AIM: The Journal ‘Studies on Ethno-Medicine’ (Ethno-Med) is designed for prompt publication of original and significant articles on all aspects of Ethno-Medicine.

 

EDITORIAL POLICY: It contains original papers on current research and practical programmes, short notes, news items, book reviews, reports of meetings and professional announcements. Constructive critiques and discussions of published papers and letters which are of relevance and of interest to the readership are published at the discretion of the Editor. Studies on Ethno-Medicine is published in English; spelling and usage conforms to the Oxford English Dictionary; for consistency and simplicity in style because for many subscribers English is a second language. Place names should be spelled in the form officially used in the country under discussion; where this differs from the commonly-known name of the English-language name, the other name should be written in parentheses. For practical purposes accents may be omitted on non-English names.

 

FREQUENCY:  There shall be four issues, one volume per year (January, April, July, October).

 

SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPT: For the initial submission of manuscripts for consideration, submit it to the Administrative Editor, B-2 (Ground Floor), South City II, Gurgaon 122 018, Haryana, India via e-mail to: kre@airtelmail.in. Prepare the manuscript as per style of the Journal. Manuscripts, which do not fully confirm to Journal style, will be returned to the Authors.

 

©TO REPRODUCE COPYRIGHT MATERIAL: In the paper Author should not use any copyright material (Figure/Tables etc.). However he/she may write about that in the form of text in the paper.

            

ACCEPTED PAPER: After final acceptance, the final and exactly matching printed versions with the underlining clearly marked should be submitted via e-mail to kre@airtelmail.in. Acceptance of paper will be acknowledged via e-mail.

 

AUTHORISATION AND DECLARATION: Authors must accept full responsibility for the content of their articles. The Members of the Editorial Board and the Publisher of the journal are not responsible for the statements and opinions expressed by the authors in their articles/write-up published in the journal. While submitting the paper the author (s) must give a declaration that, “the article has not been published or sent for publication elsewhere”.

 

SIZE: An article should not generally exceed twelve printed pages (18 double spaced typed pages of MS Word). The authors would be charged for additional pages, even if a longer article is accepted for publication.  Reporting of frequency data may be accepted in the form of small report. Such reports should generally not exceed four pages, including tables/figures.

 

TITLE: The paper title, author’s name, affiliation, complete address, Fax number, and e-mail address should appear on the first page of the article. When there is more than one author, the correspondence will be sent to the first author, unless otherwise requested.

 

RUNNING HEAD: Not more than 40 characters (including spaces) should be identified on the title page.

 

ABSTRACT: Not exceeding 150 words.

 

KEYWORDS: Not exceeding six should accompany the manuscript.

 

TABLE: Each table should be typed separately and marked in the text in numerical order.

 

ILLUSTRATION: It should be clear, concise, and good for reproduction (maximum size for illustrations is 120 x 180 mm/80x160mm). All illustrations are referred to as Figures.

 

PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph should be sharp for reproduction (maximum size for photographs is 120 x 180mm/80x160 mm).

 

LIST: A separate list of tables, figures, and illustrations with captions should accompany the manuscript.   

 

METRIC SYSTEM: The metric system should conform to the International System of Units (S. I.).

 

REFERENCES: These should be listed at the end of article, arranged alphabetically according to the surnames of the authors and then chronologically. Following are examples of the proper reference style of various sources:

 

Journals: Guite N, Acharya S 2006. Indigenous medicinal substances and health care: A study among Paite Tribe of Manipur, India. Stud Tribes Tribals, 4(2): 99-104.

 

Books: Bhasin Veena 2005. Medical Anthropology: Tribals of Rajasthan . Gurugram: Kamla-Raj Enterprises.  

 

Sections of Books: Bhasin MK, Nag Shampa 2010. Ecology and Health.  In: Veena Bhasin, Charles Susanne (Eds.): Anthropology Today: Trends and Scope of Human Ecology. Gurugram: Kamla-Raj Enterprises, pp. 1-29

 

Newspaper / Magazine: Vatsyayan R, Shiromni 2002.  Anar: Fruit and Medicine. Health Tribune, April 17, 2002, P.13

 

Radio/Television Talk: Bhasin Veena 1986. Radio Talk - Gaddis of Himachal Pradesh. All India Radio ‘Yuv Vani’ - 1st July, 1986.

 

Meeting Paper: Bhasin V, Bhasin MK, Singh IP 1978. Some problems in the education of Gaddis of Bharmour, Chamba District, Himachal Pradesh. Paper presented in Seminar on Education and Social Change in Himachal Pradesh (H.P.) in H.P. University, Shimla, November 13 to 16, 1978.

 

Report: WHO 2004.An Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke. Report Series No 43. Geneva: WHO.

 

Thesis / Dissertation: Mojoyinola JK 1998. Psychosocial Factors as Correlates of Rate of Patients’ Recovery from Physical Illness in Selected Stated-Owned Hospitals in Oyo State. Ph.D. Thesis, Unpublished. Ibadan: University of Ibadan.

 

Work “in press”: Oboh VU, Tsue PT 2010. Awareness of HIV/AIDS pandemic among rural farmers in Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria. Studies on Ethno-Medicine, (in press).

 

Website: Official Home Page of the National Bureau of Statistics, 2007. Summary of 2006 Census. From <http://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/Connections/ Pop2006.pdf-> (Retrieved on 21 October 2008).

 

When there are more than three authors use et al. in place of rest of the authors.

 

REFERENCES IN THE TEXT: References citations in the text should be in parentheses and include author name(s) and year of publication. Text citations of two or more works at the time should be given in chronological order. When citing a paper written by three or more authors, write the name of the first author plus “et al.” (However, all authors must be given in the Reference section). Where there are two or more papers by the same author in one year, distinguishing letter (a, b, c....) should be added to year. All references should be carefully crosschecked; it is the author’s responsibility to ensure that references are correct.

 

PROOFS: The galley proofs will be sent to the corresponding author via email for correction of typographical errors only; alterations other than correction of printer errors will be charged to the author. All corrections should be marked clearly, directly on page proofs.

 

OFFPRINT: These may be ordered at prices shown on the order blank accompanying proofs. No free reprints are supplied, but any number in excess of 100, with or without covers, may be purchased. The order, along with payment, for reprints and extra printed pages (if paper exceeds twelve printed pages) should be sent to the Administrative Editor.

 

DISPUTE:  

All disputes and claims shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Gurugram, Haryana, India