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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Guidelines for Authors

We encourage researchers, academicians, clinicians and students to contribute scientific articles for the Indian Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (IJOCP).

● Scope of the journal: We publish articles related to psychiatry and allied disciplines. ● Types of articles:

Type of article

Abstract

Word limit for text

References

1. Editorial

Not required

2000

15

2. Review article

Required (Unstructured)

6000

No limit

3. Original research article

Required (Structured)

4000

40

4. Case report/Series

Required (Unstructured)

1500

15

5. Letter to the Editor

Not required

1000

10

6. View point/ Opinion/ Perspectives

Not required

2000

20

7. Debate

Required (Unstructured)

4000

40

8. Book review

Not required

1500

10

9. Others (Art & mental health, UG corner, Announcements)

Not required

1500

15

 

The "Article Text" document should not have any identification data such as Author details, affiliations, sequence, and acknowledgment.

Author details must be shared in a separate file

Specific instructions for individual categories of articles-
EDITORIAL – Editorial is to be written by the editor or the editorial team. However, the journal may invite guest

editorials from prominent researchers in the field of psychiatry.

REVIEW ARTICLE – Review articles are usually unsolicited. It can be a narrative, scoping and systematic review related to any contemporary issue of psychiatry and allied sciences.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE – Original article should have a structured format that should include- Introduction, Methodology, Results, and Discussion. Details of study design, sampling techniques, ethical approval status, study analysis, major strengths and limitations and future implications should be covered. Maximum of 6 tables and figures are allowed. The tables should be numbered with legends and should be appended at the end of the manuscript after the references in a serial order. The figures should be in jpeg format and are to be produced separately along with manuscript draft.

CASE REPORT/SERIES – This article should have the following structure- Introduction, Case presentation, Discussion and Conclusion. Authors may include 1 figure/image.

PERSPECTIVE/VIEWPOINT/OPINION – It should be on a current relevant topic. It can be structured (with headings) or unstructured (without headings). Upto 2 tables or figures are allowed.

Articles

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