HEPATITIS B ANNUAL

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

GENERAL INFORMATION

The HEPATITIS B ANNUAL is published by the Kalinga Gastroenterology Foundation, a

public charity. This Peer-reviewed Journal is published annually, as a medium for articles
related to
different aspects of Hepatitis B viral infection including epidemiology, prevention and disease
control,
and management of the infection and its sequelae. Review articles on different aspects of
Hepatitis
B viral infection from all over the world are welcome on the condition that they have not been
published and will not be simultaneously submitted elsewhere.

Manuscripts should be typewritten on A4 (297×210 mm) white paper, double spaced,

including
references, footnotes, tables, and legends with the computer disk as well. Sufficient (2.5 cm)
margins should be left at the top, bottom, and two sides of each page. All pages should be
numbered consecutively beginning with a separate title page with the authors' names and
their
affiliations. The manuscript should be arranged as title page, abstract, introduction, main text
and
conclusions, followed by acknowledgements, references, tables, figures and figure legends.
The
editors and publishers are not responsible for the opinions expressed by contributors.
Accepted
manuscripts become the permanent property of Kalinga Gastroenterology Foundation,
and may
not be reproduced by any means, in whole or in part without the written permission of the
Kalinga
Gastroenterology Foundation. We reserve the right to put on Internet the edited accepted
copy
of the manuscripts.

Authors should retain one copy of the text, tables and illustrations, as the editors will not
hold any
responsibilities for the loss or damage to typescripts, and will not return the manuscripts to
the
author(s), if not accepted. Two duplicate copies of printed full-text manuscript together with
original
photographs and a 3.5 inch computer diskette containing an electronic copy of the full-text
manuscript in Word document, including all the figures, graphs, and tables should be sent to:
Dr. S. P. Singh, MD, DM,
[Editor, Hepatitis B Annual]
Head, Dept. of Gastroenterology,
S.C.B. Medical College,
Cuttack - 753007,
India.
Tel.No.: +91-0671-2605466 [Res]
+91-0671-2414122; Ext-292 [Off] Fax No.: +91-0671-2416913 Cell: +91-9861052417.
Email: editor@hepatitisbannual.org
Website: www.hepatitisbannual.org

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
All contributions should be written in English, and should conform to the Uniform
Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (www.icmje.org).

Title page
It should be a separate page and include the manuscript title, author(s), affiliations of each
author, the institution and department where the work was accomplished, first author's brief
introduction, and acknowledgment of any financial support for the research. The name, full
address, Tel/Fax number and Email of the corresponding author should be typed in the lower
left corner of the title page. Titles should be concise and informative. A short running title
(less than 40 letters) should be provided. The authors’ names are listed as follows; initially
first name, then middle name and lastly family name such as Subrat Kumar Acharya.

Abstract
An informative abstract of no more than 350 words should accompany each manuscript.
Abstracts should not be divided into paragraphs, and should not be structured.
Text
It should be written mainly in three sections, entitled INTRODUCTION, MAIN TEXT,
and CONCLUSIONS , followed by necessary figures and/ or tables.

Figures
Submit two complete sets of unmounted glossy, good-contrast prints of photographs (5.0 cm x
7.5 cm). They should be cited in the text and self-explanatory on a separate page with a brief
but complete title below the figure. Pictures should be high quality black and white
photographs and labeled on the back with the name of the first author, the figure number and
an arrow indicating the top side. In clinical photographs, patient’s identity should be suitably
masked; in case this is not possible, patient’s written permission should accompany the
manuscript.

Tables
Three-line tables should be cited in the text, and self-contained, self-explanatory and should
complement but not duplicate the information contained in the text. One horizontal line is
under the title, a second under the column heads, and a third at the end of the table, above
any footnotes. Tables should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals and their titles
should be set on the top of their tables with common units for the whole table on the top
right. Vertical and italic lines should be omitted.

Acknowledgments
Brief acknowledgments of persons who have made genuine contributions and who endorse
the data and conclusions are included. Authors are responsible for obtaining written
permission to use any copyrighted text and/ or illustrations.

References
References should be cited fully in the text, tables and legends and identified by superscribed
Arabic numerals in the order in which they first appear in the text. References should be typed
double-spaced on sheets separated from the text and numbered consecutively in the order in
which they appear in the text. Type references double-spaced on sheets separate from the
text. Publications as abstract and letter should be so identified in parenthesis. The
responsibility for accuracy of references lies with the authors. The Journal is in agreement with
the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Therefore, the general arrangement,
abbreviations of journal names and punctuations followed are as per the Uniform
Requirements for Manuscripts submitted to Biomedical Journals (See
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html). Pay particular attention to the style
of references and punctuations as follows:
Journal articles: List all authors when six or less:
Mistry FP, Karnad DR, Abraham P, Bhatia SJ. A scoring system to differentiate cirrhotic from
non-cirrhotic portal hypertension. Indian J Gastroenterol 1991;10:82-5.
When there are seven or more authors, list only the first six and add ‘et al’.
Huang XF, Wang CM, Dai XW, Pan BR, Yu LB, Fang L, et al. Significance of cathapsin D and
chromogramin A expression in human primary hepatocellular carcinomas. Shijie Huaren
Xiaohua Zazhi 1998;6:474-8.
Book or monograph: Personal author(s): Dutta GP. Experimental and clinical studies
 on amebiasis. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill. 1981:151-61.
Article from multiauthored book: Kaushik SP, Kochhar R, Mehta SK. Spectrum of
chronic pancreatitis at Chandigarh. In: Balakrishnan V, Ed. Chronic pancreatitis in India.
Trivandrum: Indian Society of Pancreatology. 1987:1-6.

Abbreviations
Standard abbreviations should be defined in the abstract and on first mention in the text. In
general, terms should not be abbreviated unless they are used repeatedly and the
abbreviation is helpful to the reader. Permissible abbreviations are listed in Units, Symbols and
Abbreviations: A Guide for Biological and Medical Editors and Authors (Ed. Baron DN, 1988)
Published by The Royal Society of Medicine, London. Some commonly used abbreviations, such
as DNA, RNA, HIV, LD50, PCR, HBV, ECG, WBC, RBC, CT, ESR, CSF, IgG, ELISA, PBS, ATP, EDTA,
mAb, etc., can be used directly.

ONLINE SUBMISSION
We encourage authors to submit manuscripts in electronic version, as a Word document or in
Rich Text Format (.rtf); accompanying Figures should be as .jpg file attachments. Printed
copies need not be submitted then. If the article is accepted, authors may be required to
submit Figures as hard copies or in high-resolution (e.g., .bmp format). A printed copy of the
signed Authors' Declaration must be submitted if the article is accepted for publication.
Articles for consideration for publication in the HEPATITIS B ANNUAL can now be submitted
electronically to editor@hepatitisbannual.org.

Copyright Assignment Form

It is the policy of Kalinga Gastroenterology Foundation to acquire copyright in all
contributions. All manuscripts submitted to this Journal must be accompanied by this
declaration signed by all authors. If it cannot be signed by any authors, the principal or
corresponding author can take responsibility and sign on behalf. This document can be
photocopied as required for submission.

AUTHORS' DECLARATION

We, the authors of the article/chapter entitled

"____________________________________________________________" submitted for
publication in the journal/book “HEPATITIS B ANNUAL”, declare that

1 We have seen and approved the text of the manuscript, and take responsibility for its
contents as its authors; we consent to its publication in the journal/book “HEPATITIS B
ANNUAL” if it is accepted for publication by the Kalinga Gastroenterology Foundation.
2 This work in the submitted or an essentially similar version has not been published
elsewhere, is not under simultaneous consideration for publication elsewhere, and will not be
submitted for publication elsewhere while under consideration for publication in the
journal/book “HEPATITIS B ANNUAL”. This does not duplicate any data previously reported.
3 In consideration of the ‘Kalinga Gastroenterology Foundation’ taking action in
editing and reviewing our submission, we hereby transfer, assign or otherwise convey all
copyright ownership to the ‘Kalinga Gastroenterology Foundation’ in the event that this
article is published in the journal/book “HEPATITIS B ANNUAL”.
4 We also agree that our article be put on the internet.

Authors' names & Signatures

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