The Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases (AJIED) is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes clinical, parasitological, microbiological, physiological, biochemical, immunological and pathological studies in the field of infectious, endemic and tropical diseases. The scope of the journal includes also articles of endemic gastroenterology and hepatology. The journal is published quarterly by Endemic and Tropical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt and hosted by Communication and Information Technology Center (CITC), Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt .
Submission Process
The Journal accepts online submissions only. Manuscripts can be submitted at http://aeji.journals.ekb.eg. Once the manuscript has been uploaded, our system automatically generates an electronic pdf, which is then used for reviewing. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revisions, will be managed through this system. Authors can follow the progress of their paper using this system to the final decision.
Due to editorial policy to accept high-quality articles, the journal accepts only 50% of received articles.
Authorship
All authors should have made substantial contributions to all of the following:
(1) The conception and design of the study, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data
(2) Drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content
(3) Final approval of the version to be submitted.
Article types
The following types of manuscripts are routinely accepted:
1- Original Articles: This should include an abstract, keywords, introduction, patients/material and methods, results, discussion and references. They should be no longer than 5000 words (word count excludes tables, figures, legends and references).
2- Reviews: An abstract and keywords are required. The text should be divided into sections by suitable headings. Tables and figures may be used as appropriate for the text. They should be no longer than 6000 words.
3- Opinions, Commentaries and Letters to the editor: These take the same form as a review.
4- Short Communications: These should be no more than 2,500 words, with up to 15 references and a maximum of 3 figures or tables.
5- Case Reports: Case reports should present only cases of exceptional interest including presentation, diagnosis and management of the disease. They should contain short summaries, an introduction, the case report, discussion, a reference list, tables and figure legends.
6- Images in Infectious and Endemic Diseases: These consist of interesting cases with high-quality images with a short text and no more than 10 references.
Preparation of the manuscript
Please ensure that the followings are included in your submission: -One author designated as the corresponding author: His E-mail address ,full postal address Telephone and fax numbers -Keywords -Cover letter addressed to the Editor, introducing the manuscript and confirming that it is not being submitted concurrently elsewhere -All figure captions -All tables (including title, description, footnotes) -All necessary files have been uploaded -Manuscript has been spell checked -All text pages have been numbered -References are in the correct format for this journal -All references mentioned in the Reference list are cited in the text and vice versa -Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Web) -Color figures are clearly marked as being intended for color reproduction or to be reproduced in black-and-white.- Manuscripts: Please type all pages with double spacing and wide margins on one side of the paper. Title page, abstract, tables, legends to figures, and reference list should each be provided on separate pages of the manuscript. Use fonts such as Times New Roman or Arial. The text should be in single-column format. Number the pages. Keep the layout of the text as simple as possible. Most formatting codes will be removed and replaced on processing the article. In particular, do not use the options to justify text or to hyphenate words. However, do use boldface, italics, subscripts, superscripts etc. Do not embed 'graphically designed' equations or tables, but prepare these using the facility in Word or as a separate file in Excel. When preparing tables, if you are using a table grid, use only one grid for each individual table and not a grid for each row. Do not prepare tables in PowerPoint. To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the spellchecker. The title page should include the title, the name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s), an address for correspondence, and telephone/fax numbers for editorial queries. All articles should include an abstract of no more than 300 words and 3-6 keywords for abstracting and indexing purposes. Please write your text in good English. Use decimal points (not commas); use a space for thousands (10 000 and above).
Provide the following data in your submission (in the order given).
1- Title page (separate page):Title page (separate page): The title page should contain these items. Title should be concise and informative. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible. Author names and affiliations. Where the family name may be ambiguous (e.g., a double name), please indicate this clearly. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with an Arabic number immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Corresponding author: This should be indicated after authors affiliations. Clearly indicate who is willing to handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Ensure that telephone and fax numbers (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address. Short title: This should be a repeat of the article title and need s to be concise. Funding information: describe all funding information related to your research. Conflict of interest: This should include all conflicts related to the research. Author contribution: All authors should make contributions to the manuscript as described above in the authorship criteria. One Example of the title page can be reached here.
2- Abstract: (separate paper). After the article title the abstract should be inserted (do not insert items of the title page in the main article file, because we are following a double-blind peer-review process). A concise and informative abstract is required (maximum length 300 words). The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. Do not cite references in the abstract. Non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided in the abstract, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself. The abstract should be divided into: Background and study aims, patients/material and methods, results and conclusion. Keywords Immediately after the abstract provide a maximum of 6 keywords. Write them separated by semicolons. Example for the main article parts (Abstract, Introduction, Patients and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgments, Reference, Figure legends) can be downloaded from here.
3- Abbreviations: Define abbreviations that are not standard in this field at their first occurrence in the article (even if mentioned in the abstract). Ensure consistency of abbreviations throughout the article
4- Introduction: State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results. The aim of the work should be described at the end of the introduction section.
5- Patients/Materials and methods: Provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be reproduced. Methods already published should be indicated by a reference. Only relevant modifications should be described. Include in figure legends and table texts, technical details of methods used, while describing the methods themselves in the main text. In this section ethical issues are better to be described as subheading “Ethical consideration” stating that the work was done according to the declaration of Helsinki and the sound practices and IRB approvals should be given. A clear statement of informed consent was obtained from subjects under the study is essential. Insert also registration number and relevant databases for the clinical trials and systematic review/meta-analysis registries. Statistical analysis should be described in detail in the Methods section (see the above given full article example).
6- Results: This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often appropriate in a Short Communication but not in an Original Article. Ensure that the chapter results stand by itself and explain all results of your work. Note that all tables and figures should be presented in separate papers.
7- Discussion: Discuss your results and avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.
8- Acknowledgement: Collate acknowledgments in a separate section at the end of the article and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise. When the work included in a paper has been supported by a grant from any source, this must be indicated. A connection of any author with companies producing any substances or apparatus used in the work should be declared in this section. All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship as defined above should be listed in an acknowledgments section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, writing assistance, or a department chair who provided only general support. Authors should disclose whether they had any writing assistance and identify the entity that paid for this assistance.
9- References: References should be numbered consecutively (with parentheses) as they appear in the text e.g. [5]. Type the reference list with double spacing on a separate sheet. This includes family name and first name initial, up to 6 authors are required and more authors are marked with et al. Examples: 1- Abdel-Wahab M, Esmat G, El-Boraey Y, Ramzy I , Medhat E, Strickland G. The epidemiology of schistosomiasis in Egypt: methods , training, and quality control of clinical and ultrasound examinations. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2000; 62 (suppl) :17-20. 2- Wright W. Geographical distribution of schistosomes and their intermediate hosts. Ansari N, ed. Epidemiology and control of schistosomiasis (bilharziasis). Baltimore; University Park Press 1973;42-48.. Do not include references to personal communications, unpublished data or manuscripts either 'in preparation' or 'submitted for publication'. If essential, such material may be incorporated into the appropriate place in the text. Recheck references in the text against the reference list after your manuscript has been revised. All references listed in the text should be included in the reference list and all references in the reference list should be included in the text.
10- Figures: Photographs should be presented as high-quality jpg. Illustrations will not be redrawn by the Publisher: line figures should be suitable for direct reproduction. They should be prepared with black on white background, or be black-and-white images; they should be completely and consistently lettered, the size of the lettering being appropriate to that of the illustration, taking into account the necessary reduction in size. Colour figures will be included. The figures can be uploaded as a separate files or embed at its appropriate place within the text.
11- Tables: Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Place footnotes to tables below the table body and indicate them with superscript lowercase letters. Within the table please define all measuring units while in the foot notes define all abbreviations within the text even if defined I the main article file. Avoid vertical rules. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in tables do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article. The tables can uploaded as separate file or embedded at its appropriate place within the text.
12- Research Highlights: Authors should supply 2-4 research highlights for their submissions. These should focus on the main points/outcomes/messages of their research. It can be uploaded separately as a separate word file.
Editorial Review
All manuscripts are subjected to peer review. If changes are requested, revisions received later than 2 months after this request will be treated as new submissions. When changes are made, the corresponding author should go into resubmission under title of submission of revised manuscript, and a word document should be uploaded that indicates changes and modifications done.
Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
The articles published in the Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases (AJIED) are freely available to read, download, and distribute, immediately upon publication, given that the original source and authors are cited (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC-BY).
Open Access
The journal follows open access policy which means that all articles accepted for publication in Afro-Egyptian Journal are freely available for readers to read, download and distribute provided they are properly cited.
Publication decisions
The Editor-in-Chief of the journal is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The editor may be guided by the editorial policies of the journal and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The editor may confer with the members of the Editorial Board or reviewers in making this decision. The Editor-in-Chief and the reviewers evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
Confidentiality
The Editor-in-Chief, the members of the Editorial Board, and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the authors of the manuscript, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.
Originality
The papers accepted for submission and publication in "The Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases (AJIED)" are supposed to be original and not previously published elsewhere except for abstracts presented in local and international conferences. The Journal editorial board has the right to withdraw the articles if found published in full elsewhere or an issue of plagiarism was raised and the authors will not be allowed to submit any other papers to the journal in the future.
Plagiarism
All manuscripts submitted to the Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases (AJIED) are subjected to plagiarism check.
Competing interests
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Role of the funding source all sources of funding should be declared. Authors should declare the role of study sponsors, if any, in the study design, in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; and in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. If the study sponsors had no such involvement, the authors should so state.
Publication Charges
No publication charges are needed.
Erratum policy
It is the responsibility of the authors to carefully revise the galley proofs for any potential errors before they resubmit it to the journal for publication. The Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases (AJIED), follow the following erratum policy.
A) What corrections/ errors in this journal to be corrected:
1- Spelling mistakes in the initially submitted authors names e.g. “Mohamed H” may be changed to “ Mohammed H”.
2- Spelling mistakes in the author affiliations e.g. Sharkia Governorate” may be changed to “Sharqiyya Governorate” or “Ash Sharqia Governorate” “Al-Sharqiyyah Governorate”.
3- Minor corrections in the author affiliations e.g. an author affiliation corrected from the Department of “ Pathology” to “ Clinical Pathology”.
4- Only language or spelling errors in the main text that are intellectually changed the scientific content of an article.
B) The policy of correction
If the errors were detected before the article was inserted in an issue, immediate corrections are done in the article proofs, while if detected later (immediately after publishing and not after months or years) an erratum with corrections is inserted in the next issue. However, if mistakes in the author names or affiliations detected after months or years corrections are omitted and correct author names of affiliations are considered in the next submissions.
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