Author Guidelines
Submission of manuscript
Submission as email attachment is allowed. The email address is kholdun@hotmail.com.
Online submission is possible through – [website].
There is no article publication and submission charges.
Submission of a paper to the journal will imply that it represents an original contribution not previously published (except in the form of an abstract or preliminary report), not being considered for publication elsewhere and if accepted by the journal it will not be published elsewhere in the same form without the consent of the editors. (Authors have to declare originality of their work and transfer of copyright to IJHHS authority using prescribed format.)
Ethical approval:
Authors should explicitly mention about the ethical approval of their work by concerned authorities.
Manuscripts based on the study involving human subjects should have been conducted in accordance to the ethical standards laid down in the ‘1964 Declaration of Helsinki’ revised in the year 2000.
Studies involving trial on animals should also get appropriate ethical approval.
Authors should disclose conflict of interest if it is there.
Gender Policy: Authors should disaggregate data by sex and provide gender analysis when applicable.
Anti plagiarism policy: Any manuscript if proven copying or having tendency to plagiarism will be reported to proper authority.
Publication Ethics and publication malpractice statement:
- IJHHS authority is always concerned to take reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred.
- IJHHS authority show ‘Zero tolerance’ against such misconduct.
- In the event that IJHHS authority are made aware of any allegation of research misconduct they shall deal with allegations appropriately.
- The IJHHS authority shall correct or retract any published article for valid reasons.
- The IJHHS authority is always willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed.
Informed Consent Guidelines: The research article related to clinical trial must have a statement that an informed consent document was filled-up by the volunteer/patient. The subjects in the study must participate willingly, having been adequately informed about the research. In case of children, the researcher must first obtain the permission of parents in addition to the consent of the children. Informed consent documents should be written at a level appropriate to the subject population, generally at an 8th grade reading level. A best practice is to have a colleague or friend read the informed consent document for comprehension before submission with the IRB application.
Proofs: All proofs must be corrected and returned to the publisher as early as possible. Only correction of typographical errors is permitted at the proof stage.
Authorship: The corresponding author is responsible for all the information of these forms. He/she will confirm that all the authors have read the manuscript before submission. The following person(s) will be authors:
- concept. research question and study design
- data collection or processing
Any person only involved in writing the manuscript or analyzing the data will not be the author or corresponding author particularly in Research Article.
Conflict of interest: All authors of the submitted manuscript are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations within two years of beginning the submitted work that could inappropriately influence, or be perceived to influence, their work.
Organization of manuscript
Original articles are usually up to 3,000 words and review articles 4,500 words long, with least number of illustrations and/or tables. Short communication/case reports are up to 1,500 words long, with a few tables or illustrations and no more than 10 references. Most editorials are solicited, but we are delighted to consider unsolicited editorials of usually up to 1,000-1,500 words which will be externally peer reviewed.
Contributions for the Personal view column are always welcome and should contain up to 2,500 words. Letters to editors should normally be of not more than 1,500 words, with not more than five references. We also receive book review/article review/electronic media review and conference report within 400-800 words and 1000 words respectively. Justified comments on any published article in IJHHS are also acceptable.
Submissions should be accompanied by a letter listing (i) full name with surname in bold font, (ii) affiliations & address of the authors with identification of the author to receive correspondence and proofs. (A corresponding author's name, address, phone number and email must be specified in the letter.) and (iii) authors undertaking.
Manuscripts should be double spaced in between lines and numbered sequentially in the lower middle place on A4 paper.
Headlines:
Headlines should start with a capital initial and distinguishable according to hierarchy, e.g.
big heads in bold font & underlined, followed by
secondary heads in bold & italic letters, and
subsequent heads underlined.
Papers submitted should be concise and written in English in a readily understandable manner and otherwise may be rejected. The typescript, where possible, should follow the conventional form: introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion and conclusion. (When describing any drugs used, give generic names rather than trade names.).
A structured abstract as appropriate should be provided with the following:
Objective: An introductory sentence indicating the objective and purpose of the study.
Materials and methods: A description of experimental procedures including applicable statistical evaluation.
Results and Discussion: A summary of the new, previously unpublished data and results.
Conclusion: A statement of the study's conclusion.
3-5 key words (in small letters) as well as a short title (not exceeding 50 letters) must be provided. These will be printed at the beginning of the paper.
Tables and figures should be so constructed as to be intelligible without reference to the text. The approximate location of tables and figures in the text must be clearly indicated. Every table should be provided with an explanatory caption, and each column should carry an appropriate heading.
Illustrations should accompany the manuscript on a separate sheet, and legends should include all relevant details. All photographs, charts and diagrams should be referred to as ‘Figures’ and numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first referred to in the text.
Owing to the international character of the journal no rigid rules will be observed for nomenclature. Each paper should be consistent within itself as to nomenclature, symbols and units.
All manuscripts will be assessed through the normal refereeing process. Most manuscripts accepted for publication require some revision, details of which are sent to authors. The final decision with regard to publication will be made following consultation with our publisher.
Acknowledgements should appear on a separate sheet at the end before the section on References.
Referencing
References should follow methods written below.
References are numbered in the order in which they appear in the text. At the end of the article the full list of references should give the names and initials of all authors (unless there are more than six, when only the first six should be given followed by et al). The authors' names are followed by the title of the article; the title of the journal abbreviated according to the style of Index Medicus (see "List of Journals Indexed," printed yearly in the January issue of Index Medicus); the year of publication; the volume number; issue number in parenthesis and the first and last page numbers. References to books should give the names of editors, the title of the book, and place of publication, publisher and year. Examples:
1. Journal
Standard Journal Article
Mafauzy M, Mokhtar N, Wan Mohamad WB and Musalmah M. Diabetes Mellitus and associated cardiovascular risk factors in Nort-East Malaysia. Asia Pac J Public Health 1999;11 (1):16-19
Corporate author
International Steering Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals. BMJ 1991; 302: 338-41.
2. Books and other monographs
Personal author(s)
O’Connor M, Woodford FP, Writing Scientific Papers in English, an EISE-Ciba Foundation Guide for Authors. London: Pitman Medical, 1978
Chapter in a book
Park JE, Park K. Environment and Health. In Hamilton P, ed. Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine. 12th ed. New Delhi, Banarsidas Bhanot, 1989:357-372.
These instructions are confronting with the guidelines of International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE); please visit http://www.icmje.org.
