Manuscript Preparation Guide
Manuscript submission conditions:
1- The article shall never be previously published in any scientific journal or is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
2- The responsibility for the manuscript and the arrangement of the names of the authors lies with the corresponding author, and all correspondence will be made with him/her. Avoid writing the academic degrees of the authors, and it is sufficient to state just the name of the department and institution/university where they work or research.
3-Commitment and conflict of interest forms should be filled out and signed by the corresponding author. The forms should be submitted alogside other documents during manuscript submission.
The following steps are required to be followed in order to submit an article electronically:
1- Fill out the login form and log in to the website with a dedicated username.
2- Log in to your personal page (at the top of the page).
3- Fill out the article submission form and related information and specifications.
4- Review the article on your personal page and add related attachments and information.
Note: Each article shall be submitted in several separate files in Word format (with the extension doc. or docx.) including a) the main text of the article containing all figures, tables and without the names of the authors (for the main text of the article, a PDF file shall also be sent in addition to the Word file), b) the article specification sheet including the title of the article and the names and positions of the authors in Persian and English, and c) the files related to figures and tables.
5- Final approval of the article to begin its consideration.
6- Upon submitting an edited article, after announcing the referees’ comments, the article shall include the revised sections, highlights, and referees’ responses at the end of both main files and without any name.
7- All the steps related to publishing the article in this journal are free.
1- Article Preparation
Articles shall be prepared and submitted in a single column with a 2.5 cm margin on each side, with the page number and line number continuously on the right side of the page, with a line spacing of 1.5 cm, and with a Persian font of Lotus B12 and English font of Times New Roman 10, in at least 12 and a maximum of 16 pages.
2- Arrangement and Description of Different Parts of Article
Submitted articles shall include the article specification sheet, title, the abstract in Persian, keywords, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, general conclusion, acknowledgements, references and the abstract and keywords in English.
Note: The font of the article title and the main structure headings (introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, general conclusion and list of references etc.) should be bold. It is permitted to use subheadings, but multiple subheadings should be avoided.
2-1- Article details sheet: This section includes the title of the article, the name and surname, and the address of the author or authors of the article, the e-mail address, and the contact number of the corresponding author on a separate page.
2-2- Title: The title of the article should be a maximum of 20 words and reflect the content of the article.
2-3- Persian abstract: The abstract is the first and perhaps the last part of the article which is noticed by an audience. Therefore, it is essential that respected authors write it with care, spending time and patience, and sufficient accuracy. The abstract should consist of 200 to 300 words and briefly introduce the entire article so as clearly reflects the author’s motivation for conducting the research and its novel findings. It is required to strictly avoid mentioning additional and unrelated materials, as well as repeating the material of other articles and sources in this section. In this regard, the Journal of Veterinary Research and Biological Products accepts and publishes the articles with structured Persian and English abstracts including the headings of introduction, objective, method, results, and conclusion. Therefore, the esteemed authors are required to write their article abstracts in full compliance with the aforesaid points.
2-4- Keywords: These are a few (maximum 6) separate words that the research topic is mostly about and are not included in the title.
2-5- Introduction: In this section, the subject matter of the research should be introduced and the hypothesis in question should be defined. The most important previous research works on this subject matter should be referred to, the background of the necessity for the research in question should be explained, and the purpose of the present study should be specified.
2-6- Materials and Methods: This The section includes the materials used and a description of the methods applied, citing the sources of common and well-known methods. In this part, in addition to a detailed statement of the experimental procedures, the materials used, the companies from which the materials were purchased, the models of the devices applied, and the experimental design and statistical model benefited for data analysis should be described.
2-7- Results: it contains the results of the research in the form of text, tables and figures. Avoid repeating figures in multiple forms (tables and figures, etc.).
2-7-1- Figures: All images and graphs shall be referred to as figures in the text (example: Figure 1- ....). The used figures should be sent separately in TIFF or JPEG file format. The figures should be without frame lines and have sufficient clarity. The minimum dpi of images should be 150. The figures should be shown in two-dimensional black and white colors, if possible. Statistical letters and symbols should be clearly stated and defined in the graph caption. The units for both axes in each graph should be mentioned in parentheses. In graphs, the start and basis of both axes should be taken from zero. Equations and formulas should not be in the form of figures.
2-7-2- Tables: All tables should be without horizontal and vertical lines. The top row in tables should have a top and bottom lines. The lowest row should also have an underline. There is no need for other lines. Statistical themes should be observed in tables and statistical letters and symbols should be written in the form of superscript and they should be clearly stated and defined in the table caption. The units of each attribute should also be mentioned in parentheses.
Note: Table titles should be placed above the tables, and figure titles should be placed below the relevant figures. Tables and figures should be numbered in the order referenced in the text.
2-8- Discussion: In this section, the causes and relationships between them in creating the gained results are discussed, using other scientific sources. The results and discussion can be presented simultaneously under the title "Results and Discussion", if required.
2-9- General Conclusion: The article should have a general conclusion, which includes a final conclusion from the research and mentions its probable application(s).
2-10- Acknowledgements: This section is optional and, in a maximum of 50 words, introducing individuals, organizations, and institutions, and generally, all real persons and legal entities effective in conducting the research, and it expresses gratitude and appreciation to them. This section usually specifies the person or place of study, so it should be included in the file of authors’ names.
2-11- Conflict of Interest: Upon occurrence of any probable conflict of interest, whether financial or non-financial, which could affect the results of this research, it should be mentioned in this section. If there is no conflict of interest, it seems obligatory to insert the following sentence: "The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest in this research."
Important points:
1- Avoid inserting footnotes to express explanations in English and Persian and vice versa, and if required, include them in parentheses and in the text of the article.
2- Numbers in the text, from one to nine, should be written in letters and the numbers more than nine should be in digits (example: two methods, 235 samples).
3- SI units should be written to the right of the numbers. It should be written as a Latin abbreviation (example: milligram/milliliter = mg/mL). Meanwhile, Celsius should be written as c and percentage as % to the left side of the numbers.
4- If mathematical symbols are used (such as ×, +, -, >, <, =), a space should be considered between these symbols and adjacent numbers or words.
5- Usage of foreign words should be avoided as much as possible. Scientific names and terms, places, materials and other foreign words should be written in Persian in the text of the article and that word should be written immediately in the original language in parentheses, example: in the laboratory (in vitro).
6- The number P should be written in capital English letters.
7- The names of living organisms (genus and species) should be mentioned only in English (Latin) letters and in italics in all parts of the article.
2-12- References:
The following points should be noted when citing references:
1- References should be numbered in the order in which they are cited in the text, and the reference numbers should be given in parentheses in the text of the article.
2- Any source which is numbered in the first reference should be referenced to the same first number, no matter how many times it is used in the text.
3- If you use several sources in a part of a text whose numbers are consecutive, use a hyphen (-) between the first and last numbers, for example (4-8), but if the numbers are not consecutive, a comma should be used between them, for example: (4, 6 and 8).
4- The list of references should include the specifications of all the sources used in preparation of the article, which may include books, articles published in scientific journals, student final theses, documents published by international authorities, or materials taken from scientific reference websites.
5- The specifications of the sources should be complete enough that readers could have access to them with a simple search.
Referencing Method is explained in this section:
This journal uses the Vancouver Referencing Style format for referencing.
Samples of Types of Referenceable Sources:
Surname and initials of the author(s). Title of the article. Abbreviated name of the journal according to the Index Medicus method, year of publication, volume number, DOI pages of the article.
Rahman MA, Zereen F, Hossain MG, Al-Amin M, Alam J, Shimada M, et al. The first report of concurrent infection of hemorrhagic septicemia with foot and mouth disease in cattle in Bangladesh. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis. 2024;115:102272
*Note that 1- The title of the journal should be abbreviated, 2- Usually, the names of author are given up to six authors in full and et al. is used for the rest, 3- The DOI of the article is required to be mentioned at the end.
Surname and initials of the author(s). Name of the book. Edition number, publisher’s name, city of publication, year of publication, volume number, page number. Example:
Altman DG. Practical statistics for medical research. 1st ed., Chapman & Hall, London, 1991, p: 63.
Surname and initials of the author(s) of the chapter, chapter title of the book. In: Surname and initials of the editor(s) of the book. Book title. Edition number (if not the first). Place of publication: Publisher’s name; Year of publication. Page numbers of the chapter.
Rowlands TE, Haine LS. Acute limb ischaemia. In: Donnelly R, London NJM, editors. ABC of arterial and venous disease. 2nd ed. West Sussex (GB): Blackwell Publishing; 2009. p. 123-140.
Website:
Last name - first initial (capital letters). Page title [Internet]. City name: Publisher’s name; Year of publication [Year month day of publication updated; Year month and day of citation]. URL: from Available
American Medical Association. Medical leaders urge collection of demographic information as a step toward ending health care disparities [Internet]. Chicago: American Medical Association; 2011[updated 2011 April 28; cited 2011 May 4th]. Available from: http://www.amaassn.org/ama/pub/news/news/medical-leaders-urge-collectiondemographic.
Last name - first initial (capital letters). Title of dissertation [dissertation]. [Place of publication]: Publisher; Year of publication. Total number of pages. Example:
Allen SJ. The social and moral fiber of Celtic tiger Ireland [dissertation]. [Dublin]: University College Dublin; 2009. 270p.
2-13- English abstract: The English abstract should also be in 200 to 300 words. The English abstract should be a complete and fluent translation of the Persian abstract into English, which should be structured similarly to the Persian abstract and include the titles of Results, Methods, Objectives, Introduction and Conclusion. The English abstract should be written in fluent and expressive English words and text. It is strongly recommended that a faculty member who has a better command of English be consulted and that the spelling and composition of the title and English abstract be carefully reviewed before submission. The English abstract will be placed in the main file of the article.
2-14- English keywords: These words are also the complete translation of the Persian "keywords" into English. The English keywords will be placed in the main file of the article.
3- Short Articles
A short article is a report of an independent, well-founded and documented scientific research (a short article is not a part of an article or a report of the initial and incomplete findings of a research). Short articles should be presented as briefly as possible (maximum 2500 words) and contain a maximum of 2 tables or images and include the sections of abstract (maximum 250 words), introduction, methods, results and discussion (in the form of a title) and references.
4- Review Articles
A review article is written by experts and professionals who have a research background and publications on the subject matter in question, in the form of the objectives and vision of the journal. In a review article, the author(s) critically analyzes, explains the shortcomings and gaps in a specific topic, and presents constructive solutions and suggestions by expressing and summarizing available information, data, opinions and theories. A review article includes an abstract (200 to 300 words), introduction, discussion, and references, and each of the introduction and discussion headings may include different subheadings depending on the topic.
5- Case Report
Case report articles contain valuable and informative points about rare and unusual diseases which potentially could to be published in the field of veterinary medicine. These articles are brief (maximum 2000 words), containing an abstract, introduction, description of patients (which includes detailed observation and recording of clinical signs and their course, therapeutic measures taken and their results, and the fate of the affected animals), laboratory confirmation, discussion and conclusion, and references.