guides2

PREPARATION OF TEXT

(Part 2)

              Results Results should be concise. Tables and graphs should be kept to
              minimum. Details of results presented in this way should not be repeated
              in the text. Tables and graphs   should be on separate pages and should
              not be embedded in the text.

              Discussion. This should explore   the significance of the results of the
              work not repeat them.

              Statistics. Please   give   references for statistical methods with which
              readers may not be familiar. Precise values of P should be given when
              possible, to no more than 2 significant figures, but P<0.001 should be
              used      instead     of      smaller     values.    Confidence    intervals    and
              (where appropriate) values of P, X2, F etc and degrees of freedom should
              be given for all main results.

              References. Only references cited in the text should be included in the
              list at the end of the paper. In the text, references should be cited thus:
             ‘……it has been shown (John, 1990) or as shown by John (1990). If there
             are 2 authors both should be named; if more than 2, only the first need be
             named, followed   by   et al. in the text. If   several   references   are   cited
             consecutively in the text, they should be arranged in chronological order;
             any with same date should be in alphabetical order.

             In reference list, all papers must be arranged primarily alphabetically by
             name(s) of author (s) if there are no more than 2; papers by more than 2
             authors should follow any by the first author alone or with 1 co-author and
             should   be   arranged   alphabetically   by   the   first   author’s   name only;
             secondary arrangement, of all references, should be chronological, using
             lower-case letters (a, b, etc) after the date if necessary.

             Listed references must include: (i) name (s) and initial (s) of all the authors
             (not et al.) (ii) year of publication, (iii) full title of paper, (iv) full journal title,
             (v) volume number, (vi) first and last   page numbers, e.g.   Service, M.W.
             (1992). Importance of   ecology in Aedes aegypti control. Southeast Asian
             Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 23: 681-690. Citations of
             books should include the name(s) and initial(s) of the author(s), year of
             publication,   title   of   the book or paper, editor(s) if appropriate, town of
             publication    and    publishers,    e.g.   Smith, J.    (1969).    Immunology    in
             onchocerciasis.   In:   Research    in    Immunology,    Robinson,   A & Green,
             W. (editors) 2nd   edition. London:   Oliver & Boyd,   pp.99-150. Authors are
             responsible for the correctness of references. A recent issue of Tropical
             Biomedicine should be consulted for details of these and other matters of
             style.

Please submit, with your manuscript, the names and addresses of two
potential referees.

You may also mention persons who you would prefer not to review your
paper.