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Manuscripts must be submitted in English, following strictly the ICMJE Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication.

Submission process:

1. Prepare the manuscript following ICMJE instructions: "Preparing a Manuscript for Submission to a Biomedical Journal"
2. Correspondent author should start by reviewing the Submission Checklist, where specific instructions are provided (only electronic submissions are accepted).
3. All authors must sign the Authorship and accountability form.
4. Prepare a cover letter following ICMJE instructions: "Sending the Manuscript to the Journal", and INCLUDE a sentence disclosing your potential conflicts of interest (or the absence).
5. Send Submission Checklist and Authorship and accountability form by fax or scaned by email.
6. Send by email the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest.
7. Send the manuscript and the cover letter by email to:

Categories of articles:

• Editorials: Written by the Editorial Board or solicited by the Editor-in-Chief.
• Reviews: Narrative reviews of topics under the scope of the Journal. Reviews require a presubmission inquiry addressed to the Editor-in-Chief.
• Original research articles: Presenting the results of an original research recently performed. A structured abstract is required. This category includes full articles and short reports.
• Official statements, possitions and reports: Full length reports produced by Societies or Institutions. They require a presubmission inquiry addressed to the Editor-in-Chief.
• Letters to the Editor (in reply): Letters discussing a recently published will be considered only if they are received within 6 weeks of the article’s publication. Letters should not exceed 400 words of text and 5 references. No abstract is required.

Pharmacy Practice does not publish Case reports, Opinions, Commentaries, or Controversies.

Highly considered:

Abstract should have no more than 300 words.

Only Keywords based on NLM Medical Subject Headings are used.

Tables must appear at the end of the text, formated in simple grid form.

Figures are prefered pasted as Microsoft Objects. Colour use (avoid if possible) should take into account that papers can be printed in black&white.

Up to three peer-reviewers should be suggested by corresponding author (provide full contact details of the referees)

For non-native English authors, a scientific editing service could be important. See below a list of some of these scientific editing providers. Authors using this service should include a sentence in the acknowledge section.

American Journal Experts (10% discount thorugh this link)

BioScience Writers, LLC

Blue Pencil Science

English Manager Science Editing

SM Editors and Reviewers

Some other recommendations for all the manuscripts:

• Avoid the use of abbreviations. Use only those commonly accepted. Do not create new abbreviations.
• Avoid the use of non common Roman characters. Do not use Greek letters into the text (they can be used in equations). Do not use special characters like ± ½ ¼ or arrows
• Present standard deviations as (SD=2.34), and confidence intervals as [95%CI 2.36:4.23]
• For currency abbreviations, use the ISO 4217 codes
• Follow International standards for authors names and abbreviations. See here how it works.
• Provide only one institution for each author's affiliation.