Formating

A template can be downloaded here

General style

• Times New Roman. Font size 12. Spacing 1.5. Alignment Justified.
• Use a single tab on the first line of each new paragraph.
• Do not insert page numbers or line numbers.
• Subtitles and general headings should be presented in lower-case letters and should be numbered.
• Authors may use either British English or American English spellings throughout your manuscript, but not both.
• Define abbreviations the first time they are mentioned in the abstract, text; also the first time they are mentioned in a table or figure.
• Use standard abbreviations where possible. 
• Active substance names should be written in lowercase.
• Keywords are not capitalized.
• Figures should be inserted in the manuscript immediately after their first mention in the text. Figures are numbered in Arabic numerals (1, 2, etc.). Figures should include a title, placed below the figure. If the figure contains abbreviations, a legend should be placed below the figure.
• Tables should be inserted in the manuscript immediately after their first mention in the text. Tables are numbered in Roman numerals (I, II, etc.). Tables should include a title, placed above the table. If the table contains abbreviations, a legend should be placed below it. Tables should include measurement units.
• All websites need to be cited in text (as a reference number) and included at the end in the reference list.
• Capitalize words such as Group, Section, Method, etc. if followed by a number, e.g. “In Group 4, five patients…”
• There is ALWAYS a space before and after > or < or ≤ or ≥ or ±.
• IC50: 50 always in subscript, also EC50, LC50, LD50, TC50
• The measurement mL: the L is always a capital.
• Numbers at the beginning of a sentence should be written in full, i.e. 152 mL must be written as: One hundred and fifty-two millilitres.
• If a reference is written at the beginning of a sentence, e.g. “[12] studied…”, insert the author’s name before the reference number, e.g. “Smith [12] studied” or write “The authors of [13] studied
• There is a space after a number and before units such as μL, h, min, days, but NOT before %, °C or ° (angle).
• All Latin words should be in italics (in vivo, in vitro, i.e., et al., e.g., etc).
• Genes should be in italics.

References

References used have to be adequate, accurate and have to reflect the used materials from other sources.

The cited works should not be transposed into excessive self-citation of their own work or their friends’, peers’, or institution’s publications or advertising data.

All references should comply with Vancouver Style.

Guidelines:

• References should be numbered in the order they appear in the text. Correct numbering format: (1), (1, 2), (1-5), (1, 2, 5, 7-10)
• Each source keeps the same reference number every time it is cited.

• Authors are listed with the surname first followed by the first and middle initials without periods. (E.g.: Skinner BF)
• Author names are written as surname + initials without periods (e.g., Popescu AB).
• List up to 6 authors; if there are more than 6, list the first 6 followed by et al.
• Separate author names by a comma and a space
• Journal titles abbreviated according to the NLM Catalog of NCBI Journals.
• In journal or book titles, capitalize only the first word and proper nouns.
• When URLs are used, ensure that they are as direct as possible and the link still functions as close to publication as possible.