Manuscript submission must be performed via an electronic submission system. All
submissions will undergo a rigorous, fair and prompt editorial peer review. The
Journal of Health Sciences Education guarantees a quick peer-review process which
will be finished within a maximum of three months. This will be followed by a period
of revisions and proof-corrections (if required) which essentially will depend upon
author’s promptness to the revised submission guidelines. Once accepted; the author
will receive the article acceptance certificate and the article will be published
online in the forthcoming issue.
Manuscripts that are found suitable for publication in Journal of Health Sciences
Education are sent to two or more expert reviewers. During submission, the contributor
is requested to provide names of two or three qualified reviewers who have had experience
in the subject of the submitted manuscript, but this is not mandatory. The reviewers
should not be affiliated with the same institutes as the contributor/s. However,
the selection of these reviewers is at the sole discretion of the editor. The journal
follows a double-blind review process, wherein the reviewers and authors are unaware
of each other’s identity. Every manuscript is also assigned to a member of the editorial
team, who based on the comments from the reviewers takes a final decision on the
manuscript. The comments and suggestions (acceptance/ rejection/ amendments in manuscript)
received from reviewers are conveyed to the corresponding author. If required, the
author is requested to provide a point by point response to reviewers’ comments
and submit a revised version of the manuscript. This process is repeated till reviewers
and editors are satisfied with the manuscript.
Manuscripts accepted for publication are copy edited for grammar, punctuation, print
style, and format. Page proofs are sent to the corresponding author. The corresponding
author is expected to return the corrected proofs within three days. It may not
be possible to incorporate corrections received after that period. The whole process
of submission of the manuscript to final decision and sending and receiving proofs
is completed online.
Processing/publishing charges: Nil
1.Type of Articles
Original Articles
Full length educational research articles providing innovative knowledge to the
medical literature ( Maximum 4000 words, excluding references, tables, figures and
acknowledgements)
Short Communications (Brief Reports)
Short reports describe new interesting findings, working practices or techniques.
They should follow the same general format as research articles (Maximum 2000 words,
excluding references, tables, figures and acknowledgements)
Review Articles
"Mini reviews", “Literature reviews” or “Meta analyses” on a specialized field and
written by experts who will be invited by the editorial board. (Maximum 3000 words,
excluding references, tables, figures and acknowledgements).
2.Language
The language of the journal is English. Manuscripts should be consistent in presentation
and style. If English is not your first language, we would strongly suggest you
have your manuscript edited by a colleague in terms of flow, correct English grammar
and to make sure idioms are properly used.
3.Ethical Standards: Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement
Authors submitting a paper must have confirmed that the manuscript has been read
and approved by all authors and that all authors agree to the submission of the
manuscript to the JHSE. Manuscripts submitted for publication must contain a statement
to the effect that all studies have been approved by the appropriate ethics committee
and have therefore been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid
down in the 1964 “Declaration of Helsinki”. It should also be stated clearly in
the text that all persons gave their informed consent prior to their inclusion in
the study. Details that might disclose the identity of the subjects under study
should be omitted. Submission of a manuscript implies that the work has not been
published before, that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere,
that its publication has been approved by all co-authors as well as by the responsible
authorities at the institute where the work has been carried out. For the declaration
of these details the publishers ‘Author agreement’ form have to be downloaded, filled
out and then submitted together with the manuscript. The publisher will not be held
legally responsible if there should be any claims for compensation. All named authors
must have made an active contribution to the conception and design and/or analysis
and interpretation of the data and/or the drafting of the paper. All must have critically
reviewed its content and have approved the final version submitted for publication.
The number of authors should not exceed six. Those who have had a marginal contribution
to the paper (e.g. colleagues who have just reviewed the manuscript) should be named
in the Acknowledgments section. This section should be addressed after the conclusions
(see below).
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Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been
published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s)
and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their
papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to be originated
from the authors. The editors reserve the right to reject manuscripts that do not
comply with the above-mentioned requirements. The author will be held responsible
for false statements or failure to fulfill the above-mentioned requirements.
Palgarism Policy
Plagiarism is the unethical act of copying someone else’s prior ideas, processes,
results or words without explicit acknowledgement of the original author and source.
Self-plagiarism occurs when an author utilizes large part of his/her own previously
published work without using appropriate references. This can range from getting
the same manuscript published in multiple journals to modifying a previously published
manuscript with some new data. The journal is strictly against any unethical act
of copying or plagiarism in any form. All manuscripts submitted for publication
to Journal of Health Sciences Education are cross-checked for plagiarism using Urkund
software. Manuscripts found to be plagiarized during initial stages of review are
out-rightly rejected and not considered for publication in the journal. In case
a manuscript is found to be plagiarized after publication, the Editor-in-Chief will
conduct preliminary investigation, may be with the help of a suitable committee
constituted for the purpose. If the manuscript is found to be plagiarized beyond
the acceptable limits, the journal will contact the author’s Institute / College
/ University and Funding Agency, if any. The paper containing the plagiarism will
also be marked on each page of the PDF. Upon determination of the extent of plagiarism,
the paper may also be formally retracted.
4. Manuscript Preparation and Submission:
Manuscripts have to be submitted online (Submit online). Electronic submission substantially
shortens the time for editorial and reviewing processes.
Text formatting
manuscripts should be submitted in MS Word format. The authors are suggested to
use double spaced 12-point Times New Roman letters with 2.5 cm margins on A4 pages
(or 1 inch margins on Letter sheets).Beginning with the title page, please use the
automatic page numbering function to number the pages and do not use field functions.
Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar. Use the table function,
not spreadsheets, to make tables. Abbreviations should be defined at first mention
and used consistently thereafter. If the article includes an excessive number of
abbreviations, the authors should additionally add a list for all abbreviations
used.
Title Page
Submit as a separate file. All titles must be fewer than 20 words. Authors should
supply a short version of the title, suitable for the running head and not exceeding
50 character spaces, full name(s) and affiliations of all author(s) and standard
mailing plus e-mail addresses, telephone and fax numbers of the corresponding author(s).
Please refrain from using abbreviations and acronyms in the title.
Abstract:
for Original articles, a summary of the entire article should be outlined in subsections
as follows; an introductory statement as “ Background”, statement of the work’s
purpose in ‘objective’, followed by a brief description of the study’s design in
‘methods’ and a clear declaration of the ‘results’, and finally, a concise presentation
of the ‘conclusions’ have to be given. For review articles, the abstract should
be separated into 2 to 4 paragraphs including an introductory viewpoint, information
and discussion around the main theme and final considerations, without specifically
named subheadings. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or
unspecified references. Word limit for Original Articles and review articles is
300, whereas for short communication is 250.
Keywords
3 to 6 keywords have to be used for indexing purposes. The keywords to be placed
in alphabetical order under the abstract.
Main text
The manuscript must be sectioned and ordered as ‘Introduction’, ‘(Materials and)
Methods’, ‘Observation & Results’, ‘Discussion’, Conclusions, Recommendations, ‘Acknowledgments’
(if any) and ‘References’. A gathered ‘Results and Discussion’ section should be
avoided. The authors should include a brief section of recommendations (evolving
out of the current study) after conclusion. Each section should begin on a separate
page. Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds; etc should be placed in a separate
section before the reference list. The names of funding organizations should be
written in full.
5. Section headings
The heading should be clearly distinguished from the text. Do not number headings.
Begin your introduction with what is known and move on to what is not known. At
the conclusion of your introduction, state research question (s) or research objective(s).
An introduction should flow logically and be easy to follow. Indeed, the introduction
should move from the general to the specific. The Methods section should fully explain
research design (approach to study), study participants, the process of sampling,
data collection methods, data analysis methods and legal-ethical issues. If the
study approach is quantitative, please make sure you report the response rate. It
would also be helpful if you could provide demographic information of the total
population of the study, for example, gender or medical year.
The result section should follow the method section which focuses on the findings
of the study without any interpretation. Do not cite references in the results section.
Write all of the results in the past tense. In the discussion section, author(s)
should answer the question posed in the introduction. The author should discuss
her/his results honestly and openly. Discussion must be easy to follow. The Discussion
should answer the research questions or hypotheses that have been posed in the Introduction.
In addition, the answers should be supported by the study results and then should
be interpreted in relation to previous studies. Unexpected results should be also
discussed, even if they are not supported by the majority of earlier studies. Even
quantitative studies should have their outcomes explained qualitatively. Explain
the implications of the study, for example in education, practice, research and
management and leadership.
Explain any limitation of your methods or study design.
6. Acknowledgments and conflict of interest
Please include a section at the end of your manuscript to point out contributors
to the paper other than the writers that have been mentioned as authors. The source
of financial grants and the contribution of colleagues or institutions should be
acknowledged. The written permission of each person acknowledged should be gained.
Please also include details of the source of funding for the study and any potential
conflict of interests if appropriate. Suppliers of materials should be named and
their location (town, state/county and country) included.
Conflicts of Interest
authors must indicate whether or not they have a financial relationship with the
organization that sponsored the research. In a separate section, you must declare
that there is no conflict of interest that might bias the outcomes of your paper.
If it is not the case, you must state the potential conflict of interest
7. References and in-text citations
Authors are responsible for the correctness of their references and must ensure
all references have been cited in the text as well as listed in the references section.
References should be presented in the Vancouver style. The references cited should
assist the readers to explore the topic further. When citing a website includes
the following information:
The name of authors, publication year, and the name of the website article, the
date the website was developed or when the particular online source was published
(if known), date the website was accessed and the website URL. Please ensure that
the link provided has not been closed. Make sure the names of journals are consistent
throughout the reference list, either spell out the full name of the journals or
write the acronyms of the journals using PubMed (if the journal has been indexed
in PubMed). Please do not make up the acronyms for journals.
Reference citing and styling
please cite references with Arabic numbers in superscript and list them by the order
in which they appear in the text. The list of references should only include works
that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication.
Personal communications and unpublished works should only be mentioned in the text.
All authors’ names (without et al) of the cited work have to be list in references.
Examples for typing references in the list
Journal article; Stiller KD, Kreuzpointner L, Lukesch H. Description and evaluation
of a didactical concept for online seminars. J Contemp Med Edu 2013;1:9-14.
Article by DOI (digital object identifier); Powers J, Spickard A, DeRiemer S, Denny
J. Analysis of pre-clinical student narratives- progress in assessment of ACGME
competencies. J Contemp Med Edu. 2012; doi:10.5455/jcme.20121203031836-
Book; Bocci V. Retinal degenerative disorders. In: Ozone. A new medical drug. 2nd
edition, Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, pp 133–145, 2011. Always use the standard
abbreviation of a journal’s name according to the ISSN list of title word abbreviations;
see
http://www.issn.org/2-22660-LTWA.php
Book chapter; Barry M, Meigs JB. The natural history of benign prostatic hyperplasia.
In: Lepor H (ed) Prostatic Diseases, Saunders, Philadelphia, pp 106-115, 2000. -Online
document; The inside story: a guide to indoor air quality. In: U.S. EPA/Office of
Air and Radiation Available via
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/insidestory.html
(Accessed
18 December 2011). -Dissertation; Oter S. Assessment of lipid peroxidation and antioxidant
enzymes to determine oxidant stress in rat lung induced by hyperbaric oxygen treatment
at different doses and intervals. Dissertation, Gulhane Military Medical Academy,
Ankara, Turkey, 1998.
Reference articles in press should quote DOI no.
Tables
All tables are to be numbered using Arabic numerals and to be placed after references.
Tables should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order. For each table,
please supply a table caption (below the table) explaining the components of the
table. Any previously published material has to be identified by giving the original
source in the form of a reference at the end of the table caption. Use separate
sheets for each table.
Figures
Figures must be submitted in the end of manuscript, in the form of TIFF or JPG (JPEG)
files and with a minimum resolution of 600 dpi, separately. Please do not embed
the figures in the word document. The figures will automatically be incorporated
into the final PDF document by the online manuscript tracking system. Legends for
the figures have to be placed at the end of the main document after tables. Identify
previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference
citation at the end of the figure legend. All figures are to be numbered using Arabic
numerals. Figures should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
Cite your figure files with “Fig” and the figure number (e.g., Fig.1). Figure parts
should be denoted by lowercase letters (a, b, c, etc).
Sending a revised manuscript
The revised version of the manuscript should be submitted online in a manner similar
to that used for submission of the manuscript for the first time. However, there
is no need to submit the “First Page” or “Covering Letter” file while submitting
a revised version. When submitting a revised manuscript, contributors are requested
to include, the ‘referees’ remarks along with point to point clarification at the
beginning in the revised file itself. In addition, they are expected to mark the
changes as underlined or colored text in the article.
Publication schedule
The journal publishes articles on its website immediately on acceptance and follows
a ‘continuous publication’ schedule. Articles are compiled for ‘print on demand’
biannual issues.
Submission charge: Nil
Article processing charge: Nil
Copyrights
The entire contents of the Journal of health science education are protected under
Indian and international copyrights. The Journal, however, grants to all users a
free, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual right of access to, and a license to copy,
use, distribute, perform and display the work publicly and to make and distribute
derivative works in any digital medium for any reasonable non-commercial purpose,
subject to proper attribution of authorship and ownership of the rights. The journal
also grants the right to make small numbers of printed copies for their personal
non-commercial use under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike
3.0 Unported License.
Checklist
Covering letter
• Signed by all contributors
• Previous publication / presentations mentioned
• Source of funding mentioned
• Conflicts of interest disclosed Authors
• Last name and given name provided along with Middle name initials (where applicable)
• Author for correspondence, with e-mail address provided
• Number of contributors restricted as per the instructions
• Identity not revealed in paper except title page (e.g. name of the institute in
Methods, citing previous study as 'our study', names on figure labels, name of institute
in photographs, etc.)
Presentation and format
• Double spacing
• Margins 2.5 cm from all four sides
• Page numbers included at bottom
• Title page contains all the desired information
• Running title provided (not more than 50 characters)
• Abstract page contains the full title of the manuscript
• Abstract provided (structured abstract of 250 words for original articles, unstructured
abstracts of about 150 words for all other manuscripts excluding letters to the
Editor)
• Key words provided (three or more)
• Introduction of 75-100 words
• Headings in title case (not ALL CAPITALS)
• The references cited in the text should be after punctuation marks, in superscript
with square bracket.
• References according to the journal's instructions, punctuation marks checked
• Send the article file without ‘Track Changes’
Language and grammar
• Uniformly American English
• Write the full term for each abbreviation at its first use in the title, abstract,
keywords and text separately unless it is a standard unit of measure. Numerals from
1 to 10 spelt out
• Numerals at the beginning of the sentence spelt out
• Check the manuscript for spelling, grammar and punctuation errors
• If a brand name is cited, supply the manufacturer's name and address (city and
state/country).
• Species names should be in italics
Tables and figures
• No repetition of data in tables and graphs and in text
• Actual numbers from which graphs drawn, provided
• Figures necessary and of good quality (colour)
• Table and figure numbers in Arabic letters (not Roman)
• Labels pasted on back of the photographs (no names written)
• Figure legends provided (not more than 40 words)
• Patients' privacy maintained (if not permission taken)
• Credit note for borrowed figures/tables provided
• Write the full term for each abbreviation used in the table as a footnote