The Journal of Pharmacy and Clinical Sciences (JPCS) is an international journal in English published quarterly.JPCS  will accept the following contributions: Original research articles; reviews; mini reviews; short communications;case reports,  letters to the Editors in all the areas of pharmaceutical and clinical sciences. Papers written in English will only be considered.

Evaluation of submitted articles is free of cost but iff submitted manuscript is accepted after double blind peer review, the author has a submit publication dues via our online payment system to get the manuscript published in Journal of Pharmacy and Clinical Sciences . Current paper publication / processing dues are $85 and are universally applicable,that includes publication of article and postal mail delivery of pulished copy of journal.         

Cover Letter   

During submission of the article, a cover letter should be included having authors full address and telephone/fax number. The type of article (Research or Review) along with the title. The  corresponding author should mention the undertaking that if any animal studies carried was  in accordance with their country or institutional ethical committee and also state that the  manuscript has not been published elsewhere or considered for publication by any other  journal. The covering letter should send separately to the editor by email. 

Research Article 

These articles should clearly describe new and carefully confirmed results and experimental  procedure which should be given in required details for others to verify the work. The article  can be up to 3000 words excluding references and abstract. The authors have to check the  manuscript extensively grammatical and spelling mistakes before submission.  The manuscript should be prepared in English using “MS Word” Type area on a page is standard Letter( 8.5'' x 11''). All text should be fully justified. Margins for this type area: top 0.38'', bottom 0.25''; left 1'', right 1''. “Times New Roman” font should be  used. The font size should be of 10pt to all main and subheadings. All plants species and  microorganism's scientific names should be written in italic.

Title Page 

The title should appear on a separate page which should then followed by the author name  and the institution name and address by indicating suitable superscripts. Title page should  contain title of the paper in bold face, title case (font size 14), names of the authors in bold  face, title case (font size 10) followed by the address (es) in normal face, title case. An  asterisk (*) must be placed after the corresponding authors name as superscript whose email  id, fax, telephone number can be given at the bottom left corner of the title. Corresponding  author has the responsibility to ensure that all co authors are aware and approve the contents  of the submitted manuscript.    

Abstract: 

This section should start on a new page and should not more than 250 words and structured  under the following headings: Objectives, material and methods, Results and Conclusions.  Reviews and mini reviews also require an abstract, but it need not be structured. Abstract  must be followed by four-six keywords.    

Introduction: 

The Manuscript should include brief introduction and indicates aim of the study and the  essential back ground information. Introduction should clearly state the hypothesis or purpose  statement, how and why the purpose or hypothesis was developed and why the author deems  it important.    

Materials and Methods: 

This section must contain specific details about the materials studied, instruments used,  specialized chemicals source and related experimental details which allows other research  worker to reproduce the results. Obtain permission for all fully borrowed, adapted, and  modified tables and provide a credit line in the footnote.    

Results:

The important results of the work should be clearly stated and illustrated where  necessary by tables and figures. The statistical treatment of data and significance level of the  factors should be stated wherever necessary. Data that is not statistically significant need only  to be mentioned in the text - no illustration is necessary.    

Discussion:

This section should deal with the interpretation of results, making the readers to  understanding of the problem taken and should be logical. The discussion should state the  scope of the results, which need to be further explored.  .    

Conclusions:

Concisely summarizes the principal conclusions of the work and highlights the wider  implications. This section should not merely duplicate the abstract.   

Acknowledgements:

Acknowledgements should be brief but should include reference to sources of financial  support.   

References: 

Journal 

1.Orengo CA, Bray JE, Hubbard T, LoConte L, Sillitoe I: Analysis and assessment of ab initio  three-dimensional prediction, secondary structure, and contacts prediction. Eur. Respir. J.,  1999, 4(3):149-170. 

Conference Proceedings 

2.Jones X: Zeolites and synthetic mechanisms. In Proceedings of the First National Conference  on Porous Sieves: 27-30 June 1996:16-27. 

Book 

3.Schnepf E: From prey via endosymbiont to plastids: comparative studies in dinoflagellates. In  Origins of Plastids. Volume 2. 2nd edition. Edited by Lewin RA. New York: Chapman and  Hall; 1993:53-76. 

PhDthesis 

4. Kohavi R: Wrappers for performance enhancement and oblivious decision graphs. PhD  thesis. Stanford University, Computer Science Department; 1995. 

Link/URL 

5.The Mouse Tumor Biology Database [http://tumor.informatics.jax.org/mtbwi/index.do] 

For Patent reference 

6. Aviv H,Friedman D, Bar-Ilan A and Vered M. Submicron emulsions as ocular drug  delivery vehicles, U.S. Patent US 5496811, 1996.   

Tables and Figures 

The table caption should be typed to the width of the table itself and typed above the table. Text type of table caption should be 9 or 10 point Times Roman italic (e.g., Table 1.Caption). Number the titles of the tables consecutively in the order of their first citation in the text. Be sure that each table caption is headed as “Table 1”, “Table 2”, etc. within each chapter. The choice of cover art illustration will be made by the Editor.   

Review Article 

The review article is at the author’s discretion and maximum of 15 pages. Abstract and key  words are required. Tables, figures, illustrations and references are to be arranged according  to research papers.   

Copyright  Authors would be required to sign Copy Right Transfer Agreement (CRTA)form once the  manuscript is accepted which would be sent to the corresponding author’s email. The  corresponding author after getting CRTA by mail it has to be signed by authors it can be send  as an attachment file after scanning to the editor by e mail.   

Ethical Clearance

Authors involving in the usage of experimental animals and human subjects in their research  article should seek approval from the appropriate Ethical committee. In the method section of  the manuscript should include a statement to prove that the investigation was approved and  that informed consent was obtained.   

Article Proofs 

Page proofs are sent to the designated author through e-mail. They must be carefully checked  and returned the revised manuscript within 72 hours of receipt. The authors are responsible  for the contents appeared in their published manuscripts.   

Submission of the manuscript 

The online submission of the manuscript is highly recommended. To submit manuscript click here.

Disclaimer

All reasonable precautions have been taken by the authors, editors and publisher to verify the  basic and clinical works or findings published in this journal. The opinions expressed are  those of the authors, and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. The editors and  publisher can accept no liability whatsoever in respect of any claim for damages arising  therefrom. Please inform the editors of any errors. The publisher or editors makes no  warranty, express or imply with respect to material contained herein.   

Sample Manuscript
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