The
International Journal of Health Research
is a new online international journal allowing
free unlimited access to abstract and full-text of
published articles. The journal is devoted to the
promotion of health sciences and related disciplines
(including medicine, pharmacy, nursing,
biotechnology, cell and molecular biology, and
related engineering and social sciences fields). It
seeks particularly (but not exclusively) to
encourage multidisciplinary research and
collaboration among scientists, the industry and the
healthcare professionals. It will also provide an
international forum for the communication and
evaluation of data, methods and findings in health
sciences and related disciplines. The journal
welcomes original research papers, reviews and case
reports on current topics of special interest and
relevance.
All
manuscripts will be subject to rapid peer review.
Those of high quality (not previously published and
not under consideration for publication) will be
published without delay. The maximum length of
manuscripts should normally be 10,000 words (20
single-spaced typewritten pages) for review, 6,000
words for research articles, 3,000 for technical
notes, commentaries and short communications.
Submission of Manuscript
All
manuscripts (must be in English) should be submitted
via our online Journal Manager® (http://www.ijhr.org/
jmanager). The FIRST NAMEs, Initials (if any)
and LAST NAMEs as well as the e-mail addresses (or
telephone numbers) of all authors must be
provided. A copy of the manuscript in MS Word format
may also be submitted via e-mail. Illustrations
(figures) should be in computer format. Images for
any manuscript should not exceed 200 kilobytes
unless prior authorization is received from the
editor-in-chief. Authors may submit the names,
affiliations and addresses (including e-mail) of
expert reviewers or those they do not want to review
their papers.
Inquiries may be directed to:
The Editor
International Journal of Health Research
E-mail:
editor_ijhr@yahoo.com
or
editor@ijhr.org
An
indication that the content of the manuscript has
not been published or under consideration for
publication elsewhere should accompany the
manuscript. Authors may submit the names of expert
reviewers or those they do not want to review their
papers.
Manuscript Format
The
preferred format of all manuscript is MS Word or
RTF. Manuscript should be prepared in A4 size paper
with 2.5 cm (1 inch) margin on round the page.
Tables:
These should be numbered with Arabic numerals and
ending in a column, and in bold print (e.g.,
Table 1:, Table 2:).. Each table should
be typed using a table format (ie, each variable
must be typed into separate cell in the table) with
only horizontal lines above and below the table
column headers and at the bottom of the table (using
1 pt for the top and bottom lines and ½ pt for any
middle line). No vertical lines should be included
in any table. Each table MUST not exceed 6.5 x 7
inches (16.5 x 17.8 cm, width x height) and MUST be
inserted at the appropriate position in the text
preferably on the just below or above where it was
referred to the first time. The title should be
typed at the top of the table in the sentence case
format, i.e., only the first name should be in
capital letters; names should also be in capital
letters, as appropriate. Any footnote should be
typed at the top and bottom of the table in
italic.
Illustrations:
Figures should be professionally drawn
electronically and inserted in the appropriate
position where it was first cited within the text.
Symbols, lettering, and numbering MUST NOT be in
bold print and should be clear and large enough to
remain legible (be at least 9 points in size) after
the figure has been reduced to 1/2 of the original
size. Photographs and graphs may be produced in any
color, graphs MUST be drawn only in black color
unless the author is prepared to pay US$100.00 for
each graph in any color other than black. The legend
and any footnote for each figure should be typed
below the figure. If photographs of patients are
used, either the subjects are not identifiable or
their pictures must be accompanied by a written
permission to use the images. Photographs must be
clear and sharp.
All images and figures must be prepared as .tiff
or .eps files. They must never be included in MS
Word or any other file.
You must provide high-resolution images of
sufficient width and quality for both archival and
print purposes. Images generated at low resolution
for display (screen) purposes are not acceptable.
All images must be at or above intended display
size, with the following pixel resolutions:
·
Line Art: 800 dpi
·
Combination (Line Art + Halftone): 600 dpi
·
Halftone: 300 dpi.
See the
PubMed Central Image quality specifications chart
for detailed examples.
Image files also must be cropped as close to the
actual image as possible. What you must avoid
are 72 dpi web-quality graphics in which colors are
not realistic, text is illegible, or images are
pixilated. These undesirable qualities are usually
caused by applied compression from a jpg or gif
format, and will cause your submission to be
rejected. Refer to your digital scanner / camera and
imaging software manual to see how you can produce
print quality images.
Paper size:
A4 with 1.25 inches margin on all sides
Paragraphing:
All text must be in single line space all through.
Also use single line spaces to indicate paragraphs.
Nothing else.
Font:
“Times New Romans” all through the text
Title:
16 points font size
Running Title:
Not more than 5 words in 10 points font size
Authors names:
12 points (bold typeface) font size and must be in
the following order: full first name, initial,
surname.
Authors affiliation and correspondence tel and
e-mail: 8 points font size
Tables and figures:
9 points font size all through. Data in Tables MUST
be provided in the cells inside Table. The use of
TABS, spacing between lines using line should be
avoided. Authors should produce figures that will
not exceed the size of half column of a page.
Body of manuscript:
Use 14 points (bold) for major headers and 10 points
(bold) for all sub-headings and other texts
Methods:
Use 14 points for header and 10 points for all
sub-headings and other texts
Authors Contribution:
Use 14 points (bold) for header and 10 points for
other texts
Acknowledgements:
Use 14 points (bold) for header and 10 points for
other texts
References:
Use 14 points (bold) for header and 8 points for all
sub-headings and text
Note: Any Table or figure that can fit into half column of a page must
not be stretched into entire width of page. Table
must be in usual grid in Table format. You must not
use spaces to create demarcations between lines
inside table. As much as possible, figures labels
should be such that they can be read when reduced to
a width of about 2.5 inches.
Manuscript Style
The
language of the journal is English. Each manuscript
should be typed single-spaced on A4 (8.5" × 11")
paper size with 1 inch margins. It should be
arranged in the following order: Title, Abstract,
Keywords, Introduction, Experimental, Results,
Discussion, Conclusion(s), Acknowledgements,
Conflict of Interest, Contribution of Authors, and
References.
First
page of manuscript:
This should include the title of the article,
authors’ names (with full first name, initial and
then the last name of each author) and their
affiliations as well as Abstract and keywords. The
corresponding author must give the full
corres-ponding address (including telephone and
e-mail address) at the bottom of the page.
Abstract:
This should not be more than 200 words and should be
arranged in the following order:
PURPOSE:
The purpose of the investigation.
METHODS:
The method adopted in the investigation. This should
be very clear and precise.
RESULTS:
The findings of the investigation.
CONCLUSION:
Final conclusive statements on the work.
Keywords:
Include between 3 and 10 keywords for indexing
purposes. These most not include any words already
in the Title of the manuscript.
Acknowledgements:
Authors should acknowledge all those who made
contribution to the work who cannot necessarily be
included in the list of authors. In this section,
the funding body should also be acknowledged as
appropriate.
Conflict
of Interest: Authors must declare any conflict
of interest. If there are none, the authors should
indicate “No conflict of interest associated with
this work”.
Contribution
of Authors: The authors must declare that they
did the work by beginning this section with the
following statement, “I(We)
declare that this work was done by the author(s)
named in this article and all liabilities pertaining
to claims relating to the content of this article
will be borne by the authors”.
In addition, a
declaration of the role of each author mentioned in
the manuscript should be provided. The author who
conceived and designed the study as well as the
person(s) who collected and analysed the data must
be specified. Note: It is assumed
by the Publishers of this journal that authors
submitted the manuscript on the ground that
he/she/they did the work and did not fraudulently
obtain the data being presented.
References:
References should be typed single-spaced on separate
page(s) and numbered consecutively in the order in
which they are cited in the text. Arabic numerals
(ENCLOSED IN SQUARED BRACKETS, eg., [1], [1,3,5] or
[1-4]) should be used in citing references in the
text. The squared brackets MUST NOT be used anywhere
else in the text to allow easy xml file coding.
Index Medicus Style of abbreviations should be
used for journals cited. For correct abbreviations
visit http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/jbrowser.html.
Unpublished work should not be included in the list
of references. References should be listed using the
following order:
Journal Article:
If
there are more than 10 authors, only the first 10
should be listed and the others should be
represented with "et al."
·
Volume without Issue:
Murri R, Fantoni M, Borgo CD, Visona R, Barracco A,
Zambelli A, Testa L, Orchi N, Tozzi V, Bosco O, Wu
AW. Determinants of health-related quality of life
in HIV-infected patients. AIDS Care 2003;15:581–590.
·
Volume with parts:
Hanley C. Metaphysics and innateness: a psychoanalytic
perspective. Int J Psychoanal 1988;69(Pt 3):89-99.
·
No Issue or Volume:
Danoek K. Skiing in and through the history of medicine. Nord Medicinhist
Arsb 1982:86-100
·
Issue but No Volume:
Baumeister AA. Origins and control of stereotyped movements.
Monogr Am Assoc Ment Defic 1978;(3):353-384.
·
Issue with parts:
Edwards L, Meyskens F, Levine N. Effect of oral
isotretinoin on dysplastic nevi. J Am Acad Dermatol
1989 Feb;20(2 Pt 1):257-260.
Monograph:
Matthews DE, Farewell VT. Using and Understanding
Medical Statistics, ed 3, revised. Basel, Karger,
1996.
Book:
·
Entire book:
Ohlsen, Merle M.; Horne, Arthur M.; Lowe, Charles F.
Group counseling. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and
Winston; 1988. 416 p.
·
Editors:
Diener, Hans-Christoph; Wilkinson, Marcia, editors.
Drug-induced headache. New York: Springer-Verlag;
1988. 173 p.
·
Contribution to book: Anderson, Robert J.; Schrier, Robert W.
Acute renal failure.
In: Braunswald, Eugene; Isselbacher, Kurt J.;
Petersdorf, Robert G., et al., editors.
Harrison's principles of internal medicine. 11th ed.
New York: McGraw-Hill; 1987. p. 1149-1155.
Web pages:
·
Hypertension, Dialysis & Clinical Nephrology
[homepage on the Internet]. Hinsdale (IL): Medtext,
Inc.; c1995-2001 [cited 2001 Mar 8]. Available from:
http://www.medtext. com/hdcn.htm
·
Pennington J. HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, 2007 [cited 2008
Mar 8]. Available from: http://www.avert.org/aids-nigeria.htm.
·
Medlineplus [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National
Library of Medicine (US); [updated 2000 Apr 7; cited
2000 Apr 18]. Available from:
http://medlineplus.gov.
Dissertation:
Bertram, Kenneth. The role of natural killer
activity in resistance to herpesvirus-induced
disease [dissertation]. [Rochester]: University of
Minnesota; 1981 Dec. 138 p
Publication Charge
There is no payment to submit manuscript for review but
authors will be required to pay US$150.00 (from
developing countries) or US$200.00 (from developed
countries) for each manuscript accepted before
publication. Authors who fail to pay the required
amount will forfeit their accepted manuscript to the
Publishers.
Copyright
Submission is a representation that the manuscript
has not been published previously and is not under
consideration for publication elsewhere. Authors
would be required to sign a form (to be supplied by
the Editor) transferring copyright to Poracom
Academic Publishers before the manuscript can be
published.
Ethical Matters
Authors using experimental animals and human
subjects in their investigation must seek approval
from the appropriate Ethical Committee in accordance
with "Principles of Laboratory Animal Care" (NIH
publication no. 85-23, revised 1985) and/or the
declaration of Helsinki promulgated in 1964 as
amended in 1996. The method section must include a
statement to prove that the investigation was
approved and that informed consent was obtained.
Galley Proofs
Unless indicated otherwise, galley proofs are sent
to the address given for correspondence. It is the
responsibility of the corresponding author to ensure
that the galley proofs are returned without delay.
Reprints
Order forms and a price list are sent with the
galley proof.
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION CHECK-LIST
Please carefully go
through the following check list. You must be able
to answer ‘Yes’ to all the items listed. Failure to
comply with manuscript formatting requirements
will result in the manuscript being returned to you
for reformatting or being rejected outright.
[ ] Is my
manuscript typed single-spaced, including the
‘Abstract’ and ‘Reference’ list?
[ ] Is my
manuscript within the limit of words
specified?
[ ] Are Results
and Discussion separated into two sections of
'Results' and 'Discussion'?
[ ] Is there a
‘Conclusion’ section?
[ ] Is there a
‘Conflict of Interest’ section?
[ ] Is there a
‘Contribution of Authors’ section?
[ ] Is the
reference numbering style used 'squared brackets' with the
reference inserted
before and not after punctuations?
[ ] Did the
‘Reference’ list adhere strictly to
this journal format, including the correct punctuations and
italicization of the of the journal titles?
[ ] Is the total
number of Figures and Tables within the limit of
five allowed.
[ ] Has colour
(other than black) been excluded from the manuscript
including Figures?
[ ] Is there a
legend/caption at the bottom of each Figure and at
the top of each Table?
[ ] Are the
Figures/images sharp and clear with legible fonts?
[ ] Is the symbol
key removed from within the Figure and integrated
neatly within the legend?
[ ] Have borders
been removed from around the Figures?
