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University of Basrah

Prepare your manuscript for The Medical Journal of Basrah University.

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Checked 2026-07-20
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Article types

Review
Case Report
Letter

Readiness requirements

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Abstract length

  • Provide an author-written abstract of no more than 250 words.
  • The second page should carry the full title of the manuscript and an abstract of no more than 250 words for original articles.
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  • The paper should contain an abstract, main body and references, and contain no more than 6 figures or tables, combined.
  • The abstract should be structured and should include.
  • Up to five keywords should be supplied following the abstract.
  • The abstract is limited to 100 words.

Keywords

  • The keywords should describe the central theme of the article.

Reference style

  • Articlo formats your supplied references to the journal's stored style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
  • References should be numbered consecutively in order of their appearance in the text and listed in numerical order.
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  • Avoid using abstracts as references. for all references, the assigned DOI should be provided.
  • References with correct punctuation should be as follows: Journals: Al-Johar D, Shinwari N, Arif J, Al-Sanea N, Jabbar AA, El Sayed R.
  • Legends should also be mentioned in the article file after the references.
  • The name of all authors should be written in the References if six or fewer authors exist, and the first three authors and et al. should be given if the number of authors exceeds six.

Figure and table rules

  • Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript.
  • A legend of no more than a maximum of 20 words should accompany illustrations or figures using double line spacing.
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  • Tables must be self-explanatory and must not duplicate information in the text.
  • Each table must have a title and should be numbered in order of appearance in the text.
  • Any symbol and abbreviations used in the table body must be defined in a footnote to the table. ( Tables should be provided in separate MS Word file format ).
  • illustrations should be included in the article file document (MS Word).
  • Use Arabic numerals for numbering illustrations and should be referred to in the text as "Figure".
  • Illustrations must be cited in the text and numbered in the order of mention.

Competing interests

  • Include or confirm the competing interests required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Ethics statement

  • Include or confirm the ethics statement required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Cover letter

  • Include or confirm the cover letter required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Title page and author information

  • Provide the author, affiliation, and correspondence details for the separate title page; Articlo creates the editable companion file.
  • Review: The title page (First-page file) should include the followings: Type of manuscript (Research Paper/Review Paper/Case).
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  • The title page (First-page file) should include the followings: The title of the article, which should be concise, but informative.
  • The title page (First-page file) should include the followings: The name of the department(s) and institution(s) to which the work should be attributed.
  • The title page (First-page file) should include the followings: Source(s) of support in the form of grants should be included.
  • The title page (First-page file) should include the followings: Names of contributor (First name, initials, last name), highest academic degree(s) and institutional affiliation.
  • The title page (First-page file) should include the followings: The name, address, phone numbers, and e-mail address of the contributor responsible for correspondence about the manuscript.

Statistical reporting

  • Include or confirm the statistical reporting required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Other submission requirements

  • Clinical and histopathology photographs should be provided with the manuscript on a separate paper (after scanning if printed) as jpeg files of a size less than 1 MB each.
  • The Medical Journal of Basrah University is an open-access journal, the publication cost for an article will be paid by the author, the publication fees required by journal divided into US$ 25 as an article processing charge (APC), followed by US$ 50 when the manuscript accepted as final publishing fees.
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  • Journal titles should be abbreviated according to Index Medicus.
  • The titles of journals should be abbreviated according to the style used in Index Medicus.
  • Use the complete name of the journal for non-indexed journals.
  • For clinical photographs, the subjects must not be identifiable.
  • Short articles include, but are not limited to: discovery or development of new materials.
  • should contain the rationale of performing the research and selecting the MJBU as well as a statement that you will not resubmit your article to another journal until the reviewing process will be completed.
  • Manuscripts should be prepared in the following order.
  • Short Communications are limited to 3000 words and are not subdivided.

Manuscript structure

  • All of these sections should run consecutively.
  • Do not use the software’s facility for a header, footer or footnotes.
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  • Case Report: Case reports should include a brief description of the case and a comment section discussing the salient features in the context of the world literature.
  • Do not type heading or any other text in ALL CAPITALS.
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What your package checks

Abstract: 250 words
Title page: separate file

Source transparency

This preparation guide uses published journal-specific author requirements. Journal instructions can change, so authors should complete a final review before submission.

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