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JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY AND REPRODUCTION [JER]
The society publishes a journal The Journal
of Endocrinology and Reproduction (JER), cited in Biosis,
Chemical Abstracts, biological Abstracts, Current Indian
Titles etc:-.
JOURNAL OF
ENDOCRINOLOGY AND REPRODUCTION
INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
(Revised: May, 2007)
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JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY AND REPRODUCTION (JER),
published biannually, one issue in June and the other
in December, is the official organ of the Society for
Reproductive Biology and Comparative Endocrinology (SRBCE),
Chennai, India. The Journal publishes review
articles (both invited and contributed; in
the latter case, in consultation with the Editor-in-Chief)),
papers on original investigations and
letters to the editor, related to all
aspects, including methodological innovations, of Reproductive
Biology and Endocrinology. Reputed senior scientists
will write the review articles, mostly based on the
invited talks at the annual meeting of SRBCE, but reviews
are welcome from other authors as well. Any scientist
may communicate original article(s). The letters to
the Editor (limited to 4 A4 size printed pages) will
be short communications covering the salient discoveries
in the award-winning oral and poster presentations at
the annual meetings of SRBCE. The authors of letters
to the editor are free to publish full-length papers
later, if they desire so. The aim of the journal is
to disseminate high quality information related to basic
and applied aspects of Endocrinology and Reproduction.
The Editorial Board will put all effort to ensure rapid
publication. At least one of the authors of
the article should be member of SRBCE. Enrollment
form to become member of the Society can be downloaded
from its website, www.srbce.org.
JER is indexed in Current Contents, Biological Abstracts,
Biosis and Chemical Abstracts. Efforts are taken to
get it covered in PubMed.
SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS
The manuscript, written in English, is to be
sent to Dr. M.A. Akbarsha, Editor-in Chief, JER, Department
of Animal Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli
620 024, India. Original papers and letters
to the editor will be considered for publication only
on assurance that a substantial part has not already
been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.
Two independent reviewers, who will be experts
in the field and/or Members of the Editorial Board,
will review the manuscripts. The decision to accept,
subject to revision or reject the article will be taken
by the Editorial Secretariat on the basis of the reviewers’
comments. The Editorial Board reserves the right to
improve the style and grammar and make corrections in
the paper, as may be found necessary, before publication
or return it to the corresponding author for revision.
The manuscript should be submitted in triplicate
along with three sets of illustrations / photographs
and a CD version of the entire MS. In the hard
copies, the manuscript should be typed in Word format
with double spacing on one side of good quality bond
paper with at least 3.5 cm margin on the left and clear
margin on all other sides. In the disc the text, and
tables if any, of the manuscript should be contained
in one file in WORD, and another file containing the
figures in TIF format, and the content should match
the version in the hard copies. The following information
should be printed on a label on the disc: Name of first
author, abbreviated title of the paper, file name, type
of computer used (e.g., IBM PS/2) and the operating
system. Alternatively, manuscripts may be sent
as email attachment (text and tables in MS-WORD; illustrations
in JPG or TIF format) to the Editor-in-Chief to his
mail id editorjer@yahoo.co.in
FORM OF MANUSCRIPT
The first page of each paper should carry the
title, name of the authors, complete address(es) and
a short running title, not exceeding 80 characters.
In the case of authors from different labs, the same
may be indicated with superscript Arabic numerals, and
the addresses indicated in that order. In the case of
authors whose present address(es) is/are different from
the one from where the paper originates, the same may
be indicated in superscript alphabets, and the address(es)
indicated in that order. The name, address, telephone
number, fax number and email id of the corresponding
author should also be indicated separately. The second
page should carry the summary covering the
major findings and conclusion(s) (limited to 300 words)
and key words (not exceeding 5, in the alphabetical
order). In the case of original investigations
and letters to the editor the text should follow
from the third page onwards, with
introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion
including conclusion(s), acknowledgement(s),
if any, and references. In the case of reviews,
there shall be an introduction, followed by the subject
matter under headings, as the authors may deem fit,
and end with conclusions, acknowledgements and references.
Footnotes should be avoided. The name of the species
should be italicized. The genus name should be expanded
at the first mention and abbreviated subsequently. Words
should not be hyphenated. Materials and Methods
should be described and referenced in sufficient detail
so that other workers can repeat the study, if necessary.
The authors are requested to consult an authentic statistician
in selecting appropriate statistical methods
for analysis of data. When data are expressed as standard
error of a mean (SEM) or standard deviation (SD), the
number of observations (n) must be given. The Figures
must be indicated in the text as Figure 1, and so on,
if not in parenthesis, and as (Fig. 1), and so on if
within parenthesis. Italics and boldfaces should be
typed so. The numbers must be spelt out when they stand
as the first word in a sentence. Units must be abbreviated
as mm for millimetre, s for seconds, h for hours, ml
for milliliters, mg for milligrams, etc.
The list of References should be double-spaced. In
the text, references should be cited by author's surname
followed by year of publication:
. . . studies by Maitra (2003) reveal . . .
. . . studies by Smita and Oommen (2005) reveal . .
.
. . . studies by Aruldhas et al. (2004) reveal . . .
. . . an earlier report (Shivanandappa, 2005) . . .
. . . earlier reports (Rai and Haldar, 2006; Balasubramanian
et al., 2006) . . .
Unpublished data should be referred to as personal communication.
An example would be... studies by Oommen V. Oommen (personal
communication)...In this case mention the full address
in the acknowledgments, not in the literature. When
references are made to more than one paper by the author
published in the same year, they should be designated
in the text as (Vinod Kumar et al., 2006a, b).
The reference list must be arranged alphabetically by
author's surname in the following style:
Author's name (or names), year of publication, complete
title, volume, and inclusive pages as follows:
Journal article
Aruldhas MM, Subramanian S, Sekhar P, Hasan GC, Govindarajulu
P, Akbarsha MA (2004) Microcanalization in the epididymis
to overcome ductal obstruction caused by chronic exposure
to chromium – a study in the mature bonnet monkey
(Macaca radiata Geoffroy). Reproduction 128:127-137.
Chapter in book
Akbarsha MA, Subramoniam A. and Madhavachandran M (2003)
Male reproductive dysfunction. In: Mishra LC (ed), Scientific
Basis of Ayurvedic Therapies, pp 459-477, CRC Press,
Washington DC.
Book
Turner CD and Bagnara JT (1971) General Endocrinology,
ed 5, pp 387-438. WB Saunders, Philadelphia.
References to papers by two authors follow those by
the senior author. If there is more than one paper with
a second author, these are listed alphabetically. References
by three or more authors follow those by the senior
author (including two-author references) and are arranged
chronologically independent of the order of the second
and third authors.
The number of references should be kept to a reasonable
minimum; to this end, appropriate recent reviews only
should be adopted, whenever possible. The citation of
unpublished observations and manuscripts in preparation
or submitted for publication will not be entertained.
The citation of manuscripts in press (i.e., accepted
for publication) is permitted under the references,
provided the name of the journal and copy of the letter
of acceptance is furnished. If reference to personal
communication is made, written permission of the investigator
concerned the manuscript should accompany the manuscript.
If it is necessary to cite an abstract, since it contains
highly relevant data not published elsewhere, it must
be designated at the end of the reference (e.g….68:
313 abstract). The authors are responsible for the accuracy
of the references. In the case of letters to
the editor, the same pattern of listing should be followed,
but the title of the paper/chapter shall not be included.
Photographs should be, preferably,
in black and white, sharp and printed in glossy papers
in the first copy and may be laser-printed in the other
2 copies. Illustrations should be limited to page size
22.3 cm height and 15.5 cm width. Photographs should
be grouped with relevance and numbered 1A, 1B…,
2A, 2B, and so on. The labels should be prominent such
that the plate provides for reduction in size. Each
photomicrograph should carry a scale mark at the right
bottom, and the size indicated in the legends. The photographs
in the first copy and those in the CD version should
be press-ready such that the editorial office need not
lay the hands on them.
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Each figure or group of figures in a plate should be
accompanied by a title and self-explanatory legends.
The labels must be expanded in the legends in the alphabetical
order. The legends should be typed separately and added
to the manuscript ahead of the plates. Identify all
figures on the back, in soft pencil, with the name of
first author and figure number and an indication for
the TOP. Graphs and diagrams must be drawn with sharp
drawing pens using Indian ink or tracing papers, or
computer printouts.
Tables must be simple and submitted
in the form of laser prints. Each table must have a
concise heading and be constructed as simply as possible;
it must be intelligible without reference to the text.
Tables that duplicate text or figures will not be accepted.
In preparing tables, the width of the table must be
in relation to the size of the Journal page (22.3x15.5
cm).
The proofs will be sent to the corresponding
author. The corrected proofs should be returned expeditiously.
In case of minor corrections only, the list of such
corrections may alone be communicated as a mail attachment.
There is no page charge for articles.
Color prints of photographs will be done at the request
of the corresponding author, and will be charged at
the rate of Rs. 2000/- ($100/-) per page.
Reprints: The system of printed reprints is
dispensed with. Instead, a printable pdf will be made
available as mail attachment to the corresponding author.
It will be charged Rs. 1000/- or US$ 50/- in case of
reviews or full length articles and Rs. 500/- or US$
25/- in case of Letters to the Editor. It is obligatory
that the corresponding author purchases the pdf version
of reprint.
All payments must be made by cheque
/ demand draft, drawn in favor of Treasurer, SRBCE,
payable at Chennai, and sent to the Editor-in-Chief
much before the paper is taken up for print, and immediately
after receipt of intimation of acceptance of the paper
for publication.
Copyright. Authors submitting a manuscript
do so on the understanding that the contribution is
to JER only. If it is accepted for publication, exclusive
copyright of the paper and illustrations shall be assigned
to the Publisher. The authors’ of an article,
accepted for publication, should give an undertaking
to this effect, signed by all authors. The Publisher
will not put any limitation on the personal freedom
of the author to use the material contained in the paper
or in other works, which may be published. However,
the letter to the editor will not come under the purview
of the copyright.
Subscription Rates
Individuals: Rs. 250/=
per year; Rs. 1000/= for 5 years.
Institutions: Rs. 1500/=
per year.
The provision for life subscription is discontinued.
However, those who have already paid life subscription
will continue to receive the journal.
Advertisement Tariff (per insertion)
Outside back cover- Multicolor (Size 24 cm
height; 21 cm width) : Rs.5000.00
Inside cover- Single color (Size 28 cm height; 20.5
cm width) : Rs.4000.00
Inner, full page- Single color (Size 22.3 cm height;
15.5 cm width) : Rs.3500.00
Inner, half page- Single color (Size 11.0 cm height;
15.5 cm width) : Rs.3000.00
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