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Author Guidelines

Dear Author,
Thank you for your interest in submitting your manuscript to Journal of Dependence for editing and publication consideration. In order to facilitate preparation and submission of your manuscript, we have prepared this guideline explaining basic points that should be taken into account when preparing the paper.

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Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • This submission meets the requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • This submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
  • All references have been checked for accuracy and completeness.
  • All tables and figures have been numbered and labeled.
  • Permission has been obtained to publish all photos, datasets and other material provided with this submission.

Research Article

Original prospective or retrospective studies of basic or clinical researches in areas relevant to all areas of dependence including behavioral dependence..

The manuscript should contain English abstract, a maximum of 250 words, and the structured abstract should contain the following sections: objective, methods, results [findings], and conclusion. Three to six words or determinative groups of words should be written as keywords below the abstract.

The text of articles reporting original research might contain up to 5000 words (excluding Abstract, references and Tables) and should be divided into Introduction, Methods, Results [Findings], and Discussion sections. References should also be included so that their number does not exceed 50. This so-called "IMRAD" structure is not an arbitrary publication format but a reflection of the process of scientific discovery. Articles need subheadings within these sections to further organize their content.

Review

These are articles that summarize the current state of the art on a specific topic. Review articles are designed to review and summarize previous studies, not to provide new information or analyses.

The authors may be invited to write or should be expert in that subject of review article.

The manuscript should contain English abstracts, a maximum of 250 words, but a structured abstract is not required. The main text should include titles or related topics to further organize the content.

The text of review articles might contain up to 5000 words (excluding Abstract, references and Tables). Number of references should not exceed 90.

Case Report

Brief descriptions of a previously undocumented disease process, a unique unreported manifestation or treatment of a known disease process, or unique unreported complications of treatment regimens.

The manuscript should contain English abstract, a maximum of 150 words, but a structured abstract is not required. The main text should include titles or related topics to further organize the content.

The manuscript could be of up to 2000 words (excluding references and abstract) and could be supported with up to 25 references.

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