Submit Manuscript

Authors can also submit their Manuscript to our Editorial Office directly at editassist@thereproductivemedicine.com to submit your manuscript.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

✔ The submission of this article represents original, unpublished material that is not under editorial consideration elsewhere, in whole or in part.

✔ The submission file is Word-readable (e.g. odt, doc, docx, rtf, txt; do not use compressed file formats like zip or rar) or PDF; upload figures preferably as png. Each individual file must be smaller than 4 MB.

✔ This submission meets the requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

✔ Cover letter addressing to the Editor-in Chief or handling editor mentioning the purpose of your submission should be submitted along with the manuscript. 

✔ Manuscript should consist of Title page, Abstract and keywords, Main Text which includes Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusion. Declarations section should include Acknowledgments, Funding Information, Authors Contribution, Conflict of Interest, Data Availability, Ethical Approvals and Consent for Publication.

✔ Supplementary materials should be submitted separately while submitting the articles.

✔ All references have been checked for accuracy and completeness.

✔ All tables and figures have been numbered and labelled.

✔ Permission has been obtained to publish all photos, datasets and other material provided with this submission.

✔ Fast Track publication is available for Journal of Reproductive Medicine and authors has to check fast track publication charges before submissions.

✔ Authors must indicate whether or not they have a financial relationship with the organization that sponsored the research. This note should be added in a separate section before the reference list. If no conflict exists, authors should state: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

✔ The authors have clearly stated any potential conflicts of interest in the manuscript.

✔ Upon acceptance of the manuscript, the author(s) agrees to pay the publication fee as per the journal’s publication fee policy (Article Processing Charge, APC).

 

 

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

Cover Letter

In your cover letter, you should include:

Provide a statement verifying that

  1. The manuscript is original.
  2. All the authors were active participants.
  3. You wish to submit the manuscript for publication in The Journal of Reproductive Medicine.
  4. The manuscript is not currently under consideration for publication in another journal, and
  5. The authors agree to pay Open Access Publication Charges if the manuscript is accepted for publication.
  6. Cover Letter should also include Authors Financial Disclosure.

Please provide the Contact information of Corresponding Author along with the Affiliation, E-mail address and Telephone number. Secondary contact mail ID of Corresponding author should be provided.

It is Mandatory to provide E-Mail address of all the co-authors along with their affiliations and Telephone numbers.

Manuscript Preparation Guidelines

General

  1. Limit the length of the text to approximately 3,000 words for clinical perspectives and original articles and to 1,000 words for case reports and brief clinical communications.
  2. Number the pages consecutively, starting with the title page, and continuing in the following order: synopsis, abstract and keywords, body of text, references, figure legends, and tables.
  3. Provide signed permission forms from the copyright hold- er and original author for all previously published tables or figures.
  4. Cite all references, figures (in arabic numerals), and tables (in roman numerals) in the text in numerical order and in the order in which they appear.
  5. Use generic names of drugs when possible. For any trade name cited, capitalize the first letter, and include the manufacturer’s name and location (city, state/province, country).
  6. Express weights and measures in metric values.
  7. Use the Oxford comma in all series.

 

Manuscript should consist of following field in order

  1. Title Page
  2. Manuscript Text
  3. Bibliographic section

 

Title Page:

The title page should include concise and informative Title of Manuscript, Running Head or Running Title Max 50 words should be provided.  It should include the name of all authors and affiliation.

Corresponding Authors Details should be Provided along with highest degree, affiliation, e-mail address and telephone number(s).

Title Page should include number of figures, tables, total word count and total number of pages.

Synopsis Page

Provide a summary statement of 25 words or less.

Manuscript Text:

Abstract

Journal of Reproductive Medicine required structed abstract for all the original articles which included Aim/ Objective, Methods, Results and Conclusion. The Word count should not exceed to 200 words.

For case reports: Background, Case, and Conclusion.

For clinical perspectives: Objective, Data Sources, Methods of Study, Results, and Conclusion

References and citations should be avoided. Graphical or Video Abstracts can also be provided

Keywords

A list of 3-8 keywords should be included below the abstract, keywords should be separated with Semicolon (;) each.

INTRODUCTION

It mainly includes the following parts: background of the research through literature citation, the problems or questions needed to be solved, the objectives of the research, the main methods used, and the main results obtained.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

This should include exact method or observation or experiment. If an apparatus is used, it’s manufacturer’s name and address should be given in parenthesis. If the method is established, give reference but if the method is new, give enough information so that another author is able to perform it. If a drug is used, its generic name, dose and route of administration must be given. For patients, age, sex with mean age ± standard deviation must be given. Statistical method must be mentioned and specify any general computer programme used.

RESULTS

It must be presented in the form of text, tables and illustrations. The contents of the tables should not be all repeated in the text. Instead, a reference to the table number may be given. Long articles may  need sub-headings within some sections (especially the Results and Discussion parts)  to clarify their contents. Extra or supplementary materials and technical details can be placed in an appendix where it will be accessible. It may be omitted from the printed version but may be published in the electronic version of the journal.

DISCUSSION

Start with a one-paragraph summary of the main findings. Then place your study in context, referring to other relevant work. Do not repeat in detail data or other information presented in the Introduction or Result section. Discuss the limitation of the methods and the results presenting the clinical relevance of your study and the implications for future studies. Address the issue of effect magnitude, in terms of both the statistics reported and the implications of the results. 

REFERENCES

Cite journal articles as follows: Authors: Article title. Abbreviated journal name. Year;volume: inclusive pages. Use Index Medicus abbreviations of journal names.

Cite books as follows: Authors: Name of chapter. In Name of book. Editors’ names. Place, Publisher, year, inclusive page numbers.

Identify references in the text with superscript numerals - e.g., Dorin et al.5

Number all references consecutively as they appear in the text.

Avoid listing unpublished data or manuscripts, personal communications, web sites, and non–peer-reviewed publications.

FIGURES

For all manuscripts accepted, authors will be charged $500 for color pages published in the print version of the journal. When the illustration appears in black and white in the print- ed version, the authors will not be charged a fee. We recommend using symbols, instead of color, for charts and graphs.

Ensure that each photograph or section (i.e., A, B, etc.) is at least 990 pixels wide.

Scan images at the highest dpi possible. Do not modify a low-resolution image by increasing the dpi. Send files at no less than 300 dpi in one of the following formats: TIFF, GIF, JPEG, PHOTOSHOP or EPS. Send color files in CMYK mode for 4-color separation.

All illustrations must include the original magnification and the stain employed, and clearly identify critical areas of radiographs, photomicrographs, etc.

TABLES

Number and title tables.

Provide sufficient information for the table to stand alone.

Avoid tables, graphs, and charts for which the information could be included in the text in several sentences.

 

 

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL AND VIDEO ABSTRACTS

Supplementary material can include for example video- and audio files but also figures, tables, and datasets that are of relevant to the main article. Including supplementary material with your article can make it more discoverable, and help maximizing downloads and citations.

Video abstracts can be a good way of getting others to engage with your research, ultimately increasing the visibility and impact of your work. Through a video abstract you can introduce the article in your own words, telling readers what the unique contribution of your article is and why they should read it. We recommend keeping a video abstract short and to the point (no more than a few minutes) and that you use images, charts or tables to help explain the focus of your article. Consider the aim of the video throughout – to get people to read your article. The best video format is MP4 although other video formats such as MOV and MPEG4 are also supported. The minimum dimension is 426 x 240 and the max dimension is 3840 x 2160.

Please make sure to include any supplementary files at the same time as you submit your manuscript, although a video abstract can be sent upon acceptance instead.

Supplemental material will be published as submitted, and will thus not be checked for scientific content, it will not be copyedited and it will not be typeset. Please note that publishing supplementary material involves a fee of 35 €/file to cover administration costs, but video files will be published free of charge.