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The authors are kindly asked to follow the Author Guidelines. If guidelines have not been followed, the paper may be returned with a request for changes. The editorial review process will not start unless the paper has been revised to meet the author guidelines. The JMLIS publishes original/research articles, review articles, letters to the editor, commentary, and case reports. Other types of articles are also accepted.
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Title page
The title page should be supplied and submitted as a separate file. Please include the following:
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Guidelines for article types:
Original/Research Article
Original /Research articles employ any type of quantitative or qualitative method of analysis. Examples include surveys, content analyses, qualitative case studies, bibliometric, and scientometric analyses. The word count in an original article must be between 3500 -5500 words, including abstract and references. Up to 8 figures and/or tables are included in the main text; additional figures and/or tables can be included as supplemental appendices. The abstract is a short structured resume (not exceeding 250 words) of the paper, including Introduction, Methods, Results, and Conclusion. Up to eight essential words, Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) keywords are recommended. The original/research article should be presented in the Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion sections.
Review Articles
Review articles include categories of a systematic review, meta-analysis, meta-synthesis, narrative review, and scoping review. This type of article summarizes the current state of understanding on a topic. Review articles have a short, structured abstract (not exceeding 250 words), including Introduction, Methods, Results, and Conclusion. The word count in reviews must be up to 5,000 words, including abstract and references. Up to eight figures and/or tables are included in the main body of the manuscript; additional figures and/or tables can be included as supplemental appendixes. The review articles should be presented in the Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion sections.
A systematic review uses a well-planned rigorous methodology to answer specific research questions. It uses a systematic and explicit methodology to prevent shortcuts and bias in conducting a review. Meta-analysis is a statistical method to integrate the results of the selected studies included in a systematic literature review. The authors must briefly describe the characteristics of the literature searched and included in the review, following the PRISMA reporting guidelines. In addition, a completed PRISMA checklist (http://prisma- statement.org/prismastatement/Checklist.aspx) should be submitted for the items completed that apply to systematic reviews (the checklist items that apply to meta-analyses do not need to be completed for systematic reviews without meta-analysis). The checklist will be used during the review but will not be published. A PRISMA-style flow (http://prisma- statement.org/documents/PRISMA%202009%20flow%20diagram.pdf) diagram should also be included as an online-only supplement. The title should identify the report as a systematic review, meta-analysis, or both.
Narrative reviews are most useful for obtaining a broad perspective on a topic. The authors of narrative overviews are often acknowledged experts in the field and have conducted research. Narrative reviews do not require a rigorous literature search but should rely on evidence and should be written by established experts in the field. The titles for these narrative reviews should include a concise description of the main topic. The word "narrative" is not included in the subtitle. Narrative reviews should be presented in the Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion sections.
Commentary
Commentaries represent viewpoints on topics of interest to health sciences libraries and health information experts. A commentary may draw attention to current advances and speculate on future directions of a certain topic and may include original data as well as state a personal opinion. The author of a commentary probably has in-depth knowledge of the topic and is eager to present a new and/or unique viewpoint on existing problems, fundamental concepts, or prevalent notions, or wants to discuss the implications of a newly implemented innovation. Commentaries have an unstructured abstract of up to 200. The main body of the manuscript should comprise no more than 2,000 words and six references. Up to two figures and/or tables are included in the main text; additional figures and/or tables can be included as supplemental appendixes.
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor contains constructive criticism on recent JMLIS's articles. Letters should use a respectful tone. Letters are sent to the authors of the original article to request a response. A letter should convey its message shortly and definitively. Letters should include no more than 500 words and contain up to 6 references.
Case Report
Case Reports are peer-reviewed articles describing the development, implementation, and appraisal of a new service, program, or initiative. They are different from case studies (published as Original articles); they do not employ restrict qualitative case study methodology. The word count in a Case report must be up to 3,000 words, including abstract and references. Up to four figures and/or tables are included in the main body of the manuscript; additional figures and/or tables can be included as supplemental appendixes. Case reports should be presented in the Introduction, Case Presentation, and Discussion sections.
Declarations
The declaration including acknowledgements, conflicts of interest, ethical statement, Funding and support, and authors’ contributions should be mentioned in title page and should be in Times New Roman, size 12 pt. and bold typeface and font size 10 for the subtitles.
Acknowledgements
All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an Acknowledgements section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, or a department chair that provided only general support. Please supply any personal acknowledgements separately to the main text (in the title page) to facilitate anonymous peer review.
In case the article is previously approved by an organization, the approval number and the funding organization have to be mentioned in the acknowledgement. In case the article is a part of an educational proposal, the educational rank, the name of the university, the faculty, and the related department have to be mentioned. In case the authors have received no specific funding for their work, they should state it.
Conflict of Interest
Conflicts of Interest may include any commercial associations or sources of support that might influence the manuscript. JMLIS requires a declaration of any Conflict of Interest to be included in the manuscript upon submission.
Ethical statement
Funding and support
All of the sources of funding for the work described in this publication should be acknowledged. If no funding is provided, the authors should indicate: "No funding has received for this work."
Authors’ contributions
The statement of Authors’ contributions of all authors must be described.
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