Author Guidelines
General Instructions
Authors are invited to submit original research articles, review papers, clinical studies, case reports, and other scholarly contributions to the Nexus Global Research Journal of Medical Sciences (NGRJMS). The journal publishes research across diverse areas of medical and health sciences, including clinical medicine, biomedical sciences, public health, diagnostic sciences, laboratory medicine, pharmacology, nursing, and allied health disciplines.
Each submission undergoes an initial editorial assessment to determine whether it meets the journal's aims, scope, quality standards, and submission requirements. Manuscripts considered suitable may be forwarded to independent experts for double-blind peer review before a final editorial decision is made.
Before submission, authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce or publish any third-party material included in their manuscripts, including photographs, clinical images, medical records, documents, datasets, tables, figures, and illustrations, wherever permission is required. All listed authors must have made appropriate scholarly contributions, consent to authorship, and approve the final version of the manuscript.
Research involving human participants, patients, identifiable medical information, biological specimens, or animals must receive approval from an appropriate ethics committee or institutional review board, where required by applicable laws and institutional regulations. Authors must ensure that informed consent, patient confidentiality, and other relevant ethical requirements have been appropriately addressed.
The editor may reject a manuscript without external peer review if it does not meet the journal's minimum scientific, ethical, methodological, or editorial standards. Authors should ensure that the study design and research objectives are clearly presented, the title is concise and informative, and the abstract can be understood independently.
Submission Preparation Checklist
All submissions must meet the following requirements:
• The manuscript complies with these Author Guidelines and the journal's editorial policies.
• The manuscript is original, has not been previously published, and is not under consideration by another journal.
• All authors have approved the final manuscript and agreed to its submission.
• All references have been checked for accuracy and completeness.
• All tables and figures are appropriately numbered, titled, and cited in the manuscript.
• Permission has been obtained for photographs, clinical images, datasets, and other third-party materials wherever required.
• Relevant ethics committee approval and informed consent statements are included, where applicable.
• Patient confidentiality and the protection of personal medical information have been ensured.
• Funding sources and conflicts of interest have been disclosed.
• A Data Availability Statement is included where applicable.
• Any significant use of artificial intelligence tools has been appropriately disclosed.
Manuscript Preparation Guidelines
1. Original Research Articles
Purpose: Reports original, scientifically sound, and methodologically rigorous research in medical, clinical, biomedical, diagnostic, and allied health sciences, with clear scientific or clinical relevance.
Title: Concise and informative, accurately reflecting the research topic and principal objective or findings.
Abstract: Structured under the headings Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusion. It should summarize the research rationale, study design, methodology, principal findings, and main conclusions.
Keywords: Provide 3–6 relevant medical or scientific keywords.
Recommended Structure:
1. Introduction: Provides relevant background information, reviews the existing literature, identifies the research gap, and clearly states the study objectives or hypothesis.
2. Materials and Methods: Describes the study design, setting, study population or samples, eligibility criteria, sampling methods, data collection procedures, interventions, laboratory investigations, outcome measures, and statistical analyses in sufficient detail to support reproducibility. Ethics approval and informed consent must be reported where applicable.
3. Results: Presents research findings objectively and logically using text, tables, and figures. Results should be supported by appropriate statistical analyses without unnecessary interpretation.
4. Discussion: Interprets the findings in relation to existing literature, explains their scientific or clinical implications, discusses similarities and differences with previous studies, acknowledges study limitations, and identifies areas for future research.
5. Conclusion: Summarizes the principal findings and their significance without introducing new information.
Ethics Approval and Informed Consent: Include the name of the approving ethics committee or institutional review board, approval reference number, and date, where applicable. Confirm informed consent for research involving human participants or patients, as required. Animal research must comply with relevant animal welfare requirements.
Conflict of Interest Statement: Disclose all actual or potential conflicts of interest or explicitly state that no conflicts of interest exist.
Funding Statement: Identify all financial support, grants, institutional assistance, or other sources of funding.
Data Availability Statement: Explain how supporting research data can be accessed or state that data sharing is not applicable.
References: List all cited sources according to the journal's prescribed reference style.
Recommended word limit: 3,000–5,000 words, excluding references.
Peer Review: Double-blind peer review.
2. Review Articles
Purpose: Provides a comprehensive, critical, and up-to-date synthesis of existing literature on important topics in medical, clinical, biomedical, and allied health sciences.
Title: Clearly reflects the subject, focus, and scope of the review.
Abstract: Structured or unstructured, summarizing the objectives, literature review methods where applicable, key findings, and conclusions.
Keywords: Provide 3–6 relevant medical or scientific keywords.
Recommended Structure:
1. Introduction: Introduces the topic, explains its scientific or clinical significance, and defines the scope and objectives of the review.
2. Literature Search / Methodology: For systematic reviews, describes the search strategy, databases searched, search terms, inclusion and exclusion criteria, study selection, and data extraction procedures. Narrative reviews should explain their approach to identifying and selecting relevant literature where appropriate.
3. Results and Synthesis: Presents and synthesizes the findings of the included studies in a structured and logical manner.
4. Discussion: Critically evaluates the available literature, highlights strengths and limitations, compares findings, identifies inconsistencies, and discusses clinical or research implications.
5. Conclusion and Future Directions: Summarizes the principal insights, identifies knowledge gaps, and suggests priorities for future research and clinical practice.
Conflict of Interest Statement: Disclose relevant conflicts of interest or state that none exist.
Funding Statement: Acknowledge financial or institutional support, where applicable.
References: List all cited sources according to the journal's reference style.
Reporting Guidelines: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses should follow the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, where applicable.
Recommended word limit: 4,000–6,000 words, excluding references.
3. Case Reports and Case Series
Purpose: Describes rare, unusual, educational, or clinically significant cases that provide valuable insights into diagnosis, management, treatment outcomes, or disease mechanisms and offer meaningful learning points for clinical practice.
Title: Clearly indicates the clinical focus and significance of the case.
Abstract: Briefly summarizes the background, important clinical features, diagnostic findings, management, and outcome.
Keywords: Provide 3–6 relevant clinical or medical terms.
Recommended Structure:
1. Introduction: Provides concise background information explaining the relevance, rarity, or educational significance of the case.
2. Case Presentation: Describes the patient's clinical history, presenting complaints, examination findings, diagnostic investigations, differential diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up in a clear chronological sequence.
3. Discussion: Interprets the case in the context of existing literature, highlights its clinical significance, discusses diagnostic or therapeutic challenges, and explains its implications for medical practice.
4. Conclusion: Summarizes the key clinical learning points and significance of the case.
Patient Consent Statement: Confirms that written informed consent for publication has been obtained from the patient or legal guardian, as appropriate.
Conflict of Interest Statement: Discloses relevant conflicts of interest or states that none exist.
References: Lists all cited sources according to the journal's reference style.
Ethical Requirement: Written informed consent for publication is mandatory for all case reports and case series involving identifiable patient information or clinical material.
Recommended word limit: 1,500–2,500 words, excluding references.
4. Short Communications
Purpose: Presents concise reports of preliminary findings, focused research outcomes, methodological innovations, or brief clinical, diagnostic, or laboratory observations of significant scientific or clinical interest.
Title: Brief and informative, clearly reflecting the main finding or contribution.
Abstract: Summarizes the research objective, key methods, principal results, and main conclusion.
Keywords: Provide 3–6 relevant terms.
Main Text: A combined Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion section that concisely describes the research background, methodology, findings, and interpretation.
Conclusion: Highlights the main findings and their scientific or clinical significance.
Ethics Statement: Includes ethics committee approval and informed consent statements where required.
Conflict of Interest Statement: Discloses relevant conflicts of interest or states that none exist.
References: Lists relevant references according to the journal's reference style.
Recommended word limit: 1,500–2,000 words, excluding references.
5. Brief Reports
Purpose: Communicates concise but complete findings from pilot studies, early-stage research, limited datasets, focused clinical observations, or preliminary laboratory investigations of scientific or clinical relevance.
Title: Clearly and succinctly reflects the principal research objective or finding.
Abstract: Briefly summarizes the background, methods, key results, and main conclusion.
Keywords: Provide 3–6 relevant terms.
Recommended Structure:
1. Introduction: Briefly outlines the research background, significance, and objective.
2. Methods: Describes the study design, participants or samples, data collection procedures, and analytical methods sufficiently to understand the research.
3. Results: Presents the main findings clearly and objectively, using tables or figures where appropriate.
4. Discussion: Interprets the results, explains their significance, and acknowledges the limitations of the study.
Ethics Statement: States ethics committee approval and informed consent requirements, where applicable.
Conflict of Interest Statement: Discloses relevant conflicts of interest or declares that none exist.
References: Lists essential references according to the journal's reference style.
Recommended word limit: 1,000–1,800 words, excluding references.
6. Letters to the Editor
Purpose: Provides concise scholarly commentary on articles previously published in NGRJMS or discusses relevant and timely issues in medical, clinical, biomedical, and allied health sciences.
Title: Brief and descriptive, clearly indicating the subject of the letter.
Main Text: Presents the author's commentary, scientific critique, observations, or viewpoint clearly and concisely, supported by relevant evidence where appropriate.
References: Includes relevant citations supporting the statements made, where applicable.
Author Information: Lists author names, institutional affiliations, and corresponding author contact details.
Peer Review: Subject to editorial assessment. External peer review may be conducted at the editor's discretion.
Recommended word limit: 500–1,000 words.
Mandatory Requirements for All Submissions
All manuscripts submitted to NGRJMS must satisfy the following requirements:
• The work is original and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
• All authors have approved the submitted version and meet appropriate authorship criteria.
• Relevant ethical approval and informed consent are documented wherever applicable.
• Patient confidentiality and privacy are protected, including in clinical images and medical records.
• A Conflict-of-Interest Statement is included.
• A Funding Statement is included, where applicable.
• A Data Availability Statement is provided for research involving data, as required by the journal.
• All sources, references, figures, tables, and third-party materials are appropriately acknowledged.
• Clinical trial registration details are provided where applicable.
• The manuscript complies with the journal's editorial, publication ethics, and submission policies.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
NGRJMS permits the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools in manuscript preparation, subject to recognized publication ethics principles and relevant COPE and ICMJE recommendations.
AI tools may be used for supportive purposes, including language editing, grammar correction, translation assistance, formatting, and improving the clarity of written content. However, AI tools cannot be listed as authors or credited with authorship, as they cannot take responsibility for the accuracy, integrity, and originality of scholarly work.
Authors remain fully responsible for all content submitted for publication, including the accuracy of scientific statements, references, statistical analyses, clinical interpretations, and research findings. AI-generated references, data, images, or other research content must not be presented as authentic or verified material.
Any significant use of AI tools in manuscript preparation or research content generation must be transparently disclosed, including the name of the tool and the purpose of its use. AI tools must not replace appropriate scientific judgment, clinical expertise, ethical oversight, or independent verification.
Failure to disclose significant AI use, or the use of AI to fabricate data, references, images, results, or other research content, may be treated as a violation of the journal's publication ethics policies.
Journal Information
Journal: Nexus Global Research Journal of Medical Sciences
Online ISSN: 3139-5309
Publisher: Nexus Global Research
Journal Website: https://nexusglobalresearch.com/index.php/ngrjms/index
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