The proceeding of the conference will be published in the Journal of Research on History of Medicine (rhm.sums.ac.ir) as a short article, free of charge. This journal is indexed in SCOPUS.
The structure of abstracts should be as below:
Cover Page - for all submissions: Include the article title, a short running title (short form of the main title presented on the top of published pages under 50 characters, with space), the full names of all authors and their academic titles, affiliations and Orchid ID. Also phone number, postal address and email address of Correspondence must be noticed.
Summery: Summery must be written in a paragraph up to 150 words, followed by 3-5 Key Words selected from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).
Main Text: Main text must include Introduction, Material and Methods, Results and Discussion (and/or Conclusion) up to 1000 words, 1 figure or table and 5 references.
References: Full references should be listed in Harvard style and alphabetical order at the end of the paper and made to published articles rather than to abstracts whenever possible, as below:
Book Referencing Example ® Mitchell, J.A. William, S.T. and Thomson, M., 2017. A guide to citation. 3rd ed. London: London Publisher.
Book Referencing with Four or More Authors Example ® Mitchell, J.A. et al., 1988. A guide to citation. New York: My Publisher.
Book Referencing with no Authors Example ® A guide to citation, 2017. London: Oxford.
Edited Book Example ® William, S.T. and Propp, K.K. eds., n.d. Referencing: a guide to citation rules. New York: My Publisher.
Chapter in an Edited Book Example ® Troy B.N., 2000. Harvard citation rules. In: Williams, S.T. ed. 2015. A guide to citation rules. New York: NY Publishers, pp. 34-89.
Multiple works by one author Example ®
Mitchell, J.A. (2017a) A guide to citation. London: Oxford.
Mitchell, J.A. (2017b) Harvard citation rules. New York: My Publisher.
Translated Book Example ® Mitchell, J.A., 2017. A guide to citation. Translated from German by J.A. Underwood. San Francisco: Arion.
E-Book Example ® Mitchell, J.A., Thomson, M. and Coyne, R.P., 2017. A guide to citation. [e-book]. Chester: Castle Press. Available at: https://www.mendeley.com/reference-management/reference-manager [Accessed 10 September 2016]
Journal Article Example ® Mitchell, J.A., 2017. How citation changed the research world. The Mendeley, 62(9), pp. 70-81.
Journal Article Online Example ® Mitchell, J.A., 2017. How citation changed the research world. The Mendeley, [e-journal] 62(9). Available at: https://www.mendeley.com/reference-management/reference-manager [Accessed 15 November 2016]
Newspaper Article Example ® Mitchell, J.A., n.d. Changes to citation formats shake the research world. The Times, 6 July. pp. 9-12.
Online Newspaper Article Example ® Mitchell, J.A., 2017. Changes to citation formats shake the research world. Times Online, [Online] 6 July. Available at: https://www.mendeley.com/reference-management/ [Accessed 15 November 2016]
Manuscripts Example ® Brown, P.S., 1915. An address to the Farmer. [Manuscript] Holdbury Collection. 600. London: Holdbury Library.
Conference Article Example ® Mitchell, J.A., 2005. Evaluating surveys of transparent governance. In: UNDESA (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs), 6th Global forum on reinventing government. Seoul, Republic of Korea 24-27 May 2005. New York: United Nations.
Thesis Example ® Richmond, J., 2005. Customer expectations in the world of electronic banking: a case study of the Bank of Britain. Ph. D. Anglia Ruskin University.
Electronic Images Example ® Brown, B.S., 1983. Man Ray. [Photograph] Available at: https://www.mendeley.com/reference-management/reference-manager [Accessed 10 September 2016]
Note: Referencing AI-generated material as the primary source is not acceptable.
In-Text Citations: In-text references are references written within the main body of text and refer to a quote or paraphrase. They are much shorter than full references. The full reference of in-text citations appears in the reference list. In Harvard referencing, in-text citations contain the author(s)’s or editor(s)’s surname, year of publication and page number(s). For example: (Mitchell, n.d., p. 189) note that p. refers to a single page, pp. refers to a range of pages and n.d. refers to no date.
Two or Three Authors ® When citing a source with two or three authors, state all surnames like so: (Mitchell, Coyne and Thomson, 2017, p. 189)
Four or More Authors ® In this case, the first author’s surname should be stated followed by ‘et al’: (Mitchell et al, 2017, p, 189)
No Author ® If possible, use the organization responsible for the post in place of the author. If not, use the title in italics: (A guide to citation, 2017, pp. 189-201)
Multiple Works from the Same Author in the Same Year ® If referencing multiple works from one author released in the same year, the works are allocated a letter (a, b, c etc) after the year. This allocation is done in the reference list so is done alphabetically according to the author's surname and source title: (Mitchell, 2017a, p. 189)
Citing Multiple Works in One Parentheses ® List the in-text citations in the normal way but with semicolons between different references: (Mitchell, 2017, p. 189; Smith, 200; Andrews, 1989, pp. 165-176)
Citing Different Editions of the Same Work in One Parentheses ® Include the author(s)’s name only once followed by all the appropriate dates separated by semicolons: (Mitchell, 2010; 2017)
Citing a Reference with No Date ® In this case simply state ‘no date’ in place of the year: (Mitchell, no date, p. 189)
Citing a Secondary Source ® In this case, state the reference you used first followed by ‘cited in’ and the original author: (Smith, 2000, cited in Mitchell, 2017, p. 189)
Chapter in an Edited Book ® Use the chapter author surname, not the editor.
Tables and figures: Tables and figures can be added after the references in separate pages or submitted by separate file(s). A short descriptive title should appear above each table with a clear legend, with suitably identified notes below it. Also a clear legend is needed for each figure which must appear in the separate page at the end of manuscript (after the tables). Illustrations must be 300 dpi or higher resolution. The figures which were obtained from other sources and not original are needed to permission from original source.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Assisted Technology: At submission, the authors should disclose whether they used artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted technologies (such as Large Language Models [LLMs], chatbots, or image creators) in the production of submitted work. Authors who use such technology should describe, in both the cover letter and the submitted work in the appropriate section if applicable, how they used it. For example, if AI was used for writing assistance, describe this in the acknowledgment section. If AI was used for data collection, analysis, or figure generation, authors should describe this use in the methods. Chatbots (such as ChatGPT) should not be listed as authors because they cannot be responsible for the accuracy, integrity, and originality of the work. Authors should carefully review and edit the result because AI can generate authoritative-sounding output that can be incorrect, incomplete, or biased. Authors should not list AI and AI assisted technologies as an author or co-author, nor cite AI as an author. Authors should be able to assert that there is no plagiarism in their paper, including in text and images produced by the AI. Humans must ensure there is appropriate attribution of all quoted material, including full citations.
Numbers: Use Arabic numerals for all measurements, number of subjects in a group, ages, and the like, except when starting a sentence, where the numbers should be spelled out.
Non-English Words: Italicize non-English words (including society names, book titles, quotations, and isolated words), within the text.
Quotations: Short quotations within a paragraph should have double quotation marks. Use single quotation marks only for a quote within a quote. Long quotations (more than one sentence) should be indented as a block of text with opening and closing quotation marks in new and separate paragraph.
Ethical Considerations
The journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). COPE's flowcharts and guidelines are approached in confronting any ethical misbehavior. The Journal also follows the guidelines mentioned in the Uniform Requirements for Manuscript Submitted to Biomedical Journals (http://www.icmje.org/#privacy).