Please read and follow the instructions as closely as possible, as doing so will ensure your paper matches the journal's requirements.

Submission

Manuscripts should be submitted by one of the authors of the manuscript through the online Submission System. Only electronic Word (.doc, .docx, .rtf) files can be submitted through the Online Submission System. Submissions by anyone other than one of the authors will not be accepted. The submitting author takes responsibility for the manuscript during submission and peer review. If online submission is not possible due to any technical problems, the author can submit to info@svedbergopen.com.

Terms and Conditions of Submission

Manuscripts must be submitted on the understanding that they have not been submitted/published elsewhere and are only being considered by this journal. The submitting author is responsible for ensuring that the article’s publication has been approved by all the other co-authors. It is a condition of submission that the authors permit editing of the manuscript for readability. All inquiries concerning the publication should be addressed to info@svedbergopen.com.

Types of Articles

Research Articles

Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manuscripts should describe how the research work was conducted and provide a thorough analysis of the results of the research work. Systematic reviews may be submitted as research articles.

Review Articles

A review article provides an overview of the published literature in a particular subject area.

Case Studies

These articles report specific instances of interesting phenomena. Case Studies should make other researchers aware of the possibility that a specific phenomenon might occur.

Clinical Case Reports

Clinical case studies present the details of real patient cases from medical or clinical practice. The study is expected to discuss the signs, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of a disease.

Short Communications

The article type typically known as short communication is an option for authors who want to share their results in short form with the research community.

Preparation of Manuscript

The manuscript should be prepared in English using “MS Word” with 1 inch margin on all sides (Top, Bottom, Left and Right) of the page. “Times New Roman” font should be used. The font size should be of 12pt, but main subheadings may be of 14pt. All plant and microorganisms scientific names should be written in italic. All research articles should be typed with 1.5 spacing and should have the following sections: Title page, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgement (if any) and References.

Title Page

The title should appear on a separate page. The title should be in a clear, descriptive and in concise manner-not too long, which should then be followed by the author name, the institution name and address by indicating suitable superscripts.

• The full title of the paper is as short as possible without abbreviations or acronyms. The title should be as brief and informative as possible, specifying clearly the content of the article.

• List the full names, institutional address and email address of all the authors indicating the corresponding author in astriek mark (*).

• Corresponding author contact information (address, telephone, e-mail).

• Paper Title: First letter capital. 14 point type, Bold
• Author(s): First letter capital, 12 point type, Bold
• Affiliation(s): Word case, 10 point type

Corresponding author has the responsibility to ensure that all coauthors are aware and approve the contents of the submitted manuscript.

Abstract

Should start on a new page after the title page and should be typed in single-space to distinguish it from the Introduction and it should not exceed 200 words.

Key Words

Provide 4 to 6 appropriate key words after abstract. These keywords should be typed at the end of the abstract.

Introduction

It should be a concise statement of the background to the work presented, including relevant earlier work, suitably referenced. It should be started in a separate page after abstract.

Materials and Methods

All important materials, equipment's, the manufacturer’s name and, if possible, the location should be provided. The main methods used shall be briefly described, citing references. New methods or substantially modified methods may be described in sufficient detail. The statistical method and the level of significance chosen shall be clearly stated.

Results and Discussion

The important results of the work should be clearly stated and illustrated where necessary by tables and figures. Results and discussion may be separate or combined based on the author’s requirement. The statistical treatment of data and significance level of the factors should be stated wherever necessary. The interpreted results should be explained clearly in discussions and should relate them to the existing knowledge in the field as clearly as possible. Tables, Graphs and figures (Illustrations) should be inserted at the end of the manuscript and should have appropriate numbers and titles with an explanatory heading. Must cite all the tables, figures, and graphs in the text wherever appropriate. Color photographs and illustrations (line drawings, halftones, photos, photomicrographs etc) must be clean originals. Those photographs must be clear and sharp. Digital files are recommended for highest quality reproduction and should follow the following lines.

•  300dpi or higher sized to fit journal page.
• JPEG, GIF, TIFF and PDF formats are preferred. Tables should be cited consecutively in the text. Every table must have a descriptive title and if numerical measurements are given, the units should be included in the column heading

Conclusion

Concisely summarizes the principal conclusions of the work and highlights the wider implications. This section should not merely duplicate the abstract.

Conflicts of Interest

Authors must declare all relevant interests that could be perceived as conflicting. Authors should explain why each interest may represent a conflict. If there is no conflict of interest, please state "The authors declare no conflict of interest."

Acknowledgments (If any)

Acknowledgements as well as information regarding funding sources may be provided.

References

SvedbergOpen uses two styles of referencing for its journals. i.e., Vancouver style for medical sciences journals and APA (American Psychological Association) style for, natural sciences, social sciences, engineering and management journals.

Vancouver: Name & Year

For full of Vancouver style—refer here and here

In-Text Citations

Citations in the text should follow the referencing style. You need to acknowledge the sources used in your writing throughout the text of your paper. Whenever you present a statement of evidence such as a quote, or when you use someone else's ideas, opinions or theories in your own words (paraphrasing), you must acknowledge your sources. SvedbergOpen taken Vancouver style guide as major style guide to construct our Vancouver-Svedberg style for medical sciences journals. Some examples of how to cite sources within your paper are given below.

Vancouver style of reference uses in-text numbers at the point of citation.

• Citing single author: Recent research [1] indicates that the number of duplicate papers being published is increasing.
  Or
  Recent research¹ indicates that the number of duplicate papers being published is increasing.
•  Citing two authors: Recent research [1,2] indicates that the number of duplicate papers being published is increasing.
  Or
  Recent research^1,2 indicates that the number of duplicate papers being published is increasing.
• Citing more than 2 authors: The following is an example where works 6, 7, 8, 9, 13 and 15 have been cited in the same place in the text.
  Several studies [6–9,13,15] have examined the effect of congestion charging in urban areas.
  Or
  Several studies^6–9,13,15 have examined the effect of congestion charging in urban areas.

End-of-text

A reference list includes details of the sources cited in your paper. It starts on a separate page at the end of the paper and is titled References.
 
When using the Vancouver style, the reference list should be in numerical order and each number matches and refers to the one in the text.

Examples of Reference Style

Reference to a journal publication:

Single author

Snowdon J. "Severe depression in old age". Medicine Today. 2002; 3(12):40-47.

Two authors

Halpern S.D., Ubel P.A. "Solid-organ transplantation in HIV-infected patients". N Engl J Med.2002;347(4):284-87.

Three to six authors

Van der Geer J., Hanraads J.A.J., Lupton R.A. "The art of writing a scientific article". J Sci Commun. 2000;163(51):51–59.

More than six authors

Hallal A.H., Amortegui J.D., Jeroukhimov I.M., Casillas J., Schulman C.I., Manning R.J., et al."Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography accurately detects common bile duct stones in resolving gallstone pancreatitis". J Am Coll Surg. 2005;200(6):869-75.

Addition of a database's unique identifier for the citation:

Halpern S.D., Ubel P.A., Caplan A.L. "Solid-organ transplantation in HIV-infected patients". N Engl J Med. 2002;347(4):284-7. PubMed PMID: 12140307.

Addition of a clinical trial registration number:

Trachtenberg F., Maserejian N.N., Soncini J.A., Hayes C. "Tavares M. Does fluoride in compomers prevent future caries in children?" J Dent Res. 2009 Mar;88(3):276-9. PubMed PMID: 19329464. ClinicalTrials.gov registration number: NCT00065988.

No author given

21st century heart solution may have a sting in the tail. BMJ. 2002;325(7357):184.

Volume with supplement

Geraud G., Spierings E.L., Keywood C. "Tolerability and safety of frovatriptan with short- and long-term use for treatment of migraine and in comparison with sumatriptan". Headache. 2002;42 Suppl 2:S93-9.

Issue with supplement

Glauser T.A. "Integrating clinical trial data into clinical practice". Neurology. 2002;58(12 Suppl 7):S6-12.

Volume with part

Abend S.M., Kulish N. "The psychoanalytic method from an epistemological viewpoint". Int J Psychoanal. 2002;83(Pt 2):491-5.

Issue with part

Ahrar K., Madoff D.C., Gupta S., Wallace M.J., Price R.E., Wright K.C. "Development of a large animal model for lung tumors". J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2002;13(9 Pt 1):923-8.

Issue with no volume

Banit D.M., Kaufer H., Hartford J.M. "Intraoperative frozen section analysis in revision total joint arthroplasty". Clin Orthop. 2002;(401):230-8.

No volume or issue

Outreach: bringing HIV-positive individuals into care. HRSA Careaction. 2002 Jun:1-6.

Books and other individual titles; Chapters

Personal author(s)

Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA. Medical microbiology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2002.

Editor(s), compiler(s) as author

Gilstrap LC 3rd, Cunningham FG, VanDorsten JP, editors. Operative obstetrics. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2002.

Author(s) and editor(s)

Breedlove GK, Schorfheide AM. Adolescent pregnancy. 2nd ed. Wieczorek RR, editor. White Plains (NY): March of Dimes Education Services; 2001.

Organization(s) as author

Advanced Life Support Group. Acute medical emergencies: the practical approach. London: BMJ Books; 2001.

Chapter in a book

Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM. Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In: Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, editors. The genetic basis of human cancer. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2002. p. 93-113.

Conference proceedings

Harnden P, Joffe JK, Jones WG, editors. Germ cell tumours V. Proceedings of the 5th Germ Cell Tumour Conference; 2001 Sep 13-15; Leeds, UK. New York: Springer; 2002.

Dissertation (or Thesis)

Borkowski MM. Infant sleep and feeding: a telephone survey of Hispanic Americans [dissertation]. Mount Pleasant (MI): Central Michigan University; 2002.

Patent

Pagedas AC, inventor; Ancel Surgical R & D Inc., assignee. Flexible endoscopic grasping and cutting device and positioning tool assembly. United States patent US 20020103498. 2002 Aug 1.

In press or Forthcoming

Tian D, Araki H, Stahl E, Bergelson J, Kreitman M. Signature of balancing selection in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. Forthcoming 2002.

Electronic material

CD-ROM

Anderson SC, Poulsen KB. Anderson's electronic atlas of hematology [CD-ROM]. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2002.

Journal article on the Internet

Polgreen PM, Diekema DJ, Vandeberg J, Wiblin RT, Chen YY, David S, Rasmus D, Gerdts N, Ross A, Katz L, Herwaldt LA. Risk factors for groin wound infection after femoral artery catheterization: a case-control study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol [Internet]. 2006 [cited 2007 Jan 5];27(1):34-7. Available from:http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/ICHE/journal/issues/v27n1/2004069/2004069.web.pdf

Article on the Internet with a Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

Zhang M, Holman CD, Price SD, Sanfilippo FM, Preen DB, Bulsara MK. Comorbidity and repeat admission to hospital for adverse drug reactions in older adults: retrospective cohort study. BMJ [Internet]. 2009[cited 2011 Jan 9];338:a2752. Available from: http://www.bmj.com/content/338/bmj.a2752.full. DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a2752.

Standard books on the Internet

Richardson ML. Approaches to differential diagnosis in musculoskeletal imaging [Internet]. Version 2.0. Seattle (WA): University of Washington School of Medicine; c2000 [revised 2001 Oct 1; cited 2006 Nov 1]. Available from: http://www.rad.washington.edu/mskbook/index.html

Homepage/Website

Cancer-Pain.org [Internet]. New York: Association of Cancer Online Resources, Inc.; c2000-01 [updated 2002 May 16; cited 2002 Jul 9]. Available from: http://www.cancer-pain.org/

Reference to a book

Strunk Jr W, White EB. The elements of style. 3rd ed. New York: Macmillan, 1979.

Reference to a chapter in an edited book

Mettam GR, Adams LB. How to prepare an electronic version of your article. In: Jones BS, Smith RZ, editors. Introduction to the electronic age. New York: E-Publishing Inc.; 1994. p. 281–304.

APA (American Psychological Association) style

For full guide of APA style please refer here

In-Text Citations

Citations in the text should follow the referencing style. You need to acknowledge the sources used in your writing throughout the text of your paper. Whenever you present a statement of evidence such as a quote, or when you use someone else's ideas, opinions or theories in your own words (paraphrasing), you must acknowledge your sources. SvedbergOpen taken APA style guide as major style guide to construct our Svedberg style. Some examples of how to cite sources within your paper are given below.

One Author

Preston (2010)

Two authors

Use between “&” between authors for direct quotations

Cavenagh & Ramadurai (2017) suggested that….

Three or more authors

(Germann et al., 2015)

With an Anonymous author

(Anonymous, 2016)

One author, multiple works published in the same year

If the year of publication is the same for both add 'a' and 'b' after the year.

(Rush, 2015a, 2015b).

Two or more different references in the in-text citation

If you need to cite two or more different references in an in-text citation (Allen, 2004; Smith, 1999 & Tsvetkova, 2018 )

End-of-text

A reference list includes details of the sources cited in your paper. It starts on a separate page at the end of the paper and is titled References.

Examples of Reference Style

Reference to a journal publication

Single Author

Dalton, L. W. (1992). Computer-based image analysis of prostate cancer comments with emphasis on use of commercially available system. Hum. Pathol. 23(1), 280-286.

Two Authors

Germann, F. & Grewal, R. (2015). Computer-based image analysis of prostate cancer comments with emphasis on use of commercially available system. Hum. Pathol. 23(1), 280-286.

Three or more authors

Use "&" before the final author.

Germann, F., Ebbes, P., & Grewal, R. (2015). "Computer-based image analysis of prostate cancer comments with emphasis on use of commercially available system". Hum. Pathol. 23(1), 280-286.

Journal article with DOI

Cavenagh, N., & Ramadurai, R. (2017). "On the distances between Latin squares and the smallest defining set size". J. of Combl. Degns, 25(4), 147–158. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcd.21529

For Books

King, M. (2000). Wrestling with the angel: A life of Janet Frame. Auckland, New Zealand: Viking.

Dancey, C. P. & Reidy, J. (2004). Statistics without maths for psychology: Using SPSS for Windows (3rd ed.). Harlow, England: Pearson/Prentice Hall.

Book chapter in edited book

Kestly, T. (2010). Group sandplay in elementary schools. In Drewes, A. A. and Shaefer, C. E. (Eds.), School-based play therapy (2nd ed., pp. 257-282). Hoboken, NJ: John Wileys & Sons.

Conference paper online

Bochner, S. (1996, November). Mentoring in higher education: Issues to be addressed in developing a mentoring program. Paper presented at the Australian Association for Research in Education Conference, Singapore. Retrieved from http://www.aare.edu.au/96pap/bochs96018.txt

Webpage

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise. (n.d.). Agribusiness. Retrieved from

https://www.nzte.govt.nz/en/export/market-research/agribusiness/