Author Guidelines

Aim and Scope

Aim

Scope

Manuscript Preparation

Content Structure

Title Page

Blinded Manuscript

Authors Contribution

Format Structure

Font type and size for article text:

Font type and size differentiation for titles:

Line spacing:

Header and footer writing:

Numbering and equation writing:

Arrangement of figures, tables, and statistics with titles and numbers:

References:

Literary Structure and Declarations

Use of Text Editing Software

Cover letter

Ethics Statement

Conflict of Interest

Funding

Acknowledgments

ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID)

Data Sharing Statement

Article types

Research Reporting Guidelines

Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) Tools

Publication Ethics

Confidentiality

Publishing License

Licence

Aim and Scope

Aim

Salamat Academic & Research Journal is committed to promoting community health by providing a platform for publishing high-quality research that has a significant impact on health, clinical, medical, and treatment outcomes. The journal emphasizes increasing access to medical and health information that is practical and useful, thereby promoting health promotion and improving the quality of medical, health, and therapeutic services. Additionally, the journal is dedicated to fostering scientific communication and widespread dissemination of research in the field of health and places particular emphasis on medical research that has a direct impact on clinical fields. To achieve this goal, Salamat Academic & Research Journal strives to offer high standards of service and support to authors, reviewers, and readers. The journal works with all stakeholders to maintain and develop rigorous scholarly work and prioritizes ethics and fairness in all its activities. It ensures that health improvement through science and research remains at the core of its work.

Scope

Salamat Academic & Research Journal welcomes scientific articles on various medical science topics and fields (which include curative medicine disciplines), including but not limited to:

Clinic Subjects:

Allergy, Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Critical Care Medicine, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Emergency Medicine, Gastroenterology/Hepatology, General Medicine, Geriatrics, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, Neurology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Otolaryngology, Pediatrics, Physical Therapy, Psychiatry, Respiratory Medicine, Rheumatology, Surgery, Transplantation, Urology/Andrology

Paraclinic Subjects:

Environmental Health, Ethics, Genetics and Genomics, Global Health, Health Economics, Health Informatics, Health & Social Care, Health Policy, Immunology, Medical Education, Mental Health, Nutrition, Obesity, Exercise, Occupational Health, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Public Health, Radiology & Imaging, Statistics and Research Methods, Sports Medicine, Substance Use and Addiction

Manuscript Preparation

In this section, the Salamat Academic & Research Journal covers all its structural terms and principles that must be adhered to by the author and the journal in a scholarly article. All fonts, formats, samples, and other necessary stylistic elements required by authors are uploaded on the university website. Authors must prepare their article following the following structural characteristics:

Content Structure

Manuscripts submitted to the Salamat Academic & Research Journal must include a title page and the Blinded manuscript should adhere to the following characteristics:

Title Page

The title page must contain the following elements and be translated into both Dari and English:

• Title: The title must be scientific and specialized and contain key main terms. The title must not include abbreviations.
• Running Title: The running title must contain fewer than 40 characters.
• Authors details:
  • The authors’ full name.
  • The authors' organizational affiliations.
  • The authors' email addresses.
  • Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID).
• Declarations:
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  • Authors' contributions.
  • Data availability statement.
  • Funding statement.
  • Conflict of interest disclosure.
  • Ethics approval statement.
  • Patient consent statement.
  • Permission to reproduce material from other sources.
  • Clinical trial registration.

Blinded Manuscript

Manuscripts may be submitted as a single file (containing the main text, tables, and figures) or tables and figures may be submitted as separate files. If the manuscript proceeds to the review stage, figures and tables must be provided as separate files. The main text files of the manuscript should be submitted in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx).

The main text file must be in Word format and include the following elements:

• Title: mention the same title
• Abstract: Structured (Introduction/Methods/Results/Conclusion) or unstructured depending on the type of article.
• Keywords: Up to seven keywords. Keywords must be registered in MeSH (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html).
• Highlights: Authors may provide up to three "key highlights" that succinctly present the main findings of the article, summarizing the main message of their article. Providing highlights is optional.
• Main body: The structured main body includes an Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion, arranged according to the type of article.
• References. Vancouver style.
• Tables: Each table is complete with a title and footnotes.
• Figures: Legends should be supplied as a complete list in the text. High quality figures should be uploaded as separate files.

Authors Contribution

The list of authors should accurately illustrate who contributed to the work and how. All those listed as authors should qualify for authorship according to the following criteria:

1. Have made substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data;
2. Been involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content;
3. Given final approval of the version to be published. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content; and
4. Agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

Contributions from anyone who does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed, with permission from the contributor, in an Acknowledgments section (for example, to recognize contributions from people who provided technical help, collation of data, writing assistance, acquisition of funding, or a department chairperson who provided general support). Prior to submitting the article all authors should agree on the order in which their names will be listed in the manuscript.

The Salamat Academic & Research Journal adheres to the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT taxonomy).

Format Structure

Font type and size for article text:

IRLotus font, size 12 for Dari and Pashto languages.

Times New Roman font, size 11 for English.

Font type and size differentiation for titles:

Article title (Title): IRLotus font, size 14 bold for Dari and Pashto languages, and Times New Roman font, size 13 bold for English.

Heading 1: IRLotus font, size 13 bold for Dari and Pashto languages, and Times New Roman font, size 12 bold for English.

Heading 2: IRLotus font, size 12 bold for Dari and Pashto languages, and Times New Roman font, size 11 bold for English.

Line spacing:

Line spacing should be set to 1.15 cm.

Header and footer writing:

IRLotus font, size 10 bold for Dari and Pashto languages, and Times New Roman font, size 9 bold for English.

Numbering and equation writing:

IRLotus font, size 12 bold for Dari and Pashto languages, and Times New Roman font, size 12 bold for English.

Equations should only be accepted in English.

Arrangement of figures, tables, and statistics with titles and numbers:

All figures, tables, and statistics must have independent titles and serial numbers. Figures, tables, and statistics should be sent either at the end of the article or as separate files.

Figures: Must have numerical numbering (1, 2, 3...) and their titles (captions) should be included below the figure.

Tables: Tables must have numerical numbering (1, 2, 3...) and their titles (captions) should be included above the table.

References:

Authors must use the Vancouver citation style for their articles (Vancouver Reference Style Guide).

In-text citations (1, 2, 3...) should be organized in numbered order.

Bibliographies at the end of the article should be prepared in English only and must correspond with the in-text citation order.

Online resources

More than 80% of sources should be available online. References to online research articles should always include a DOI, where available. When referring to other Web pages, it is useful to include a date on which the resource was accessed.

Articles:

Author A, Author B. Title of the article. Abbreviated Title of Journal. year;vol(no):page numbers. doi:10.XXX/XXXXX.XX.

Shayan NA, Rahimi A, Özcebe H. Cancer prevalence, incidence, and mortality rates in Afghanistan in 2020: A review study. Cancer Reports. 2023;6(8):40-50. doi: 10.1002/cnr2.1873.

Books:

Author A, Author B. Title of book. Edition. Place of Publication: Publisher; Date.

Malamed SF. Handbook of local anesthesia. 7th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier; 2020.

Websites:

Author(s). Title [Internet]. Place of Publication: Publisher; Date of Publication [Date of Citation]. Available from: URL

Marchildon GP, DiMatteo L. Health care cost drivers: the facts [Internet]. Canadian Institute for Health Information; 2011 Oct [cited 2015 Jan 15]. Available from: https://secure.cihi.ca/free_products/health_care_cost_drivers_the_facts_en.pdf

Note: Authors are advised to use free reference management software like Zotero to avoid human error. This software and the mentioned fonts are made available for general use on the university website.

Literary Structure and Declarations

The following writing rules and principles must be adhered to:

1. Maintain scientific language in the article according to the article's field of study.

Relevant scientific terms: The author must compose the article using scientific and practical terms related to the field of the article.

Unrelated scientific terms: The author should be aware of and precise in using scientific and practical terms from other fields in their article.

2. The article's grammar should be followed for fluency and comprehensibility.

Spelling and expression: Proper writing rules regarding spacing, hyphenation, and half-spacing must be followed in the articles, and the author's writing style and eloquence are considered positive attributes.

Heading levels: Providing headings in the scientific article while maintaining the order and ranking of the headings is an essential part of grammar.

3. Sentences and paragraphs in the article should be reviewed to eliminate ambiguity, contradiction, colloquialism, and redundancy of terms.

Sentences: Maintaining the scientific structure of sentences in terms of subject, verb, and object; avoiding unreasonable brevity and verbosity in sentences; and ensuring style and flow for fluency and comprehensibility are required.

Paragraphs: Observing the structure of paragraph writing in terms of topic sentences, supporting sentences, and conclusions; avoiding unreasonable brevity and verbosity in paragraphs; ensuring cohesion and unity between subject paragraphs; and indenting the beginning of a paragraph is required.

Word usage: The article should avoid using ambiguous and contradictory combinations of terms, colloquial expressions, and unjustified repetition of terms.

Use of Text Editing Software

The journal will use Virastyar/Pak Nevis for Dari and Grammarly for English to edit texts. Additionally, authors are advised to have their article reviewed by a native speaker before submission.

Cover letter

A cover letter should include the following: (a) a concise summary of why the article is a valuable addition to scientific literature, (b) briefly relate the study to previously published work, (c) specify the article type (original article, review, brief communication, etc.), and (d) details of any previous interactions with Salamat journal regarding the submitted manuscript.

Ethics Statement

The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of #### (IRB No. ##-##-###). Informed consent was confirmed (or waived) by the IRB.

Conflict of Interest

It should be disclosed here according to the statement in the Research and Publication Ethics regardless of existence of conflictof interest. If the authors have nothing to disclose, please state: “The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare for this study.”

Funding

All sources of funding applicable to the study should be stated here explicitly.

Acknowledgments

The authors can list the names of persons, who helped the study but are not eligible as authors, in this section. Funding sources, which are informed in the title page, should not be written in this section.

ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID)

ORCID of all authors are recommended to be provided. To have ORCID, authors should register in the ORCID web site available from: http://orcid.org/. Registration is free to every researchers in the world.

Data Sharing Statement

Salamat Academic & Research Journal accepts the ICMJE Recommendations for data sharing statement policy (http://icmje.org/icmje-recommendations.pdf). All manuscripts, including data anlaysis, should submit a data sharing statement following the ICMJE guidelines.

Article types

Salamat Academic & Research Journal accepts a broad range of article types, summarized below:  

Research Reporting Guidelines

Accurate and complete reporting enables readers to fully appraise research, replicate it, and use it. Authors are encouraged to adhere to the following research reporting standards.

• CONSORT guidelines for reports of randomized trials
• SPIRIT
• PRISMA guidelines for systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
• STROBE statement for observational studies (cohort, case-control, or cross-sectional designs.
• CAREfor case reports
• COREQ guidelines for qualitative studies
• STARD and TRIPOD
• STREGA Genetic association studies
• SRQR Qualitative studies
• CHEERS
• the EQUATOR Network
• Future of Research Communications and e-Scholarship (FORCE11)
• AGREE Clinical practice guidelines
• ARRIVE guidelines for animal research reporting
• National Research Council's Institute for Laboratory Animal Research guidelines:
• The Gold Standard Publication Checklist from Hooijmans and colleagues
• Minimum Information Guidelines from Diverse Bioscience Communities (MIBBI) website
• Biosharing website
• MOOSE Meta-analyses of observational studies
• STREGA Gene-disease association studies
• CHEERS Health economic evaluations
• TRIPOD Studies developing, validating, or updating a prediction model, whether for diagnostic or prognostic purposes.

Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) Tools

Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools—such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs)—cannot be considered capable of initiating an original piece of research without direction by human authors. They also cannot be accountable for a published work or for research design, which is a generally held requirement of authorship (as discussed in the previous section), nor do they have legal standing or the ability to hold or assign copyright. Therefore—in accordance with COPE’s position statement on AI tools—these tools cannot fulfill the role of, nor be listed as, an author of an article. If an author has used this kind of tool to develop any portion of a manuscript, its use must be described, transparently and in detail, in the Methods or Acknowledgements section. The author is fully responsible for the accuracy of any information provided by the tool and for correctly referencing any supporting work on which that information depends. Tools that are used to improve spelling, grammar, and general editing are not included in the scope of these guidelines. The final decision about whether use of an AIGC tool is appropriate or permissible in the circumstances of a submitted manuscript or a published article lies with the journal’s editor or other party responsible for the publication’s editorial policy.

Publication Ethics

All articles must comply with the ethical research guidelines of Jami University and the Salamat Academic & Research Journal. Authors are required to state that all research has been conducted according to these guidelines and in an ethical and responsible manner, and that no research misconduct has occurred, including but not limited to data fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, image manipulation, unethical research, biased reporting, author abuse, redundant or duplicate publication, and undisclosed conflicts of interest.

Similarly, reviewers are required to maintain the confidentiality of the peer review process and disclose any competing interests.

As noted in the Jami University publication ethics policy and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Code of Conduct, the Salamat Academic & Research Journal will investigate all allegations of misconduct and reserves the right to contact research institutions, employers, funders, or relevant national bodies. Additionally, please note that this journal uses similarity detection software Samim Noor and Turnitin to identify instances of overlap and similar text in submitted articles. Articles should have less than 25% similarity with registered works.

Authors are required to respond to editorial queries promptly and should be available post-publication to respond to raised critiques and cooperate with any requests from the journal for data or additional information if questions arise regarding the article. The Salamat Academic & Research Journal encourages authors to share research data that supports the results of their study, including raw data, processed data, software, algorithms, protocols, methods, and materials in an appropriate public repository. In such cases, authors should include a data availability statement, including a link to the repository they used, to be published alongside their article.

The Salamat Academic & Research Journal follows the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and its Code of Conduct

https://publicationethics.org/core-practices

Retractions, Withdrawals, and Expressions of Concern

The journal is committed to fulfilling its role in maintaining the integrity of the scientific record. We follow the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)'s core approaches and ethical guidelines for handling retractions, withdrawals, and expressions of concern.

Confidentiality

Salamat Academic & Research Journal maintains all details about submitted manuscripts confidential and does not disclose to any outside organization any information about the status of a particular manuscript. All communications with the journal are confidential, and authors and reviewers are expected to not reveal any information without prior permission.

Publishing License

Open Access and License and Copyright

Access to all articles published by this journal is completely free: available immediately for reading, downloading, and sharing, and published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license, which permits the use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

The copyright of each research article published by this journal under the Creative Commons license is retained by the author(s). The authors grant the journal the right to publish the article and identify themselves as the original publisher. The authors also grant any third party the right to use the article freely if its integrity is maintained and the original authors, citation details, and publisher are acknowledged.

Licence

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

This license enables reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. CC BY-NC-ND includes the following elements:

BY: credit must be given to the creator.

NC: Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted.

ND: No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted.