Manuscript Guidelines

MANUSCRIPT TYPES ACCEPTED

  • Original Research Articles
  • Review Articles
  • Short Communications (Short Communications are limited to ~1000 words and are not subdivided. The paper should contain an abstract, main body and references)
  • Case Reports (only report with specific instances of interesting phenomena or report with occurrence of previously unknown or emerging pathologies will be accepted)
    • There is no page limit but unnecessary text, illustrations, and tables must not be included.

MANUSCRIPT FORMAT AND STRUCTURE

  • Refer the manuscript template from https://pensive-acadpub.com/ for format of each section. There is no page limit for manuscripts. The manuscript must be typed with 11 point Times New Roman font (Double space line) in MS Word.
  • Give line no. and Page no. to whole word document.
  • Title (should be clear, descriptive and not too long)
  • PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE AUTHOR NAME AND AFFILIATION IN WORD FILE as we follow double blind peer review process.
  • Abstract (250 – 300 words)
  • Keywords (indexing terms), normally 3-6 items.
  • Introduction (should include recent references)
  • Materials and Methods (Include permission of Animal Ethics Committee if needed)
  • Results
  • Discussion (Discuss the result with support of recent references)
  • Conclusion
  • PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE ACKNOWLEDGMENT IN WORD FILE BUT INCLUDE IT IN AUTHOR DECLARATION CERTIFICATE as we follow double blind peer review process.
  • Competing interest statement
  • For research article: 40% references must be of research/review papers published during past five years. For review article: 40-50% references must from papers published during past five years. References in the text should be given by placing in bracket [1], [1,2,3]. Reference no. should start from no. 1 onwards from Introduction section (e.g.: [1],[2]...[1,2]). Reference list must be prepared accordingly.
  • Tables
  • Figure captions
  • Figures (separate file(s)).

Language:  The language of publication is English. Authors for whom English is a second language must have their manuscript professionally edited by an English speaking person before submission to make sure the English is of high quality.

Abbreviations, Symbols, and Nomenclature:  All specifications must be stated according to the S.I. system. Concentrations of chemical solutions are to be given in mol/l. All other concentrations should be given in % (volume or weight). Any abbreviations of chemical, biological, medical or other terms should only be employed when it is certain that they are internationally known. The full name must be stated in brackets when the abbreviation is first used.

All biological, medical, chemical or other terms should be used according to the most recent recommendations of the respective international nomenclature. Enzymes should be given in I.U. (International Units), according to Enzyme Nomenclature (Elsevier Publishing Co., 1965). In the case of commercially obtained substances or reagents, when they are first mentioned in the text, the name and address of the manufacturer or supplier should be given as a footnote. Products (preparations etc.) with a registered trademark should be marked with.

Bacterial names should be in accordance with the latest edition of Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore). Viruses are to be given the classification and names recommended by the International Committee on the Nomenclature of Viruses.

Names of micro-organisms and zoological names should be in italics in the manuscript.

Figures/Graphs:  The manuscript comprises the text and a list of all figures and tables with their captions and titles in a separate file. We ask that you convey the essential information within the first 60 characters of the captions to accommodate the online edition. Each figure, table, and bibliographic entry must have a reference in the text. All figures/graphs etc. must be in JPG format.

References:  Each paper should include bibliographical references. The name of the journal in which the paper cited appears should be listed in the form of the abbreviated title from the cover of the journal concerned, otherwise use the abbreviations contained in a Bibliographic Guide for Editors & Authors from Chemical Abstracts, which is available in all major libraries, or the World List of Scientific Periodicals, 4th ed., London 1963-65, or www.journalseek.net, or from other authenticated list. Name of the journal must be in Italic letter. Please ensure that references in the text exactly match those in the manuscript's reference list. If editing sections of text please ensure that any references that are affected are amended accordingly in the reference list. Reference to personal communications and unpublished result should be in the text only.

Examples:

  • Gholami P, Lew SQ and Klontz KC (1998). Raw shellfish consumption among renal disease patients. A risk factor for severe Vibrio vulnificus infection. Am. J. Prev. Med. 15: 243-245.
  • Lin W, Fullner KJ, Clayton R, Sexton JA, Rogers MB, Calia KE, Calderwood SB, Fraser C and Mekalanos JJ (1999). Identification of a Vibrio cholerae RTX toxin gene cluster that is tightly linked to the cholera toxin prophage. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 96: 1071- 1076.

AUTHOR DECLARATION CERTIFICATE & ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Authors submitting a paper do so on the understanding that the work and its essential substance have not been published before and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. Certificate also includes permission from other copyright holders if any copyrighted materials used in manuscript. (Download Author Declaration Certificate & Acknowledgement).

COMPETING INTERESTS DISCLOSURE CERTIFICATE

Authors submitting a paper to Archives of Veterinary Research have to disclose competing interests if any by submission of Competing Interests Disclosure Certificate.

AUTHORSHIP AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

Authorship

All the authors in a manuscript are responsible for the technical information communicated. For this reason, it is necessary that all authors must read and approve the final version of the manuscript before signing the consent and declaration form. All named authors must have made an active contribution to the conception and design and/or analysis and interpretation of the data and/or the drafting of the paper and All must have critically reviewed its content and have approved the final version submitted for publication. Participation solely in the acquisition of funding or the collection of data does not justify authorship.

Archives of Veterinary Research adheres to the definition of authorship set up by The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). According to the ICMJE authorship criteria should be based on 1) substantial contributions to conception and design of, or acquisition of data or analysis and interpretation of data, 2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content and 3) final approval of the version to be published. Authors should meet conditions 1, 2 and 3.

It is a requirement that all authors have been accredited as appropriate upon submission of the manuscript. Contributors who do not qualify as authors should be mentioned under Acknowledgements.

Change in authorship:

We do not allow any change in authorship after provisional acceptance. We cannot allow any addition, deletion or change in the sequence of the author name. We have this policy to prevent the fraud.

Acknowledgements

Under Acknowledgements please specify contributors to the article other than the authors accredited. Please also include specifications of the source of funding for the study and any potential conflict of interests if appropriate. Suppliers of materials should be named and their location (town, state/county, country) included.

Similarity index

We check the plagiarism with the use of iThenticate: Plagiarism Detection Software. To reduce the similarity, please give proper citations and use the words/sentences carefully.

ETHICAL APPROVALS

Experimental Subjects: When experimental animals (All live animals considered experimental when using for the study) are used, the methods section must clearly indicate that adequate measures were taken to minimize pain or discomfort. Experiments should be carried out in accordance with the Guidelines laid down by the International Animal Ethics Committee or Institutional ethics committee and in accordance with local laws and regulations. All studies using human or animal subjects should include an explicit statement in the Material and Methods section identifying the review and ethics committee approval for each study, if applicable. Editors reserve the right to reject papers if there is doubt as to whether appropriate procedures have been used.

PERMISSION

If all or parts of previously published illustrations are used, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder concerned. It is the author's responsibility to obtain these in writing and provide copies to the Publishers.

ONLINE SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS

Manuscripts should be submitted Online via the online submission site https://pensive-acadpub.com/. The use of an online submission and peer review site speeds up the decision-making process, enables immediate distribution, and allows authors to track the status of their own manuscripts. If assistance is needed, Editorial Office can be contacted and will readily provide any help users need to upload their manuscripts. But please refer tutorial for online submission from https://pensive-acadpub.com/ before contacting the editorial office.

Editorial Office contact: pensive.acadpub@gmail.com

Online Submission:

To submit a manuscript, please follow the instructions below:

  • Launch your web browser and go to https://pensive-acadpub.com/ and choose login from upper right corner. If you are not registered as an author then register yourself as an author. The system will generate username and password for you after registration. You have to use this username and password to login as an author.
  • After login with your username and password, click on the tutorial link from upper menu. The tutorial will guide you procedure regarding submission of manuscript step by step.
  • Please be patience during the final step of conversion to PDF. Sometimes conversion takes a long time (up to 2-3 min according to system speed and your network speed).
  • Please do not forget to send the submission after conversion to PDF.
  • After successful confirmation, you will receive the system generated acknowledgment by an email for your submission.
  • Please upload:
  • Your manuscript with title page under the file designation 'main document' (compulsory).
  • Figure files under the file designation 'figures' (optional).
  • You must have to upload 'author declaration certificate' (compulsory).
  • Upload competing interests/conflict of interests certificate if applicable (optional).

MANUSCRIPT TRACKING

Sender author can track the progress of the submitted manuscript from his/her author account. However, sender author will receive a system generated email each time; at the time of submission, article revision letter, submission of the revised manuscript, provisional acceptance, payment request, acceptance/reject etc.

MANUSCRIPT REVISION

Sender author will receive an email once reviewers submit the comments to Archives of Veterinary Research. Editor will check the comments and forward it to the sender author with or without further comments. Sender author has to submit the revised manuscript as per editorial and reviewers comments within 4 weeks. If sender author needs more time then he/she must have to get the approval from the editor. Editor-in-Chief will make the final decision for each manuscript.

ARTICLE PUBLISHING CHARGE

For each accepted article:

For Middle- and Low-income Countries*: 3000 INR (35 USD).

For High income countries*: 200 USD

*Category will be determined as per World Bank category.

Minor English language editing will be done by journal copyeditor without any cost to the authors. However, we will ask for external copyediting if manuscript English is not acceptable at the time of provisional acceptance.

AFTER PROVISIONAL ACCEPTANCE

Upon provisional acceptance of a paper for publication, corresponding author will receive the email regarding payment of Article processing charge. Charges must be paid within 10 days as per instructions given in the email. Acceptance will be final after the payment of publication charge.

Proof corrections:  The corresponding author will receive an e-mail containing PDF. A working e-mail address must therefore, be provided for the corresponding author. The proof can be downloaded as a PDF (portable document format).

Proofs must be returned to the Editor within five days of receipt with corrections if any. If there is no correction then corresponding author must have to reply accordingly. We ask that you only correct typesetting errors and grammatical errors if any. Please note that the author is responsible for all statements made in their work, including changes made.

Online publication:  Online articles are complete and final. They have been fully reviewed, revised and edited for publication, and the authors' final corrections have been incorporated. We do assign DOI to each newly published article. We will send the email to all authors once article will be published.