The Pharmacist
The Pharmacist (Pharmacist) open access, peer-reviewed quarterly journal publishing since 2025.With the aim of faster and better dissemination of knowledge, we will be publishing the article ‘Ahead of Print’ immediately on acceptance. In addition, the journal would allow free access (Open Access) to its contents, which is likely to attract more readers and citations to articles published in Pharmacist.Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with “Uniform requirements” of the The Pharmacist as per guidelines by the International Committee of Medical Journals Editors (Updated Decemb...

Author Instructions
Overview
Innovative Publication is a publisher of open-access journals. All
submitted manuscripts are managed by Manuscript
Peer-Review Process called MPRP as a
rapid and rigorous double-blind peer-reviewed, manuscript handling, and
editorial process. In this platform, all authors, reviewers, editors, and
editorial office works on a single platform.
Submission
Checklist
A manuscript submission checklist is necessary during the final
submission of an article before sending it to the journal for the peer-review
process.
- One
author should be designated as the Corresponding author with complete
contact details.
- The
author should check the Aims and
Scope of the journal.
- Use
the MS Word template to prepare your manuscript.
- An
author should ensure about Authorship
Criteria, Research and
Publication Ethics, Manuscript
Preparation, Authorship, Copyright, Format, Figure, Data, and
reference format have been appropriately considered.
- The
author has approved the content of the submitted manuscript.
- All
necessary files have been uploaded, and contain Keywords, figures, and
captions, all tables (including title, description, and footnotes).
- The
manuscript has been spell-checked and grammar-checked.
The author has obtained copyright material permission.
Manuscript
Submission Guidelines
Manuscript
Submission Process
All manuscripts must be submitted online at www.mprp.in. The
submitting author, who is generally the corresponding author, is responsible
for the manuscript during the submission and peer-review process. The
submitting author must ensure that all eligible co-authors have been included
in the author list read the authorship qualify criteria and that they
have all read and approved the submitted version of the manuscript, To submit
your manuscript, first-time users click the register button
from the submission portal. On successful registration, you will receive an
email verification mail and after confirmation, you will be able to log in as
an author you can directly log in by using your credentials
(Username-Registered mail ID & Password) or you can directly Sign in with
Google or ORCID ID.
After successful registration, log in as an author and post your
manuscript for further processing. While submitting, the author is required
to provide information on payment and possible funder agreements. During
submission of the funder, details ensure you meet all your funder requirements.
Manuscript
Preparation
- Title Page Information: Manuscripts must be prepared in
accordance with Manuscript Title, Author list, affiliations, abstract, and
Keywords.
- Original Research Manuscript: Introduction, Materials and
Methods, Results, Discussion, Figures, Tables, Conclusions, etc.
- Author Ethical Responsibilities: The author should provide
Supplementary Materials, Acknowledgements, Author Contributions, Conflicts
of Interest, Funding, Data Availability Statement, and Citations.
- Presentation and Format: Spacing, Margins, Page
Numbering, Words limit, etc.
Cover Letter
Cover Letters must be included with each manuscript submission and
it should be concise and explain why the content of the paper is significant
and find the context of existing work. It should explain the manuscript is
suitable for the scope of the journal. The cover letter should prove the
following details:
- Manuscript
Title
- Type
of Manuscript
- Authors
full names (First name, Middle Name, and Last Name)
- Complete
Affiliations (in sequences)
- Contact
no and email id
- ORCID
iD/Researcher’s profile
Title Page
Information
The Title page should carry
- The
title of your manuscript should be concise, specific, relevant, and
informative that contain the major keywords, formulae, and abbreviations
avoided.
- Running
title or short title, not more than 6 words.
- Authors’
first and last names must be provided. The initials of any middle name can
be added. The standard format used for PubMed/MEDLINE for affiliations is
complete address information including city, pin/zip code, state, and
country. The affiliations should be given as 1, 2, and 3
but not marked with symbols.
- Clearly
indicate who will be the Corresponding author and handle all stages of
communication for pre-publication and post-publication of the manuscript.
Ensure that the name address, phone number, and e-mail address of the
contributor responsible for correspondence about the manuscript. Contact
details must be up to date and the institutional e-mail address and
contact number of the corresponding author. Please read the Authorship
qualify criteria.
Article
type and Formatting
Original
Research Article
Structured
Abstracts: Abstract, Background, Methods,
Results, Conclusion, and Keywords
Abstract: The abstract should be provided with a maximum of 150 -250
maximum words limit. The abstract should be a single paragraph and should
follow the style of structured abstract without subheadings.
Background: background for the study and should state the study’s purpose,
basic procedures, main findings and principal conclusions. It should emphasize
new and important aspects of the study and observation.
Methods: Methods describe briefly the main methods or treatments applied
and include relevant preregistration numbers and species and strains of any
animals used.
Results: Results are present in logical sequence in table, text, and
figures, giving the main and most important findings. Emphasize or summarise
only the most important observations, do not use replicate all the data,
tables, figures, and text. Summarize the article’s main findings only.
Conclusion: conclusion indicates the interpretations with the goal of the
study but avoids unqualified statements and the abstract should be an objective
representation of the article. It must not consider results that are not
presented and substantiated in the main text and should not exaggerate the main
conclusions.
Keywords: Keywords need to be added after the abstract and we recommended
that the keywords are specific to the article and within the subject
discipline. Keywords are used for indexing purposes and abbreviations
established in the field may be eligible.
Acknowledgements: Acknowledgement of grants, funds, person, and support in a
separate section at the end of the article before the reference and include
them on the title page as a footnote to the title or otherwise.
Introduction: The introduction should `be briefly placed in a broad context
and highlight why it is important. It should define the purpose of the work and
its significance including specific and previous studies in the area. The
current state of the research clearly described the purpose of the study, the
tested hypothesis, and its aim and scope. Finally, briefly mention the main aim
of the work and highlight the main conclusions. Keep the introduction
comprehensible to scientists working outside the topic of the research paper.
Materials and
Methods: The Methods section should only include
information that was available at the time the study was planned or protocol
written; all information obtained during the conduct of the study belongs to
the results section. New methods and protocols should be described in detail
while well-established methods can be briefly described and appropriately
cited. Give the name and version of any software used and make clear where
computer code used is available. A statement indicating that the research was
approved by an independent local, regional and national level.
Results: Provide a concise and precise description of the experiment
results and data on all primary and secondary outcomes, identified in the
materials and method part and do not include methods, discussion and
conclusions. All Charts, figures, and Tables are cited in text in numerical
order and include a brief description, consider using supplement material to
use and major findings.
Discussion: The author should discuss the results and how they can be
interpreted from the perspective of previous studies and of the working
hypotheses. The finding and their implications should be discussed in the
broadest context possible and limitations of the work highlighted and further
research directions may be mentioned. Explore the implications of findings for
further research and policy and combined them with results.
Conclusions: This section is crucial and required as it summarize the
key points and findings of your paper. It determines overall conclusions of the
study and the future research directions.
Patents: It is not mandatory but may be updated if there are patents work
is reported in this manuscript.
Review Article:
It is expected that review articles written by individuals who
have done substantial work on the subject or are considered experts in the
field. Review articles should address a focused topic, issue, or question. They
should be balanced and up-to-date. They should not simply restate the
literature but rather interpret and integrate the findings to provide a
framework for understanding the literature on a particular topic. A short
summary of the work done by the authors in the field of review should accompany
the manuscript. The author submitting a review article should include a section
describing the methods used for locating, selecting, extracting, and
synthesizing data. Methods should be summarized in the form of an abstract.
Structure: Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Discussion, Conclusion and
References
The discussion part of the review should be managed into
sub-division headed by informative sub-titles. We welcome review articles on
journal subjects but the above topics content should be discussed with the
Editors prior to submission indicating how this manuscript would be different
from recent review manuscripts in the field.
Manuscripts submitted to the The
Pharmacist that is not original articles must come into one of the
following categories.
- Review
Articles
- Case
Report/Case Series
- Letter-to-Editor
- Short
Communication/Commentary
- Editorial/Others
Manuscript
Presentation and Formatting: All manuscript content as
follow:
Article Types: |
Detail Descriptions |
Original Research
Article |
Words limit: 2000-4500
(Excluding references) Structured Abstracts: Aim &
Objective, Background/Introduction, Material & Methods, Results,
Conclusion, and Keywords (150 -250 Words) Keywords: (3-10) References: Minimum - 15 and
Maximum – 70 Maximum Number of
Figures: 8
(Quality: Pixel 300 DPI) Maximum No of Table: 8 Article explanation: Introduction,
Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions |
Review Article |
Words limit: 2500-6000
(Excluding references) |
Headings: Abstract,
Keywords, Introduction, Discussion, Conclusion, and References |
|
Maximum Number of
Figures: 8
(Quality: Pixel 300 DPI) Maximum No of Table: 8 |
|
References: Minimum - 15 and
Maximum - 100 |
|
Case Report/Case Series |
Words limit: 1000- 2500
Excluding references |
Main Headings: Abstract,
Introduction, Case Presentation/Series, Discussion, Conclusion, and Reference |
|
Figures: 5-15 (Quality:
Pixel 300 DPI) Table: 3-8 |
|
References: In between 8-25 |
|
Letter-to-Editor |
Words limit: Up to 300-600
words |
Short
Communication/Commentary |
Words limit: Up to 600-1500 References: In between 5-15 |
Editorial/Guest
Editorial/others |
Words limit: Up to 300 – 1000 |
Author Ethical
Responsibilities |
Provide Supplementary
materials, Acknowledgements, Conflicts of Interest, Funding Source, Data
Availability Statement, and Citations, Acknowledgments |
- Manuscript
should be submitted in Microsoft-Word (Ms-Word) only, No PDF or other
format is allowed.
- Use
normal plain font (e.g. 12-point, times roman) for text.
- Use
double-space for all text, including abstract, table, reference,
footnotes, and figure legends.
- Use
italics for emphasis
- Page
margins 1.00 from all four sides
- Page
numbers at the bottom
- Keywords
(3-10)
- Reference
according to the journal instructions, punctuation marks checked
- Submission
of the manuscript without track changes
- If
any brand name is cited, provide the brand name, address, city, etc.
- Use
the table function in word, not spreadsheet/excel, to create a table
- All
tables (including title, description, footnotes)
- Sharp
and clear Figure/graphics
- All
figure captions
- Save
your file in Docx format (Ms-word 2007 or higher)
- Use
LaTeX for mathematical content.
Measurement of
Units: Internationally accepted rules,
regulations, policies, and conventions use the International System of Units
(SI). If any other units are mentioned please provide their equivalent SI
Case Report / Case Series:
Authors should submit new, interesting, and rare cases
reports/case series. They should be unique, describe a great diagnostic or
therapeutic challenge, and provide a learning point for readers. Cases with
clinical significance or implications will be given priority. Case reports do
not require extensive patient details and should be submitted as
Correspondence. Correspondence should not contain more than 800 words.
Letter-to-Editor:
Letters to the editor should be focused on news or on an article
that has been published in a journal within the previous year. The letter
should focus on an important aspect of the paper that is in the author’s
opinion and its comments.
Editorial, Short
Communication, Commentary, and other: as mentioned
above.
Preparation
of Figure, Table, and Artworks
- Files
for figures and tables must be provided during submission in a single
zip/WinRAR file and archives and at a clear and high-resolution pixels
width/height, or a resolution of 300 dpi (Dots Per Inch) or higher.
Standard formats are accepted and preferred as TIFF, JPEG, EPS, and PDF.
- Authors
are encouraged to prepare tables and figures in colour (RGB at 8-bit).
- Figures
include photographs, radiographs, or micrographs and include only
essential figures and use composite figures containing several panels of
photographs.
- All
Figures, tables, and artworks should have a short explanatory title and
caption and all table columns should have an explanatory heading. To
facilitate the copy-editing of large tables smaller fonts may be used. The
author should use the Table option of Ms-Word to create a table.
- Tables
always are cited in text in consecutive numerical order and each table
supplies a table caption (title) explaining the components of the table.
- Identify
any previously published material by giving the original source in the
form of a reference at the end of the table caption. All experiment
samples and controls used for one comparative analysis are run on the same
pattern.
- You
should check figures for duplications and ensured the figures are clear
and accurate.
Author
Ethical Responsibilities
Supplementary
Materials: It describes any supplementary material
published online alongside the manuscript (figure, table, spreadsheet, video,
etc.). The author should indicate the name and title of each element as follows
Figure S1: title, Table S1: Title, etc.
Funding and
Acknowledgments: This may include administrative
and technical support or donations in kind of people, grants, funds, etc.
should be placed in a separate section on the title page of the manuscript and
repeated before references.
In addition please provide the funding information in a separate
step while submitting of manuscript process. If the funding institution you
need is not listed, it can be entered as text. Funding information will be
published as searchable metadata for the accepted article, where
acknowledgments are published on the page.
Author
Contributions: Authors are required to include
a statement of responsibility, to have made substantial contributions to the
conception or design of the work, or the acquisition, analysis, or
interpretation of the data or drafting the work and substantively revising it.
Authorship must include and be limited to those who have contributed
substantially to the work.
Data
Availability Statement: Provide details regarding
where data supporting reported results can be found, including links to
publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study or you might
choose to exclude this statement if the study did not report any data.
Conflicts of
Interest: Authors must disclose any financial and
personal support or interest that may be recognized and determine the
representation or interpretation of reported research results. Potential
conflicts of interest include employment, consultation, ownership, honorarium,
patent application, testimony, etc. Any project funded by the industry
must pay special attention to the full declaration of funder involvement. If
there is no role, please state the sponsors had no role in the design,
execution, recognition, or writing of the study. According to The International Committee
of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), authors should avoid signing
into any agreements with study sponsors, both for-profit and non-profit, that
interface with the author’s access to all of the study’s data or that interface
with their ability and interpretation of data and publish manuscripts
independently when they select. For more details visit Conflict of Interest.
The statement should reflect all the collected potential conflict of interest
disclosures in the form. If no conflicts exist, the authors should state.
Conflicts of
Interest: The authors declare no conflicts of
interest.
References: Reference must be numbered in order of appearance in the text
(including figure, captions table, and legends) and listed individually at the
end of the manuscript. The reference style can be learned from reading past
issues of this journal. Text citation of the reference in number at the end of
a sentence or at the end of a clause that requires a literature citation.
Original research is limited to 35 references and there are no limits in the
number of references for review articles. We recommended preparing the
reference with bibliography software like Zotero, EndNote, etc.
to avoid typing mistakes and duplicated references. We encourage citations to
data, other citable and research material.
Citation: Reference and Citation in supplementary files are permitted and
provided that they also appear in the main text and in the reference list in
order
Supplementary
Materials, Data submission
Journal is committed to accepting open scientific exchange
and enabling our authors to achieve best practices in sharing and archiving
research data. We encourage all authors of articles published with
Innovative Journal to share their research data. Every journal guideline can be
found in the journal “Instructions for Authors” Policy of data sharing
concerns the minimal dataset support and findings of a published study.
Collected data should be publically available and cited in accordance with the
guidelines of the journal.
Publication data policies
Before submission of research datasets as electronic supplementary
material, authors should read the journals. We encourage research data to be
archived in data repositories wherever possible. The author should ensure that
the data shared are in accordance with the consent provided by participants on
the use of confidential data. Availability of data statement provided regarding
where the data reporting and supported result can be found including publically
archived dataset analyzed and generated during the study.
Data availability and suggested statements are mentioned below:
- Journal encourages
authors to provide articles with an external database that helps to build
a better understanding of time to explain the research.
- Publicly
available data accessible in the repository
Data presented in the study are openly available in (repository
name e.g. Fig Share) at (DOI), reference number (reference number).
- Datasets
are assigned DOI
A data repository may be cited in the reference list. Data
citations should include the minimum information recommended by DataCite:
Authors, title, publisher (repository name), and identifier.
- Available
data on request due to restriction e.g. Ethical or privacy
Presentation of data in this study is available on request from
the corresponding author, the data are not publicly available due to (mention
the reason).
- Third-Party
Data
Restrictions apply to the availability of these data. Data were
obtained from (third party) and are available (from the authors/website) with
the permission of (third party).
- Data
sharing is not applicable
New data sharing was created or analyzed in this study is not
applicable to the article.
Data Citation:
- (dataset)
Authors. Year. Dataset title, repository data or archives, Version (if
available); Persistent identifier (e.g., DOI).
Supplementary
Material and References
While submission of the manuscript additional data and files can
be uploaded as “Supplementary Files”. Supplementary files will also be
available to the referees as part of the peer-review process. Any additional
files and format is acceptable. We recommend that non-proprietary and common
formats are used where possible. References and citations in supplementary
files are permitted provided that they also appear in the main text and in the
reference list.
Unpublished and
Research Data Policy
Data restrictions availability should be noted during submission
and in the manuscript. Authors are encouraged to publish all observations
related to the submitted manuscript as supplementary material as Unpublished
data. Data submission to the journal implies that materials described in
the manuscript, including all relevant raw data, will be freely available to
any researcher wishing to use them for non-commercial purposed, without
breaching participant confidentiality. We encourage authors to ensure that
their datasets are either deposited in publically available repositories or
presented in the main manuscript or additional supporting files.
Journal accepts all sequence names and the accession numbers
provided by the databases must be provided in the material and methods section
of the article.
References
Style
The reference list should include the full title, as recommended
by the ACS style guide. Style files for Endnote and Zotero are available.
Reference should be described and depending on the types of the work, which is
mentioned as below:
For Journal
Article
The surname is followed by the first initials. (et al. after
six authors). Article title. Title of the journal with a standard
abbreviation. Year of publication; Volume (Issue number): Pages.
Example:
- Choudhury
DD, Sonawane JP, Chowdhary A. The study of prevalence of needle stick and
sharp injuries among healthcare workes in tertiary care hospital, Navi
Mumbai. IP Int J Med Microbiol Trop
Dis. 2021;7(4):227-31.
- Onweh
DA, Edeogu CO, Okezie AO, Ogbodo EC, Nwanguma DE, Oguaka VN et al. Effect
of trace elements in the immune system of pregnant women attending
antenatal clinic in alex ekwueme federal university teaching hospital. J Community Health Manag. 2021;8(4):181-9.
For Book
The surname is followed by the first initials. Book title. Edition
(if applicable). Place: Publisher; Year.
Example:
Jena S, Kumar G. Advanced Diagnostic Techniques for Oral Cancer
Detection. 1st ed. New Delhi: IP Innovative Publication; 2022.
For Book Chapter
The surname is followed by first initials. Title of the chapter.
In: Surname editor Initial(s), editor. Book title. Edition (if available).
Place: Publisher; Year. Pages.
Example:
- Bomzon
PS. Tree Diversity in Indian Forests. In: Laha J, Chakravort P, Mukherjee
D, Sinha NK, Mukherjee R, Samanta AK. Forestry in India-An overview. New
Delhi: IP Innovative Publication; 202 p. 34-58.
For E-Book
The surname is followed by first initials. Book title [Internet].
Place: Publisher; Year [cited date]. Available from: URL.
Example:
- Bareja
R. Practical Medical Microbiology for BMLT [Internet]. New Delhi: IP
Innovative Publication; 2021 [2022 Jan 15]. Available from:
https://www.wonderslate.com/Practical Medical Microbiology for
BMLT/ebook?siteName=books&bookId=26316
Conference
Proceeding Papers
The surname is followed by first initials. Title of paper. In:
Surname editor Initial(s), editor. Title of the conference. Place: Publisher;
Year. Pages.
Example:
- Venkatesh
A. Role of Human Resources in Organizational Innovation for sustainability
of New Business. In: Lohara J. 2nd International Conference on
Innovation and Sustainability of New Businesses. New Delhi: IP Innovative
Publication; 2019. p- 216-9.
Newspaper
Articles
The surname is followed by first initials. (if available). Title
of article. Title of newspaper. Date: Pages (if available).
Example:
- Coronavirus
in India live updates: Delhi reports 57 new cases, zero deaths in last 24
hours. The Times of India. Sep 15, 202
Thesis Unpublished:
Author; The surname is followed by first initials. Title of Thesis
(Type of Thesis). Location of University: University Name; Year.
Example:
- Joy
L. Prevalence and antibiogram of burkholderia species isolated from
tertiary care hospital (Research). Kerala: Jubilee
Mission Hospital; 202
Thesis Published:
Author; The surname is followed by first initials. Title of Thesis
(Type of Thesis). Place of Publication: Publisher Name; Year of Publication.
Example:
- Joy
L. Prevalence and antibiogram of burkholderia species isolated from
tertiary care hospital (Research). New Delhi: IP Innovative
Publication; 202
Website
Author; The surname is followed by first initials. Title
[Internet]. Place: Publisher; Date of publication [updated date; cited date].
Available from: URL.
Example:
Donovan R. Everything You Need to Know About Heart Disease.
[Internet]. New York: Healthline; Updated on 2020 February 27. Available
from: https://www.healthline.com/health/heart-disease
Always use the standard abbreviation of the journal’s name
according to the ISSN number and list of titles Word Abbreviations check. If
you are unsure, please use the full journal title.
Clinical
Trial Registry
We recommend that clinical trials are prospectively registered in
a public domain database and clinical trial registration numbers should be
mentioned in all papers that report their results. Authors are asked to provide
the name of the trial register and the clinical trial registration number in
the manuscript. If a clinical trial is not registered or registered
retrospectively, the reason must be provided at the time or before the time of
the patient first enrolment as a condition of consideration for publication.
Journal follows the International
Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines. We
strongly encouraged authors to pre-registration clinical trials with
international clinical trials register and cite a reference to the registration
in the method section. A suitable database must be included and requires a
complete consolidation of standard reporting trials as per CONSORT minimum
guidelines for publication. Suitable databases include http://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/login.php and
those listed by the World Health Organization International Clinical
Trials Registry Platform
Authors are required to submit approval to conduct a study from a
local and independent, regional, national authority. Journal reserves the right
to reject a paper without trial registration for further peer-review process.
Reports of randomized clinical trials should present information on all major
studies, including the protocol, assignment of interventions, based on the CONSORT
statement.
Specific Study
Designs and Reporting Guidelines
Journal requires a complete CONSORT 2010 Checklist key
document and CONSORT 2010 flow diagram, as
a condition of submission of reporting the results of the randomized clinical
trial. The author can find templates of these reporting guidelines on the
CONSORT website www.consort-statement.org.
Authors are also referred to the EQUATOR network for
further information on the available reporting guidelines for health research.
Various other checklists are available for various study designs. We encourage
our authors to follow the guidelines of SAGER's “Sex and Gender
Equity in Research” rationale for the SAGER guidelines and recommend use
whenever it is relevant. Authors should describe in the background, whether sex
and gender differences may be expected. If sex and gender analysis were not
conducted, the rationale should be given in the discussion part. Journal
suggest the author follow full guidelines of SAGER.
Publication
Ethics Statement
The journal will follow the COPEguidelines on
how to handle the potential acts of misconduct of publication ethics.
Authors must follow the submission
guidelines of the journal.
- Authors
must ensure that the work they are submitting as their manuscript is
entirely original. Authors must certify that the manuscript has not
previously been published elsewhere. Authors sign a declaration stating
that the manuscript and the illustrations within are original, or that
he/she has taken all necessary steps to avoid breach of copyright.
- Submitting
the same paper to more than one journal constitutes unethical publishing
practice. The author submitting the manuscript to the journal ensures that
all contributing co-authors and no uninvolved person(s) are included in
the author list.
- Authors
must notify the editors of any conflicts of interest that may be construed
to influence the manuscript. Authors are obliged to provide retractions or
corrections of mistakes at any point in time if the author(s) discovers a
significant error or inaccuracy in the submitted manuscript.
- Data
and methods used in the research need to be presented in sufficient detail
in the paper so that other researchers can replicate the work.
- A
single study should not be split up into several parts to increase the
number of submissions and submitted to various journals or to one journal.
- Results
should be presented clearly, and honestly, without any falsification or
fabrication of data.
- Plagiarism
manipulation and data fabrication are not allowed.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is not acceptable including copyright, text ideas,
image from another source, or even from your own published content without
giving any credit to the original source. To steal and pass off the ideas
or words of another as one’s own, use another’s production without crediting
the source” or “present as new and original an idea or product derived from an
existing source”. We consider “self-plagiarism” as a form of plagiarism.
Self-plagiarism would be when an author borrows from his or her own previously
published work without the proper citation within the newly submitted
manuscript. We use iThenticate software
to check plagiarism. If plagiarism is found or noticed from other sources, the
editorial board should check the status. If the plagiarism is confirmed as an
intentional thing, then the following actions will be carried out. This should
be reported to the editorial board, authors and corresponding authors and all
authors' names will be marked as the blacklist.
Reviewer
Suggestions
After submission of a manuscript, please suggest any two potential
reviewers with the appropriate expertise to review the manuscript. The editors
will not necessarily approach these referees. Please provide details
information after the completion of the manuscript submission like Name, E-mail
id, contact number and homepage. The proposed reviewer should be from a
different institution to the authors or the author may identify appropriate
Editorial Board members of the journal as potential reviewers. You may suggest
reviewers from among the authors that you frequently cite in your paper.
English
Language Corrections
It is necessary that the submitted manuscript is grammatically
correct in the English language. We suggest authors facilitate proper peer-reviewing
of your manuscript. If you need help with writing in English or are not a
native English speaker, we suggest that you have your manuscript professionally
edited before submission or read by a native English-speaking colleague. Using
a professional English language editing service where editors will improve the
English to ensure that your meaning is clear and identify problems that require
your review. These services can be carried out by Innovative Author Services.
Professional editing will enable reviewers and future readers to easily read
and assess the content of submitted manuscripts. All accepted manuscripts
undergo language editing, however, a fee will be charged to the author if very
extensive English correction must be made by Editorial Office: Pricing is
according to the services.
Authorship
The journal and publisher assume all authors agreed with the
guidelines International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) which
state that all given explicit consent to the manuscript submission and that
they obtained consent from the authors’ responsibilities at the institution
where the work has been carried out. The publisher does not prescribe the role
of contributions that authorship. Those who contributed to the work but
did not qualify for authorship should be listed in the acknowledgements.
Any updates on the author list should be approved by all authors
including any who have been removed from the list. The corresponding
author should act as a point of contact between the editor and the other
authors and should keep co-authors informed and involve them in minor decisions
about the publication. The publisher reserve the right to request confirmation
that all authors meet the authorship conditions.
Visit for more details about authorship check the Innovative Publication
ethics website.
Author Appeals
The author has the right to send an appeal to the editorial office
of the journal by sending an e-mail. The appeal must provide a detailed
justification, including all point by point responses to the reviewers and or
Editors comments. Expert advisory recommendations on the manuscript may
recommend acceptance, for further peer-review, or uphold the original rejection
decision. A reject decision at this stage is final and cannot be reserved.
Once the manuscript get accepted, will process for professional
copy-editing team, English editing, proofreading by the authors, final
correction, pagination and publication on the journal website https://journals.ipinnovative.com/pharmacist
Print copy
The corresponding author will receive one print copy of the issue.
If the corresponding author or any other authors are looking for an additional
hard copy they can order from the editorial office at the Individual price of a
single issue. The publisher and the society are not responsible for providing
additional copies if the original is lost.
Editorial Process and Peer-Review
Primary Scrutiny
All submitted manuscripts received by the manuscript submission
portal will be scrutinised by the Editorial office to determine whether they
are properly prepared and whether they follow the editorial policies of the
journal, taking care of human, animal and plant experimentation. The manuscript
that does not suitable with the journal's ethics policy or does not meet the
standards of the journal will be rejected before peer review. The manuscript
that is not properly prepared will be returned to the authors for revision and
resubmission. After these checks, the Managing Editor will consult the
journals, Editor-in-Chief or Associate Editors to identify whether the
manuscript is suitable for the scope of the journal and whether it is
scientifically acceptable. There is no judgement on the potential impact of the
work that will be made at this stage.
Peer-Review
When the submitted manuscript crosses primary scrutiny, the
editorial office team assigned to at least two independent experts for peer
review. In the case of regular submissions, in-house assistant editors will
invite experts, including recommendations by an academic editor. Potential
reviewers suggested by the authors may also be considered. Reviewers should not
be published with any of the co-authors during the past three years and should
not currently work or collaborate with any of the institutions of the
co-authors of the submitted manuscript.
All the submitted manuscripts, reviews and communication are
managed by the Pre-Publication Portal of the journal/peer-review system. The
manuscript peer-review process receives at least two reviews. The editorial
office team will communicate the decision to editors and inform the author.
All review comments should be responded to via the pre-publication
portal. When the author disagrees with a reviewer, they must provide a clear
response.
Peer-Review
Duration
The Journal follows the ideal average duration between the
submission and publication of an article. The first decision after submission
will be taken within 1–5 days and will be informed to the authors. We generally
take 7–24 days for the peer-review process. Apart from this, the publication
time is 45–60 days after the submission of an article by an author. It may vary
on the basis of many factors like article type, the journal’s internal process,
and the availability of peer-reviewers along with authors, reviewers, and
editorial staff communications.
Author
Support
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of the manuscript. Please visit https://www.ipinnovative.com/contact-us,
contact details for a query after acceptance of an article visit www.mprp.in, you
can check our author FAQ at https://www.ipinnovative.com/content/FAQs/313 or
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Personal
Assistance
If you need assistance with the submission of your manuscript at
our online submission portal, please contact editorialoffice@ipinnovative.com.