Pakistan Journal of Nutrition


DISCLAIMER

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition make every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the "Content") contained in its publications. However, neither the editor of Pakistan Journal of Nutrition nor its publishers, nor any other party involved in the preparation of material contained in the Pakistan Journal of Nutrition. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition is not responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of such material. Patients and consumers reading articles posted on the website of the Pakistan Journal of Nutrition should review the information carefully with their professional healthcare provider. The information is not intended to replace medical advice offered by the physicians. The Pakistan Journal of Nutrition and its publishers make no representations or warranties with respect to any treatment, action, or application of medication or preparation by any person following the information offered or provided within or through the Pakistan Journal of Nutrition. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition and its publishers will not be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential, special, exemplary, or other damages arising therefrom.

ABOUT DUPLICATE PUBLICATION

Material submitted to Pakistan Journal of Nutrition must be original and not published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors submitting a contribution to Pakistan Journal of Nutrition who have related material under consideration or in press elsewhere should upload a clearly marked copy at the time of submission and draw the editor's attention to it in their cover letter. If a part of a contribution that an author wishes to submit to Pakistan Journal of Nutrition has appeared or will appear elsewhere, the author must specify the details in the cover letter. Consideration by the Pakistan Journal of Nutrition is possible if the main result, conclusion, or implications are not apparent from the other work, or if there are other factors, for example if the other work is published in a language other than English. Author is responsible to get permission from previous publisher or copyright holder if an author is re-using any part of paper (i.e. figure or figures) published elsewhere, or that is copyrighted. The editors consider all material in good faith that their journals have full permission to publish every part of the submitted material including illustrations.

ABOUT PLAGIARISM

Plagiarism is the use or close imitation of the language and ideas of another author and representation of them as one's own original work. Duplicate publication, sometimes called self-plagiarism, occurs when an author reuses substantial parts of his or her own published work without providing the appropriate references. This can range from getting an identical paper published in multiple journals, where authors add small amounts of new data to a previous paper. Plagiarism can be said to have clearly occurred when large chunks of text have been cut and pasted. Such manuscripts would not be considered for publication. But minor plagiarism without dishonest intent is relatively frequent, for example when an author reuses parts of an introduction from an earlier paper. The editors will judge any case of which they become aware (either by their own knowledge of and reading about the literature, or when alerted by referees) on its own merits. If a case of plagiarism comes to light after a paper is published in Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, the journal will conduct a preliminary investigation. If plagiarism is found, the journal will contact the author's institute and funding agencies. A determination of misconduct will lead the Journal to run a statement, bidirectionally linked online to and from the original paper, to note the plagiarism and to provide a reference to the plagiarized material. The paper containing the plagiarism will also be obviously marked on each page of the PDF. Depending on the extent of the plagiarism, the paper may also be formally retracted.


INSTRUCTIONS

Electronic Submission:
PJN will encourage to submit manuscripts through e-mail for evaluation. Author(s) should sent their manuscript to the Editor's e-mail address: editorpjn@gmail.com

By Regular Mail:
Triplicate copies of the manuscript should be sent, each with a set of original figures and photographs, typed on one side, (with numbered lines) double spaced and an IBM formatted floppy diskette of 3.50 size containing the manuscript should be accompanied (mentioning file names, in Microsoft Word).
Manuscript should be submitted to:

Managing Editor
Pakistan Journal of Nutrition
Asian Network for Scientific Information
308-Lasani Town, Sargodha Road,
Faisalabad-38090, Pakistan

Criteria for Manuscript:

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition is a rapid publication institution and its sympathetic review process serve the scientific community by publishing their research findings at the highest priority and speed. submitted Articles are published after in-house evaluation procedure. On the basis of the in-house evaluation report Possible decisions on a manuscript are:

• Accepted as it is
• Accepted after minor revision
• Accepted after major revision
• Rejected
• Referred to the external expert for further evaluation

The corresponding author will then be informed about the evaluation result. If minor revision is required, authors should return a revised version as soon as possible within 5 days. If major revision is required, authors should return a revised version within 10 days.

Title page:
The title of the paper must be brief and contain words useful for indexing (avoid serial titles) the full name and affiliation of all authors. If an author's affiliation has changed since the work was done, list the new affiliation as well. The address for communication (along with e-mail address, telephone, and fax numbers, if available), should be given.

Structure of Articles:
Articles should include Abstract (should not exceed 250 words), Key words (3-6), Short running title (upto 40 characters including spaces) Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion and References sections. Do not use Reference citation in Abstract. The Editorial Office reserves the right for editing the submitted manuscripts to fit PJN formate. In any case, the authors are responsible for the published material.

References:
All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of References following the text of manuscript. The manuscript should be carefully checked to ensure that the spelling of author's names and dates are exactly the same in the text as in the Reference list. In the text refer to the author's name (without initial) and year of publication, followed if necessary by a short Reference to appropriate pages. Examples: "Since Abdel-Salam (2000) has shown that..." "This is in support with results obtained later (Kutrup, 2000)". If Reference is made in the text to a publication written by more than two authors the name of the first author should be used followed by "et al.". This indication, however, should never be used in the list of References. In this list names of first author and coauthor should be mentioned.

For periodicals:
Al-Tahamah, A.N., M.A. Moslem and K.A. Elkhder, 2000. Chemical control of Post-harvest diseases of some fruits. Pak. J. Biol. Sci., 3: 599-601.

For edited symposia, special issues, etc. published in a periodical:
Roberts, R.J., 1993. Ulcerative dermal necrosis (UDN) in wild salmonids. In: Bruno, D.W. (Ed.),Pathological conditions of wild salmonids. Fish. Res., 17: 3 14.

For books:
Gaugh, Jr., H.G., 1992. Statistical Analysis of Regional Yield Trials. Elsevier, Amsterdam.

For multi-author books:
Bucke, D., 1989. Histology. In: Austin, B., Austin, D.A. (Eds.), Methods for the Microbiological Examination of Fish and Shellfish. Wiley, New York, pp: 69-97.

Tables and Figures:
Tables should be printed on separate sheets, and appear after References. They should be self-explanatory, clearly designed, and do not duplicate the text. Figures should be provided only if they improve the article. To ensure good quality, only sharp glossy prints with high contrast should be submitted. Computer generated drawings would be acceptable, only if they are proficiently designed, have high contrast and a minimum resolution of 300 DPI. On back of each figure, list the figure number, name of the first author, title of the article, and an arrow indicating the right orientation of the figure.

Before Submission Check Please:
Taxonomic affiliation such as Phylum, Order and Family as well as the common name of the main study organism should be given in the title or at the first mention unless such information is likely to be obvious to the broad range of biologists.

Scientific names of genera and species and printed in italics and should be underlined in the typescript.

Accepted common names of plants and animals (and the organisms) and of plant and animal or other diseases should neither be capitalized nor place within quotation marks.

Words and phrases not of English origin and not in common use (e.g. in vitro, in situ) are printed in italics and should therefore be underlined.

Significance and originality of work are shown.

Reproducibility of results is illustrated.

Objectives are clearly stated in introduction

Introduction includes a succinct evaluation of the topic, including all relevant literature citations.

Experimental design and methodology are fully explained.

Proper and sufficient analyses are conducted (review by qualified statistician before submission is encouraged)

Discussion relates work to other published material and addresses strengths and weaknesses of research.

Major conclusions are supported by results from repeated experiments. Manuscripts are reviewed critically before submission.

Five complete postal addresses of corresponding author.

The signature of the corresponding author on the letter of submission signifies that these conditions have been fulfilled



Printing Cost: (Per Article) : (For Developed Countries) : ................US $ 300

Printing Cost: (Per Article) : (For Under Developed Countries) : ..... US $ 200

Annual Subscription Rate [ For Individual ] : US $ 3300

Annual Subscription Rate [ For Institution ] : US $ 3600




Corresponding Address:

Managing Editor
Pakistan Journal of Nutrition
Asian Network for Scientific Information
308-Lasani Town, Sargodha Road,
Faisalabad-38090, Pakistan
Tel.: 0092 41 87 87 234
Tel: 0345 7 68 58 30
Fax: 0092 41 88 1 55 44
E-mail: editorpjn@gmail.com
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