Instruction for Authors

Bangladesh Journal of Health and Allied Sciences (BJHAS)

Author(s) Guidelines

The Bangladesh Journal of Health & Allied Sciences is the official journal of the Bangladesh University of Health Sciences. The Bangladesh Journal of Health & Allied Sciences is published bi-annually in January and July each year. The authors and the contributors are requested to strictly follow the guidelines below:

Submission of manuscripts
Submission criteria. Manuscripts related to Health Sciences or allied subjects are accepted. Materials to be submitted include: (i) A covering letter from the corresponding author (a sample given at the end of this document) with signatory recommendation from all authors separately mentioning contribution of each author and containing a statement that the manuscript has been seen and approved by all authors and the material has not been submitted to or published elsewhere wholly or partially; (ii) Two hard copies of the manuscript together with tables and illustrations; (iii) A electronic copy of the manuscript in MS Word version 2010 and above or Microsoft 365 format to be sent to email of the journal bjhas@buhs.ac.bd

Checklist for submission of Manuscripts to BJHAS:

Cover letter with signatory recommendation from all authors having full names of the authors
TWO print copies of the manuscript written in Times New Roman with font size of 12 or Segoe UI font with font size of 11 in a single column and left alignment with 1.5 space
Manuscript in MS word to be sent to email address of the Journal.
Copies of permission from publisher and editor, in case of reprint publication of text or pictures.

Categories of manuscripts. The BJHAS considers for publication manuscripts reporting original clinical and/or laboratory studies (original articles), reviews (review articles), case reports, brief communications and letters to the editor related to Health Sciences or allied subjects.

Author Guidelines for submission of a manuscript:

Research Manuscript Guidelines: (Word limit 3500 words)

Title of the manuscript (maximum 25 words)
Running title (maximum 10 words)
Authors (Name, degree, affiliation, country name, email address, ORCID ID if any)
Corresponding author (Name, Position, Affiliation, email, mobile number, present address, ORCID ID if any)
Abstract (250 word)
Keywords (maximum 5)
Introduction
Materials and Methods
Results & Discussions
Conclusions
Acknowledgement
Authors contributions
Conflict of interest
Ethical statement
Data availability statement
Funding
References (maximum 35)
Tables (Maximum 5)
Figures & Figure Legends (maximum 6, should be very high resolution at least 300 dpi)
Manuscripts must not contain more than 3500 words excluding abstract, tables and references. Please provide a word count along with.

Review Manuscript Guidelines: (Word limit 5000 words)

Title of the manuscript (maximum 25 words)
Authors (Name, degree, affiliation, country name, email address, ORCID ID if any)
Corresponding author (Name, Position, Affiliation, email, mobile number, present address, ORCID ID if any)
Abstract (250 words)
Keywords (maximum 5)
Introduction
Methods and materials
Discussions
Conclusions
Acknowledgement
Authors contributions
Conflict of interest
Funding
References (maximum 150)
Tables (maximum 7)
Figures & Figure Legends
Manuscripts of this category must not contain more than 5000 words excluding abstract, tables and references. Please provide a word count along with.

Case report Manuscript Guidelines: (Word limit 2000 words)

Title of the manuscript (maximum 25 words)
Authors (Name, degree, affiliation, country name, email address, ORCID ID if any)
Corresponding author (Name, Position, Affiliation, email, mobile number, present address, ORCID ID if any)
Abstract (200 words)
Introduction
Keywords
Introduction
Case presentation
Discussions
Conclusions
Acknowledgement
Authors contributions
Conflict of interest
Fundings
References (maximum 20)
Tables
Figures & Figure Legends
Manuscripts of this category must not contain more than 2000 words excluding abstract, tables and references. Please provide a word count along with.

Clinical Image Manuscript Guidelines: (Word limit 1500 words)

Title of the manuscript (maximum 25 words)
Authors (Name, degree, affiliation, country name, email address, ORCID ID if any)
Corresponding author (Name, Position, Affiliation, email, mobile number, present address, ORCID ID if any)
Abstract (150 words)
Introduction
Clinical Image
Acknowledgements
Authors contributions
Conflict of interest
Fundings
References (maximum 10)
Figures & Figure Legends (maximum 3 with high resolution at least 300 dpi)
Manuscripts of this category must not contain more than 1500 words excluding abstract and references. Please provide a word count along with.

Brief communication/ Short Commentary Manuscript Guidelines: (Word Limit below 1000 words)

Title of the manuscript (maximum 25 words)
Authors (Name, degree, affiliation, country name, email address, ORCID ID if any)
Corresponding author (Name, Position, Affiliation, email, mobile number, present address, ORCID ID if any)
Abstract (100 words)
Introduction
Keywords (maximum 5)
Materials and Methods
Results & Discussions
Conclusions
Acknowledgement
Authors contributions
Conflict of interest
References (maximum 5)
Tables (maximum 1)
Figures & Figure Legends (maximum 1 high resolution at least 300dpi))
Manuscripts of this category must not contain more than 1000 words excluding abstract, tables and references. Please provide a word count along with.

Editorial Manuscript Guidelines: (Word Limit 600 words)

Title of the manuscript (maximum 20 words)
Authors (Name, degree, affiliation, country name, email address, ORCID ID if any)
Corresponding author (Name, Position, Affiliation, email, mobile number, present address, ORCID ID if any)
Abstract (50 words)
Introduction
Acknowledgement
Authors contributions
Conflict of interest
Funding
References (maximum 5)
Manuscripts of this category must not contain more than 600 words excluding abstract, tables and references. Please provide a word count along with.

Preparation of the manuscript

Language: English (British and US both).

Typing criteria: (i) 1.5 space although with left alignment in MS Word in ‘’Times New Roman’ or “Segoei UI” font with a size of 12 and on one side of good quality bond papers of A4 size (21x 29.7 cm) with at least 2.5 cm margins.

Title page should be on separate page. Other sections (abstract, text, acknowledgments, references, individual tables, and legends for illustrations) to be continuous. Pages numbered consecutively, beginning with the title page.

Abstract: The next page of an original article should carry an ‘structured abstract’ of not more than 250 words headed by title of the article. Please submit 3-5 key words.

Text: The text of observational and experimental articles (original articles) should be divided into sections with headings: Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion (IMRAD). Reviews, case reports and similar articles should start with an Introduction and entailed with a Discussion.

Acknowledgments: All acknowledgments including financial supports should be mentioned under the heading ‘Acknowledgments’ and not as a footnote on the first page or in the text.

Conflict of interest: All financial and personal relationships that might bias concerned work of the manuscript must be disclosed. Authors must state explicitly whether any potential conflicts do or do not exist on a “Conflict of interest notification page” following the title page. Please mention role of study sponsor(s), if any, in study design, in collection, analysis and interpretation of data, in writing of the report, and in the decision to submit report for publication. Authors are requested to state if supporting source had no such involvement.

References: Vancouver style of reference should be followed. References to be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. Identify references in text, tables, and legends by Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3….). ‘Unpublished observations’ and ‘personal communication’ to be avoided in the references (please insert them in the text within parenthesis along with the date and details of the person to whom the correspondence was made). Information supplied in the references section of any manuscript is not usually checked by the editorial staff, and hence, the concerned author(s) bear total responsibilities of the bibliographic accuracy.

Following are few examples of citing references:

Standard Journal Article: (List all authors when six or less; when seven or more, list only first three and add et al). Rahman M, Alam A, Nessa K, et al. Etiology of Sexually Transmitted Infections among Street-based Female Sex Workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh. J Clin Microbiol 2000; 38(1): 1244-1246.
Corporate Author in Journal: Committee for Computer Application in Clinical Microbiology. Bacterial Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern, 1988. J Infect Dis Antimicrob Agents 1991; 8: 25-39.
Letter to Editor: Yagupsky P, Menegu MA. Intraluminal colonization as a source of catheter-related infection. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1989; 33: 2025. (Letter)
Corporate Author in Book: World Health Organization. On being in charge: a guide to management in primary health care, 2nd ed. England: World Health Organization; 1992.
Chapter in Book: Wenzel RP. Organization for infection control. In: Mandell GL, Douglas RG, Bennett JE, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Disease, 3rd ed. USA: Churchill Livingstone Inc 1990: pp. 2176-80.
Formally published abstracts: Roy CK, Tabassum S, Miah RA, Munshi SU, Islam N. Serological diagnosis of clinically suspected cases of Dengue infection by ELISA and HI assay. Abstract from 23rd National convention of Bangladesh Society of Pathologists; 2005: p. 39.
Conference papers. Micholvitz S. Treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome. In: Low back injury and carpal tunnel syndrome: proceedings of Project Focus ’93, conference on work related injury. 28 August 1993; Akexandria, Virginia. Alexandria, Virginia: American Physical Therapy Association for the Foundation of Physical Therapy; 1994.
Articles from symposium volumes: Hamilton LD. Immunogenic polynucleotides. In: Beers RF Jr (ed). Biological effects of polynucleotides: Proceedings of the symposium on molecular biology. New York, Heidelberg, Berlin: Springer Verlag 1971: 107-28.
Thesis/ Dissertation: Chowdhury MZ. Studies on humoral immune responses in Kala-azar infection and analysis of immuno-reactive antigens and molecular characterization of Leishmania donovani. [Ph.D thesis] Dhaka: The University of Dhaka; 2005: p. 252.
Web only article: Division of tuberculosis elimination. Surveillance reports: reported tuberculosis the United States, 2000. Atlanta: Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, 2001. (Web page, accessed June 27, 2001, at http:/ www.cdc.gov /hchstp/tb/surv/surv2000.)
Online Publication: Anonymous. Cutaneous leishmaniasis. (Accessed on 12 December 2006 at http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cutaneous leishmaniasis)
Monograph in electronic format: Farrar WE, Wood MJ, Innes JA, Tubbs H. Infectious diseases (monograph in CD-ROM, publication no. M6791). England: Mosby- Times Mirror International Publisher; 2006.
Abbreviations Avoid abbreviations except for units of measurements. Mention full meaning first time and followed by abbreviations.
Drug name Generic names should generally be used. When proprietary brands are used in research, include the brand name in parentheses in the methods section.
permissions Materials taken from other sources must be accompanied by a written statement from both author and publisher addressed towards BUHS Journal of Health & Allied Sciences for reproduction.
Redundant Publication: Manuscripts already published in print or electronic media abroad/ in home in other languages will be considered for publication in BUHS Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, providing a full statement about all submissions and previous reports or publications along with the reason for doing so to be included. Please include such material with your submissions.

Review and Action

Manuscripts are examined by editorial staff after receipt and usually sent to reviewers. Unless indicated otherwise, reviewed manuscripts are sent to the corresponding author and should be returned with appropriate responses in least possible delay. Alterations made in reviewed manuscripts, other than the reviewers’ responses and/or correction of printer’s errors may cause unusual delay of the publication.
Rejected manuscripts will only be returned if accompanied by stamped and self-addressed envelope.
Ethical permission: Manuscript submitted should accompany copy of the ERC approval.

Sample of Cover letter to the Editor for submission of manuscripts

To
The Editor
The BJHAS
Bangladesh University of Health Sciences
Temporary Office: Department of Microbiology, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences.
Subject: Submission of manuscript
Dear Sir
I am submitting herewith a manuscript for Original Article/ Case Report/ Review
Article/ Medical Progress/ Occasional Note/ Others for publication in the BJHAS:

Title of the manuscript: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Inclusions (if any): 1……………………………………… 2………………………………………………

I mention that the manuscript has been seen and approved by all authors listed below, and had not been subjected for publication to, or published in any other journal, partially or completely, in any form, printed or electronic.

I/ we also agree with the following orders of authorship to the manuscript.

Corresponding author:

Signature :———————————————-

Name in full :——————————————–

Address :————————————————

Authors chronology Contribution* Signature (on separate page)

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Mention in numbers the area (s) of contribution: (1) Conception and design; (2) Acquisition of data; (3) Analysis and interpretation of data; (4) Drafting the article; (5) Critical revision of article for important intellectual content; and final approval of the submitted version.