Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
Al-Nahrain University
College of Medicine
Keywords: three to ten keywords should be provided on the same page of the abstract in Arabic and English. As far as possible, be selected from the National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings.
The Arabic abstract should follow the Unified Medical Dictionary (Council of Arab Ministers of Health/WHO/Arab Medical Union/ALESCO, 3rd edition.
Manuscript format: should be divided into the following parts: introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion.
References: All references should be listed in consecutive numerical order by English numerals, in the order of citation in the text. Once a reference is cited all subsequent citations should be to the original number.
Examples
1. Standard Journal Article: use et al. when the number of authors exceeds 6
Halliwell, B., Gutteridge, J.M.C.: Oxygen toxicity, Oxygen radicals, transition metals and disease. Biochem J, 1984; 219: 1-14.
2. Books:
Mann, J.I., Pyorala, K., and Teuscher, A.: Diabetes in epidemiological perspective.: Churchill Livingstone. London. 1983.
3. Chapter in book:
Phillips, S.J., and Whisnant, J.P.: Hypertension and stroke. In: Laragh, J.H., and Brenner, B.M. editors. Hypertension: Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management. 2nd ed. Raven Press. New York. 1995. p. 465-78.
Tables: Each table should be typed on a separate page double-spaced, including all headings. Number all tables with English numerals and include a short title. Vertical lines between columns are to be avoided.
Figures: All figures must be suitable for reproduction without being retouched or redrawn. Figure number, name of senior author, and title of the work should be written lightly on the back with red pencil. Photographs must be supplied as glossy black and white prints. The top of the figures should be indicated clearly.
Legends: Captions for figures must be typed double spaced, and must not appear on the figure.
Proof Reading will be done by the secretarial office of the journal. The principal author will receive a copy of the journal. The authors are responsible for accuracy of all statements, data, and references included in the manuscript.
After the manuscript has been accepted for publication, authors are required to supply the final version of the manuscript on 3.5" floppy disk in MS word version 6 or later.
All correspondence to be addressed to the Chief Editor on the address below:
Chief Editor:
Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences
AI-Nahrain College of Medicine,
PO, Box 14222,
Tel. 5231521.
AI-Kadhihymia,
Baghdad,
IRAQ.
