_{Preparation of your Manuscripts}

• Names and institutional affiliations, including country, and addresses of all contributing authors are required.
• One author must be designated as the corresponding author.
• The manuscript must include: a maximum 200-word abstract and up to eight keywords.
• Ensure the manuscript is spell-checked and grammar-checked before submission.
• Ensure all references mentioned in the Reference List are cited in the text, and vice versa.
• For all images and graphs, ensure appropriate permissions are obtained from the source.
• For the title, abstract, and body of the paper, the language must be clear and comprehensible to the global audience.
• The content of the manuscript must be consistent with the scope of IJCRMS.

_{Manuscripts should include:}

• For empirical papers: a statement of principal findings
• The strengths and weaknesses of the study, including those found in the study design and methods.
• The meaning of the study for practice (if applicable), including implications for professionals, policymakers, and other stakeholders.
• A discussion of unanswered questions and directions for future research.

_{Manuscript Template}

Authors are required to prepare their manuscripts using the official journal templates.
Please download the appropriate version below:

• Manuscript Template (PDF) – for formatting guidance and Word-based preparation

• LaTeX Template (ZIP) – includes complete LaTeX source files for manuscript preparation

Author Rights

The International Journal of Clinical Research and Medical Sciences (IJCRMS) is published under an open-access model by Femington. Authors retain copyright and scholarly usage rights to their work. By publishing in IJCRMS, authors grant the journal a license to publish the article and to identify itself as the original publisher, in accordance with the journal’s licensing terms.

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Plagiarism and Research Misconduct

IJCRMS is committed to maintaining the highest standards of research integrity. All submissions are screened using plagiarism detection tools as part of the editorial and peer-review process.

The journal takes reasonable and proactive steps to identify and prevent the publication of manuscripts involving research misconduct, including but not limited to:

• Plagiarism

• Citation manipulation

• Data fabrication or falsification

Web-based tools are used to compare submissions against databases of scholarly publications. Manuscripts found to violate research integrity standards may be rejected, corrected, or retracted in line with accepted publishing ethics practices.

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Responsible Conduct of Research and Ethics

Authors submitting to IJCRMS are expected to uphold the principles of responsible research conduct in all aspects of their work. This includes fostering and maintaining an environment of intellectual honesty, integrity, and ethical scholarly practice.

The journal’s ethical framework is informed by internationally recognised standards for research integrity. Authors are encouraged to consult the journal’s policies on Responsible Conduct of Research and Authorship Procedures for further guidance.

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Criteria for Authorship

Authorship is reserved for individuals who have made significant intellectual or scholarly contributions to the research and who agree to take responsibility for the published work.

A significant contribution must include at least one, and typically a combination of two or more, of the following:

• Conception and design of the research project or scholarly output

• Acquisition of research data involving substantial intellectual judgement, planning, or design

• Contribution of knowledge, including Indigenous knowledge, where appropriate and justified

• Analysis or interpretation of research data

• Drafting substantial portions of the manuscript or critically revising it to enhance interpretation

All contributors meeting these criteria must be appropriately credited as authors, and all listed authors must approve the final version of the manuscript.

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Declaration of Interest

All authors must disclose any financial or personal relationships that could be perceived as influencing or biasing their work. Any potential conflicts of interest must be declared at the time of submission.

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Acknowledgements and Funding

Individuals who contributed to the preparation of the manuscript but do not meet the criteria for authorship should be acknowledged. Authors must clearly declare all sources of funding, including the role of the funding body in the research or publication process.

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Research Data

IJCRMS encourages authors to share data, code, and supporting materials that underpin their research publications, where appropriate and ethically permissible, in order to promote transparency and reproducibility.

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Ethics Approval and Consent

Manuscripts reporting research involving human participants or animals must include a statement confirming ethics approval and informed consent. The name of the approving ethics committee and the relevant reference number (where applicable) must be provided.