTEE

All authors will be requested to complete and submit an author(s) guarantee form certifying that all authors named have contributed sufficiently to the work submitted and that the content of the manuscript has neither been previously published nor being considered for publication elsewhere.

To submit articles and for more information contact the editor at the following address:

Professor Efosa Oviasu,
Editor-In-Chief
Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Research
Provost’s Office, College of Medical Sciences,
University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria.
Email: jmbr@uniben.edu, Provost@uniben.edu