The Journal of Personalized & Integrative Medicine (JPIM) is a reputable integrative scientific journal which publicizes original editorial letters, reviews, original articles – research articles, case reports, short communication on various topics from pharmaceutical, biology, chemistry and medical domains.

The journal aims to publish 1 (one) issue per year and several supplements as electronic editions. All articles will be presented in English.

Submission  methodology

In order to submit your research please go to Contact us section, on our website.

Any article submitted to JPIM will be accompanied by the following statements:

Conflict of Interest

Conflict of interest statement is required by JPIM requires in order to avoid any misjudgments on what is published by the authors. The statement is applicable to all authors and co-authors who should disclose any potential conflict of interests (e.g., employment, consulting fees, research contracts, stock ownership, patent licenses, advisory affiliations, etc.).

Any formulation similar to:

• I/We undersign, certificate that I/We do not have any financial or personal relationships that might bias the content of this work.
• None of the authors has conflicts of interest concerning commercial or financial involvements. No author is affiliated with an organization whose financial interests may be affected by the material in this manuscript.

may be used.

However, if such relationship does exist, have to be clearly presented and described.

Financial competing interests may include, but are not limited at:

• Receiving reimbursements, fees, funding, or salary from an organization that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of the manuscript, either now or in the future.
• Holding stocks or shares in an organization that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of the manuscript, either now or in the future.
• Holding, or currently applying for, patents relating to the content of the manuscript.
• Receiving reimbursements, fees, funding, or salary from an organization that holds or has applied for patents relating to the content of the manuscript.

Non-financial competing interests may include, but are not limited at:

• political, personal, religious, ideological, academic, and intellectual competing interests etc.

Commercial organizations

Authors from pharmaceutical companies, or other commercial organizations that sponsor clinical trials, should declare these as competing interests on submission. They should also adhere to the Good Publication Practice guidelines for pharmaceutical companies (GPP2022), which are designed to ensure that publications are produced in a responsible and ethical manner.

This should apply to all original papers, including original research, editorials, state of the art papers, review articles, case reports, and letter to the editor.

Statement on Human and Animal Rights

Experimental research on vertebrates or any regulated invertebrates must comply with institutional, national, or international guidelines, and where available should have been approved by an appropriate ethics committee. The Basel Declaration outlines fundamental principles to adhere to when conducting research in animals and the International Council for Laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS) has also published ethical guidelines.

For experimental studies involving client-owned animals, authors must also document informed consent from the client or owner and adherence to a high standard (best practice) of veterinary care.

Any formulation similar to:

• “I/We undersign and certificate that the research conducted complied with the ethical standards in accordance with Helsinki Declaration (of 1975, revised in 2013), as well as national regulations in the field.”

may be used.

This should apply to all papers, including original papers, clinical studies, case reports, and images in medicine.

Statement on informed consent

For all research involving human subjects, informed consent to participate in the study should be obtained from participants (or their parent or guardian in the case of children under 18) and a statement to this effect should appear in the work.

For all works that include details, images, or videos relating to individual participants, written informed consent for the publication of these must be obtained from the participants (or their parent or legal guardian in the case of children under 18) and a statement to this effect should appear in the work.

A consent form must be made available to the Editor(s) on request and will be treated confidentially. In cases where images are entirely unidentifiable and there are no details on individuals reported within the manuscript, consent for publication of images may not be required. The final decision on whether consent to publish is required lies with the Editor(s). When informed consent has been obtained it should also be indicated in the published work.

In the case of articles describing human transplantation studies, authors must include a statement declaring that no organs/tissues were obtained from prisoners and must also name the institution(s)/clinic(s)/department(s) via which organs/tissues were obtained. Documentary evidence of consent must be supplied if requested.

Any formulation similar to:

• “I/We undersign and certificate that I/We have obtained the written consent of the identified persons or their legal guardians for the presentation of the cases within the present scientific paper.”

may be used.

This should apply to all papers, including, original papers, clinical studies, case reports, and images in medicine.

Declaration of originality

This should apply to all papers, including, original papers, clinical studies, case reports, and images in medicine.

Format of articles

Manuscripts submitted to our journal should be prepared in accordance with the JPIM guideline for authors. The papers, written fully in English, will be submitted as Word documents and must comply with the following criteria, presented for each type of submission.

Authors are kindly requested to comply with the following recommendation, in order to help editorial processing

General features (all submissions)

• Century schoolbook. General font size 12 pt. Spacing 1.5. Alignment justified.
• Do not insert page numbers or line numbers.
• Sub-titles and general headings should be presented in lower case letters (not capitals).
• The articles may be written using American or British English, (never both in same manuscript).
• All manuscripts must contain a title page that includes all of the following:

• • Title of the paper – in bold, font size 14 pt. This should not contain any abbreviation unless they are commonly used.
  • Full names and academic degrees of the authors. Indicate the authors’ affiliation and connect the author to his affiliation using (1), (2), (3) after the authors’ names and before affiliation.
  • Full postal addresses.
  • Name, full postal address, telephone, and e-mail address of the corresponding author(s) will be mentioned in footnotes.
  • Equal contribution, if applicable, indicated by asterisk.
  • Information about research grants, including the place (city/country). Please specify if the paper was sponsored by a company.

• In order to avoid any delays, use standard abbreviations and unit measurements.

Original research article will include:

1. Title page (see section 2.1 for more details).
2. The abstract will usually be formatted as follows: Objectives, Material and Methods, Results, Discussions, Conclusions. These titles will appear explicitly in the body of the text. This section will have 150-300 words and does not contain any references.
3. Key words (5-10).
4. Materials and methods.
5. Acknowledgements (mentioning all sources of funding and support for research, all persons who participated).
6. Statements: Conflict of interests (if the article is subsequently accepted for publication, this information should be also included in the end section), Statement on human and animal rights, Statement of informed consent, Declaration of originality
7. They should be identified in text by Arabic numbers and numbered in the cited order. Keep in mind that the reference list will start with the online materials.The references will have the following format:
   1. Authors, name and initial of surname (no full stop);
   2. Title of the article in italic;
   3. Title of the Journal in international abbreviation;
   4. Year, followed by semicolon;
   5. Volume, followed by colons;
   6. Pages where the article may be found;
   7. DOI number for article with a Digital Object Identifier;
   8. If the article quoted is published in abstract (ex. journal, volume with abstracts of scientific events), the source will be indicated preceded by „Abstr. in:“.
   9. For reference citation examples, see section 3 of this guideline.
8. Figures/Pictures (if any) will be also submitted as a separate file from the manuscript. Accepted format: JPEG.
   Figures/Pictures should be prepared in a way that ensures to ensure that the version submitted to us is an honest and accurate representation of the original observation(s) made by the authors and minimizes any possible misinterpretation of what was done experimentally. Please, use imagines that add clarity to the text, without repeating the information already presented in main text.
   Authors should use pictures with high resolution to avoid any misjudgment of it. Furthermore, they should be submitted in the desired printing format in order to avoid dimension processing. In case images have any special properties, it is recommended that the authors indicate the original source.
   Submission of colored pictures is a free of charge service. However, we recommend a moderate amount of pictures.
   Figure legend should explain all symbols and abbreviations used.
   Figures labels:

• Labels must be sized in proportion to the image, clearly and coherent;
• Labels must use Century schoolbook font;
• Labels must be presented in English (American or British English, but the same for all labels);
• The labels should be of the same font and size in all figures;
• DOI number for article with a Digital Object Identifier;
• If the article quoted is published in abstract (ex. journal, volume with abstracts of scientific events), the source will be indicated preceded by „Abstr. in:“.
• For reference citation examples, see section 3 of this guideline.

Letters to editor will include:

1. Letter should be concise (between 250-500 words), well-written, current and appealing.
2. Letter will be addressed to the editor of JPIM.
3. Title should be explanatory, the content should appear successively and the letter should end with a final closing comment.
4. This section should be comprise in one paragraph and will include the reason for writing, objectives. If the letter criticize or comments an article, the source-article should be mentioned in this section.
5. Main section may have 2-3 paragraphs and will provide a debate regarding the claims.
6. This is the final section and will close with a summary of the criticism or of the opinion above presented.
7. Author(s) should try to use a maximum of 5 (five) references. They should be identified in text by Arabic numbers and numbered in the cited order. Keep in mind that the reference list will start with the online materials. The references will have the following format:
   • • Authors, name and initial of surname (no full stop);
     • Title of the article in italic;
     • Title of the Journal in international abbreviation;
     • Year, followed by semicolon;
     • Volume, followed by colons;
     • Pages where the article may be found;
     • DOI number for article with a Digital Object Identifier;
     • If the article quoted is published in abstract (ex. journal, volume with abstracts of scientific events), the source will be indicated preceded by „Abstr. in:“.
     • For reference citation examples, see section 3 of this guideline
8. Author(s) should avoid, if possible, including in the letter any figures, pictures or tables

Short communications will include:

1. Short communications are limited to 3000 words and are not split in any sections.
2. This section will have 150-300 words and does not contain any references.
3. Key words (3-10).
4. Main section may have 3-5 paragraphs.
5. They should be identified in text by Arabic numbers and numbered in the cited order. Keep in mind that the reference list will start with the online materials. The references will have the following format:
   1. Authors, name and initial of surname (no full stop);
   2. Title of the article in italic;
   3. Title of the Journal in international abbreviation;
   4. Year, followed by semicolon;
   5. Volume, followed by colons;
   6. Pages where the article may be found;
   7. DOI number for article with a Digital Object Identifier;
   8. If the article quoted is published in abstract (ex. journal, volume with abstracts of scientific events), the source will be indicated preceded by „Abstr. in:“.
   9. For reference citation examples, see section 3 of this guideline.
6. Author(s) should try to use no more then 6 (six) figures or tables, combined.
7. Each paper will begin with “Short Communication:” followed by the title.

Case reports will include:

1. Title page (see section 2.1 for more details).
2. The abstract will usually be formatted as follows: Background, Case presentation, Conclusions. This should not exceed 350 words and does not contain any references.
3. Key words (3-10).
4. This section will provide study/case details, its objectives, a short presentation of the existing medical literature.
5. Case presentation. This section should include a characterization of the patient’s relevant demographic details, medical history, symptoms and signs, treatment or intervention, outcomes and any other significant details.
6. Statements: Conflict of interests (if the article is subsequently accepted for publication, this information should be also included in the end section), Statement on human and animal rights, Statement of informed consent, Declaration of originality. See section 1 of the present guideline for more details regarding each statement.
7. They should be identified in text by Arabic numbers and numbered in the cited order. Keep in mind that the reference list will start with the online materials. The references will have the following format:
   1. Authors, name and initial of surname (no full stop);
   2. Title of the article in italic;
   3. Title of the Journal in international abbreviation;
   4. Year, followed by semicolon;
   5. Volume, followed by colons;
   6. Pages where the article may be found;
   7. DOI number for article with a Digital Object Identifier;
   8. If the article quoted is published in abstract (ex. journal, volume with abstracts of scientific events), the source will be indicated preceded by „Abstr. in:“;
   9. For reference citation examples, see section 3 of this guideline

Reference citation examples

• Books
  • Authors/editors, name and surname (in initials) (no full stop);
  • Title, Edition (if suitable);
  • Place of publication: Publishing House, Year;
  • Example: Ramesh C. G. Biomarkers in Toxicology, Second edition. 2019.
• Chapters from books and volumes written by different authors:
  • Author of the chapter, name and initial of surname (no full stop);
  • Title of chapter;
  • Particle „In:” followed by authors or editors of the volume;
  • Title in italic, Edition (if suitable);
  • Place of publication: publishing house (if possible);
  • Year followed by column;
  • Pages where the chapter may be found.
  • Example: Negrei C., Galateanu B. Risk Factors as Biomarkers of Susceptibility in Breast Cancer. Biomarkers in Toxicology, Second edition. In Ramesh C. Gupta. 2019, 841-853.
• Online material
  • Cite the URL, together with the last date when you accessed the website;
  • Before each URL place ‘***’;
  • Keep in mind, that the reference list will start with the online materials;
  • Example: ***https://go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00945. Last accessed 07.02.2023.
• Journal article
  • Authors, name and initial of surname (no full stop);
  • Title of the article, italic;
  • Title of the Journal in international abbreviation;
  • Year, followed by semicolon;
  • Volume, followed by colons;
  • Pages where the article may be found;
  • DOI number;
  • Example: Ziani K., Negrei C., Ioniţă-Mîndrican C.B., Musuc A.M., Predoi V., Udeanu D.I., Mititelu M. Drug-food interactions: the influence on the patient’s therapeutic plan. Farmacia. 2022; 70 (5). DOI: 10.31925/farmacia.2022.5.3.