Guide for Authors

Submission of article material:

An electronic script should be submitted for initial review by a referee of the journal. Neither the judgment fees nor the typed script are returned in case the article is not accepted for publication. For accepted articles, a script is returned with the correction recommendations made by the referee, and the final acceptance is given only after making all of the corrections.
The subscriber should return the corrected article in the form of one final typed script (signed by one of the first three authors) and as a Word format file at least 4 weeks before the date of the coming issue (the journal is issued three monthly), else publication will be delayed to the following issue.
Publication fees are due with the submission of the final copy. Authors should retain a further backup copy of the script in case the submitted file is damaged during processing. The editors will make every effort to publish an accepted article, when submitted in time, in the first coming issue; however, this might not be possible in all cases because of editing topic arrangements or expanded volume of publication material.
In this case, the subscriber is informed within one week of submission of the final copy and the publication fees (not the judgment fees) will be fully refunded if the delay of publication is not accepted. For confidentiality, the journal will not pass any information regarding the submitted material except to the subscriber.

Format specifications of the typed script and Word file:
Text should be written as a Word document in A4 paper Format. Page margins at top and bottom should be at least 2.5cm and at right and left, at least 3 cm with no headers or footers. Font style should be ‘Times New Roman’, ‘Arial’, or ‘Courier’ in a regular 14pt size. The paragraph should be of ‘1.5 line spacing’ and as one column. No page borders or shadings for paragraphs or pages. All pages should be numbered. Tables and graphs are included in the text in place where they are supposed to be and their format will be retained as submitted in most cases.
To ensure high-quality printing, color photos should be in JPEG format, of reasonable size and 300 dpi resolution. Arrows or markings placed on photos should be embedded to prevent displacement with re-sizing. Each photo should be named after the ‘figure number’ of this photo in the text. Places of tables and figures in the text are subject to alterations when necessary to conform to the journal format and page design.
Articles submitted with major differences from the aforementioned specifications will be returned to the authors for re-formatting and the publication date might be delayed. Articles with extensive language, spelling or grammar mistakes are liable to rejection.

Contents of an article:

A) Title: This should contain (1) a concise, informative title; (2) the names and initials of the authors, and their qualifications (maximum two per author) (3) the department(s) and institution(s) they belong to and (4) the name and address of the author responsible for correspondence.
B) Abstract: This should contain a summary of no more than 150 words. Details of surgical techniques should not be included in the summary. At least three keywords should be included at its end.
C) Tables and illustrations: They should be numbered in the order in which they are mentioned in the text, and Each should have a short explanatory caption. Tables should show lines between columns and rows with no shadings and should be in a format that allows editing and not in a picture or PDF format.
D) Text: A short introduction, patients and methods, results, and discussion are the usual sections. The aim of the study is mentioned at the end of the introduction. The department(s) and institution(s) where the work was carried out, the period and the statistical methods should be mentioned in the patients and methods. The conclusion, in max. 2 short paragraphs, is written at the end of the discussion. Conflict of interest, if any, should be stated. Patients and methods including the surgical techniques as well as the results should be written in the past tense.
E) Measurements and abbreviations: Measurements should be given in the units in which they were made, but non-metric units must be accompanied by metric (SI) equivalents. Generic drug names should be used (proprietary/other names may follow in parentheses). If an abbreviation is used, the term for which it stands should be given in full at its first mention in the text. F) Acknowledgements: These should be limited to those who made substantial contributions to the study. Grant support may be mentioned.
G) References: The Vancouver numerical style is used, in which references are identified in the text by superior (superscript) Arabic numbers (after the punctuation mark and not in-between brackets), for example: The J-pouch was shown to be superior to straight coloanal anastomosis and to other pouches andcoloplasties.3,7-9 Under the heading of “References” at the end of the text, references should be numbered and listed consecutively in the order they are first cited in the text. They should include names and initials of all authors unless more than six (in this case the sixth author is followed by et al); the title of the paper; the journal title abbreviated according to the style found in the Index Medicus; the year of publication; the volume number (and issue/supplement number if appropriate) and the first and last page numbers in full. References to books should give the book title, the volume or edition number, if applicable; the publisher, the year of publication, and relevant page numbers; those of multiple authorship should also include the chapter or article title, the first and last page numbers, and the name and initials of editors. References should be written exactly as the following examples including names of authors, letter characters, font style, spacing, and punctuation:
1. Mittal V, Salem M, Tyburski J, Brocato J, Lloyd L, Silva Y, et al: Residents’ working hours in a consortium-wide surgical education program. Am Surg 2004; 70(2): 127- 131.
2. Kirk RM: Teaching the craft of operative surgery. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 1996; 78(1 Suppl): 25-28.
3. Clain A: Hamilton Baily’s demonstrations of physical signs in clinical surgery. Bristol: John Wright & Sons LTD and the English Language Book Society (Publishers); 16th ed. 1980.
4. Shelton AA, Schrock TR, Welton ML: Small intestine. In: Current surgical diagnosis and treatment. Way LW, Doherty GM, (Editors); USA: Lange Medical Books/Mc Graw-Hill (Publishers); 11th ed. 2003; p.674-704.

References written in other styles will not be accepted. Submissions should be made only online: https://asjs.journals.ekb.eg/

D) Text: A short introduction, patients and methods, results, and discussion are the usual sections. The aim of the study is mentioned at the end of the introduction. The aim of work, patients, and methods, as well as results should be written in the past tense. The department(s) and institution(s) where the work was carried out, the period and the statistical methods should be mentioned in the patients and methods. The conclusion, in max. 2 short paragraphs, is written at the end of the discussion. Conflict of interest, if any, should be stated. Patients and methods including the surgical techniques as well as the results should be written in the past tense.

Manuscript submission, processing, and publication charges:
The journal charge for submission, processing, and publication of manuscripts is 3000 Egyptian Pound.