Author Guidelines

Read these instructions before submitting. The main manuscript must be uploaded as a Microsoft Word file (.DOC or .DOCX). PDF manuscripts are not accepted at initial submission.

1. Scope and originality

Submissions must fit the journal’s health, pharmacy, medicine, nursing or allied-health scope and must not be simultaneously submitted elsewhere.

2. Manuscript structure

Original research should normally follow: Title; Authors; Affiliations; Corresponding Author; Abstract; Keywords; Introduction; Methods; Results; Discussion; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Funding; Conflicts of Interest; Author Contributions; Data Availability; References.

3. Abstract and keywords

Use a structured abstract where appropriate. Provide 3–8 informative keywords and avoid duplicating the entire title.

4. Ethics and consent

Report ethics committee/IRB details, approval number, consent process and trial registration where applicable.

5. Reporting standards

Use the guideline appropriate to the design, such as CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA, CARE, STARD or TRIPOD, when applicable.

6. Statistics

Describe statistical methods sufficiently for evaluation. Report effect estimates and uncertainty where appropriate, distinguish planned from exploratory analyses and avoid causal language for designs that do not support causal inference.

7. Tables and figures

Number consecutively in order of citation. Tables must be editable text, not screenshots. Figure legends should allow interpretation without unnecessary reference to the main text.

8. References

Use Vancouver style, numbered in order of first citation. Use square-bracket citations in the web version, e.g., [1], [2–4].

9. Declarations

Include funding, competing interests, author contributions, data availability and acknowledgments as applicable.

10. AI disclosure

AI tools cannot be authors. Authors retain responsibility for all content and should disclose material use where relevant.

11. File requirement

Main manuscript: .DOC or .DOCX only. The submission system checks the file signature in addition to the extension.

12. Publication fee

There is no submission fee. The APC is PKR 25,000 and is invoiced only after formal acceptance.