Guidelines to Prepare your Articles

Submission Guidelines:

The Mega Journal of Case Reports (MJCR), ISSN: 2995-8458, is a leading international, open-access medical journal. We publish high-quality, peer-reviewed case reports and scientific articles from all areas of clinical medicine. Please submit your articles to our E-mail here: submission@megajournalcasereports.org

Submission Requirements

To submit your manuscript, please follow these guidelines:

  • All manuscripts must be written in English.
  • Your complete submission—including the abstract, main text, references, figures, tables, and any supplementary materials—must be compiled into a single Microsoft Word or PDF file.
  • Be sure to follow the specific formatting and layout instructions detailed in our Manuscript Preparation section.

Author Responsibilities

By submitting your work to MJCR, you agree to our policies and confirm that:

  • The manuscript is original and has not been published elsewhere.
  • The manuscript is not currently under consideration by any other journal.
  • Your work complies with all copyright regulations.
  • Plagiarism and duplicate submissions are strictly prohibited.

Terms of Submission:

  • By submitting, authors confirm they have read and agreed to the journal’s guidelines.
  • Manuscripts will be made freely available online for non-commercial use upon publication.
  • Manuscripts must be original and not under consideration elsewhere.

Peer-Review Process:

The journal follows a rigorous peer-review system to minimize bias.

Submit manuscripts in MS Word or PDF format with the following sections:

Cover letter

Title page

Abstract (150-250 words)

Introduction

Case Report/ Case Study, Case Series

Materials and Methods

Results

Discussion

Conclusion

Acknowledgements and Funding

Figures, Tables, and Graphs

References

Article Type Guidelines

Mega Journal of Case Reports welcomes a wide array of manuscript types that reflect the diversity of clinical and academic contributions across the healthcare and biomedical sciences. To assist authors in preparing their manuscripts, we provide the following recommended word counts and descriptions for each article category. While we do not impose rigid word limits, adhering to the suggested ranges facilitates a streamlined peer review and publication process.

Article Types:

Mega Journal of Case Reports publish articles comes in to the following categories but not limited to:

  • Research Articles
  • Review Articles
  • Case Reports
  • Clinical Images
  • Short Communications
  • Special Issue Articles
  • Editorials
  • Commentary

Original Research Articles

Recommended Length: 2,500 – 3,500 words (excluding abstract, references, tables, and figure legends)
Original research articles present novel findings from clinical, translational, or basic science investigations. Submissions should include clearly defined sections such as Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion. Authors must ensure that the study design, statistical methodology, and ethical approvals are thoroughly described.

Review Articles

Recommended Length: 3,000 – 4,000 words
Review articles provide a critical synthesis of existing literature on a specific clinical or scientific topic. These articles should offer an in-depth analysis, highlight emerging trends, discuss controversies, and identify gaps in knowledge. Both narrative and systematic reviews are welcomed.

Case Reports / Case Series / Clinical Blogs / Video Reports

Recommended Length: 1,000 – 2,500 words
These submissions should detail rare or unusual cases, novel diagnostic techniques, therapeutic approaches, or complications that offer meaningful clinical insights. Authors must clearly explain the significance of the case, include relevant images or videos, and obtain documented patient consent where applicable.

Clinical Images

Recommended Length: 250 – 750 words
These are succinct reports featuring high-quality clinical, radiological, pathological, or procedural images with brief explanatory text. Submissions should focus on visual diagnosis and concise discussion of relevance. All images must preserve patient confidentiality.

Editorials

Recommended Length: 900 – 1,300 words
Editorials are invited opinion pieces that address timely issues in medicine, research, or healthcare policy. These articles should present informed commentary supported by literature or firsthand experience and aim to stimulate discussion within the scholarly community.

Letters to the Editor

Recommended Length: 300 – 500 words
Letters may offer constructive commentary on published articles, share brief case observations, or raise relevant clinical or research-based queries. Submissions should be concise, well-reasoned, and appropriately referenced where applicable.

Proofs and Revisions:
Proofs will be sent as PDFs to the corresponding author and must be reviewed and returned within 3 days. Delays must be notified in advance.

Page Setup Guidelines:

  • The page size for the document should be set to 8.5 by 11 inches with one inch margins all sides.
  • Text should be formatted in Times New Roman font with 10pt size and the alignment should be justified throughout the manuscript (size and alignment exceptions are mentioned for title, headings, etc.).
  • Do not use headers or footers.
  • The document must be single spaced. Double spaces should not be used anywhere in the manuscript.
  • Sentences should be aligned to the respective paragraph only. Paragraphs should end with a period and space is not allowed in front of any punctuation mark. No extra line breaks are allowed unless section differences are there.
  • Other than paragraph indenting, spaces should not be used in the beginning of paragraph.
  • Sentences should not start with any numerical values and parenthesis.
  • Italics should not be used for et al.
  • Date format: Month Date, Year
  • There should be no periods in between country name acronyms. Ex: UK, USA but not U.K., U.S.A.

Title:

  • Should be in Title case, Times New Roman font, 15pt, Bold with Central align
  • Full stop should not be used at the end
  • “I”, “We” should not be used in the Title
  • Conjunctions, Prepositions should be in lower case
  • Words like “in vitro, in vivo, ex vivo, etc.” should be italicized

Author Details – Affiliations:

Author Names:

  • Should be in Title case, Times New Roman, 11pt, Bold, Justified alignment
  • Initials should come after Last name and multiple names should be separated by comma (,)
  • Last two authors should be separated by “and”
  • Full stop should not be used at the end
  • Affiliation number should be in superscript if multiple affiliations are given
  • If only one affiliation is there for all the authors, then numbers are not required
  • Corresponding author should be highlighted by using an asterisk (*) symbol after the affiliation number. There is no need to put a comma (,) before the asterisk mark

Affiliations:

  • Should be in Title case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Normal, Justified alignment
  • Author designations/ranks should not be mentioned
  • Full stop should not be used at the end
  • Pin code/Zip code should come after the City name

Corresponding Author Details:

  • Should be in Title case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Normal, Justified alignment
  • Heading should be bold and start with an Asterisk (*) symbol and text should be normal and separated by colon (:)
  • Corresponding author name, Affiliation and Address should be separated by comma (,) and Telephone, Fax and E-mail should be separated by semicolon (;)
  • Order and representation of phone, fax and e-mails should be like Tel: XXX; Fax: XXXX; E-mail: XXXX
  • Full stop should not be used at the end

Abstract:

  • Heading: Should be in Title case, Times New Roman, 11pt, Bold, Justified alignment
  • Content: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Normal, Justified alignment
  • Abstract is limited to 250 words which should provide the brief information about the background, methodology and the outcome of the study
  • Abstract can be presented in structured or unstructured format
  • It should be free from formulae, acronyms and references/citations
  • Graphical Abstracts may be incorporated within the abstract box only wherever needed

Keywords:

  • Heading: Should be in Title case, Times New Roman, 11pt, Bold, Justified alignment
  • Content: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Bold, Justified alignment
  • Keywords should be separated by semicolon (;)
  • Full stop should not be used at the end
  • First letter of the first word should be capitalized
  • Only abbreviated forms without acronyms should be kept as keywords in sentence case
  • If abbreviation is lengthy and cannot be placed then acronym can be used

Abbreviations & Acronyms:

  • Heading: Should be in Title case, Times New Roman, 11pt, Bold, Justified alignment
  • Content: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Normal, Justified alignment
  • Abbreviations should be separated by semicolon (;)
  • Full stop should not be used at the end
  • In case of using abbreviations, the acronym of the abbreviation must be mentioned within parenthesis whenever it appears for the first time in the text. Later on, use of only acronym is enough
  • If sentence/paragraph starts with abbreviation/acronym it should convey the meaning appropriately
  • Instead of title case, lower case should be used for abbreviations expressing general phrases, experimental procedures, disease names, therapy/treatment names, receptor’s names, etc. in the body of the text.
  • Company/organization names, universities, associations, etc. can be capitalized
  • If disease names, experimental procedures, etc. are coined after any person, they can be capitalized

Body Text:

  • Main Headings: Should be in Title case, Times New Roman, 11pt, Bold, left justified alignment
    • Introduction
    • Materials & Methods
    • Results
    • Discussions
    • Conclusion
    • Acknowledgement
    • References
  • Sub Headings: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Bold, left justified alignment
  • Sub-Sub-Headings: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Bold, justified alignment and continue with the paragraph and separated from the text by colon (:)
  • Sub-Sub-Sub-Headings: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Bold + Italicized, justified alignment and continue with the paragraph and separated from the text by colon (:)
  • Sub-Sub-Sub-Sub-Headings: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Italicized, justified alignment and continue with the paragraph and separated from the text by colon (:)
  • Citation of References: All references provided at the end of the article must be cited in the body text by following the mandate provided as:
    • References should be cited in Square brackets “[]” only
    • Multiple references should be separated by comma (,) and space should not be there after comma [2,4]
    • Range of references should be separated by hyphen (-) and space should not be there before and after hyphen [5-9]
    • Citations in the text should follow the order of their appearance in the reference section
    • Single author: “…Uduman [66] summarized the different harvesting…”
    • Two authors: “…Deng and Coleman [10] reported that genetically engineered green algae…”
    • More than two authors: “Mata et al. [67] made use of simple large unit micro strainers…”
    • Any sentence/paragraph should not start with the reference without author name

Figures & Tables:

  • Heading: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Bold, Justified alignment
  • Legend: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Normal, Justified alignment
  • All legends should end with a full stop
  • All Figures & Tables should be cited in body text in ascending order with Title case citations only
  • It is not mandatory to maintain the order of sub figures & sub tables in the body text, however, citations should be placed in the body text as Figure 1a, Table 3b, etc.
  • In case of using any abbreviations in the legends, they must be mentioned in the Abbreviations section
  • Figure & Table foot notes must not end with a full stop
  • Space should not be given after representative characters such as alphabets, numbers and asterisks etc. in Figure & Table foot notes. Representation of such characters should be in superscript only
  • If two figures or tables are cited together in the body text, then they must be cited as “Figure 1 and 2”, “Table 1 and 2”, “Figure 1 and Table 1”, etc.
  • If more than two figures or tables are cited together in the body text, then they must be cited as “Figure 1-4”, “Figure 1,2 and 4”, “Table 1-7”, etc.

References:

  • Heading: Should be in Title case, Times New Roman, 11pt, Bold, Justified alignment
  • Content: Should be in Sentence case, Times New Roman, 10pt, Normal, Justified alignment
  • Referencing style: Vancouver style
  • Format: 1Lastname A, 2Lastname B, 3Lastname C. Article Title. J Short Name. YEAR;Vol(Iss):XX-X.
  • End page numbers should be shortened (Ex.: Page numbers 125-129 must be styled as 125-9; 278-282 must be styled as 278-82; 398-401 must be styled as 398-401)
  • Language of references should be English only
  • Title in references should be in sentence case only
  • Only scientific names should be italicized. Superscripts, subscripts should be given wherever it is required. Ex.: 2nd, 5th, CH2COOH, H2SO4, etc.
  • Number of citations in the text should match with the number of references provided at the end of the article. Any additional references without citation in the body text should be removed
  • Complete reference should be provided without splitting them
  • There should be no duplicate references at the end of the article
  • “et al.” should be used after sixth author in case of more than six authors
  • Reference for articles published in Journals:
    • Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Caplan AL. Solid-organ transplantation in HIV-infected patients. N Engl J Med. 2002;347(4):284-7.
    • Rose ME, Huerbin MB, Melick J, Marion DW, Palmer AM, Schiding JK, et al. Regulation of interstitial excitatory amino acid concentrations after cortical contusion injury. Brain Res. 2002;935(1-2):40-6.
  • Reference for published Books:
    • Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA. Medical microbiology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2002.
  • Book chapters:
    • Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM. Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In: Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, editors. The genetic basis of human cancer. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2002. p. 93-113.
  • Reference for Conference proceedings:
    • Harnden P, Joffe JK, Jones WG, editors. Germ cell tumours V. Proceedings of the 5th Germ Cell Tumour Conference; 2001 Sep 13-15; Leeds, UK. New York: Springer; 2002.
  • For more details: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html

Preparation of Figures:

  • TIFF (recommended for images)
  • JPEG (recommended for photographic images, less suitable for graphical images)
  • The resolution of the Image should be approximately 300 dpi (dots per inch)

Plagiarism Policy

At the Mega Journal of Case Reports, we are committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics. A rigorous and transparent peer review process is central to maintaining the integrity and quality of scientific research. As part of this commitment, we take a strict stance against plagiarism in any form.

What is Plagiarism?

Plagiarism refers to the unauthorized use or close imitation of another author’s language, ideas, concepts, or expressions, and presenting them as one’s own original work. It is a serious breach of ethical standards and academic integrity, and may result in sanctions including manuscript rejection, retraction, or formal notification to the authors’ institutions.

We do not tolerate plagiarism or duplicate submissions. Authors are strongly encouraged to ensure the originality of their work prior to submission. While we recommend using plagiarism detection tools as a preliminary check, authors should not rely solely on these tools, as they are not foolproof.

Editorial Screening

All submitted manuscripts undergo a plagiarism screening process prior to peer review. If any degree of plagiarism is detected—whether by our editorial team, reviewers, or technical tools—the manuscript may be rejected or returned for revision, depending on the severity of the issue. Authors will be informed of any findings and may be asked to provide clarification or correction.

Our journal remains committed to supporting ethical publishing practices and promoting responsible authorship.

Publication Charges

The Mega Journal of Case Reports operates under the Open Access model, allowing unrestricted access to all published content. Readers worldwide can freely read, share, and download articles without the need for a subscription or prior permission from the publisher or authors—only an internet connection is required.

As an author-funded model, the corresponding or primary author assumes responsibility for the publication fee. In many cases, these charges are supported by universities, research institutions, or funding bodies.

Publishing a manuscript involves various operational costs, including editorial management, peer review coordination, typesetting, digital hosting, and archiving. To cover these expenses, a publication fee ranging from $2700 to $3600 is applicable per accepted manuscript, depending on the article type and processing requirements.

We appreciate your support in helping us maintain high standards and ensure the global dissemination of clinical knowledge.

Copyright and Disclosure:

  • Authors must ensure the manuscript does not breach any third-party copyrights.
  • All co-authors must provide a disclosure statement at the time of submission.
  • Authors must also submit signed statements regarding authorship, conflict of interest, and permissions for clinical images.
Manuscript Withdrawal Policy

Authors may withdraw their manuscript without penalty if a formal withdrawal request is submitted within 24 hours of the initial submission.

However, if a withdrawal request is made after the manuscript has entered peer review, progressed to production (Early Release or Ahead of Publishing), or has been published online, a withdrawal fee of USD 1650 will be applicable. This fee covers the editorial and production costs incurred during the manuscript processing stages.

We encourage authors to carefully consider their decision before submission and communicate promptly if withdrawal is necessary.
Once an article is accepted and APC is paid, the fee is non-refundable.

Publication Ethics:

  • The journal follows strict publication ethics, ensuring scientific content is reviewed impartially without regard to the authors’ gender, religion, race, etc.
  • Editors ensure confidentiality and unbiased reviews.

Reprints:

  • Reprints will be provided within 10-20 days after publication.