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.

• The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
• The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
• Where available, DOI, and links to [PubMed]] and [Free full text] for the references have been provided.
• The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
• The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines. We use Vancouver style of referencing.
• Following files have been uploaded;
  1. Authors'contribution form
  2. Model submission form duly signed by all of the authors
  3. Copy of Institutional Ethical Review Committee certificate
  4. Proof of payment of manuscript processing fee
  Please visit http://apicareonline.com/index.php/APIC/documents to download relevant documents.
• Authors can download Model Submission Form, Authors contribution form, a checklist for reviewers for self-review by the authors and details about manuscript processing fee charged at the time of submission. http://apicareonline.com/index.php/APIC/documents