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Start SubmissionThe Journal of the Ruhunu Clinical Society is published by the Ruhunu Clinical Society. The journal is published annually. It corresponds with the annual scientific sessions of the society. The submissions are accepted throughout the year. The aims of the Journal are to share experiences encountered in medical practice, update their knowledge and have discussion on topics related to all aspects of medicine. The Journal publishes original articles, reviews, leading articles and case reports. When an article is reviewed for publication we expect that the work it reports has not been submitted simultaneously to another journal has not been accepted for publication elsewhere or has not already been published. All manuscripts will be reviewed anonymously before acceptance.
Peer-Review Process
Each paper will be reviewed by two reviewers: firstly by the Chief Editor or Co-Editor (who will not be blind) and secondly by a senior clinician of Ruhunu Clinical Soceity or by a clinician/academic attached to the Faculty of Medicain, University of Ruhuna, Galle when the subject area of the paper is beyond the scope of the clinicians of Ruhunu Clinical Society. The paper would be reviewed within 2 weeks of submission and final decision on publicaton will be of the Editor in Chief. If the paper is accepted for publication, the blind reviewer's name could be disclosed.
Copyright
The articles in this journal are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Authors of articles published in JRCS retain the copyright of their articles.
They are free to reproduce and disseminate their work.
The source JRCS should be cited when articles published in the JRCS are reproduced or stored in a repository.
Author Guidelines
Manuscripts must be submitted with the text type written in 12-point Calibri font double spaced. Text and all illustrative material should be submitted in two hard copies and the electronic version in Microsoft Word document format. In order to avoid delay we require authors to comply with the following requirements. All manuscripts should accompany a covering letter indicating the number of words in the manuscript, institution where ethical clearance was granted, conflicts of interest and contact details of the corresponding author.
Types of contributions
Review articles and Leading articles We encourage submission of review or leading articles which are less than 3000 words in length and address topics of current interest. They should be supported by no more than 20 references. Submissions may be subjected to external review before acceptance.
Original articles: Should normally be in the format of introduction, methods, results and discussion. Each manuscript must have a 200 word structured abstract. The text should be limited to 3000 words and maximum of 5 tables/figures taken together with no more than 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.
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 Arabic numerals in parentheses in the same line of the text in the order in which they appear. The first five authors should be listed and if there are more than five, then the first three should be listed followed by et al. Examples are given below:
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 necessary modifications.
Manuscripts should be addressed to
Editors,
Ruhunu Clinical Society
District General Hospital Matara
Email: rcsmatara@gmail.com
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.
Figures are all cited in the main text and are uploaded as supplementary files. Figures/images have a resolution of at least 150dpi (300dpi or above preferred). The files are in one of the following formats: JPG, TIFF, GIF, PNG, EPS (to maximise quality, the original source file is preferred).
The articles in this journal are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Authors of articles published in JRCS retain the copyright of their articles.
They are free to reproduce and disseminate their work.
The source JRCS should be cited when articles published in the JRCS are reproduced or stored in a repository.