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Author Guidelines

The Galle Medical Journal is published by the Galle Medical Association. The aims of the Journal are to foster cooperation among the medical fraternity and to be a forum to make literary contributions, share experiences encountered in medical practice, update their knowledge and have debates on topics related to all aspects of medicine. We will also attempt to cater to the educational needs especially of the postgraduate trainees. The Journal publishes original articles, reviews, leading articles and case reports. An article is reviewed for publication on the understanding that the work it report has not been submitted simultaneously to another journal, has not been accepted for publication elsewhere and has not already been published. All manuscripts will be reviewed anonymously before acceptance.

Manuscripts must be submitted with the text typewritten and double spaced. Text and all illustrative material should be submitted in two hard copies and the electronic version in a floppy diskette in Microsoft Word document format. To help us to help you and to avoid delay we would be grateful if authors would comply with the following requirements. All manuscripts should accompany a covering letter indicating the number of words in the manuscript and the contact details of the corresponding author.

Types of contributions:

Review Articles and Leading Articles:
The Editors encourage submission of signed leading articles which are less than 2000 words in length and address topics of current interest. They should be supported by no more than 20 key references. Submissions may be subjected to external review before acceptance.

Original Articles:
These should normally be in the format of introduction, methods, results, discussion. Each manuscript must have a 200 word structured abstract. The text should be limited to 2000 words and 15 references. Lengthy manuscripts are likely to be returned for shortening. The discussion in particular should be clear and concise and should be limited to matters arising directly from the results. Avoid discursive speculation. Corresponding authors of original articles should sign the declaration form which can be obtained from the GMA Office or GMA web site www.ehealth.lk/gma and GMJ web site www.sljol.info/index.php/GMJ.

Case Reports:
These should not exceed 750 words and 5 references; no abstract is required. Case report should be informative and devoid of irrelevant details.

References:
These should conform to the Vancouver style. The reference in the text should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they appear and first five authors should be listed. If there are more than five then the first three should be listed followed by et al. Examples are given below:

1. De Bolla AR, Obeid ML. Mortality in acute pancreatitis. British Medical Journal 1984; 326: 184-6. 2.
2. Calenoff L, Rogers L. Esophageal complication of surgery and lifesaving procedures. In: Meyers M, Ghahremani G, eds. Iatrogenic Gastrointestinal Complications. NewYork: Springer, 1981: 23-63.

Units/Abbreviations
Authors should follow the SI system of units (except for blood pressure which will continue to be expressed in mmHg).Authors should use abbreviations sparingly and they should be used consistently throughout the text. Manuscripts that do not conform to these requirements will be returned to you for recasting.

Manuscripts should be addressed to Editors, Galle Medical Association, Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya, Galle.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
2. The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
4. The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
6. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

Copyright Notice

Galle Medical Association reserves the copyright and the corresponding author, on behalf of all authors, will be asked to sign a transfer of copyright form. The corresponding author must make sure that all authors have read the contents of the Copyright Assignment Form and must sign on their behalf. Articles cannot be published until a signed Copyright Assignment Form has been received.

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