ACADEMIC DECIPHER, MUMBAI

'INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS'

1) Each article will be evaluated by the confidential group of experts for

a) Depth and quality of the content including correctness of English (20 marks)
b) Following the instructions to author (20 marks)
c) Correctness of referencing style (Students will lose 20 marks if not adhered to referencing
style & if references are not cited in the text)
d) Clarity of the figures and tables (20 Marks)
e) Secrecy of identity (Students will lose 10 marks if identity is revealed)

2) Please do not simply copy-paste anything. Changing the wordings of the literature
that you will review is highly needed. Only one disease should be covered in one article.
It is expected that students will write the review article specifically related to Nutritional
management of any particular disease instead of writing a generalized article.

3)  All the data should be presented in English A5 size MS Word file (saved as 97-2003
document) with times new roman, 10 font size for text, 12 font size for
headings/subheadings/sub-subheadings and single line spacing. Text should be justified i. e.
right hand side edges should be parallel (Ctrl J). Headings/subheadings/sub-subheadings
should be made bold. Only HEADING (not subheadings/sub-subheadings) should be
uppercase. Headings and subheadings should not be numbered. Sub-sub headings should be
numbered.

4) There shall not be decorative borders anywhere in the text including the title page. There
should not be any spacing at the beginning of a paragraph. There should not be any
abbreviations in the text except for standard CGS or SI units & Fig. Text should not be
wrapped around the figure/table

5) All the figures, tables and phrases in marathi/sanskrit should be in photo format (JPEG,
PNG or TIFF). Figure number (Fig. 1.1) and table number (Table 1.1) should be cited in the
text. Table and figure should be present in the text at a suitable place. The table should not be
colored. The title of the table should be at the top of the table whereas the title of the figure
should be below that figure. All the tables and figures should be clear and readable.

(Students will lose around 20 marks if Size of the page (A5), Clarity of the figures and tables,
font style, font size, line spacing, justifying the text (Ctrl J), title page style, heading style,
subheading style, sub-subheading style, numbering to sub-sub heading, paragraph style, Fig.
& Table style/numbering/naming, citation of fig and table number in the text is not followed)

MS word file should be saved as 97-2003 document, follow the following process for the
same.
Method 1(For the newer version of window)
a) Open the word file
b) On left top corner click on file
c) Then click on save as
d) Select the destination where you wish to save like desktop
e) A new window will open, then click on dropdown menu of save as type button
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f) Then click on word 97-2003 document

g) Then click on save

Method 2(For the older version of window)

a) Open the word file
b) On left top corner click on office button
c) Then click on the arrow in front of save as button

d) Then click on the Word 97-2003 document, a new window will open.

e) Click on save button present on bottom right corner

6) As told above Only one disease should be covered in one article. Article should be
divided into Title page, Abstract, Introduction, Causes & Risk factors, Complications,
Pathophysiology, Allopathic remedies, Nutritional Management, Conclusion, and
References. Articles not written according to these instructions will not be considered
for publication as a book chapter.

There should not be any space left blank anywhere in the text, not even between title
page and abstract or conclusion and references.

TITLE PAGE:
Students should decide any title for their article related to the theme of competition. The title
page should contain the title of the chapter, and name(s) of student authors. Author names
should not be prefixed with Mr/Mrs/Ms/Miss/Dr/Prof/Princ. The name of guide/supervisor,
principal, college name, city, state, year of study, stream name, phone number, and email id
should not be included at this stage. This data will be added before publication as a book
chapter.
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Example of title page

NUTRITIONAL MANAGEMENT OF HERPES SIMPLEX (12 FONT SIZE, TIMES
NEW ROMAN, UPPER CASE, BOLD)
Pratik Shetti, Abdul Kazi, Arvind Mishra.

ABSTRACT: It should not be more than 250 words. There should not be any space left
blank between title page and abstract. Keywords are not needed

INTRODUCTION: It should not be more than 1500 words. Nothing about nutritional
management should be discussed here, rather discussion about the history of your disease,
types, symptoms, diagnosis, etc is expected here.

CAUSES & RISK FACTORS: It should not be more than 1000 words.

COMPLICATIONS: It should not be more than 1000 words.

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE DISEASES: It should not be more than 400 words

ALLOPATHIC REMEDIES: It should only consist of classification drugs used.

NUTRITIONAL MANAGEMENT: There is no word limit here.

As told earlier, please do not copy-paste anything because your article will then not be
considered for publication as a book chapter.

CONCLUSION: It should not be more than 250 words. There should not be any space left
blank between conclusion and references.

REFERENCES: References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they

are first mentioned in the text. Citation of reference in text should be done in a square bracket
like [1], [2, 3], [4 -6], etc. Citation should not be superscripted or subcripted in the text.
There should be at least 15 references. Use the style of the examples below, which are based
on the ACS Style Guide, 3rd Edition. The titles of journals should be abbreviated
according to the style used in Index Medicus. List at the most max the first six authors
followed by et al.

The commonly cited types of references are shown here.

Articles in Journals
Author (last name) AB (initials), Author BB. Title of Article. Journal name. Year; Volume
(issue): Page numbers. 

Example: Wright CI, Van-Buren L. Herbal medicines as diuretics: a review of the scientific
evidence. Indian J Pharm Sci. 2007; 114 (1): 1–31.

Books and Other Monographs

Author AB, Author BB, Author CC. Title of Book. Edition, Volume, Publisher, City, Year,
Page numbers
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i.  Personal author(s): Lachman L, Lieberman HA, Kanig JL. The theory and practice of
industrial pharmacy, 3rd ed, Varghese Publishing house, Mumbai, 1987; 185-88. 
ii. Chapter in a book: Phillips SJ, Whisnant JP. Hypertension and stroke. In: Laragh JH,
Brenner BM, editors. Hypertension: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management. 2nd ed,
Raven Press, New York, 1995; 465-78.

Internet content
Author AB, Author CC . Original publication date. Title. Date viewed. Website URL

Shukla L. 06 March 2019. Ayurvedic medicine, treatment, and remedies for herpes.
viewed 07 June 2021.
https://www.myupchar.com/en/disease/herpes-simplex-virus/ayurveda

If you are citing material from an institution´s website, e.g. a ministry, and if there is no
author to the content then this institution is cited as the author.

If there is no author, scroll down to the bottom of the page where you will find the site’s
copyright and legal information, this is where you can find the name of the operator which
can be included as an author. Where there is no identifiable author or authoring institution,
use the title of the webpage or website as an author.

Sometimes you might not be able to find a publication date. In that case, you can skip it.

Since websites are transient sources of information that can also disappear/can be
deleted as quickly as they popped up, it is vital to avoid using such a reference in any
article. We recommend using cross-references preferably of any journal or book cited
by that website on their page.

Students will lose 20 marks if not adhered to referencing style & if references are not
cited in the text

7) Plagiarism: Plagiarism is a serious issue around the world in the area of manuscript
writing. Plagiarism means "Use or close copying of the language and thoughts of another
author and the representation of them as one's original work." It has been noticed that authors
are simply copying scientific data and information from the other published papers, which is
an unlawful practice. Therefore, it is requested to all authors to please adopt the holistic &
realistic approach to design their manuscript of interest.

The Academic Decipher Press will not be responsible for further action on the
Plagiarism issue. The author will be solely responsible for the plagiarism issue.