MISRJ

Medical Integrated Students, Research Journal

Author guidelines
Thank you for submitting to the Medical Integrated Students, Research Journal (MISRJ). After
submitting your paper, a brief approval process must be undertaken to approve the submission to MISRJ,
followed by a pre-screening process, and then possibly peer review and revision, and finally formal
decision. Please be sure to respond promptly to any MISRJ emails to expedite the submission, review,
and possibly production stages of the paper.

Formatting your article

For MISRJ, initial manuscripts should be submitted in Microsoft Word, and PDF. Once an article has
been accepted for publication the main manuscript should be submitted as an editable file, not a PDF.
• Text should be left justified, except titles.
• Standard font recommendations are Times New Roman, 12 point font, with text double-spaced.
• Main heads (called Level 1 heads) should be bold, 14 points, and ALL CAPS. Subheads or
secondary heads (also called Level 2 heads) should be bold, 12 points, and Upper/Lower Case.
Tertiary heads (called Level 3 heads) should be italics, 12 points, and Upper/Lower Case.
Submissions should be divided into the following sections:
Title page
Your article title should be a short description of the research you are reporting. The best titles are written
with both human readers and search engines in mind; including keywords in your title will help readers
discover your article online.
The title page should also contain full names and affiliations for each author as well as the email address
of the corresponding author.
Corresponding author. Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and
publication, also post-publication. This responsibility includes answering any future queries about
Methodology and Materials. Ensure that the e-mail address is given and that contact details are kept up to
date by the corresponding author.
Abstract
The abstract of the manuscript should not exceed 300 words and should not contain references or
unexplained abbreviations or acronyms. Your abstract should be concise and informative and should read
well as a standalone piece. The general scope of the article as well as the main results and conclusions
should be summarized. Please also ensure that your abstract contains all likely search terms, to assist
indexers that scan only the title and abstract of articles. If possible, it is beneficial to have all your
keywords written into the abstract.
The abstract must be structured into separate sections for original articles:
Background, the context and purpose of the study;
Material and methods, how the study was performed and statistical tests used;
Results, the main findings;
Conclusions, brief summary and potential implications.

Keywords
Please include at least 3 and up to 6 keywords. Try to avoid overly broad or specialized terms that might
be meaningless to a reader.
Think about the words you would use to search online for articles on the same topic; these often make the
best keywords. They do not necessarily need to be single words; keywords can include short phrases or
terms that are easily recognized by researchers in your field.

Main text
The main text of your article should be split into clearly-labelled sections. Usually these will be
introduction, material and methods, results, discussion and conclusions. Abbreviations should be written
out in full on first use.
Introduction
State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey
or a summary of the results.
Material and methods
Provide sufficient details to allow the work to be reproduced by an independent researcher. Methods that
are already published should be summarized, and indicated by a reference. If quoting directly from a
previously published method, use quotation marks and also cite the source. Any modifications to existing
methods should also be described.
Results
Results should be clear and concise.
Discussion
This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them.
Conclusions
The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions section, which may stand
alone or form a subsection of the discussion section.
Ethics
Research on humans must include a statement detailing ethical approval and informed consent where
applicable. Research using animals must adhere to local guidelines that appropriate ethical approval and
licenses were obtained. The name of the licensing bodies and the permit number attained must be listed
where applicable.
Acknowledgements
Please acknowledge anyone who contributed to the study but did not meet the authorship criteria.
Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article before the references and do not,
therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise. List here those individuals
who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing assistance or proof reading
the article, etc.).
Funding
Please list the source of funding for each author.
If no funding has been provided for the research, please include the following sentence:
This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-
for-profit sectors.
References
MISRJ uses a system based on Vancouver style referencing. All references to the literature cited should
be given in the order of their appearance in the text in a consecutively numbered list at the end of the
article.
Please note that references to datasets must also be included in the reference list with DOIs where
available.
Figures and tables
Tables should be in separate files. Table files can be saved as .DOC/.DOCX or .XLS/.XLSX files. For
submission purposes, tables can be included in the manuscript file, but must be placed in order at the end
of the manuscript, after the references and figures (if any).
Figures should be uploaded as separate files and should include labels which are referred to in the
captions. Figures can be included in the manuscript file, but must be placed in order at the end of the
manuscript, after the references .The following file formats are accepted:
• TIFF
• Adobe Photoshop
• JPEG
• PowerPoint, Excel or Word if the figure was created using 1 of these packages
• Postscript (PS, EPS or PDF)
• Adobe Illustrator
Color figures are welcomed. All figures will be published in color online
Post acceptance information
Proofs
The main manuscript should be submitted as an editable file, not a PDF, once it has been accepted for
publication.
Since we aim to publish as rapidly as possible after acceptance, only a few days may be available for
checking proofs. Authors who may be absent from their normal address should either inform the relevant
journal editorial office of their intended whereabouts or make alternative arrangements for their proofs to
be checked quickly. Major alterations to content cannot be made at this stage.
One set of page proofs is sent to the corresponding author, showing the final layout of the article as it will
appear online. Proofs should be read carefully for typesetter's errors and the accuracy of tables,
references, mathematical expressions, etc. Publication of an article will be delayed if proofs are not
returned by the given deadline.