Review paper
A review is a scientific, authoritative, and fair overview of recent advancements in a biomedical research field. Clinically focused reviews have practical value in biomedical journals since practitioners may utilize these papers as guidelines for remaining current with clinical knowledge and helping inform clinical diagnostic and treatment decisions.
A review's scope should be sufficiently broad to prevent the dominance of any individual laboratory's work, especially the authors' own work.
All format requirements are the same as those for original research articles, except for minor changes. The review paper should be written with the following sections in the following order:
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Abstract (Background, Methods, Discussion, Conclusion, Keywords)
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Introduction
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Methods
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Discussion
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Conclusion
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Conflict of Interest
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Acknowledgement
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References
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Figures
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Tables
The Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis should be Written in the Following Order:
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Abstract (Background, Methods, Discussion, Conclusion, Keywords)
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Introduction
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Methods
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Results
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Discussion
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Conclusion
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Conflict of interest
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Data availability statement
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Acknowledgement
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References
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Figures
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Tables
The abstract should not be longer than 250 words.
There should be five to ten keywords added in the "Keywords" section of the abstract.
The "main text" will be divided into sub-headings with informative and concise headings.
The word count of the review should not be more than 3500 words (excluding the abstract, references, tables, and figures).
The references should not be more than 150.
The citations should be selective.
However, the journal urges the authors to do significant research (fewer than 10% of all references) and include succinct comments outlining why these are the main contributions.
For systematic reviews and meta-analyses, the PRISMA statement or any other appropriate alternative guideline for study design must be used, along with a complete checklist and flow diagram that go with the main text.
If a protocol exists for the systematic review, authors must include it in the "Methods" as part of their publication, and if so, a copy of the protocol as supporting documentation must be included.
The other parts of the review paper will remain the same as those of the research article.