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ISSN£º | 0127-5720
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³ö°æÉ磺 | MALAYSIAN SOC PARASITOLOGY TROPICAL MEDICINE, C/O DR. LEE HAN LIM, MEDICAL ENTOMOL UNIT/INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH CENTRE, INST MEDI RES, JALAN, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, 50588
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ÆÚ¿¯ÍøÖ·£º | http://www.msptm.org/Members.html
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Ó°ÏìÒò×Ó£º | 0.59(2008) |
| Ö÷Ìâ·¶³ë£º | TROPICAL MEDICINE; PARASITOLOGY |
ÆÚ¿¯¼ò½é(About the journal)
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About the journal

The Society publishes the Journal Tropical Biomedicine, 3 issues yearly. It was first started in 1984. The journal is now abstracted / indexed by Medline, ISI Thompson, CAB International, Zoological Abstracts, SCOPUS. Impact factor 0.59. It is distributed free to all members. Members can submit articles on Parasitology, Tropical Medicine and other related subjects for publication in the journal subjected to scrutiny by referees. There is no page charges for publishing articles.
Instructions to Authors
Manuscripts must be written in English. Italics are not to be used for expressions of
Latin origin, for example et al., in vivo. Use decimal point (not commas); use a space
for thousands (11 000 and above). Italics must be used for generic and specific
names and for genes.
Print the entire manuscript in a single column on one side of the paper only, using
double spacing and wide (3cm) margins. Ensure that each new paragraph is
indicated clearly. Present tables and figures at the end of the manuscript. If
possible, consult a recent issue of the journal to become familiar with layout and
conventions. Number all pages consecutively.
Provide the following data on the title page (in the order given).
Title: Concise and informative. Avoid abbreviations where possible.
Author names and affiliations. Provide full name. Present the authors�
affiliation addresses below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a
lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author’s name and in front
of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation,
including the country name.
Corresponding author. Clearly indicate who is willing to handle
correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication and
post-publication. Ensure email address is provided.
Abstract. A concise and factual abstract is required ( maximum length 300
words). The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the
principal results and major conclusions. An abstract must be able to stand on
its own.
Arrangement of the article. This should be as follows: Introduction,
Materials, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, and References.
Introduction. Should consist of the objectives of the work and provide an
adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of
the results.
Materials and methods. Provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be
reproduced. Methods already published should be indicated by reference:
only relevant modifications should be described.
Results Results should be concise. Tables and graphs should be kept to minimum. Details of results presented in this way should not be repeated in the text. Tables and graphs should be on separate pages and should not be embedded in the text.
Discussion. This should explore the significance of the results of the work not repeat them.
Statistics. Please give references for statistical methods with which readers may not be familiar. Precise values of P should be given when possible, to no more than 2 significant figures, but P<0.001 should be used instead of smaller values. Confidence intervals and (where appropriate) values of P, X2, F etc and degrees of freedom should be given for all main results.
References. Only references cited in the text should be included in the list at the end of the paper. In the text, references should be cited thus: ‘……it has been shown (John, 1990) or as shown by John (1990). If there are 2 authors both should be named; if more than 2, only the first need be named, followed by et al. in the text. If several references are cited consecutively in the text, they should be arranged in chronological order; any with same date should be in alphabetical order.In reference list, all papers must be arranged primarily alphabetically by name(s) of author (s) if there are no more than 2; papers by more than 2 authors should follow any by the first author alone or with 1 co-author and should be arranged alphabetically by the first author’s name only; secondary arrangement, of all references, should be chronological, using lower-case letters (a, b, etc) after the date if necessary. Listed references must include: (i) name (s) and initial (s) of all the authors(not et al.) (ii) year of publication, (iii) full title of paper, (iv) full journal title, (v) volume number, (vi) first and last page numbers, e.g. Service, M.W. (1992). Importance of ecology in Aedes aegypti control. Southeast Asian
Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 23: 681-690. Citations of books should include the name(s) and initial(s) of the author(s), year of publication, title of the book or paper, editor(s) if appropriate, town of publication and publishers, e.g. Smith, J. (1969). Immunology in onchocerciasis. In: Research in Immunology, Robinson, A & Green,W. (editors) 2nd edition. London: Oliver & Boyd, pp.99-150. Authors are responsible for the correctness of references. A recent issue of Tropical Biomedicine should be consulted for details of these and other matters of style.
Please submit, with your manuscript, the names and addresses of two potential referees.
You may also mention persons who you would prefer not to review your paper.
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