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.
An Article is double blind peer review by subject expertise.
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 and transfer of copyrights will be obtained from the author to prevent duplicate publication.
The author index will be published and will be available on a website.
Reviewers list will be published and be available on the website
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Articles of editorial board members will not be published