Where relevant authors must supply the complete URL for each reference as cited on Medline. All types of articles except review articles, should have a maximum of 25 references.
The accuracy of references is the responsibility of the author and articles found to contain inaccuracies in references will be returned. Authors must not cite references to works they have not read without explicitly stating that their information derives from a secondary source. Authors must also ensure that the material is quoted with the approval of the originator. Please superscript the references in the text (for example.2) References, numbered in the order in which they are mentioned in the text, should be listed on a separate page. Journal abbreviation should be as listed in Index Medicus.
References to journals should give: name(s) of author(s), title of article, title of journal, year, volume number, page numbers. For example: Meo SA, Rubeaan K, Arif and Shah SF. Int J Dib Mel 2006; 1: 10-15
References to books/monographs should give: name(s) of author(s), chapter title; editors; title of book; place of publication; publisher’s name; date; page numbers. For example:
Rhodes AJ, Van Rooyen CE. Textbook of Virology for Students and Practitioners of Medicine and the other Health Sciences 5th Edn. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 20.5:125-40. References to unpublished material is not recommended.