PAKISTAN VETERINARY JOURNAL
pISSN: 0253-8318; eISSN: 2074-7764
Checklist for Authors
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This completed checklist must accompany each manuscript at the time of its submission to the Pakistan Veterinary
Journal. If incomplete, the manuscript will be returned to the author to meet all the requirements for submission before
processing. Authors are urged to submit the relevant electronic files (MS Word) via e-mail (editor@[Link]). For
additional details, please consult the Guidelines for Contributors available at [Link]
Please check the boxes accordingly
S. No. Detail Taken Care
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1. Have you indicated category of your manuscript on the top right corner of the title page?
2. Have you described novelty of the study in three to four sentences on title page?
3. Have you suggested reviewers (Minimum 3; with at least two from technologically advanced
countries, viz., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, New Zealand, UK or USA
along with their official addresses and official e-mail addresses)? Yahoo or gmail based emails are
not official emails. This list must be in a separate file.
4. Size of the page must not exceed A4 (8.27" x 11.69")
5. Have you used Font size Time New Roman 12?
6. Is the manuscript continuously line numbered and have double spaced?
7. Have you page numbered the manuscript on upper right corner?
8. Manuscript is arranged in specified arrangement i.e., starting with the title page having author’s
names and affiliations, statement of novelty, and continuing in the following order: abstract and
keywords, Introduction, materials and methods (not exceeding 600 words), results, discussion,
references, figures, legends and tables.
9. Does your manuscript meet specified word count (Original full length article and Short
communication/Case report must not exceed 4500 and 2000 words (including references),
respectively)?
10. Provided abstract meets specified word numbers (not exceeding 250 and 150 words for Original
full length article and short communication/Case report, respectively)?
11. Maximum of 6 Keywords have been provided.
12. Tables and figures/figures must not exceed 8.
13. Have you mentioned contribution of each author before references?
14. Images have been scanned at the highest possible resolution (minimum 300 dpi).
15. Measurements have been expressed in SI units.
16. There are approximately 40/10 references in original full length article and Short
communication/Case report, respectively.
17. Out of the total references enlisted, at latest 1/3 references are from the last five years (2019-
2023).
18. References are formatting according to format of Pak Vet J.
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