ISSN(s): 1813-1638 (print)

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Name :   Mutaz Sabah Ahmeid Acadimic  Ranking: Assistant prof. Position : Editor In Chief Of The Medical Journal of Tikrit University Workplace: College of Medicine/  Tikrit University. Tikrit . Iraq E. mail : Dr.mutaz@tu.edu.iq

ASSOCIATE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Name:  Israa Hashim Saadoon Academic Ranking: Professor Workplace: Medical Microbiology/ Virology. College of Medicine/  Tikrit University. Tikrit . Iraq Positions: 1. Head of Microbiology department (October/2017- April/2018). E-mail: israahs14@tu.edu.iq

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

Name:  Ashor R. Sarhat Academic Ranking : Professor Workplace: College of Nursing- Tikrit University-  Tikrit. Iraq Positions:  Dean of College of Nursing- Tikrit University since 2014 Consultant Pediatrician since 2012. E-mail: ashoor.sarhat@gmail.com

Name:  Khalid Abdullah Jassim Al-Khazraji. Academic Ranking : Professor  Workplace:   College of Medicine . Baghdad University – Iraq Positions: – Baghdad University / College of medicine. – Chief of Iraqi board of Gastroenterology – Member of Iraqi and Arabic board of medicine. Email: drkhalidgit1959@gmail.com

Name: Ghanim Al-Shaikh Academic Ranking : Prof.Dr. Workplace: Royal College – England Email: g.alsheikh@ic.ac.uk Mobil:

Name: Basil-O- Saleh  Academic Ranking : Professor  Workplace: Department of Biochemistry,College of Medicine, University of Baghdad/ Iraq E-mail : Basilsaleh@yahoo.com

Name : Adel T.Abo-Heija Academic Ranking : Professor  Workplace: Faculty of medicine-Mutah University-Jordan E-mail: abuheija2008@hotmail.com

Name :Qassim Baker Academic Ranking : Ph.D Workplace: Royal College – England  E-mail: qassimbaker l@gmail.com

Name: Omar Mustafa Academic Ranking : Ph.D Workplace: Royal College   – England E-mail: Omar _mustafa@Kcl.ac.uk

	Name: Zaidan Jayed Zaidan Academic Ranking: Assistant prof. Dr Workplace:College of Medical- Tikrit University . Tikrit- Iraq. E-mail:zedan_al_theki@yahoo.com
	Name: Abid Ahmad Salman Al-Mahmood Academic Ranking : Ass.Prof. Dr. Position: Registration in Community Medicine Board Study Workplace:  Department Community Medicine-College of Medical Tikrit University . Tikrit- Iraq. E-mail: abidahmad60@yahoo.com

 

 

 

ISSN(s): 1813-1638

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The Medical Journal of Tikrit Univercity (Mjotu)

 ISSN: 1813-1638 (Print)

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 AUTHOR GUIDELINES

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

The College of Medicen, The Medical Journal of Tikrit University (Mjotu) publish  for the dissemination of original research in all fields of Medical . The journal aims to disseminate the latest development and achievements in scientific research to the world’s community. To ensure quality, submission of manuscripts to Mjotu shall be subjected to peer review by an international board of distinguished reviewers. The journal is published biannually and in English to strengthen international exchange in academic research across the globe. The journal provides the forum for high-quality research communications and addresses all aspects of experimental observations based on theory and applications. The journal welcomes contributions from all who wishes to report on new developments in all fields of Medical .

LEGAL REQUIREMENTS

The author(s) guarantee(s) that the manuscript has not been submitted for publication to another journal and it will not be published elsewhere in any language without the consent of the copyright owner, Medicen College, Tikrit University, that the rights of third parties will not be violated, and that neither Medicen College, Tikrit University nor the publisher will be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation. Authors wishing to include figures or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.

Authors are encouraged to submit their manuscript through online submission at http://WWW.mjotu.com or send to Dr.mutaz@tu.edu.iq .The electronic manuscript shall be prepared in accordance to the “Manuscript Preparation Guide.”

EDITORIAL PROCEDURE

Papers must present scientific results that are essentially new. They have to be written in English using either American or British spelling throughout.  All manuscripts are subject to peer review. Authors should submit their manuscripts to the Editorial Office online to facilitate even quicker and more efficient processing. Manuscripts that are returned to the authors for revision should be sent back within the deadlines; otherwise, they will be considered withdrawn. Rejected manuscripts will not be returned to the authors. Papers that do not conform to the journal norms may be returned to the authors for revision before being considered for publication. The author is responsible for the accuracy of the references.

TYPES OF MANUSCRIPT

Mjotu publishes original research articles, invited review articles, technical notes and technical reports that add significantly to the body of knowledge concerning the science and Medicin

The Journal accepts 7 types of articles defined as follows:

1-Research Articles: A research article is a regular article which aims to present new findings. Manuscript of Full-length Original Articles should include an abstract (Purpose, Methods, Results, and Conclusion), Introduction, Experimental Methods, Results and Discussion, Acknowledgment, References, Figure Captions List, and Tables. Graphics, images, and diagrams should be submitted separately in a high-quality original format.

2-Letters to the Editor: A letter to the editor is a short article which aims to present new findings that require fast publication procedures.

3-Technical Notes: A note is an article (regular or short) which aims to present rather new findings. Technical notes do not exceed four printed pages (including figures and tables). They are the appropriate form for new findings, original preliminary results, comments on papers published in the journal, or important new records. A Technical Note should not include an abstract. Technical notes will be reviewed as normal papers.

4-Comments: A comment is a short article that makes comments on another article already published in this Journal or replies to a comment.

5-Review Articles: A review article is an article which aims to present comprehensively already existing findings. Review articles are intended to provide an updated perspective on a certain subject that could be relevant for the readership of the journal. Review articles should include an abstract. Review articles are by invitation only

6-Lecture Notes: A lecture note is a short review article.

7-Selected Conference articles: Upon an agreement with a conference committee, selected papers may be published by the Journal in a special section. In this case, the editor will appoint in collaboration with the conference committee guest editors.

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

GENERAL GUIDELINES

Manuscripts should be submitted using the Editorial manager as the Online Manuscript Submission and tracking system. The manuscript must be prepared using Microsoft Word. A PDF file derived from Word could be used at the initial submission. However, the source files (MS word file) of the revised manuscripts are required, PDF files are not anymore accepted at this stage. High-quality Figures and Tables along with the legends and captions can be provided separately, or at the end of the text, however, authors should indicate the place of their insertions within the text.

A Cover Letter should be submitted as a separate file, to clarify how the article will contribute to the scientific knowledge. A Letter was containing authors’ Point by Point responses to reviewers’ comments in mandatory and should be submitted as a separate file along with the revised manuscripts.

SPECIFIC GUIDELINES

Article Title

The title is CAPITALIZED AND SET IN BOLDFACE (Arial 22 point bold).

Author’s Name and Affiliation

The author’s name(s) follows the title and is left on the page (Arial 12 point bold). Last names should be spelled out in full and succeeded by author’s initials. The author’s affiliation, complete mailing address and e-mail address (all in font size 10 point, Arial), the phone number is provided immediately below the author name.

Maximal length of the abstract is 250 words. No literature references should be contained in the abstract. The abstract should briefly state the objective and approach and give a succinct summary of results and major conclusions drawn in one paragraph and single column. Emphasis should be on what was found, not what was done.

Keywords

The author should provide three to six keywords that clearly describe the subject matter of the paper and after the abstract for indexing purposes. The keywords must arrange alphabetically.

Text

• The manuscript should be double-spaced using A4 paper.
• The top margin shall be 17 mm.
• The bottom margin shall be 15 mm.
• The left and right margins shall be 20 mm.
• The text shall have both the left and right margins justified
• Papers should be written in clear and concise language and consist of major sections and minor sections.
• Use a normal, plain font (e.g., Times Roman), 10 points for text.
• For textual emphasis use italic types all that must be in double columns.
• For indents use tab stops or other commands, not the space bar.
• Use the table functions of your word processing program, not spreadsheets, to make tables. Tables are referred to in the text by “Table n” (capital T).
• Place any figure legends or tables at the end of the article.
• Submit all figures in their original formats and as separate files and kept separate from the text.
• Figures are referred to in the text by “ n.” (capital F).
• Indicate the preferred location of each table and figure in the body of the manuscript.

Equations and Mathematical Expressions

Equation numbers should appear in parentheses and be numbered consecutively. All equation numbers must appear on the right-hand side of the equation and should be referred to within the text. Two different types of styles can be used for equations and mathematical expressions. They are in-line style and display style. In-line equations/expressions are embedded in paragraphs of the text. For example, In-line equations should not be numbered. Equations in display format are separated from the paragraphs of text. The equation should be flushed to the centered of the column. For example:

Fractional powers should be used instead of root signs. A slash (/) should be used instead of a horizontal line for fractions, whenever possible; for example, use 2/3 for two-thirds. Refer to equations in the text as “Eq. (1)” or, if at the beginning of a sentence, as ” Equation (1)”.

Using space before and after equation 6 points.

 Abbreviations

Abbreviations should be defined at first mention in the abstract and again in the main body of the text and used consistently after that. A list of symbols should follow the abstract if such a list is needed. Symbols must be written clearly. The international system of units (SI units) should be used. Essential footnotes to the text should be numbered consecutively and placed at the bottom of the page to which they refer.

Conclusion

A conclusion section must be included and should conclude on the findings of the reported work. There shall be no discussion about results or analysis in this section.

Acknowledgments

An acknowledgment section may be presented after the conclusion if desired. This section shall be kept brief, acknowledging the support rendered by individuals, departments, and organization.

References

References should be cited in the text in the forms: [1], [1, 2], [1-6]. They should be listed and numbered in their order of citation in the text, not by name and date.

The list of references should include only works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. ‘‘Personal communications’’ or ‘‘Unpublished data’’ should only be mentioned in the text if available the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) can be added at the end of the reference in question.

References should be numbered in the order in which they appeared in the text and listed in numerical order. References with correct punctuation should be styled as follows:

Citation

Reference citations in the text should be identified by numbers in square brackets. Some examples:

1. Negotiation research spans many disciplines [3].
2. This result was later contradicted by Becker and Seligman [5].
3. This effect has been widely studied [1-3, 7].

References list

The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should only be mentioned in the text. Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a substitute for a reference list. Examples of different types of references are as follows:

Journal papers

• Tahseen TA, Ishak  M, Rahman  MM. Performance predictions of laminar heat transfer and pressure drop in an in-line flat tube bundle using an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) model. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 2014; 50 (1): 85–97.

Books

• Strunk JW, White EB. The elements of style. 4th ed., New York: Longman; 2000.

Book Section

• Kaviany M. Heat transfer in porous media. In: Rohsenow, WM, Hartnett, JP, Cho, YI, (Eds.), Handbook of Heat Transfer. New York, USA: McGraw-Hill; 1998.

Conference or symposium

• Tahseen TA, Gaeid KS, Ajel AR, Mahdi MS. Performance prediction for forced convection in an equilateral triangular channel based on intelligent control. 1st International Conference for Engineering Researches 2017 Mar 1-2; Baghdad, Iraq. Middle Technical University: p. 10-17.

Dissertation or Thesis

• Mohammed MM. A hybrid CFD-ANN approach to analysis heat transfer laminar flow across flat tube banks. M.Sc. or Ph.D. Thesis. Tikrit University; Tikrit, Iraq: 2016.

Report

• Davids J, Smith D. Analysis of constant-velocity joints under high torque. HMSO: London; 1996: pp. 1-8.

Web Page

• Internet Source: Tahseen TA. How to write and published the impact factor journals. Tikrit University; Tikrit, Iraq. 2018: Available from: http://cmed.tu.edu.iq/

Patent

For any further information please visit our journal website at http://www.mjotu.com or send email to Dr.mutaz@tu.edu.iq

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Assi.Prof. Dr. Mutaz Sabah Ahmeid

ASSOCIATE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Prof.Dr. Esraa Hashim Sadoon

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Prof. Dr. Ashoor R. Sarhat
Prof. Dr. Khalid A. Al-Khazragi
Prof. Dr. Ghanim Al-Shikh
Prof. Dr. Basil OM. Saleh
Prof. Dr. Adel T. Abu-Heija
Dr. Qassim Baker
Dr. Omar Mustafa
Ass. Prof. Dr. Zaidan J. Zaidan
Ass. Prof. Dr. Abed A. Salman.

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ISSN(s): 1683-1813 (print)

ISSN(s): 1813-1638 (print)

Submissions

Online Submissions

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Author Guidelines

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 Open Office, Microsoft Word, RTF, or Word Perfect document file format.
3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided. Preferred to use EndNote program
4. The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font A4 papers; 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.

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After the article passes the plagiarism
2. checking stage, and editor or editor section check,
3. each manuscript will be reviewed by at least two independent referees who are within the subject area.
4. Peer review is a critical element of scholarly publication, and one of the major cornerstones of the scientific process. Peer Review serves two key functions:
1-Acts as a filter: Ensures research is properly verified before being published
2-Improves the quality of the research: rigorous review by other experts helps to hone key points and correct inadvertent errors

+Peer Review Process

ٍSubmissin 

Basic Artical ->

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1st Screening (Chief Editor and/or section editor): Plagiarism, Languistic check -Rejected -Basic science

Accepted for Review:

Reviewer 1  + Reviewer 2

–                                                                          Peer Reviewer  >                           No > Reviewer 3 > Chief Editor

                                  Peer Reviewer  >                           Yes >  Chief Editor 

Author revise

  -Review >Reviewer 1,2,3 –2 st Screening (Chief Editor)-Rejected >  Return Manuscript

Accepted for Publication                   

                     Editor Board Meeting (issue Designation)

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ISSN(s): 1813-162X (print), 2312-7589 (online)

Abstracting and Indexing

The journal’s research indexed at the following sites;

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Publication Ethics

For a peer-reviewed journal, the publication of articles plays an essential role in the development of a coherent network of knowledge. It is, therefore, essential that all publishers, editors, authors, and reviewers, in the process of publishing the journals, conduct themselves in accordance with the highest level of professional ethics and standards.

Publisher’s Responsibilities

We follow the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)’s Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers (  PDF ). The publisher is dedicated to supporting the vast efforts of the editors, the academic contributions of authors, and the respected volunteer work undertaken by reviewers. The publisher is also responsible for ensuring that the publication system works smoothly, and that ethical guidelines are applied to assist the editor, author, and reviewer in performing their ethical duties.

Editor’s Responsibilities

We follow the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)’s Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (  PDF ). In addition, some key points are listed below. The editor should acknowledge receipt of submitted manuscripts within two working days of receipt and ensure an efficient, fair, and timely review process. The editor should ensure that submitted manuscripts are processed in a confidential manner, and that no content of the manuscripts will be disclosed to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, and the publisher, as appropriate.The editor should recuse himself or herself from processing manuscripts if he or she has any conflict of interest with any of the authors or institutions related to the manuscripts. The editor should not disclose the names and other details of the reviewers to a third party without the permission of the reviewers. The editor has the right to make the final decision on whether to accept or reject a manuscript with reference to the significance, originality, and clarity of the manuscript and its relevance to the journal. The editor should by no means make any effort to oblige the authors to cite his or her journal either as an implied or explicit condition of accepting their manuscripts for publication. The editor should not use for his or her own research any part of any data or work reported in submitted and as yet unpublished articles. The editor should respond promptly and take reasonable measures when an ethical complaint occurs concerning a submitted manuscript or a published paper, and the editor should immediately contact and consult with the author. In this case, a written formal retraction or correction may also be required.

Reviewer’s Responsibilities

We follow the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)’s COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers (  PDF). In addition, some key points are listed below. The reviewer who feels unqualified to review the assigned manuscript or affirms that he or she cannot meet the deadline for completion of the review should immediately notify the editor and excuse himself or herself from the process of reviewing this manuscript. The reviewer should inform the editor and recuse himself or herself from reviewing the manuscript if there is a conflict of interest. Specifically, the reviewer should recuse himself or herself from reviewing any manuscript authored or coauthored by a person with whom the reviewer has an obvious personal or academic relationship, if the relationship could introduce bias or the reasonable perception of bias. The reviewer should treat the manuscript in a confidential manner. The manuscript should not be disclosed to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor. The reviewer should approach the peer-review job objectively. Personal criticism of the author is unacceptable. The reviewer should not use for his or her own research any part of any data or work reported in submitted and as yet unpublished articles. The reviewer should immediately notify the editor of any similarities between the manuscript under review and another paper either published or under consideration by another journal. The reviewer should immediately call to the editor’s attention a manuscript containing plagiarized material or falsified data.

Author’s Responsibilities

The author should not submit concurrent manuscripts (or manuscripts essentially describing the same subject matter) to multiple journals. Likewise, an author should not submit any paper previously published anywhere to the journals for consideration. The publication of articles on specific subject matter, such as clinical guidelines and translations, in more than one journal is acceptable if certain conditions are met. The author should present a precise and brief report of his or her research and an impartial description of its significance. The author should honestly gather and interpret his or her research data. Publishers, editors, reviewers, and readers are entitled to request the author to provide the raw data for his or her research for convenience of editorial review and public access. If practicable, the author should retain such data for any possible use after publication. The author should guarantee that the works he or she has submitted are original. If the author has used work and/or words by others, appropriate citations are required. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

The author should indicate explicitly all sources that have supported the research and also declare any conflict(s) of interest. The author should give due acknowledgement to all of those who have made contributions to the research. Those who have contributed significantly to the research should be listed as coauthors. The author should ensure that all coauthors have affirmed the final version of the paper and have agreed on its final publication. The author should promptly inform the journal editor of any obvious error(s) in his or her published paper and cooperate earnestly with the editor in retraction or correction of the paper. If the editor is notified by any party other than the author that the published paper contains an obvious error, the author should write a retraction or make the correction based on the medium of publication.

Open Access Policy

MJOTU journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

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