The Indian Journal of Nephrology (IJN) publishes reviews and original works and findings that contribute to the advancements in the field of laboratory and clinical nephrology.
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The journal accepts only original work that has not been published elsewhere. All authors must confirm that neither the manuscript nor any part of it has been published or is under consideration for publication elsewhere. Publication of the contents as meeting abstract is not considered before publication. Any use of previously published material protected by copyright laws must be acknowledged in the manuscript. Publishing on a website must be mentioned at the time of submission. Authors should disclose details of related papers, including those authored in a different language. The IJN follows the ICMJE recommendations for authorship. To qualify as an author, the contributors must have made the following contributions –
The authors should identify one author who will correspond with the Journal office in all matters related to the manuscript, called the Corresponding Author. All communications, including changes suggested by the Editor or reviewer of the manuscript, will be made with the corresponding author.
Studies must adhere to and be in accordance with The Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki) for experiments involving humans. The Journal has a zero tolerance policy for scientific misconduct, including but not limited to:
Data falsification: Fabrication, deceptive and selective reporting of findings, suppression of data and/or distortion of data
Plagiarism: Use without permission the language, ideas, or thoughts of another and representation of them as one’s original work. Direct copying of sentences, whether from their previously published paper or someone else’s paper, is considered plagiarism. Authors must ensure that they have not inadvertently ‘cut and paste’ verbatim from published works.
The journal follows the World Association of Medical Editors policy on plagiarism
Plagiarism is the use of others’ published and unpublished ideas or words (or other intellectual property) without attribution or permission, and presenting them as new and original rather than derived from an existing source. The intent and effect of plagiarism are to mislead the reader as to the contributions of the plagiarizer. This applies to whether the ideas or words are taken from abstracts, research grant applications, Institutional Review Board applications, or unpublished or published manuscripts in any publication format (print or electronic).
Self-plagiarism refers to the practice of an author using portions of their previous writings on the same topic in another of their publications, without specifically citing it formally in quotes. This practice is widespread and sometimes unintentional.
The journal requires authors to disclose information and cite references about reused content from previously published work of their own or of others.
Incorrect authorship: includes excluding authors, wrongly presenting the same material as original in more than one publication, the inclusion of authors who have not made a definite contribution to the work published; or submitting articles without the concurrence of all authors.
Misappropriation of the ideas of others: an important aspect of scholarly activity is the exchange of ideas among colleagues. Scholars can acquire novel ideas from others during the process of reviewing grant applications and manuscripts. Improper use of such information can constitute fraud. Wholesale appropriation of such material constitutes misconduct.
Violation of generally accepted research practices: Improper manipulation of experiments to obtain biased results, deceptive statistical or analytical manipulations, or improper reporting of results.
Material failure to comply with legislative and regulatory requirements affecting research: Violations of regulations and laws involving the use of funds, care of animals, human subjects, investigational drugs, recombinant products, new devices, or radioactive, biologic, or chemical materials. Any unethical behavior is strictly discouraged and will result in the submitting author and his group being banned from submitting material to the journal for a time frame depending on the severity of malpractice.
No particular feature within an image may be introduced, moved, enhanced, obscured, or removed. Adjustments of brightness, contrast, or color balance are allowed if they are applied to the whole image and do not obscure or eliminate any information present in the original image. Adjustments such as changes to settings must be disclosed in the figure legend.
The authors should provide a description of contributions made by them toward the manuscript. The description should be divided into the following categories, as applicable: concept, design, the definition of intellectual content, literature search, clinical studies, experimental studies, data acquisition, data analysis, statistical analysis, manuscript preparation, manuscript editing, and manuscript review. One or more authors should take responsibility for the integrity of the work from inception to published stage and should be designated as ‘guarantor’ or ‘guarantors’.
Please list all financial, personal, and institutional interests related to your research. Specify any funding, affiliations, or personal relationships that might influence your work. Include this statement in your manuscript’s disclosure section. If there are no conflicts of interest, the statement should say so.
All prospective and retrospective human studies must have appropriate institutional review board approval, and signed informed consent from all human participants is required. All animal studies must have an appropriate institutional review board and/or animal care committee approval. The text must state compliance with these rules, including a waiver of consent by the board, if applicable. Manuscripts that do not comply with these rules will not be accepted for publication. All case reports should contain a statement on patient consent.
For all research involving human subjects, informed consent to participate in the study should be obtained from participants (or their parent or guardian in the case of children under 16) and a statement to this effect should appear in the manuscript. Identifying information, including names, initials, or hospital numbers, should not be published in written descriptions, CT scans, photographs, sonograms, and pedigrees unless the information is essential for scientific purposes and the subject (or parent or guardian) gives written informed consent for publication. Informed consent for this purpose requires that a patient who is identifiable should be shown the manuscript to be published. Informed consent should be obtained if there is any doubt that anonymity can be maintained. For example, masking the eye region in photographs of patients is inadequate protection of anonymity. If identifying characteristics are altered to protect anonymity, such as in genetic pedigrees, authors should ensure that alterations do not distort scientific meaning and editors should so note.
Reports of randomized clinical trials should present information on all major study elements, including the protocol, assignment of interventions (methods of randomization, concealment of allocation to treatment groups), and the method of masking (blinding), based on the CONSORT Statement. Reporting Guidelines for Specific manuscript types are given below. A statement of compliance with the appropriate guideline must be included on the title Methods Section of the manuscript, and the relevant checklist should be submitted.
The reporting guidelines for other types of studies can be found at https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/.
| Guideline | Type of Study | Source |
|---|---|---|
| STROBE | Observational studies including cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional studies | https://www.strobe-statement.org/index.php?id=available-checklists |
| CONSORT | Randomized controlled trials | http://www.consort-statement.org |
| SQUIRE | Quality improvement projects | http://squire-statement.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&PageID=471 |
| PRISMA | Systematic reviews and meta-analyses | http://prisma-statement.org/PRISMAStatement/Checklist.aspx |
| STARD | Studies of diagnostic accuracy | https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiol.2015151516 |
| CARE | Case Reports | https://www.care-statement.org/checklist |
| AGREE | Clinical Practice Guidelines | https://www.agreetrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/AGREE-Reporting-Checklist-2016.pdf |
| COREQ | Qualitative Research | http://intqhc.oxfordjournals.org/content/19/6/349.long |
All manuscripts must be submitted online at Indian Journal of Nephrology. You will see step-by-step instructions when you are submitting your manuscript. You will need to submit the following documents as separate files.
Cover Page: Cover page includes (a) complete manuscript title; (b) List all authors’ full names, highest academic degrees, professional titles, affiliations, and locations of affiliations; (c) name and address of the corresponding author, including, telephone number, and e-mail address and (d) sources of support that require acknowledgment, and a short title of no more than 45 characters (including spaces) for use as a running title.
Manuscript: This document should include the title, abstract, keywords, manuscript body, and references. This must be in the document format. Acknowledgment Section should be included at the end of the main manuscript. Acknowledgment should not contain the name of the city or the institution.
Tables: Tables should be numbered and have titles. Each table will be on a separate page of the manuscript file, ordered immediately after the references. Additional information may be included in notes below the table.
Figures: Figures must be submitted in .tiff or jpeg format. Color images should be of good quality. Each image should be less than 1 MB in size. The size of the image can be reduced by decreasing the actual height and width of the images (1240 x 800 pixels or 5-6 inches). Do not embed graphs in the main manuscript. They should be uploaded separately at the time of uploading the figures in the “jpeg” or “tiff” format.
Supplementary Material :All Supplementary materials should be provided in pdf format in one single file. In the main article in a Supplementary Material section immediately before the references, state the type of supplementary material with (as required) the title “Supplementary Methods.”, “Supplementary References”, “Supplementary Table” or “Supplementary figure”.
Copyright and disclosure forms are to the digitally signed during the submission process and all the authors must complete the online authorship contribution verificationare.
Instruction on supplemental digital multimedia/video content: In addition to the video content, authors must provide a still image from each video file. Supply TIFF or JPEG files. These are also uploaded at the time of figure upload.
| Article type |
Word count |
Abstract | Introduction | Materials and Methods | Results |
Discussion |
Conclusion | References (Maximum) | Acknowledgement (if available) | Illustrations (Figures) (Maximum) | Tables (Maximum) | Supplementary material (if available) |
| Original Articles | 3000 | Structured | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 35 | ✓ | 4 | 4 | ✓ |
| Systematic Review/Metanalysis | 4000 | Structured | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Up to 50 | ✓ | 4 | 5 | ✓ |
| Review Articles | 3500 | Non-structured | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Up to 50 | ✓ | 5 | 5 | ✓ |
| Research Letter |
1200 | No abstract |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 10 | ✓ | 2 | 1 | – |
| Opinion | 1200 | Non-structured | ✓ | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | ✓ | 2 | 1 | – |
| Case Series | 1000 | Non-structured | ✓ | – | # Case details | ✓ | ✓ | 10 | ✓ | 3 | 1 | – |
| Case Report | 800 | Non-structured | ✓ | – | # Case details | ✓ | ✓ | 6 | ✓ | 2 | 1 | – |
| Meeting Report | 4500 | Non-structured | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | ✓ | 50 | ✓ | 5 | 5 | – |
| Guidelines | 4500 | Non-structured | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | ✓ | 50 | ✓ | 5 | 5 | – |
| Allied Health Professionals Corner | 1200 | Non-structured | ✓ | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | 8 | ✓ | 2 | 1 | – |
| Images in Nephrology | 500 | No abstract | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | ✓ | 2 | 0 | – |
| Letter to Editor | 300 | No abstract | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | ✓ | 1 | 1 | – |
| Editorials/ Commentaries | 1200 | No abstract | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | ✓ | 2 | 2 | – |
Indian Journal of Nephrology does not charge for the submission and/or processing of the manuscripts.
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ISSN (Print): 0971-4065
ISSN (Online): 1998-3662
