INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS

Pattern For Reports

Presented by: Varun Garg

B Pharmacy

Introduction
The International Journal of Pharmaceutics publishes following types of paper-

(1) Full Length Manuscripts (2) Rapid Communications

(3) Notes
(4) Reviews and Mini-Reviews
Words should not exceed 1500 or equivalent space, including figures and tables.

Language and Referees

Language: Text should be written in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these).

Use of word processing software

Single-column format.

Formatting codes will be removed and replaced on processing the article.

In particular, do not use the word processor's options to justify text or to hyphenate words. However, do use bold face, italics, subscripts, superscripts etc. When preparing tables, if we are using a table grid, use only one grid for each individual table and not a grid for each row. If no grid is used, use tabs, not spaces, to align columns. Source files of figures, tables and text graphics will be required whether or not these embed in the text.
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 Abbreviation: Int. J. Pharm. Font type: Arial/ Times New Roman

Font size: 10 or 12
Line spacing: single

Each paragraph should be started with some indent or space().

This journal has no page charges.

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Article structure
Subdivision - numbered sections

Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, ...), 1.2, etc. (the abstract, acknowledgement and references are not included in section numbering).
Use this numbering also for internal cross-referencing: do not just refer to 'the text'. Nothing should be bold other than Headings. Any subsection may be given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line.
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 Subheadings should be given in italic and not bold. After writing heading or subheading the rest of text should be stated from next line by giving some space as shown in Fig .1. Everything should be written in sentence case.

Fig. 1. Subheading style in IJP

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Essential title page information

Title. Concise and informative. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible. Author names and affiliations. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name and, if available, the e-mail address of each author. Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes.
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Fig. 2. Title in IJP

Abstract
The abstract must not exceed 200 words.

The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions.
Presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. References should be avoided.

Non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.
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Graphical abstract
Mandatory

Summarize the contents of the article in pictorial form.

Images that clearly represent the work described in the article. Graphical abstracts should be submitted as a separate file in the online submission system. Image size: please provide an image with a minimum of 531 1328 pixels (h w) or proportionally more, but should be readable on screen at a size of 200 500 pixels. (at 96 dpi this corresponds to 5 13 cm). File types: TIFF, EPS, PDF or MS Office files.

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Example
Targeting the lymphatics using dendritic polymers (dendrimers), Lisa M. Kaminskasa, Christopher J.H. Porter, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, Volume 63, Issues 10-11, 10 September 2011, Pages 890-900.

Fig. 3. Graphical abstract in IJP

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Keywords and Abbreviations

Keywords

Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 6 keywords, using American spelling.
Only abbreviations firmly established in the field are eligible. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.

Abbreviations
Define abbreviations that are not standard in this field in a footnote to be placed on the first page of the article.

Consistency of abbreviations.
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Introduction State the objectives of the work with adequate background. Avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results. Material and methods Methods already published should be indicated by a reference: only relevant modifications should be described. Results Results should be clear and concise. Discussion This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate.

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Conclusions The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions section, which may stand alone or form a subsection of a Discussion or Results section. Appendices If there is more than one appendix, they should be identified as A, B, etc. Formulae and equations in appendices should be given separate numbering: Eq. (A.1), Eq. (A.2), etc.; in a subsequent appendix, Eq. (B.1) and so on. Similarly for tables and figures: Table A.1; Fig. A.1, etc.

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Acknowledgements Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article before the references List here those individuals who provided help during the research. Units International system of units (SI).

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Database linking and Accession numbers

If article contains relevant unique identifiers or accession numbers (bioinformatics) linking to information on entities (genes, proteins, diseases, etc.) or structures deposited in public databases, then please indicate those entities according to the standard.

Authors should mention the database abbreviation bearing in mind that together with the actual database number, an error in a letter or number can result in a dead link in the online version of the article.
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Please use the following format: Database ID: xxxx Links can be provided in online article to the following databases (examples of citations are given in parentheses): GenBank: Genetic sequence database at the National Center for Biotechnical Information (NCBI) (GenBank ID: BA123456) PDB: Worldwide Protein Data Bank (PDB ID: 1TUP)

CCDC: Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC ID: AI631510)

TAIR: The Arabidopsis Information Resource database (TAIR ID: AT1G01020) NCT: ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT ID: NCT00222573)

OMIM: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM ID: 601240)\

MINT: Molecular INTeractions database (MINT ID: 6166710) MI: EMBL-EBI OLS Molecular Interaction Ontology (MI ID: 0218) UniProt: Universal Protein Resource Knowledgebase (UniProt ID: Q9H0H5)

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Math formulae and Footnotes

Math formulae Present simple formulae in the line of normal text where possible and use the solidus (/) instead of a horizontal line for small fractional terms, e.g., X/Y. In principle, variables are to be presented in italics. Powers of e are often more conveniently denoted by exp. e.g. e2= e ^ 2

Number consecutively any equations that have to be displayed separately from the text (if referred to explicitly in the text).

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Footnotes Footnotes should be Numbered consecutively throughout the article, using superscript Arabic numbers.

Many word processors build footnotes into the text, and this feature may be used.
Do not include footnotes in the Reference list. Table footnotes Indicate each footnote in a table with a superscript lowercase letter.

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Image formating
It is accepted that authors sometimes need to manipulate images for clarity. Manipulation for purposes of deception or fraud will be seen as scientific ethical abuse and will be dealt with accordingly. No specific feature within an image may be enhanced, obscured, moved, removed, or introduced.

Adjustments of brightness, contrast, or color balance are acceptable if and as long as they do not obscure or eliminate any information present in the original. Nonlinear adjustments must be disclosed in the figure legend.
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Electronic artwork
Make sure the use uniform lettering and sizing of original artwork. Save text in illustrations as 'graphics' or enclose the font. Only use the following fonts in illustrations: Arial, Courier, Times, Symbol. Number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text. Provide captions to illustrations separately. Produce images near to the desired size of the printed version. Submit each figure as a separate file.
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File formats
Regardless of the application used, when electronic artwork is finalised, please 'save as' or convert the images to one of the following formats

TIFF
EPS

JPEG
PDF

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Colour artwork
Please make sure that artwork files are in an acceptable format (TIFF, EPS or MS Office files) and with the correct resolution. If, together with accepted article, we submit usable color figures then Elsevier will ensure, at no additional charge, that these figures will appear in color on the Web (e.g., Science Direct and other sites) regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in color in the printed version. We have to submit in addition usable black and white versions of all the color illustrations.
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Figure and captions

Figure should always be center aligned with respect to text. Figure can consume space of one column width , two column width or in the center as shown in fig. 4. Supply captions separately, not attached to the figure. A caption should comprise a brief title (not on the figure itself) and a description of the illustration. Keep text in the illustrations themselves to a minimum but explain all symbols and abbreviations used. Size of text in caption should be small then the main body text. Alignment of caption should be center aligned with respect to the figure. While it can be left aligned if caption consume space in more than one line with respect to text in column. Figure is written only as Fig. The word fig should be kept bold and written as Fig. 5.25

Fig. 4. Alignment of fig in IJP

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Fig. 5. Alignment in the center of two column

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Fig. 6. Consume space of one column

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Fig. 7. Center alignment of caption

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Tables
Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Word Table should be. written bold . Captions for figures given below it and caption for tables given above it. Material of caption should be written in next line after writing table number.

No dots should be there after Table as compared to figure.

Place footnotes to tables below the table body and indicate them with superscript lowercase letters. Outer body of table should be as shown in Fig.8. Numerical as well as text should be left aligned as shown.

Table captions should also be left aligned.

Numericals should be separated with coma. e.g.47,803.
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Fig. 8. Example of caption and formatting of table in IJP

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Reference
Citation in text Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Unpublished results and personal communications are not recommended in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text. If these references are included in the reference list they should follow the standard reference style of the journal and should include a substitution of the publication date with either 'Unpublished results' or 'Personal communication'. Citation of a reference as 'in press' implies that the item has been accepted for publication and a copy of the title page of the relevant article must be submitted. A space or indend should be given after first line as shown in figure.
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Fig. 9. Referencing style in IJP

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Web references As a minimum, the full URL should be given and the date when the reference was last accessed. Any further information, if known (DOI, author names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be given.

Web references can be listed separately (e.g., after the reference list) under a different heading if desired, or can be included in the reference list.
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References in a special issue Please ensure that the words 'this issue' are added to any references in the list (and any citations in the text) to other articles in the same Special Issue. Reference management software This journal has standard templates available in key reference management packages 1. End Note (http://www.endnote.com/support/enstyles.asp) 2. Reference Manager (http://refman.com/support/rmstyles.asp).
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Reference style
Text: All citations in the text should refer to: Single author: the author's name (without initials) and the year of publication; e.g (Allan, 2000) Two authors: both authors' names and the year of publication e.g. (Moore and Flanner, 1996) Three or more authors: first author's name followed by 'et al.' and the year of publication e.g (Cahyadi et al., 2010). Groups of references should be listed first alphabetically, then chronologically. Examples: Directly: (Allan, 2000a, 2000b, 1999; Allan and Jones, 1999). Parenthetically: Kramer et al. (2010) have recently shown ....' List: References should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the letters 'a', 'b', 'c', etc., placed after the year of publication.
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Citation styles
Pharmacopeia (US Pharmacopeia, 2006) (European Pharmacopoeia, 2011) Guidelines (ICH Topic Q8, 2009) (FDA, 2001) Web site (Drug bank, 2000) Conference/ Proceeding (Mierswa et al., 2006).
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 Reference to a journal publication: Van der Geer, J., Hanraads, J.A.J., Lupton, R.A., 2010. The art of writing a scientific article. J. Sci. Commun. 163, 5159.
Reference to a book: Strunk Jr., W., White, E.B., 2000. The Elements of Style, fourth ed. Longman, New York. Reference to a chapter in an edited book: Mettam, G.R., Adams, L.B., 2009. How to prepare an electronic version of your article, in: Jones, B.S., Smith , R.Z. (Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age. E-Publishing Inc., New York, pp. 281304.

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 Reference to article in press as:

C.K. Song, et al., A novel vesicular carrier, transethosome, for enhanced skin delivery of voriconazole: Characterization and in vitro/in vivo evaluation, Colloids Surf. B: Biointerfaces (2011), doi:10.1016/j.colsurfb.2011.12.004

Reference to Patent:
Touitou, E., 2004. Composition and methods for intracellular delivery.US 0242416 A1. Touitou, E., 1994. Composition for applying active substances to or through the skin. US 5540934.

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 Reference to Pharmacopeia
USP 30/NF 25, 2007. The United States Pharmacopeia 30/National Formulary 25. United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc., USA.

US Pharmacopeia, 2006. US Pharmacopeia XXIX. US Pharmacopeial Convention, Rockville, MD. European Pharmacopoeia, 2011. European Pharmacopoeia, seventh ed. Council of Europe, Strasbourg.

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 Reference to Convention USP US Pharmacopoeial Convention Inc., 2004. General information. In: The United States Pharmacopoeia-27/National Formulary-22, Asian ed. Webcom Limited, Rockville, Canada, pp. 22532401. Reference to Oral Talk/ Presentation/ Lecture Pitt, G.C., 1992. Biodegradable Polymers and Plastic. Royal Society of Chemistry, London, UK.
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 Reference to Conference/ Proceeding

Mierswa, I., Wurst, M., Klinkenberg, R., Scholz, M., Euler, T., 2006. YALE rapid prototyping for complex data mining tasks. In: Proceedings of the 12th ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD-06).

Reference to Web
Demirbas, E., Kobya, M., Senturk, E., Ozkan, T., 2004. Adsorption kinetics for the removal of chromium from aqueous solutions on the activated carbons prepared from agricultural wastes. Water SA 30, 533539, available at http://www.wrc.org.za/ (cited on 11.08.11).
Drug bank, 2011. http://www.drugbank.ca/drugs/DB00554. Aug 42 28, 2011.

 Reference to Guidelines
FDA, 2001. Guidance for Industry: Statistical Approaches to Establishing Bioequivalence. Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.

ICH Topic Q8(R2), 2009. Guidance for Industry: Pharmaceutical Development.

FDA, 1997. Guidance for Industry: SUPAC-MR: Modified Release Solid Oral Dosage Forms-Scale-Up and Postapproval Changes: Chemistry Manufacturing, and Controls; In Vitro Dissolution Testing, and In Vivo Bioequivalance Documentation. Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.
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 Reference to Case study Lipper, R., Desai, D., Kiang, S., 2006. Case Study: Implementation of Design Space. Real World Applications of PAT and QbD in Drug Process Development and Approval. Arlington, VA, USA.

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 Journal abbreviations source Journal names should be abbreviated according to 1. Index Medicus journal abbreviations: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/serials/lji.html; 2. List of title word abbreviations: http://www.issn.org/2-22661-LTWA-online.php; 3. CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service): http://www.cas.org/sent.html
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Video data
This can be done in the same way as a figure or table by referring to the video or animation content and noting in the body text where it should be placed. All submitted files should be properly labeled so that they directly relate to the video file's content.

In order to ensure that your video or animation material is directly usable, please provide the files with a preferred maximum size of 50 MB.
Video and animation files supplied will be published online in the electronic version of article in Elsevier Web products, including Science Direct: http://www.sciencedirect.com.

Author can choose any frame from the video or animation or make a separate image.

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Digital object identifier

The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) may be used to cite and link to electronic documents. The DOI consists of a unique alpha-numeric character string which is assigned to a document by the publisher upon the initial electronic publication. DOI never changes. It is an ideal medium for citing a document, particularly 'Articles in press' because they have not yet received their full bibliographic information. The correct format for citing a DOI is shown as follows (example taken from a document in the journal Physics Letters B): doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2010.09.059
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Thank You

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