Instructions to Authors

International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Int J Pharm Pharm Sci) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published monthly (April 2014). IJPPS publishes original research work as original articles or short communications, significantly advancing scientific knowledge in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences. The journal also considers articles on the current and trending subject, provided they match the current research needs and possess scientific impact.

The scope of the journal encompasses the following

Pharmaceutical Technology, Pharmaceutics, Novel Drug Delivery, Biopharmaceutics, Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacognosy and Natural Product Research
Pharmaceutical/Medicinal Chemistry, Computational Chemistry and Molecular Drug Design, Pharmaceutical Analysis
Pharmacology, Toxicology, Pharmacy Practice, Clinical and Hospital Pharmacy
Cell Biology, Genomics and Proteomics, Pharmacogenomics, Bioinformatics, Pharmacoeconomics.
Case studies cover the treatment with medicine.
Biotechnological studies of pharmaceutical interest.
Research outcomes of endemic/pandemic situations

Since March 2016, the journal has also started considering hypotheses; however, the frequency is limited.

IJPPS is committed to bring on surface the diligent and hard work of researchers for the betterment of science and society.

*Typewritten manuscripts prepared using MS Word should be submitted by online submission system (http://innovareacademics.in/journals/index.php/ijpps/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions) or email to editor@ijppsjournal.com

*(Article should be submitted through any one of the mode- email or online submission system).

Online submission system must be preferred

Manuscripts will be subjected to peer review process to determine their suitability for publication provided they fulfil the requirements of the journal as laid out in the instructions to authors. After the review, manuscripts will be returned for revision along with reviewer’s and/or editor’s comments. Prepare the manuscript in Times New Roman font using a font size of 12. There shall not be any decorative borders anywhere in the text including the title page.
All the tables and figures should be in the text at suitable places.

Submission of a manuscript to International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences for publication implies that the same work has not been either published or under consideration for publication in another Journal. Authors, in their cover note to the Editor, have to explicitly mention whether the manuscript shall be considered as a Research Paper, Short Communication or Review Article and also confirm that the manuscript has not been submitted to any other Journal for publication. Authors publishing results from in vivo experiments involving animals or humans should state whether due permission for conduction of these experiments was obtained, from the relevant ethics committees, in the Materials and Methods section. In addition, authors wishing to publish research work involving human studies should also send a notary verified letter of approval from the Ethics Committee or the Institutional Review Board.

The manuscript should be divided into Title page, Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion or Results and Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgement, References.

Title page- In separate lines, the title page should contain the title of the manuscript, the name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s), and the mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address of the corresponding author. The title must be specific, concise and informative.

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Authors - AVIJEET JAIN, AMIT K JAIN ---(12 FONT SIZE, TIMES NEW ROMAN, NORMAL, BOLD) - IN UPPERCASE ONLY

Keywords and Abstract- Please include 3-10 keywords for indexing purposes; Full-length manuscript submission should contain an abstract of up to 250 words in a structured form, consisting of: Objective, Methods, Results, and Conclusion.

Heading- INTRODUCTION, MATERIALS AND METHODS, RESULTS, DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION

Subheadings- Preparation of extracts

Introduction- It should summarise the rationale, provides a brief research background (not an exhaustive review) and states in a single sentence the objective of the study. Please do not include any results or the conclusion of the study.

Materials and methods- All the ethical permission associated in the research work must be specified. It should provide technical information about the study. Published methodological details are not needed to describe that have been published previously. Specifications (including the manufacturer, city, and the country) should be given for the main drugs, chemicals, and instruments. Indicate the statistical methods used and identify statistical significance using superscripts (* and **) following the data (*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01).

Results- It should reveal the findings of works.

Discussion- It should be with the interpretation of the results and their comparison with those of other studies. No need to repeat the results, review literature, textbook knowledge or cite references that do not have a close relationship with the present result.

Conclusion- conclude the study linking back to the aim of the study.

Abbreviations- At the first appearance in the abstract and the text, abbreviations should be preceded by words for which they stand.

Tables- Tables must be concise and cited consecutively using Arabic numerals in the text (Table 1, Table 2...etc.). The title of the table should clearly indicate the nature of the contents and sufficient detail should be included in the footnote to facilitate interpretation without reference to the text. Use horizontal rules only.

Table Format – It should be designed using table tools of MS Word and exactly same as below

Table 1: ---(12 font size, times new roman, normal, bold)

Groups	Change in body weight (unit)
Control
Negative control
Protective
Curative

Figures- Figures (photographs, drawings, diagrams and charts) should be clear, easily legible and cited consecutively using Arabic numerals in the text(fig. 1, fig. 2...etc.). Please supply figures 1.5 to 2 times the size at which they will be finally reproduced. For line work, submit black-ink drawings of professional quality. Micrographs or other glossy photographs must be of the highest quality. Use standard symbols: ○, ●, ×, □, ■, △, ▲. Freehand or typewritten lettering is unacceptable. If a figure comprises more than one glossy photograph, these should be marked A, B, C...etc. Figure legends should be marked clearly with their correspond letters. Legends should contain sufficient detail to permit figure interpretation without reference to the text. Scale markers should be indicated in the photographs. Colour plates are also welcome. The editor will make the choice of cover art illustration.

Figure format-

Fig. 1: ---(12 Font size, Times New Roman, Normal, Bold)

Manuscripts that fail to conform to the requirements of the Journal, as specified under 'Instructions to Authors', will be rejected outright.

Tables and figures should be cited in the text in numerical order. Table 2 should not be first cited before Table 1.

Units and Symbols - The use of the International System of Units (SI) is recommended.

Physical quantity	Base unit	SI Symbol
Length	meter	m
Mass	gram	g
	kilogram	kg
	microgram	µg
Time	second	s
	minute	min
	hour	h
	day	d
	week	w
	month	mo
	year	y
Amount of substance	mole	mol
Area	square meter	m2
Volume	cubic meter	m3
	liter	l
	milliliter	ml
	microliter	µl
	temperature	˚C

Specification	Example	Correct style
Use lowercase for symbols or abbreviations,	Kilogram	kg
Symbols are not followed by a period, exception end of sentence	meter	m
Do not pluralize symbols	kilograms	kg
When numbers are printed symbols are preferred	100 meters	100 m
Space between number and symbol	2mol 10mg 60˚C	2 mol 10 mg 60 ˚C
Place a zero before a decimal		0.01
Decimal numbers are preferable to fractions		0.75
Space used to separate long number exception four-digit numbers		1 500 000 1000

References

References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text (not in alphabetic order). Identify references in text, tables, and legends by Arabic numerals in parenthesis/bracket like- [1]. References cited only in tables or figure legends should be numbered in accordance with the sequence established by the first identification in the text of the particular table or figure. National Library of Medicine (NLM) style should be used for the references. Use complete name of the journal for non-indexed journals. Avoid using abstracts as references. Information from manuscripts submitted but not accepted should be cited in the text as “unpublished observations” with written permission from the source. Avoid citing a “personal communication” unless it provides essential information not available from a public source, in which case the name of the person and date of communication should be cited in parentheses in the text. For scientific articles, contributors should obtain written permission and confirmation of accuracy from the source of a personal communication.

The commonly cited types of references are shown here, for other types of references such as published, unpublished, and/or electronic materials, etc. please refer to uniform requirements of NLM (https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html) or ICMJE Guidelines (http://www.icmje.org).

Articles in Journals

Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Caplan AL. Solid-organ transplantation in HIV-infected patients. N Engl J Med. 2002 Jul 25;347(4):284-7.
Volume with supplement: Geraud G, Spierings EL, Keywood C. Tolerability and safety of frovatriptan with short- and long-term use for treatment of migraine and in comparison with sumatriptan. Headache. 2002;42 Suppl 2:S93-9.
Issue with supplement: Glauser TA. Integrating clinical trial data into clinical practice. Neurology. 2002;58(12 Suppl 7):S6-12.

Books and Other Monographs

Personal author(s): Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA. Medical microbiology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2002.
Editor(s), compiler(s) as author: Gilstrap LC 3rd, Cunningham FG, VanDorsten JP, editors. Operative obstetrics. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2002.
Chapter in a book: Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM. Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In: Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, editors. The genetic basis of human cancer. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2002. p. 93-113.

Journal abbreviations source

Journal names should be abbreviated according to CAS Source Index (CASSI) Search Tool abbreviations: http://cassi.cas.org/search.jsp

Short Communication

The journal publishes exciting findings, preliminary data or studies that did not yield enough information to make a full paper as short communications. These have the same format requirements as full papers but are only up to 5 pages in length. Short Communications should not have subtitles such as Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion - all these have to be merged into the running text. Short Communications preferably should have only 3-4 illustrations.

Case Study

It should be divided in the Title page, Abstract (non structured), Keywords, Introduction, Case Report, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgement, References.

Review Articles

Should be about 18 pages long, contain up-to-date information, comprehensively cover relevant literature and preferably be written by scientists who have in-depth knowledge on the topic. All format requirements are same as those applicable to full papers. Review articles need not be divided into sections such as Materials and Methods and Results and Discussion, but should have an Abstract and Introduction, if necessary.

Hypothesis

It should be divided in the Title page, Abstract (non-structured), Keywords, Introduction, Hypothesis, Conclusion, Acknowledgement, Conflict of Interests, Overview, References. The overview should cover answers of following:

What is already known about the subject?

How does your proposed theory add to the current knowledge and what benefits does it have?

What is further study proposed for testing the hypothesis?

Conflict of Interest statement

It must be declared by authors.

Author contributions

Contribution of each author should be given in the manuscript immediate after acknowledgement/conclusion.

Fee

IJPPS is an open access journal, free to access, read and print. There is no pay-per-view, pay-per-print fee for the published articles. No editorial/peer review charges are being solicited from the authors. However, the journal charges minimum amount towards author registration (on accepted article, after peer review) for publishing and maintaining the content online, outsourcing facilities, tools and resources towards publication of the article. The amount will be as follows:

Manuscript	Indian authors		Foreign authors
Manuscript	1 or 2 authors	More than 2 authors	1 or 2 authors	More than 2 authors
Original Research Article, Review Article Short Communication, Case Study, Letter to Editor etc.	Rs. 1500 per author	Rs. 1000 per author	US$ 100 or 75 per author	US$ 50 per author