Journal Article Template - Clinical Science



Journal Primary Article, Review, and Research Protocol Template Title PageFull Title of Article:The title of your article goes hereFull Names, Academic Degrees, Institutional Affiliations, and Email Addresses for All AuthorsFirst M. Last, BSc Student [1]*, First M. Last, PhD [2][1] Department of Somewhere, University of Somewhere, City, State/Province, Country Zip/Postal, Institutional Email Address[2] Department of Somewhere, University of Somewhere, City, State/Province, Country Zip/Postal, Institutional Email Address*Corresponding Author Details: Corresponding author email address and physical address goes here. If you do not have a university office, you may list a personal (mailing) address. This is required for the publication agreement in the event that your article is accepted for publication.Before completing the rest of your manuscript, please answer the following questions:The URNCST Journal accepts article submissions by invitation only: 1) If you are submitting an article as a delegate/presenter at a conference and/or competition that has partnered with the journal, please state the name & year/number of the conference/competition. 2) If you are submitting an article as a participant of the URNCST Journal Mentored Paper, please state the Round number you applied to (i.e. check your topic number when you submitted your paper, MPI1.# = Round 1, MPI2.# = Round 2, etc.) and the name of your mentor.If your article is accepted for publication, it may be featured on social media to increase the visibility of your work. If you wish, please share your social media handles below so we can tag you. (Optional)Facebook:Twitter:Do any authors have an ORCiD? If yes, please declare them below in the following format as shown in the example. (Optional).John Doe: you included any tables or figures in this manuscript? As per the URNCST Journal’s policy, “It is the responsibility of the author(s) to obtain permission from the copyright holder to reproduce any additional file that have previously been published elsewhere, which should be scanned and emailed to the editorial office in case of acceptance together with your Publication Agreement Form.” at . For each table/figure included in your manuscript, please state whether they were 1) created by yourselves (ensure that any software used is cited or linked in the figure/table caption) OR 2) permission was granted to you to reproduce the figure/table by the original publisher and upload this letter/email as part of your manuscript submission. Please note that the reproduction of tables/figures without obtaining expressed permission from the copyright holder is a violation of copyright law. Simply providing the citation to a table/figure and including it in your manuscript does not constitute permission to reproduce.Table 1:Table 2:Add more as needed…Figure 1:Figure 2:Add more as needed…Important Note: Once your manuscript is complete, please create an account at if you have not done so already, click “Submit Manuscript” and follow the prompts to upload your manuscript. It is extremely important for you to provide the following metadata associated with not just you but ALL of your co-authors (i.e. names, affiliations, email address) as this information is required in order to index your article in the event that it is accepted for publication.FOR EDITORIAL OFFICE USE ONLYArticle InformationManaging Editor: First LastPeer Reviewers: First Last, First LastArticle Dates: Received MMM DD YY; Accepted MMM DD YY; Published MMM DD YYCitationPlease cite this article as follows:Last F. The title of the manuscript goes here. URNCST Journal. YYYY MMM DD: Vol#(Issue). Link: ? First1 Last1, First2 Last2. (Year). Published first in the Undergraduate Research in Natural and Clinical Science and Technology (URNCST) Journal. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in the Undergraduate Research in Natural and Clinical Science and Technology (URNCST) Journal, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on , as well as this copyright and license information must be included.Title: The Title of Your Article Goes HereAbstract (not to exceed 350 words)Introduction: The introduction portion of your abstract should concisely describe the context and purpose of your study.Methods: The methods portion of your abstract should concisely describe how the study was performed and statistical tests used.Results: The results portion of your abstract should concisely describe a summary of main findings.Discussion: The discussion portion of your abstract should concisely describe a summarized analysis of your findings.Conclusion: The discussion portion of your abstract should concisely describe the study implications and future directions. Please minimize use of abbreviations and do not cite any references in your Abstract.Keywords (provide three to ten, each separated by semi-colon)keyword1; keyword2; keyword3IntroductionAll article types: The Introduction section should be written so that it is understandable to other researchers outside of your field’s discipline, and summarize the background and aims of your research project. Clinical studies, where appropriate, should include a summary of a literature search undertaken to indicate the justification of the study and what it aimed to contribute to the field. The Introduction section should end with a statement of the research question the study sought to answer. Please Note: The body of the article spanning from the beginning of the Introduction to the end of the Conclusion should not exceed 3000 words.MethodsAll article types: The Methods section should highlight the study’s design, setting, participants and/or materials involved, all interventions and comparisons, and the type of analysis used, including a power calculation if appropriate. Generic drug names should generally be used. When proprietary brands are used in research, include the brand names in parentheses in the Methods section.ResultsPrimary research and review articles: The Results section should present your key findings of your research without interpreting their meaning. Results of statistical analysis should include, where appropriate, relative and absolute risks or risk reductions, and confidence intervals.Research protocol articles: Understandably, the Results for a protocol may be a very brief summary of progress to date. It can include, but certainly does not have to be limited to, recruitment/enrolment status, the study timeline, and when results are expected.DiscussionPrimary research and review articles: The Discussion section should analyze and interpret your results reported in the previous section. New outcomes not reported in the results should not be reported in the discussion.Research protocol articles: The Discussion section should discuss how the results reported in the previous section will be analyzed and interpreted.ConclusionsPrimary research and review articles: The Conclusions section should clearly state the main conclusions of your study, provide an explanation of the study’s importance to the field, and identify any new research questions that arose from conducting this study, and outline future directions where applicable.Research protocol articles: The Conclusions section should clearly state the main intent of publishing the protocol, provide an explanation of the study’s importance to the field, and identify any new research questions that arose from conducting this study, and outline future directions where applicable.List of Abbreviations Used (If Any)All article types: If abbreviations are used in the text they should be defined in the text at first use written in full with the abbreviation in parentheses. A complete list of all abbreviations used should be provided in a section called List of Abbreviations directly following the Conclusions section.Example:DNA: Deoxyribonucleic acidURNCST: Undergraduate Research in Natural and Clinical Science and TechnologyConflicts of InterestAll article types: The “Conflicts of Interest” section should declare any real, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest between the duties or responsibilities related to research, and personal, institutional or other interests associated with each author. Conflicts of interest can exist when an author’s interpretation of data or presentation of information may be influenced by their personal or financial relationship with other people or organizations. If all authors have no conflicts of interest, please state “The author(s) declare that they have no conflict of interests.” In any case, please explicitly state which authors do and do not have conflicts of interest so that this is made clear to the reader.Ethics Approval and/or Participant ConsentAll article types: If the study reported in your manuscript required review by your institution's research ethics board (REB), please provide the details in this section. If your study involved human participants, please describe the steps taken to gain the consent of the study participants. If your study did not require ethics approval and/or participant consent (i.e. a review) please briefly explain why.Authors' ContributionsAll article types: The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) states that there are four main criteria that constitute authorship on research article as follows:Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; ANDDrafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; ANDFinal approval of the version to be published; ANDAgreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.Please outline the contributions made by each author using the following format, where each author is referred to by their initials:ABC: made contributions to the design of the study, collected and analysed data, drafted the manuscript, and gave final approval of the version to be published.DEF: contributed to study design and planning, assisted with the collection and analysis of data, and gave final approval of the version to be published.GHI: made substantial contributions to the design of the study, the collection of data as well as interpretation and analysis of the data, revised the manuscript critically, and gave final approval of the version to be published.If a contributor did not meet the criteria for authorship, they should be listed in the Acknowledgements section.AcknowledgementsAll article types: Please acknowledge anyone who contributed towards the article but did not meet the criteria for authorship. Examples of such contributors include those who provided purely technical help, writing assistance, a department chair who provided only general support, or those who contributed as part of a large collaboration group. Authors should obtain permission to acknowledge all those mentioned in the Acknowledgements section.FundingAll article types: Please include all funding sources associated with your study. If the study was unfunded, please state “This study was not funded”.ReferencesAll article types: All references, including URLs, must be numbered consecutively, in square brackets, in the order in which they are cited in the text, followed by any in tables or legends. Each reference must have an individual reference number. If automatic numbering systems are used, the reference numbers must be finalized and the bibliography must be fully formatted before submission. Note: In accordance with CrossRef, for cited journal articles please ensure that you report the hyperlink as a DOI weblink and NOT a weblink from the journal’s webpage (i.e. and NOT ). To speed up your referencing process, use the CrossRef free DOI lookup: URNCST Journal follows the reference style outlined by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) also known as the Vancouver citation style. Some cited examples are provided below:Standard journal articlesLopatto D. Survey of undergraduate research experiences (SURE): First findings. Cell Biology Education. 2004 Dec 21;3(4):270-7. CM. Evaluation of undergraduate research experience: Perceptions of undergraduate interns and their faculty mentors. Journal of Educational Psychology. 2000 Mar;92(1):191. book, authoredLaursen S, Hunter AB, Seymour E, Thiry H, Melton G. Undergraduate research in the sciences: Engaging students in real science. John Wiley & Sons; 2010 Jun 15.WebsiteThe Council on Undergraduate Research [Internet]. Undergraduate Journals. [cited 2017 Jun 29]. Available from: more examples of Vancouver citation style, please see: on Figures, Tables and Additional FilesNote to Authors: Please delete this instruction page prior to submitting your manuscript.FiguresAll article types:?Figures should be provided?where they should be displayed?in the word document text file. Each figure should be able to fit on a single page in portrait format, and they should be numbered in the order in which they appear cited in the manuscript (i.e. Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.). Each figure must be accompanied with a caption directly?below?it. Please note that the URNCST Journal only publishes articles in online formats, and therefore, there are no additional charges for the use of color figures.?Important:?It is the responsibility of the author(s) to obtain permission from the copyright holder to reproduce figures that have previously been published elsewhere, which should be scanned and emailed to the editorial office in case of acceptance together with your Publication Agreement Form.TablesAll article types:?Tables should also be provided?where they should be displayed?in the word document text file. Each table should be able to fit on a single page in portrait format, and they should be numbered in the order in which they appear cited in the manuscript (i.e. Table 1, Table 2, etc.).?Each figure must be accompanied with a caption directly?above?it. All tables should be formatted using the “Table object” (i.e. Insert > Table) in a Microsoft Word?to ensure that columns of data are kept aligned when the file is sent electronically for review.?Important:?It is the responsibility of the author(s) to obtain permission from the copyright holder to reproduce figures or tables that have previously been published elsewhere, which should be scanned and emailed to the editorial office in case of acceptance together with your Publication Agreement Form.Additional FilesAll article types:?For figures and tables that are too large to be included with the manuscript file, please upload them as multimedia appendices. Other additional file types that you wish to accompany your manuscript may include research instruments (questionnaires), movie files, original/raw data (SAS/SPSS, Excel, Access database, etc.).?Important:?It is the responsibility of the author(s) to obtain permission from the copyright holder to reproduce any additional file that have previously been published elsewhere, which should be scanned and emailed to the editorial office in case of acceptance together with your Publication Agreement Form. ................
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