| Instructions to Authors |
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| IJPBS accepts research and review article in pharmaceutical and biological sciences. The manuscript would be considered under the specific branches of pharmaceutical and biological sciences. Those branches are as follows |
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| Pharmaceutical Sciences |
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Pharmaceutics |
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Novel drug delivery sys |
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Nanotechnology |
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Pharmacology |
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Pharmacognosy |
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Analytical chemistry |
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Pharmacy practice |
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Pharmacogenomics |
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Polymer sciences |
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Biomaterial sciences |
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Medicinal chemistry |
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Natural chemistry |
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Biotechnology |
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Pharmacoinformatics |
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Biopharmaceutics |
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| Biological Sciences |
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Biochemistry |
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Biotechnology |
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Bioinformatics |
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Cell biology |
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Microbiology |
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Molecular biology |
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Neurobiology |
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Cytology |
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Pathology |
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Immunobiology |
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Therefore, the corresponding author is requested to mention the branches which comes under either pharmaceutical or biological sciences for their manuscript in their cover letter.
All manuscripts are subjected to RAPID non blind peer review process and those of high quality (which are not previously published and are not under consideration for publication by another journal) would be published without any delay in subsequent issue. Submit your manuscript with cover letter by email. The email is given in 'Submit manuscript' link. Submit manuscript in the “Submit Manuscript” button or link present in the journal webpage. A manuscript number will be mailed to the corresponding author within one week or early. |
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| Cover Letter |
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| During submission of the article, a cover letter should be included having |
- Authors full address and telephone/fax number.
- The type of article (Research or Review) along with the title and the type of branch (for branch kindly see “Aim and Scope” of this journal) under which the article to be published should be mentioned.
- The corresponding author should mention the undertaking that if any animal studies carried was in accordance with their country or institutional ethical committee and also state that the manuscript has not been published elsewhere (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis).
- Fill the cover letter and send along with your manuscript. Without these forms (Cover letter) your manuscript will not be considered for publication.
Click here for cover letter. |
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| Research Article |
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These articles should clearly describe new and carefully confirmed results and experimental procedure which should be given in required details for others to verify the work. The article can be up to 2500 words excluding references and abstract. For proper referring and fast publication all manuscript should be grammatically correct.
The manuscript should be prepared in English using “MS Word” with 2cm margin on all sides (Top, Bottom, Left and Right side) of the page. “Times New Roman” font should be used. The font size should be of 12pt but main subheadings may be of 14pt. All plant and microorganism's scientific names should be written in italic. All research article should be typed double spaced and should have the following sections: Title page, Abstract, Key words, Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgement (if any) and References.
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| Title Page |
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| The title should appear on a separate page which should then followed by the author name and the institution name and address by indicating suitable superscripts. Title page should contain title of the paper in bold face, title case (font size 14), names of the authors in normal face, upper case (font size 12) followed by the address(es) in normal face lower case. An asterisk (*) must be placed after the corresponding authors name as superscript whose email id, fax, telephone number can be given at the bottom left corner of the title. Corresponding author has the responsibility to ensure that all co authors are aware and approve the contents of the submitted manuscript. |
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| Abstract |
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| This section should start on a new page and should detail the problems, experimental approach, major findings and conclusion in one paragraph and should appear on the second page. Avoid abbreviation, diagram and references in the abstract. It should be single – spaced and should not exceed 150 words for full papers. |
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| Keywords |
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| Author(s) must give about 4-6 key words which can identify the most important subjects covered by the paper. They must be placed at the end of the abstract. |
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| Introduction |
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| The manuscript should include a brief introduction stating the purpose of the investigation and relating the manuscript to similar previous research. Only information essential to the arguments should be presented. |
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| Materials and Methods |
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This section must contain specific details about the materials studied, instruments used, specialized chemicals source and related experimental details which allows other research worker to reproduce the results. Obtain permission for all fully borrowed, adapted, and modified tables and provide a credit line in the footnote.
If any animal study was carried out , then the necessary institutional animal ethical committee approval should be taken and should be mentioned in the manuscript. If any human study was carried out , then necessary human ethical committee or appropriate approval should be taken and should be mentioned in the manuscript. A written consent should be taken from the human subjects or patients involved in the study ensuring their acceptance in the study and publication of relevant datas/photos/images in the journal and should be mentioned in the manuscript. The journal will not be responsible if any of the above if not followed and the editor’s decision would be final if any litigations arises during processing or after publishing. |
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| Results and Discussions |
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| The results should be concisely presented. Results and discussion may be separate or combined based on the authors requirement. Tables and figures should be designed to maximize the comprehension of the experimental data. The interpreted results should be explained clearly in discussions and should relate them to the existing knowledge in the field as clearly as possible. Tables, Graphs and figures (Illustrations) should be inserted in to the main text at respective place they should appear when published and should have appropriate numbers and titles with an explanatory heading. The table, graph and figures heading may have smaller font titles but should not be less than 10 pt in size. Labels of the table, graph and figures MUST be in the text form and should not form part of the image. Colour photographs and illustrations (line drawings, halftones, photos, photomicrographs etc) must be clean originals or digital files would be charged that may be intimated along with the acceptance letter. Those photographs must be clear and sharp. Digital files are recommended for highest quality reproduction and should follow the following guidelines |
- 300dpi or higher sized to fit journal page
- JPEG, GIF, TIFF and PDF formats are preferred)
- Acknowledgement (if any)
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| This section can be kept at the end of the manuscript before reference section and should not be more than 50 words. This section can be used to acknowledge the help of those who do not qualify for authorship or to acknowledge funding, donated resources or significant contribution to the research |
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| References |
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| References to the literature cited for the manuscript should be numbered in order of appearance in the manuscript and cited in the text with superscript numbers. The reference number should follow the following format. Please see “Model manuscript” of this Journal webpage to get an idea. |
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| Conclusion |
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| Manuscript should have relevant brief conclusion (limit of 300) and should reflect the importance and future scope. |
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| Conflict of Interest |
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Manuscript should have the declaration of conflict of interest. Include the following paragraph.
Conflict of Interest:
Conflict of interest declared none. |
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For Journal Reference
Gregoriadis G., Engineering liposomes for drug delivery: progress and problems. Trends Biotechnol, 13 (12): 527–537, (1995)
For Book Reference
Joseph R. Robinson and Vincent HL Lee, Ed. Controlled Drug Delivery Fundamentals and applications, 2nd Edn, Vol 29, Lippincott Williams’s publisher: 555–561, (1994)
For Chapters in Book Reference
P. S. Meltzer, A. Kallioniemi and J. M. Trent. Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In: B. Vogelstein, and K. W. Kinzler (eds.), The Genetic Basis of Human Cancer, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2002, pp. 93-113.
For Patent Reference
H. Aviv, D. Friedman, A. Bar-Ilan and M. Vered. Submicron emulsions as ocular drug delivery vehicles, U.S. Patent US 5496811, 1996.
Please see “Model manuscript” of this Journal webpage to get an idea.
Citing IJPBS published articles in your manuscript references is appreciable.
Reviewer evaluation fee of Rs 1000 or US dollar $ 30 or Euros 20 would be charged for each manuscript. |
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| Review Article |
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| Organisation of the review article is at the author’s discretion and must be at a length of not more than 7000 words. excluding references and abstract. Abstract and key words are required. Tables, figures, illustrations and references are to be arranged according to research papers. |
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| Copyright |
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| Submission of the manuscript represent that the manuscript has not been published previously and is not considered for publication elsewhere. Authors would be required to sign a CTA form (Copy Right Transfer Agreement) once the manuscript is accepted which would be sent to the corresponding author’s email. The corresponding author can download the form and after getting authors and co-authors signature it can be send as an attachment file after scanning to the journal or by post/courier along with the publication charges. |
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| Ethical Matters |
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| Authors involving in the usage of experimental animals and human subjects in their research article should seek approval from the appropriate Ethical committee in accordance with “Principles of Laboratory Animal Care”. The Method section of the manuscript should include a statement to prove that the investigation was approved and that informed consent was obtained. |
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| Manuscript Charges |
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As this is an open access journal and if the manuscript is accepted for publication, the authors has to pay Rs. 1500/- or US dollar $150 or Euro 100 per author towards processing, publishing and eprints and this may be intimated within one week from the date of manuscript submission. The modes of fee payment will also be intimated in the acceptance email letter.
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| Galley Proofs |
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| Galley proofs would be sent unless indicated otherwise to the corresponding author. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to ensure that the galley proof are to be returned without delay with correction (if any). The authors are responsible for the contents appeared in their published manuscripts. |
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| Time frame/Time line: |
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| To know the time frame/time line of processing the manuscript by our journal office kindly click here. |
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*The impact factor (IF) is a Calculated Impact Factor based on total numbers of IJPBS articles (489 articles of volume 1 published in the year 2010) been cited (229 citations) in indexed referred journals till the year 2012 using citation search engine. Kindly note that this is not the IF of Journal Citation Report.
High profiled experts in their respective field of research are invited for advisory editorial members/referees/reviewers. They can send their biodata with their field of interest to the following email editorijpbs@rediffmail.com |
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