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INSTRUCTION TO THE CONTIRIBUTORS 1. THE INDIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL (Official organ of
Indian Veterinary Association) established in 1924, publishes papers of
original work as General, Clinical and Short communications on Veterinary and
Animal husbandry. For fisheries, articles pertaining to fish diseases, fish
pathology and marine medicine only will be considered and not on
any other subjects. In addition News, Reviews on books, In Memoriam and other
cognate matters pertaining to animal health, disease and production and
progress of veterinary profession in general will also be published. 2. Papers are accepted for
publication on the clear understanding a) That they have neither
been published nor being considered for publication elsewhere. All the authors should sign a certificate
to this effect in respect of each article sent for publication. Covering
letter should indicate the names, qualification and full address of all the
authors. b) That the research work
has been carried out with the approval of the Institutional Ethics committee
and as per the laws in force at the time of carrying out the work and at the
time of sending the paper for publication in the country in which the
research work was carried out. A certificate to this effect should be signed
by all the authors. Authors should get written permission from concerned
authorities for publication of articles on emerging and exotic diseases. c) All the authors are
jointly and severally responsible to the various authorities for the contents
of the articles. Neither the Editor nor publisher hold themselves responsible
in any manner whatsoever to the contents of the article and the views and
interpretation expressed by the author in the article. All disputes regarding
any legal proceeding pertaining to the journal shall be within the
jurisdiction of the High Court of Judicature at Chennai 3. Authors should clearly
indicate whether the article is a new or revised or copy of the article
already sent. The letter should also furnish complete postal address and
e-mail id. of the corresponding author. A processing
fee of Rs.100/- for Indian and USD 10/- for foreign
article has to be sent along with the article as Demand draft or
International cheque in favor of the Editor, Indian
Veterinary Journal and payable at Chennai. Payment of processing fee will
not ensure publication of the article. 4. It is mandatory that
each and every Indian author of the article should be a subscriber of the print
or online version of the Journal. Foreign authors should subscribe
to the online version of the journal. 5. Article should be typed
in A4 size paper in double space, following the format of the Indian
Veterinary Journal. Two copies should be sent to the Editor, Indian
Veterinary Journal, 11, Chamiers Road, Nandanam, Chennai, 600 035, India. Drawings should be on Bristol board and
figures should be clear glossy photographs of maxi size. The number of
drawings or/and photographs should not exceed four per article. For accepted
articles, authors should pay publication charges. For accepted papers
from abroad, publication charge in USD should be paid as international
bankers cheque in favour of the Editor, Indian Veterinary Journal 6. The decision of the
Editor shall be final in all matters pertaining to publication of papers. Editor has the right
to do editorial revision of accepted paper with reference to the number of
pages, tables and figures before publication if considered necessary. No
reason shall be given for non-acceptance of the article. The copyright shall
rest with the journal and no part of any paper can be reproduced without the
specific permission of the Editor. 7. Receipt of the articles
will be acknowledged with the registration number. The author should
return the comments of the referees and original article along with two
copies of revised articles. When articles are accepted for publication,
acceptance letter would be sent with a request to make payments towards the
publication charges and subscription . Only on
receipt of the full payment of processing fees, publication charges
and subscription (arrears and current year) articles will be taken up for
publication. The articles are published chronologically, subject wise. 8. Indian Veterinary
Journal Format Title Authors Place of work (full address with pin
code) General Article : Brief Introduction
(without heading), Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion , Summary,
Acknowledgement (Optional) and References. (Not to exceed 6 pages) Clinical Article: Brief introduction
(without heading), Case history and Observations, Treatment and Discussion,
Summary, Acknowledgement(Optional) References. (Not
to exceed 4 pages) Short Communication: Brief introduction
(without heading), Materials and methods, Results and Discussion,
Acknowledgment (Optional) References. (Not to exceed 3 pages) The page limit is inclusive of tables
and references. Citing References.: In the text, references should be cited by
the names of the authors followed by the year of publication in
parenthesis. If more than two authors
are there, the name of the first author followed by et al. should be
used. If within the same section of
the article, the reference is repeated, instead of the year loc.cit. should be
used within the parenthesis. List of
References furnished at the end of the article, should be arranged
alphabetically. The author’s
name should be followed by the initials and before the last author
‘and’ should be used. The
year of publication should be cited with parenthesis. The journal name with
approved abbreviation should be in italics, the volume number should be in
bold letter and the starting page number should be given after a colon and
followed by a full stop. While citing
books, Publisher, place of publication, Edition, should be given with the
pages cited. If the same journal is
cited again consecutively the word ibid should be used. ‘Web
site’, ‘in press’ and ‘personal communications’
should not be included as references. Latest references most relevant to the
subject only to the included. The
Internationally approved standard abbreviations of the title of the journals
only to be used while listing the references 9. All correspondence
regarding articles should be made with The Editor, Indian
Veterinary Journal, 11, Chennai
– 6000 035, India. Phone:
91-44-2435 1006 / 2433 2691. Fax 2433
8894. E
mail: ivj83@yahoo.com Website: www.indvetjournal.com For online publication of the journal: E mail:
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