Original Articles, Letter to Editors, Reviews, Short Communications, Commentaries, Obituaries, and Case Studies must be submitted via our online submission system. The authors are recommended to follow the below-mentioned guidelines for manuscript preparation. Visit editorial policies before manuscript submission to Journal of Nurses and Midwives Pakistan.

Cover letter

The information provided in the cover letter remains confidential as it is not shared with referees. So it provides an excellent opportunity for the authors to mention the details regarding conflicts of interest or declare any work details that are already under the press or submitted elsewhere.

It must include: 

*Conflict of Interest

Journal of Nurses and Midwives Pakistan asks all authors at the time of submission to disclose any conflict of interest they may have within the cover letter. A conflict of interest arises when a professional judgment concerning a primary interest may be influenced by a secondary interest.

*Acknowledgment

All contributors must be acknowledged and related details must be given in the cover letter and should not be disclosed anywhere in the manuscript.

*Funding Statement

Authors should declare sources of funding for the research mentioned. Affirming that they have not entered into an agreement with the funding organization that may have limited their ability to complete research as planned and that they have had full control of all primary data.

Figures

The figures are preferred to be incorporated within the manuscript in a single word file, at the initial submission. The figures and tables may not be of high resolution but they should indicate proper results and data and in an understandable form for the referees and readers.

The authors may be instructed to resend further detailed information and extensive files for better display of results, after acceptance. However, some guidelines for final figure preparation are included below and here if you wish to minimize later revisions and possible delays.

• In a final submission, the images must be provided in RGB color and at 300 dpi or higher resolution.
• Use the same font style and size for titles of all figures, recommended ‘Times New Roman’.
• Authors must assure the visibility of each figure and the use of distinct colors.

Statistical Information

The authors must give detailed information regarding the statistical analysis, the software used, the statistical test applied to generate results must be mentioned. The error bars must be mentioned for each figure. The relevant significant and non-significant P values must be added. Provide F- values for ANOVAs and T-values for t-tests and degrees of freedom must be given in both cases.

Supplementary Information

The data files, calculations, and background details must be retained as supplementary information and should be provided upon request by the editors. Authors must mention the data availability statement within the methodology section. 

Human Subject Data

Any research involving human subjects should be conducted in accordance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki - Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects. Details related to subject information and informed consent are mandatory to be submitted along with the manuscript as supplementary files. In the case of children, the written informed consent should be obtained from parents or guardians. In situations when it was not feasible or possible to obtain written informed consent, the reasons should be mentioned in detail. In the case of illiterate participants, a thumb impression is considered equal to written informed consent. In studies involving occupational participants, the permission of the employer is mandatory. In case animals have been used as subjects, it should be mentioned whether the relevant official guidelines for the use of laboratory animals have been followed.

Related Manuscripts

It is the prime duty of the authors to inform the editors regarding any related manuscript that may be under consideration elsewhere or in the press. In such a case referenced documents may be requested.

Preprint Servers

Our policy on preprints servers of research articles is summarized below:

• The original submitted version of the manuscript (the version that has not undergone peer review) may be posted at any time. Authors are recommended to disclose preprint posting details at the time of manuscript submission.
• Journal of Nurses and Midwives Pakistan fully supports and encourages the archiving of preprints in any recognized, not-for-profit, preprint server, such as arXiv, bioRxiv or medRxiv.
• Journal of Nurses and Midwives Pakistan places no restrictions on the license chosen when posting a preprint version of work.
• Journal of Nurses and Midwives Pakistan does not recommend that Accepted Manuscripts are placed on preprint servers. Journal of Nurses and Midwives Pakistan produces the Version of Record very quickly after manuscripts are accepted.
• Upon publication of the article, please add the following text to the preprint server:

 “This article has been published in [insert full citation] following peer review and can also be viewed on the journal’s website at [insert DOI].

Appeals

After rejection, the authors are free to make an appeal but only if they have strong points that address the referee's and editors' comments and decisions. The decision may be reversed only if the editors are convinced by the argument.

Manuscript Submission

Manuscripts should be submitted through our online submission system. 

Manuscript Formatting

Format your manuscript according to the below-mentioned guidelines for all manuscript categories. (for specific study designs see also CONSORT, STROBE, MOOSE, STARD).

General specifications

• A4 size
• 1-inch margin from all sides
• 12 font
• 1.0 line spacing
• Times New Roman
• The abbreviations and acronyms should be spelled out when they occur the first time.
• 3-5 keywords
• Avoid the use of abbreviations in the title
• The rationale for the study must be explained by the end of the Introduction section.
• Tables & Graphs are sent in both formats (in the text of the research article & MS excel file).
• The graphs must be plotted using SPSS with appropriate error bars (if applicable).
• Do not incorporate bibliography from any referencing software (Endnote, Mendeley etc.).
• At least 35% of references should be of the last 5 years.
   

Original Articles

Title of the article

The title should not exceed 200-250 characters. It should be reasonably self-explanatory yet concise to give an eye-catching view of the topic to the researchers outside the respective field.

Sequence

Complete name of authors with their affiliation, corresponding author name with an asterisk* email addresses of corresponding authors, and keywords (3-5 only) must be mentioned below the title of the article.

Abstract

All manuscripts should accompany clearly written and structured abstracts to highlight the most important points of the text. The abstract should not exceed 250 to 300 words. The abstract should be structured as background, methodology, results & conclusion.

Keywords: 3 to 5  keywords only. 

Introduction

This should describe the purpose of the article. It should end up with the rationale on the basis of which the study has been conducted. (It should neither review the subject extensively nor should it have data or conclusions of the study).

Methodology

All the details related to the data collection, study design, analysis, etc. should be mentioned. The methods should include all the details about the methodology which might be useful to replicate the experiment. Studies involving human subjects should mention the description of the recruitment procedure, compliance, language of the instrument (in case of a questionnaire). Statistical analysis and the software used should also be mentioned in this section.

Results

Results must be presented in the form of text. Tables and illustrations should be added wherever needed. The contents of the tables should not be repeated, instead, a reference to the table or figure number must be given. Tables and illustrations should be merged within the text of the papers. Legends for illustrations should be placed and tables repeating information should be excluded. Each table should have a title and should be numbered sequentially. Any abbreviations should be explained in the footnotes. All graphs should be made in MS Excel, sent as a separate file, even if they are merged in the manuscript. For scanned photographs, the highest resolution should be used.

Discussion

It should emphasize the present findings and comparisons should be made of variations or similarities with other studies in the respective field. The detailed data should not be repeated in this section.

Conclusion

It must be mentioned whether the hypothesis in the article is true, false or no conclusions can be derived.

References

Journal of Nurses and Midwives Pakistan follows the Vancouver Style of referencing (no more than 35). 

 

Review Articles

Types of Review Articles 

• Narrative review: Existing studies, theories, and models are selected, summarized, and compared in a Narrative Review. Results mainly focus on the qualitative view rather than the quantitative one.
• Systematic review: This involves statistical analysis of findings from several individual studies. Meta-Analyses are used to pool the results of individual studies. (for Systematic reviews & meta-analysis see PRISMA guidelines)

Words limit

Review articles vary considerably in length i.e. the Narrative reviews may range between 8,000 and 40,000 words (references and everything else included) while Systematic reviews are usually shorter with less than 10,000 words.

Title of the article

The title should not exceed 200-250 characters. It should be reasonably self-explanatory yet concise to give an eye-catching view of the topic to the researchers outside the respective field.

Sequence

Complete name of authors with their affiliation, email addresses of corresponding authors, and keywords (3-5 only) must be mentioned below the title of the article.

Abstract

All manuscripts should accompany clearly written and structured abstract to highlight the most important points of the text. The abstract should not exceed 250 to 300 words. The abstract should be structured as background, methodology, results & conclusion.

Keywords: 3 to 5  keywords only.

Introduction

This should describe the purpose of the article. The author’s aim for reviewing the literature, the method, and the organization of the described text. It should end up with the rationale on the basis of which the study has been conducted.

Methodology

The Systematic Reviews include a methodology section while structurally the Narrative reviews do not have a methodology section but should include some information about applied methods in other compared studies at the end of the introduction.

* The methodology of a review article must give an overall representation of the methodological approach. The number of articles cited for the literature review, selection criteria, the databases used for literature search, and the papers of which time duration, were focused during the search. 

Main Body

The main body of a review article may be divided into sub-headings. Subheadings help to understand the flow of the topic and reflect on what each section is about. Only one idea or topic must be covered per paragraph. The described research findings must be in link with the research question several studies must be referred to in a paragraph rather than just one. Link the studies to one another. Compare and discuss their relationships.

Conclusion

By the end of the review article, the author must state the answer to the research question set in the introduction. Make sure your review gives a clear idea that integrates the points discussed throughout the review. This section sum-up your article but avoid repeating the abstract points. To have a clear take-home message that integrates the points discussed in the review.

References

Journal of Nurses and Midwives Pakistan follows Vancouver's Style of referencing.

 

Short Communications 

General Instructions for Abstract & Main text

No more than 3000 words, 20 references, 6 figures/tables. All manuscripts should accompany clearly written and structured abstracts to highlight the most important points of the text. The abstract should not exceed 200 words. The abstract should be structured as background, methodology, results & conclusion.

Title of the article

The title should not exceed 200-250 characters. It should be reasonably self-explanatory yet concise to give an eye-catching view of the topic to the researchers outside the respective field.

Sequence

Complete name of authors with their affiliation, email addresses of corresponding authors, and keywords (3-5 only) must be mentioned below the title of the article.

Conclusion

It must be mentioned whether the hypothesis in the article is true, false or no conclusions can be derived.

Conflict of Interest

Journal of Nurses and Midwives Pakistan ask all authors at the time of submission to disclose any conflict of interest they may have. A conflict of interest arises when professional judgment concerning a primary interest may be influenced by a secondary interest. 

References

Journal of Nurses and Midwives Pakistan follows the Vancouver Style of referencing.

Editorials

A letter provides a new vision, makes alterations, or offers different theories. It provides a direct way of communication between the author of the article and the readers of the journal. The author may also request clarification about the existing content of the journal in an editorial.

General Instructions

Editorials should be limited to 1000 to 1500 words total, a minimal number of references, and no figures or tables preferred.

Title of the article

The title should not exceed 200-250 characters. It must be self-explanatory and crisp to give an eye-catching view of the topic to the researchers outside the respective field.

Sequence

Complete name of authors with their affiliation, email addresses of corresponding authors, and keywords (3-5 only) must be mentioned below the title of the article.

Main Body

The main body of an editorial must address the contents of an original journal article either to identify errors and make a correction; provide an alternate point; state additional information & evidence. The letter must be simple and focused. References must be authentic. Typically, the best letters are brief. The conclusive statement must be mentioned in the last paragraph without references.

References

Journal of Nurses and Midwives Pakistan follows Vancouver's Style of referencing.

 

Case Studies 

Title of the article

The title should not exceed 200-250 characters. It should be reasonably self-explanatory yet concise to give an eye-catching view of the topic to the researchers outside the respective field.

Sequence

Complete name of authors with their affiliation, email addresses of corresponding authors, and keywords (3-5 only) must be mentioned below the title of the article.

Abstract

All manuscripts should accompany clearly written and structured abstract to highlight the most important points of the text. The abstract should not exceed 250 words. The abstract should be structured as background, case presentation, management & results, conclusion.

Introduction

This should describe the purpose of the case study. If there is something especially challenging about the diagnosis or management of the condition that we are describing, now is our chance to bring that out. Each time we refer to a previous study, we cite the reference (usually at the end of the sentence). It should end up with the rationale on the basis of which the study has been conducted.

Case – presentation

This section must give the readers core information regarding the history of the case. The information must be relevant, avoid giving every detail just mention the information that helped to settle on your diagnosis. By the end of this section briefly describe the results of the clinical examination. The text must be in a narrative style.

Management & Results

This section clearly describes the number of times the treatment was repeated and the duration for which the patient was kept under observation. The treatment plans must be specifically described as many of the readers may not be familiar with the treatment used. The patient’s status for improvement or worsening symptoms must be included.

Discussion

Discussion of a case study must include the established physiological and pathological items but the author must write precisely and report the questions raised from the observations during the study. All loopholes regarding the case cannot be fixed at a time so the writer must provide possible explanations only. Recommendations can also be mentioned along with the discussion. 

References

Journal of Nurses and Midwives Pakistan follows the Vancouver Style of referencing. 

 

Commentaries 

Commentaries are short narrowly focused articles generally not peer-reviewed, these are usually invited but unsolicited commentaries can also be submitted for publication in the Journal of Nurses and Midwives Pakistan For further queries regarding article suitability and details, kindly email the Editorial office of Journal of Nurses and Midwives Pakistan at mehak@aeirc-edu.com.

General Instructions

It should be a maximum of 1500 - 2000 words, 15 to 20 references and figures/tables are not preferable.

Title of the article

The title should not exceed 200-250 characters. It should be reasonably self-explanatory yet concise to give an eye-catching view of the topic to the researchers outside the respective field.

Sequence

Complete names of authors with their affiliation, corresponding author name with an asterisk* email addresses of corresponding authors, and keywords (3-5 only) must be mentioned below the title of the article.

Background

This section must reflect the background to the article, its aims, a summary of a search of the existing literature, and the issues that are under discussion.

Main text

It is the main body of the article, it may also be broken into subsections with short, informative headings.

Conclusions

This should state clearly the main conclusions and include an explanation of their relevance or importance to the field.

References

Journal of Nurses and Midwives Pakistan follows the Vancouver Style of referencing. 

 

Obituary

Journal of Nurses and Midwives Pakistan honors the life and contributions of deceased members in their professions. We welcome you to share your memories of a colleague, friend, or family member in association with the field of sciences, please email an MS Word file to kgpublisher@gmail.com.

General Guidelines

• No abstract needed
• Word limit of up to a maximum of 750-800 words

All obituaries must include biographical details of the Author(s):

• Full Name
• Affiliation
• Address for Correspondence

The Submitted Obituary must highlight the following about the deceased’s:

• Full legal name
• Birthdate and death date
• Birthplace
• City and state of residence at death
• Full names of parents, siblings & Spouse 
• Date and time of funeral services about to take place or held already
• Cause of death
• Education 
• Employment 
• Extra-curricular activities 
• Services to his/her field
• Research Interest & Contributions
• Retirement   

References

References must be added for the affiliations other records of the deceased (Vancouver Style).  

 

Clinical Cases

Clinical cases could be submitted as Brief Reports or Clinical Problem Solving Article. 

Brief Report should describe one to three (1–3) patients or a single-family.

Elements

• Maximum words: 2,000
  • Summary (100 words maximum)
  • Maximum of three (3) tables and figures
  • Up to 25 references

Clinical Problem Solving simulates the step-by-step emergence of information/developments in clinical practice and describes how clinicians/clinical teams reason and respond in each iteration.

Elements 

• Maximum words: 2,500
  • Up to 15 references