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The International Journal of Cancer and Biomedical Research (IJCBR) is an International and interdisciplinary journal of preclinical and clinical studies in the area of cancer and biomedical research. It is a peer-reviewed journal in English, published quarterly (in March, June, September, and December) by the Egyptian Association for Cancer Research (EACR) in both print and online formats (4 issues making a volume). Special issues or supplements may also be produced from time to time upon agreement with the Editorial Board.  

Scope

The main aim of IJCBR is to attract the best research in animal and human biology in health and diseases from across the spectrum of the biomedical sciences at the molecular, cellular, organ, and whole animal levels especially those that are related to cancer research, including causes, prediction, diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy. 

General specifications for different types of articles

• Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, except in a limited form (e.g., short communication to a symposium or as part of MSc or PhD theses) and should not be under consideration for publication by other journals.
• All co-authors should agree with the content of the manuscript. Authors must have obtained permission to use any copyrighted material in the manuscript before submission. 

IJCBR publishes different types of articles:

• Original Article (6000 words with 4 tables and 4 figures, maximum 8 display items): Articles with novel findings are the target of IJCBR. Articles presenting a detailed description of a new technique, comparison of existing methods, meta-analyses with comprehensive and in-depth discussion are considered. Papers in a numbered series are not accepted unless all are submitted at the same time. 
• Short communications or case study (3000 words with 4 display items): Short communications present exceptionally exciting, novel or timely contents are considered. They will be peer-reviewed in the same way as research papers. The references are restricted to 15. 
• Reviews or systematic review (9000 words with 10 display items): They are invited by the Editorial Board or unsolicited. Review articles have to be contemporary and comprehensive and add information to the knowledge. Sharp critical analyses of novel data or concepts are encouraged. When relevant, a statistical analysis of data and a meta-analysis approach are recommended. 
• Opinion papers, letter to the editor or comment to the editor (1500 words with 2 display items): They are submitted by invitation of the Editorial Board. They are short papers, which aim to inform scientists, industry, and the public and policymakers about cutting-edge issues in research or the impact of research. They reflect the opinion of their authors who bear full responsibility of the published paper. The references are restricted to 10. 
• Conference/Symposium papers: The journal will consider for publication the results of original work and critical reviews that are presented at conferences/symposia. Symposium organizers who wish to publish bundles of papers from a symposium/conference in IJCBR should first contact the Editor-in-Chief of the IJCBR (EACR@unv.tanta.edu.eg) for agreement. Supplementary material can be proposed and will be made available online. The responsibility for the preparation of a paper in a form suitable for publication lies with the author. 
• Thesis: IJCBR can publish the summary and abstract of Master and PhD theses in a special issue. 

English: Good quality of written English is required. Spelling may be in British or American English but must be consistent throughout the paper. Care should be exercised in the use of biological terminology that is ill-defined or of local familiarity only. We recommend that authors have their manuscripts checked by an English language native speaker before submission.  

Manuscript layout: Manuscripts should be prepared using a standard word processing program and presented in a clear readable format with easily identified sections and headings. The manuscript layout is based on the following directions.

• The main text contains Title, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion, References, Tables, figures.
• The title needs to be concise and informative. Use bold, with an initial capital for the first word only and for words that ordinarily take capitals.
• Short (running) title (max 80 characters including spacing).
• The article text should be typed with double line spacing with wide margins (2.5 cm).
• The lines must be continuously numbered; the pages must also be numbered.
• Font Calibri 12 should be used for the text, and 12 for the tables, figure legends and references.
• The sections should typically be assembled in the following order:
• Title page contains title, authors' names, full affiliations, acknowledgements and the corresponding author’s contacts and short title. 

Abstract (max 250 words, single paragraph): The abstract should be complete and understandable without citation, references, table, or figure. Use structured abstract: Background, Aim, Materials & Methods, Results and Conclusion. The context and the rationale of the study are presented succinctly to support the objectives. The experimental methods and main results are summarized but should not be overburdened by numerical values or probability values. The abstract ends with a short and clear conclusion.  

Keywords: Up to five short and specific keywords should complement the title with respect to indicating the subject of the paper in alphabetic order. 

Introduction: The introduction briefly outlines the context of the work, presents the current issues that the authors are addressing and the rationale to support the objectives, and clearly defines the objectives.

Material and methods: Material and methods should be described in sufficient detail so that others can repeat the experiment. Reference to previously published work may be used to give methodological details, provided that said publications are readily accessible and in English. The code of ethics should be followed for all experiments use animals or human samples. 

Statistical analysis of results: The statistical design and the models of statistical analysis must be described, as well as each of the statistical methods used. Sufficient statistical details must be given to allow replication of the statistical analysis. The experimental unit should be defined (e.g., individual or group of animals). 

Results: Data are presented as tables and figures. Brief description of the results for each table and figure should be presented. Unpublished data can be mentioned when necessary. 

Discussion: Should be separate from the Results section and should focus only on intra- and inter-data discussion (the data in the results section) as well as with the relative data in the literature. Don’t repeat information already presented in the Introduction section. Start the first paragraph in the Discussion with a paragraph stating the rationale behind the study, the objectives, and the main findings. End the Discussion with a short conclusion. 

Acknowledgements: In this section, the authors may acknowledge (briefly) their support staff.

Conflict of interest: All papers with a potential conflict of interest must include a description/explanation in a separate heading. 

Funding details: The authors should state the source of findings of the study (with research funder and/or grant number). If no funding, the authors should state that the study is self-funded.

References

Citation of references: In the text, references should be cited by the author(s) surname(s) and the year of publication (e.g., Salem, 2020). References with two authors should be cited with both surnames (e.g., Salem and Meshrif, 2021). References with three or more authors should be cited with the first author followed by et al. (in italics, e.g., Salem et al., 2021). Names of organizations used as authors (e.g., Food and Drug Administration) should be written out in full in the list of references and on the first mention in the text. Subsequent mentions may be abbreviated (e.g., FDA). 

• List of references. Literature cited should be listed in alphabetical order by authors' names. It is the author’s responsibility to ensure that all references are correct. All authors should be written and so the full journal name.

References from journal articles are formatted in APA 6th as this example:

Billoski, T. V. (1992). Introduction to Paleontology (6th ed.). Institutional Press.

Morehouse, S. I., & Tung, R. S. (1993). Statistical evidence for early extinction of reptiles due to the K/T event. Journal of Paleontology, 17(2), 198-209.

Schwartz, M. T., & Billoski, T. V. (1990). Greenhouse hypothesis: effect on dinosaur extinction. In B. T. Jones & N. V. Lovecraft (Eds.), Extinction (pp. 175-189). Barnes and Ellis.

Tables:

The data should be presented in tables or in graphs, not both.

• Each table should be placed on a separate page at the end of the main text.
• Tables are numbered consecutively using Arabic numbering. They are referred to as Table 1, Table 2, etc., with capital ‘T’, no italics.
• Each table has its explanatory caption. The caption is sufficient to permit the table to be understood without reference to the text.
• Abbreviations used in tables/figures have to be defined either as footnotes or in the caption.  

Figures

• Package the figures in a single PowerPoint file. Each figure in a separate slide.
• Figure size should be readable in a width of approximately 8-175 mm (i.e., the maximum size of printing over two columns).
• Ensure that the font size is large enough to be readable at the final print size, use Calibri font to ensure that they are consistent throughout the figures.
• The figures should preferably be provided as TIFF or EPS files.
• The resolutions of figures must be at least 300 dpi.
• Preparation of images for a manuscript: For guidance, we refer to the Journal of Cell Biology’s instructions to authors (http://jcb.rupress.org/site/misc/ifora.xhtml#image_aquisition).
• If a cropped image is included in the main text of a paper (e.g., a few lanes of a gel), display the full original image, including the appropriate controls, the molecular size ladder and/or the scale as relevant, as a single figure in a Supplementary Material file to facilitate peer-review and for subsequent online publication.
• Supplementary material is submitted along with the main manuscript in a separate file and identified at uploading as "Supplementary File – for Online Publication Only." The title of the article is included at the top of the supplementary material. 

Corresponding author’s guidelines: Upon acceptance, the corresponding author is required to send his/her recent formal photo to be attached to the front page of the article. 

Copyright and Licensing:

The policy for copyright shall be clearly stated in the author guidelines and the copyright holder named on all published articles. Likewise, licensing information shall be clearly described in guidelines on the website, and licensing terms shall be indicated on all published articles, both HTML and PDFs. If authors are allowed to publish under a Creative Commons license, then any specific license requirements shall be noted. Any policies on posting of final accepted versions or published articles on third-party repositories shall be clearly stated.

Publication Fees:

The journal charges 3000 LE as publication fees for Egyptian authors and 100 US$ for non-Egyptian authors. EACR members receive a 15% discount of these publication fees.