Types of articles and journals scope
DYSONA - Applied Science journal publishes in two types of articles:
Regarding journals scopes and areas of interests during the current phase, visit aims and scopes page.
General information regarding manuscript preparation
Manuscripts should introduce original information with visible impact on community. Manuscripts must NOT have been published before in another publication media OR submitted currently for review in another journal. The author should declare that both the previously mentioned statements are true during submission process.
Language: All manuscripts should be submitted in English. Articles should be easy to understand and free of grammatical mistakes. Furthermore, The usage of proper scientific terminologies is crucial therefore, authors whose English is not their native language are advised to use a native language editing service.
File format: Manuscripts should be submitted in DOC or DOCX all submitted files should be editable with no protection or lock.
Font type: Authors should use a simple Latin font type with regular font size. Symbols and special characters can be added when needed. Mathematical equations can be added using word function.
Manuscript length and paragraph setup: There are no restrictions regarding article length or number of pages. There are preferable limits of word count for each section; however, these limits are not mandatory.
Citation: citing inside the article should be carried out using number of the used reference (e.g.: the study [1] showed that) when more than one continuous references are used, the references can by hyphenated (i.e.: previous studies [5-9] showed that). However, non-hyphenated references can also be used whether the references are continuous or not (e.g.: the results of [5][6][8]and[9] showed that)
Tables and Illustrations: number of tables and figures in each submission should not exceed eight combined together.
Mathematical equations: submitted math formulas should be in the form of adjustable texts (Image formulas are not accepted).
Abbreviating: Defining abbreviations should be provided separately after abstract. There is no need to define abbreviations throughout manuscript; however, long treatments names should be abbreviated in Materials and Methods section. Abbreviating is used for phrases that appear more than twice in the article.
Terminologies:
IMPORTANT: Please make sure to add the next features to the submitted manuscript:
- Double spacing (in word, from the tap Home - Line and Paragraph Spacing)
- Page number (in word, from the tap Insert - Page Number)
- Continuous line number (in word, from the tap Page Layouts - Line Numbers)
Manuscript sections instructions
Please read the following instructions carefully and consider them when writing the manuscript. Extreme divergence from manuscript preparation instructions can cause in manuscript resubmitting request before sending to reviewers which will be time consuming for both authors and journal personals.
Title:
Authors names and Affiliations:
Example:
- First Author1,2;Second Author2*;Third Author1,3
- First affiliation center name, First affiliation center address
- Second affiliation center name, Second affiliation center address
- Third affiliation center name, Third affiliation center address
- * Corresponding Author email: [email protected]
Contributorship:
This section is to be written after affiliations. First, author’s name should be written then his/her role. These roles should be consisted of one or more assignment of the following:
However, other roles can be specified and mentioned by the authors
Example:
- First Author: Methodology and Data handling
- Second Author: Supervising
- Third Author: Results reasoning and Manuscript writing
In some cases where two or more authors share an assignment further clarification might be requested during publishing procedure. Any other roles that do not qualify its doer to be among authors should only be mentioned in the acknowledgment section.
Abstract and Key words:
Abbreviation:
This section should follow abstract and key words section. All abbreviations except for treatments abbreviations should be defined. New abbreviations can be created; however, it is preferable to use the universally known abbreviations which will make it easier for the readers to reach the article.
Introduction:
Materials and Methods:
This section must include the following points
Results, Discussion and Conclusions:
These sections can be written as one section or separately.
All the produced Results should be described fully. However, avoid repeating data in figures and tables except for key data or to point significant findings.
Discussion should contain arguments and evidences regarding the rationality of the introduced results. Deductions and reasoning based on previous studies are an important part of the discussion.
Finally, the authors should pinpoint the major Conclusions and how it serves the goals of the research and the specific field of study.
DYSONA aims to keep preparation instruction minimal for these three sections especially in regards of length and partitioning. However, it is preferable that word count for these three section does not exceed 4000 words.
Acknowledgments:
This section is optional. All funds and grants can be mentioned in this section along with the funding institutes. Furthermore, participants who cannot be
References:
The last section of the manuscript. References should be written in “Vancouver” style and according to the guidelines of The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). Please visit the page Samples of Formatted References for Authors of Journal Articles which was created by U.S. National Library of Medicine for examples regarding all cases of referencing.
DOIs must be included at the end of each reference when possible
There are no restrictions regarding the number of used references for each manuscript
Tables:
Figures and Graphs:
Additional points regarding figures and tables preparation:
- Captions should be written bellow the tables and figures.
- Make sure to include all the required information to gain a good understanding for the table or the figure without returning to the manuscript.
- Please make sure that the captions contain a clarification for any abbreviation in the table or figure.
Please remember that the number of tables and figures combined should not exceed eight except for special cases to be determined by the editors.
Supplementary material is provided in separate files and referred to in the text as "S" followed by the number (e.g. S1 to refer to supplementary material 1). Please make sure to name the supplementary material files according to their names in the text and to provide an adequate caption when possible.
Highlights for non-specialized readers
As a part of E-NAMTILA, DYSONA journals aim to achieve a connection between modern science and community. Therefore, all new submissions must include a separate file that contains an abstract written in a simplistic manner. This abstract should contain the key points of the manuscript. Additionally, the abstract for non-specialized community might contain the applications of the research in the life of the readers or the direct impact on community. More points can be added or discussed with the author after manuscript acceptance.
Please remember to provide Highlights in a separate editable file form (DOC, DOCX)
Cover letter is not mandatory for initial submission. However, it can include additional information and shed more light on the importance of the manuscript which might facilitate publication of the manuscript.
Cover letters (if provided) should be uploaded separately in DOC, DOCX or PDF format.
Conflict of interests (COIs) declaration
In addition to the original manuscript, the submitting author should upload Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. Provided by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), this form contains a full definition for COIs and provides a step by step guidance to declare COIs properly
How to fill the form properly?
- Download the form from the link here
- Open the form using a proper PDF reader
- Read and understand the definitions in full
- Follow the instructions to fill the form and generate a disclosure statement
- Save the form
Publication ethics and special guidelines
DYSONA journals work according to E-NAMTILA Publication Ethics policy. Furthermore, in accordance to COPE recommendations, we will always work to introduce good publication procedures and workflows to our authors and readers
These workflows, charts and special cases are introduced by COPE. Each one is used to achieve and understand one or more practice of COPE core practices. For further information please consider reading the practices in the following table using the DOI adjacent to each practice.
COPE flowcharts in relation to COPE's core practices (DOI for each flowchart is provided)
DYSONA journals policy for ethical roles and duties of publishing parties is inspired by COPE recommendations which are detailed in the following files provided by COPE:
CODE OF CONDUCT AND BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR JOURNAL EDITORS
CODE OF CONDUCT FOR JOURNAL PUBLISHERS
COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers
Responsible research publication: international standards for authors
DYSONA adopted guidelines in relation to specific fields of study
Animal experiments
In relation to animal based experiments and the usage of laboratory animals, DYSONA journals adopts workflows and recommendations of (Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments) (ARRIVE) guidelines provided by the national centre for the replacement refinement and reduction of animals in research (NC3Rs)
Agricultural and botanic researches
All the main aspects that serve reproducibility of results in agricultural based papers should be reported. These aspects include but not limited to the following points:
Quantitative polymerase chain reaction experiments (qPCR)
All submitted qPCR manuscripts should confirm the usage MIQE: Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Experiments
Please visit the Real-time PCR Data Markup Language (RDML) for full details. The provided link contains full MIQE manuscript in addition to step by step check list to report your qPCR experiment properly
Please take into consideration that in genetic and molecular experiments, all related data (e.g. Gel blots photos, Nano drop output files, Primer optimization and efficiency standard curves …etc.) might be required through review procedure. Therefore, it is recommended to keep all these data reachable for any future inquires.
Source codes:
By submitting source codes you are declaring that:
Stem cell researches
DYSONA adopts the Guidelines for Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation provided by The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR )
In regards of the first phase of project PYRACUBE, publishing in DYSONA - Applied Science journal is currently free of charge.
No submission or processing charges are required.
Open Access licensing and copyright
All published articles in DYSONA - Applied Science journal are Open Access distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This means that all the provided materials can be copied, distributed, displayed and remixed by giving the authors and the journal the proper citation credits.
The submitting author should declare the agreement of all authors for their manuscript to be distributed in accordance to (CC-BY) conditions upon first submission. Authors hold and retain ownership of the copyright for their content; however, the authors allow the download, reuse, print, reprint, modify, distribute and/or copy of the published material as long as the authors and original material are properly cited
Before submitting your manuscript make sure to have all of the following documents and information in reach:
We suggest to keep all the requested documents in one folder and to keep the original manuscript file open on your computer during submission which will make it easier to fill authors’ information, abstract, key words and other requested data.
All authors are advised to have an ORCID account so they can provide their ORCID id upon manuscript acceptance. ORCID id can be provided during member registration, during manuscript submission or later by editing your account information from your member panel. for more information regarding ORCID registration click here. You can also learn more about ORCID's mission by clicking here.
Please remember that all the authors e-mail are needed during submission procedure.
If you have any question regarding manuscript preparation and submission procedure, do not hesitate to contact us or e-mail us at [email protected]