{"id":34,"date":"2023-09-30T11:55:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T10:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationaljournalofmicrobialscience.com\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2025-03-21T11:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T11:13:07","slug":"author-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/internationaljournalofmicrobialscience.com\/index.php\/author-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"AUTHOR GUIDELINES"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Medium of Language:\u00a0<\/strong>English<\/span>
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Abstract:
\n<\/strong>The abstract should be less than 250 words and should explain what is the problem, the solution to the problem, and
\nthe significance of the work.
\nNote:<\/strong> For a case report, the abstract can be waived off.
\n<\/span>Keywords:
\n<\/strong>Mention 5-6 keywords after the abstract with font size 10.<\/span>
\nCompeting Interest:<\/strong> Authors should declare that no competing interest\/conflict of interest exists.\u00a0<\/span>
\nEthical Statement:<\/strong>\u00a0Authors should declare that no violation of ethical regulations has occurred during their work.<\/span>
\nIntroduction:
\n<\/strong>Introduce your research theme carefully with the coherent flow and proper recent citations.<\/span>
\nMaterial and Method:
\n<\/strong>In this section, authors are recommended to report the requirements and procedure of an experiment performed by them during their research work.<\/span>
\nResult and Discussion:
\n<\/strong>The result and discussion should be provided separately. In the result section, the result of the experiment should be clearly reported. Moreover, in the discussion, the comparison of work needs to be done with proper references highlighting the significance of the work.<\/span>
\nConclusion:
\n<\/strong>Conclude your research work precisely.<\/span>
\nAcknowledgement:
\n<\/strong>In this section, mention the people, and organizations that helped to complete the research work.<\/span>
\nAuthors\u2019 Contributions:
\n<\/strong>Report the contributions of the authors.<\/span>
\nFor example, RD: Collected specimens, DD: Performed experiments, CD: Wrote manuscript.<\/span>
\nEthical Statement:<\/strong> The author should declare that the submitted work doesn\u2019t violate ethical policies\/guidelines.<\/span>
\nTables and Figures:
\n<\/strong>Use suitable figures as well as tables to support the data. Use precise headings for the same.<\/span>
\nFor example, Figure 1: Microbial diversity in the tropical forest; Table 1: Sampling stations across Maharashtra state of India.<\/span>
\nValidity of statement:
\n<\/strong>Authors are recommended to perform statistical tests as per the requirements of their data to ensure the validity of statement. However, we prefer authors to examine their research outputs using the following one or more tests depending on the data need:<\/span><\/p>\n