Editorial Policy

  • The study has not been published (partly or as a whole) before or is not under consideration for publication elsewhere (except as an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis);
  • Authorship will be according to the guidelines by ICMJE as required by PM&DC and HEC.
  • A submitted article will be process through double blind peer review system by subject expert.
  • Articles with the highest ethical standards with reverence to plagiarism will consider for publication.
  • JAFMDC will accept manuscripts prepared in accordance with recommendations of ICMJE.
  • Publication misconduct will be dealt with according to COPE guidelines.
  • The journal also encourages the submission of useful reports of negative results.
  • Any author can publish only one article in an issue as 1st author.
  • The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring article publication has been approved by all co-authors.
  • After the publication of the paper author dispute related issues will not be entertained.
  • Any change in the authorship (such as addition or deletion of author(s) or change in the sequence of author list after submission of an article will not be entertained.
  • Undertaking will be obtained from the author to prevent duplicate publication.
  • Website for JAFMDC with complete archives will be maintained.
  • Submission of article doesn’t guarantee the publication of article.
  • Self -institutional authorship will not exceed 1/5th of total articles.
  • Articles of editorial board members will not be published.