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Author Guidelines

Editorial policy
Menopause Society of Sri Lanka invites original articles related to the field of menopause for publication in the journal. The articles may include original papers (maximum 3000 words), case reports and brief communications (maximum 1000 words), reviews relevant to practice (maximum 2500 words) and correspondence (Maximum 400 words). All material submitted is subject to peer review by members of the editorial board and a specialist reviewer where indicated.

Copyright and Licensing:
Copyright on any research article in the Menopause Society of Sri Lanka is retained by the author(s). The authors grant the Sri Lanka Journal of Menopause a license to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher.

Articles in the Sri Lanka Journal of Menopause are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This license permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Cover letter
Cover letter should indicate that the contents have not been already published and the paper is not being submitted elsewhere. It should acknowledge any potential conflict of interest and bring to the notice of the editor of any possible overlap with prior publications. In papers with more than one author a brief statement regarding the contribution of each author to the work reported should be included. The first author must accept the responsibility for ensuring that both the version of the paper submitted and the corrected proofs have the approval of all the co‐authors. The authors should have

• Conceived and planned the work that led to the paper and/or interpreted the evidence it presents
• Wrote the paper or reviewed successive versions and participated in their revisions
• Approved the final version

General instructions
Three copies of the original manuscript should be submitted. The text should be printed on one side of numbered A4 sheets with double spacing and margins of 2.5cm. In "intervention" studies a statement that an ethical review body has approved the study with documentary evidence of such approval should accompany the article. Authors are advised to retain copies of all material submitted to the journal as these can not be returned. Each manuscript component should begin on a new page, in the sequence of title page, abstract, key words, text, acknowledgements, references, tables, illustrations and legends for illustrations.

The title page should contain

1. the title of the article
2. first name, middle initial and last name of each author
3. institutions where the study was carried out
4. financial support for the work
5. postal address of the principal author for correspondence along with telephone number, fax number and e‐mail address
6. a short running title of no more than 40 characters (count letters and spaces).

Any article badly written (for e.g. full of errors in language) will be returned without subjecting to an academic review.

Original articles
The text should comprise introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion. The second page should carry an abstract limited to 250 words. Authors should provide a few key words or phrases for the index. All measurements must be in SI units. Abbreviations should be in parenthesis preceded by words in full before the first appearance.

Case reports and brief communications
Authors should provide a few key words or phrases for the index.

Review articles and commentaries
These are commissioned by the editor who welcomes suggestions for topics or authors. Authors should provide a few key words or phrases for the index.

Tables and illustrations
Tables should be presented separately. Illustrations should be used only when the data cannot be otherwise clearly expressed. When graphs are submitted numerical data on which they are based should be supplied. Computer illustrations/ photographs will be accepted. These should be separate from the word document but can be in the same CD.

If photographs of patients are used either the subjects should not be identifiable or their pictures must be accompanied by written permission to use the figures. Photographs should not be larger than 10 X 15 cm.

Legends for illustrations should be given on a separate sheet and not appear on the illustrations.

References
Reference citations should be numbered (in Arabic numerals) consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. References should be identified as superscripts within the text, table headings and figure captions. The titles of journals should be abbreviated according to the style used in Index Medicus. Examples of correct forms of references follow

Journal article
1. Hammond CB, Weed Jr JC, Currie JL. The role of operation in the current therapy of gestational trophoblastic disease. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1980; 136: 844‐858.

Book
Editor, compiler, chairman as author
1. Reid DE, Ryan KJ, Benirschke K, eds. Principles and Management of human reproduction. 1st ed. Philadelphia. London. Toronto: WB Saunders, 1972; 56‐57.

Chapter in book
1. Zamecnik J. Concentration of thromboxane B2 in the rat. In: Samuelsson B, Ramwell P, eds. Advances in Prostaglandin Research. New York: Raven Press, 1980; 8: 23‐24.

Correspondence
All correspondence must be addressed to:
The Editor-in-Chief
Sri Lanka Journal of Menopause
Menopause Society of Sri Lanka
No 112, Model Farm Road
Colombo 8, Sri Lanka
Telephone 94 112 699211
Email: editorsljom@gmail.com

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

1. The submission has not been previously published, in part or in whole, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
2. All third-party-owned materials used have been identified with appropriate credit lines, and permission has been obtained from the copyright holder for all formats of the journal. Authors acknowledge their responsibility to gain all permissions prior to submission.
3. All authors qualify as authors, as defined in the authorship guidelines, and have given permission to be listed on the submitted paper.
4. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines. Every effort has been made to ensure that the submission is ready for peer review according to the journal's review policy (following the instructions to ensure blind peer review).
5. Tables are all cited in the main text and are included within the text document.
6. All patients included within case reports or other article types in which an individual or a group of individuals can be identified have signed informed consent forms, or had had their legal guardian do so, giving permission to publish the submitted content under a CC-BY licence.
7. Research has been approved by an appropriate ethics committee, with the name of the committee and reference number of approval included within the submitted file. Otherwise, a statement that ethics approval was not required has been added to the file.

Copyright Notice

Copyright on any research article in the Menopause Society of Sri Lanka is retained by the author(s). The authors grant the Sri Lanka Journal of Menopause a license to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher.

Articles in the Sri Lanka Journal of Menopause are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This license permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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