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Author Guidelines

General Guidelines

In general, we follow the format of “Manuscript Preparation and Submission of Medical Journal” published by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). We accept four types of articles: Original research, review articles, advertorials, and case reports. The research article basically consists of an introduction, methods, results and discussion (IMRAD). Advertorial, narrative reviews, and case reports are less structured formats. A systematic review and meta-analysis require a special format (The methods using PRISMA guidelines, and the result is apart from the discussion)

Reporting Guidelines

Reporting guidelines for clinical trial using CONSORT, systematic review and meta-analysis using PRISMA guidelines, observational study using STROBE, case report using CARE, diagnostic/prognostic study using STARD, and animal pre-clinical study using ARRIVE. For other type of study, author may to open EQUATOR network or the NLM’s Research Reporting Guidelines and Initiatives.

Submission Guidelines

The author must submit 3 files: manuscript, originality statement, and title page. 

Submission Guideline & File Templates: Download Here, 

 Starting from May 2025, all manuscripts submitted to JIMKI should be layouted prior to submission, following the templates provided in the journal website. All manuscripts shoud submit 2 versions, such as review version and publish version.

*Consent Publication Ethics for Case Report using the  C.O.P.E Publication Ethics

Structure of the Manuscript

The following information are required to submit an article to JIMKI:

Title Page

  • Article title (maximum of 20 words with no abbreviation, concise, but includes sufficient and clear information)
  • Author’s and corresponding author information (complete name with author’s highest academic degree, specific name of department and institution or organization, author’s telephone, fax and e-mail addresses, and corresponding authors’s telephone, fax and e-mail addresses)
  • Disclaimers (statement about originality and owner of this article is the author and not an official position of the institution or funder)
  • Source of support (grants, equipment, and/or other support of the research or article itself if any)
  • Word Count (excluding abstract, acknowledgements, tables, figure legends, and references)
  • Number of figures and tables
  • Acknowledgement (if any, it is addressed to others who have helped or were involved either directly or indirectly in the research)

Abstract

The abstract of the article is a miniature of its contents. The abstract should contain the background, purpose of study, basic procedures/method (study participant, settings, measurement, and analytical methods), main findings or result (specific size, statistical, and clinical significance of the effect if possible), and principal conclusions. The clinical trial registration number is written at the end of the abstract, if any. The author should provide 3-5 keywords which can be used for indexing purpose

Text

Introduction

This section provides the background of the study, specific purpose or research objective, or hypothesis. Cite only directly pertinent references.

Methods

In general, this section should explain about how the study was done in a particular way. Detailed information such as study design, participants, place and time the study conducted, population and sample, and data measurement and analysis technique. This section should include a statement indicating that research was approved by local/regional/national review independent body (ethics commite, institutional review board, etc.) if any.

Results and Discussion

This section should provide the result of the study in logical sequences in the form of text, tables, and figures.

Tables

The headings are located above the table, and horizontal lines with 2 or 3 lines are used, without vertical lines. The text of Table 1 is in bold (in bold), using the numbering provisions of Arabic numerals. 1, 2, 3, etc., and I, II, III (Roman numerals).

The author should write a short or abbreviated heading and place explanatory matters in footnotes using the following symbols †, ‡, §, ||, ¶, **, ††, ‡‡, §§, ||||, ¶¶, etc. Identify statistical measures of variations, such as standard deviation and standard error of the mean. If the data are from another published or unpublished source, obtain permission and acknowledge that source fully.

Illustrations (Figures)

The writing of the figure is located below the image, with bold in the writing of the figure and the numbering consecutively using Arabic numerals. If the figure has been published previously, acknowledge the original source and submit written permission from the copyright holder to reproduce it. The author should send high-resolution photographic image files for radiological and other clinical and diagnostic images, as well as pictures of pathology specimens or photomicrographs.

Conclusion

The conclusion contains the answers to the research questions. Conclusions must answer specific objectives. This section is written in the form of an essay and does not contain numerical data from the research results. Consists of a maximum of three paragraphs that summarize the core of the research results and the limitations of the research, as well as the possibility of developing research that can be carried out by other parties to develop the results that have been obtained.

Unit of Measurement

Author should use the measurement of length, height, weight, and volume in metric units (meter, kilogram, or liter) or their decimal multiples. Temperatures should be in degrees Celsius., blood pressures should be in millimetres of mercury, and drug concentrations may be reported in either SI or mass units. Other measurement units should be written in the International System of Units (SI). If the SI units are not used universally for some measurement, the author may add alternative or non-SI units.

References

The references format and styles are based on Vancouver.

The use of reference management software is mandatory for all manuscript submissions. This ensures accuracy and consistency in citations and the bibliography. Authors may use any standard reference manager, such as Mendeley, Zotero, or EndNote, to format their references.

The author should avoid citing articles from predatory journal, personal communication, and abstract. Accepted paper but not yet published should be designated as “in press” or “forthcoming”. Submitted paper but not yet accepted should be cited as “unpublished observations” and must written permission from the source. The titles of journals should be abbreviated according to the style used for MEDLINE (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/journals).

The examples of reference format style are listed below:

  • Article/Journal: Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Caplan AL. Solid-organ transplantation in HIV-infected patients. N Engl J Med. 2002 Jul 25;347(4):284-7.
  • Book/Monograph: Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA. Medical microbiology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2002 addresses, and corresponding authors’s telephone, fax and e-mail addresses)
  • Electronic Materials: Abood S. Quality improvement initiative in nursing homes: the ANA acts in an advisory role. Am J Nurs [Internet]. 2002 Jun [cited 2002 Aug 12];102(6):[about 1 p.]. Available from: https://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/Fulltext/2002/06000/Quality_Improvement_Initiative_in_Nursing_Homes.31.aspx Subscription required.
  • Other Published Materials: Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary. 29th ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders; 2000. Filamin; p. 675
  • Other Unpublished Materials: Tian D, Araki H, Stahl E, Bergelson J, Kreitman M. Signature of balancing selection in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. Forthcoming 2002.