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Articles of editorial board members will not be published.