a.  Article Review Process

The articles for SIR are selected by the Editorial Board. The submitted articles undergo Double Blind Peer Review. Reviewers are contacted for getting their consent to review and send comments. These reviewers are selected on basis of their knowledge and experience in the subject area. The author’s identity remains hidden to the reviewer following SIRs policy for blind peer review process (see our policies and guidelines for  details).

The review process can take up to 2-4 weeks. Modifications to article structure or writing style of paper suggested by the reviewer are forwarded to author for revision. The revised paper under goes another round of review. Final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of any submission lies with the Editorial Board of SIR.

It is the pre-requisite of publication that the manuscript has not been published or submitted for publication partially or fully anywhere else.

b.  Submission Guidelines

Scientific Inquiry and Review (SIR) accepts manuscripts in Vancouver Style Format. In text citation is given in numbers ordered from 1 to N… enclosed by parenthesis e.g. [1]. Once a source has been cited, the same number is used in all subsequent references.

Title: The title of the manuscript should be centered, short and specific. Title would be Level 1 Heading. Use Arabic numerals for heading’s numbers.

Abstract: Every manuscript would begin with an abstract that summarizes the content of the article in 150 to 250 words. The abstract would be 12 Time New Roman and italicize. Do not include references and abbreviations in abstract.

Keywords: Keywords would be in small letters, except some proper nouns. Separate each keyword with comma (,). Prefer two words or single word as key word to represent themes of your manuscript.

Levels of Headings: Use five levels of headings along with Arabic numerals and use decimal (.) for subsequent heading levels in a hierarchy. The font would be 12 Time New Roman.

Example:

Level 1: Pre-target Axon Sorting is Perturbed in the Absence of AC3 (Centered, Bold)   Level 2: Pre-target Axon Sorting is Perturbed in the Absence of AC3 (Bold, Flush Left) Level 3: Pre-target Axon Sorting is Perturbed in the Absence of AC (Bold, Flush Left, Italic) Level 4: Pre-target axon sorting is perturbed in the absence of ac3. (Centered, Bold)

Level 5: Pre-target Axon Sorting is Perturbed in the Absence of AC3. (Centered, Not Bold)

Terminology, Units and Abbreviations:

• Technical terms and abbreviations should be defined the first time they appear in the
• Please always use internationally accepted signs and symbols for units, so-called SI units.
• Numerals should follow the British/American method of decimal points to indicate decimals and commas to separate

Footnotes:

• Always use footnotes instead of endnotes and never use footnotes instead of a reference
• Footnotes should not consist of a reference Footnotes should not contain figures, tables and/or the bibliographic details of a reference.

Equations and Program Code:

Key Style Points: Formal Style, Text formatting

• In Word, use the Math function of Word 2007 or 2010, MathType, or Microsoft Equation Editor with Word 2003 to create your equations, and insert the graphic into your text file as an

Figures and Tables:

• All figures appearing in work must be numbered in the order that they appear in the
• Each figure must have a caption fully explaining the
• Figure captions are presented as a paragraph starting with the number i.e. Figure
• Figure captions appear below the
• Each figure must be fully cited if taken from another work.
• all figures must be referred to in the body of the
• Material that is tabular in nature must appear in a numbered captioned
• All tables appearing in work must be numbered in the order that they appear in the
• Each table must have a caption fully explaining the content with the table number i.e. Table
• Each column must have a clear and concise
• Tables are to be presented with a double horizontal line under the table caption, a single horizontal line under the column headings and double horizontal lines at the end of the
• All tables must be referred to in the body of the
• Each table must be fully cited if taken from another

References:

A numbered list of references must be provided at the end of the paper. The list should be arranged in the order of citation in the text.

Editorial and Publishing Policies

Authorship

SIR discourages the practice of honorary and ghost authorships. All authors enlisted in the manuscript must fulfill authorship criteria defined by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Furthermore, post-acceptance changes in authorship are not allowed.

Editorial Evaluation

The manuscripts submitted to Scientific Inquiry and Review are first evaluated for their originality, scientific quality, contribution to the field and appropriateness. The acceptable manuscripts are then subjected to fair, rigorous and rapid peer-review.

Peer-Reviewing

After initial screening, the manuscripts go through double blind peer-review process and will be sent to two impartial expert referees having no conflict of interest with the authors. Peer-review process takes no more than 4-6 weeks. After receiving reviewer’s feedback, the editor will make the following recommendations,

• Acceptance without revision
• Acceptance subject to minor revision
• Resubmission for review after major revision
• Declined

A rebuttal letter must also accompany a revised submission and must address, point by point, issues raised in the review process.

Production and Publication

After acceptance, the manuscripts will be formatted and edited by journal’s editorial team. Both authors and readers will have free access to the final full length online version of the manuscript.

Post acceptance corresponding author will receive an email from SIR giving details of the publication process and who to contact if they have any queries. A copy of the accepted article will be published online on the website of SIR as an Article in Press. Please note that this version will not have been copyedited, and the PDF version will be the same as your submitted manuscript. Your article will then be typeset and you will receive proofs. This uncorrected proof will replace the accepted manuscript. The final, corrected version of your article will be posted online once we have received fully formatted version.

Plagiarism

Scientific Inquiry and Review takes strict action for publication misconduct, multiple and duplicate submissions, misleading and selective reporting, falsification and fabrication of data and findings, plagiarism and copyright infringement.

Experimental Ethics

In case of studies that incorporate data from living human beings, the author(s) must include a statement declaring that the study was performed following the recognized standards of Declaration of Helsinki. It should also be confirmed that all participants of the study must sign an informed consent document. Similarly, in case of an animal-model based study, the author(s) must include statement declaring adherence to animal research reporting standards.