NOTE:
The following has been released as a guide to potential
contributors and readers. We welcome your feedback and suggestions.
Introduction
It is the mission of the Journal of Emergency Primary Health
Care (JEPHC) to publish original research articles, case studies,
critical reviews, educational, technological and informative issues
relevant to national and international aspects of prehospital
emergency care. Consideration will be given to publish submitted
articles according to the significance of their innovative, educational,
informative or collaborative contributions towards the advancement
of prehospital emergency care.
Initial evaluation of all manuscripts will be assessed by the
Editor(s) to determine suitability for publication in JEPHC. A
process of peer review by appropriately qualified professionals
will follow the Editor's approval to determine quality and synthesis
of submitted articles, prior to publication. Acceptance of a manuscript
for publication is possible only after completion of the editing
process. Every author whose name appears on the manuscript is
responsible for all statements published in the article, including
any changes made in the editing process. The author whose name
appears as the corresponding author, will receive a copy of the
final edited version of the article to circulate to co-authors
and obtain joint approval (if applicable) prior to publication
in the ejournal.
Submission of Manuscripts
Contributors are encouraged to follow the
recommendations of the International Committee of Medical
Journal Editors (ICMJE) Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts
Submitted to Biomedical Journals http://www.icmje.org.
The document provides useful information to authors, reviewers,
editors and general readers, in many aspects of ethical,
technical and formatting principles which should be applied
to manuscripts prior to submission and publication in any
medical journal.
Explanation of Papers
- Original papers should not exceed 3000
words for full-length reports of original research.
- Review articles should provide a concise
account of reviews in both established and new areas of prehospital
emergency care and related primary health care issues. Reviews
should not exceed 4000 words.
- Case reports should not exceed 2000
words and may include one table, figure and a graphic. A short
abstract and a brief concise literature review should be included.
- Short papers may cover areas of new
methods, technology, education or experimental work in prehospital
or primary health care. A maximum of 1500 words including a short
abstract, one table, figure and a graphic may be included.
- Education and Debate may cover areas
of education, innovation, technological change and non-political
issues of ethical and societal importance in prehospital care.
A maximum of 1000 words including a short abstract and summary
conclusion should be included.
- Editorials are written or invited by
the editor(s), however recommendations for topics and suitable
authors are encouraged.
Copyright
JEPHC will adopt a modern copyright policy, promoted by the
Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC),
whereby the copyright of articles published will remain with the
author(s) of the articles. Authors will licence JEPHC to publish
their articles.
Ethics
Where manuscripts refer to the investigations involving humans,
proof of clearance from an institutional ethics committee must
accompany the assignment of copyright letter.
Style
Manuscripts must be submitted in English,
using the Concise Oxford Dictionary as a spelling reference
and/or the English (U.K.) language setting in software programs.
Font selection should be sized at 12 point in Times New
Roman or Arial and line spacing should be single and justified.
Pages should be numbered consecutively on the bottom right
hand corner commencing with the title page to include all
references, tables, acknowledgements and legends. All manuscripts
should be submitted in document (.doc) or rich text format
(.rtf). and may be submitted electronically online.
A title page should include full names
and one affiliation for each author involved in the submitted
manuscript. Full contact details including name, address,
telephone, fax and email address of only one author is sufficient.
Abstracts must precede the main body of text and should
be kept to a minimum of 300 words. Abstract sub-headings
should include Objectives, Methods,
Results and Conclusions,
and the provision of keywords (no more than five) should
be provided in lower case separated by a semi-colon (;),
bold text at the end of the abstract.
Images
It is the responsibility of authors to obtain permission
for the publication or reproduction of images in the journal.
Images should be submitted with a descriptive caption and
should include the names of identifiable participants. Images
which are not taken within the public domain or, which have
been reproduced from books, newspapers, journals etc., must
also accompany a signed permission statement from identifiable
participants or publishing authority prior to publication
in the journal.
For best quality image reproduction, colour images should be
submitted digitally where possible, in jpeg format with a minimum
resolution of 300 dpi per image. Black and white illustrations
and photographs should be saved as tiff, gif or jpeg files to
a minimum of 150 dpi. Images that do not meet the recommended
requirements may be refused publication.
Figures and Tables
Figures and tables must be numbered consecutively and layouts
must not exceed margin allowances. When symbols are used to represent
parts of an illustration, each symbolic representation should
be identified and explained in a separate legend. A brief explanatory
legend may be provided at the top of tables, with further clarification
at the foot of the table if necessary.
References
References should be listed in consecutive numerical order to
correspond with numbered citations throughout the manuscript.
Every reference must be cited at least once in the text or table.
References to journal articles should contain
bibliographic information in the following order:
A maximum of six authors may be listed by; surname, first
name and initials in alphabetical order. If more than six
authors are listed "et al." should follow the name of the
third author, followed by the title and subtitle; journal
name; year of publication; volume number; issue number if
any; inclusive page numbers.
References to books should contain authors
(as above); chapter title; editor if any; title of book;
city of publication; publisher; year; edition and specific
page numbers.
Samples of the correct referencing style for medical journal
articles and other published material can be viewed at the
ICMJE
website.
*Authors are responsible
for the accuracy of all references and text citations.
To submit your manuscript or obtain more information,
please contact:
Rhona Macdonald
Managing Editor
Department of Community Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice
Building H
Monash University, Peninsula Campus
McMahons Road
Frankston
Victoria 3199
Australia
Email: rhona.macdonald@med.monash.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 9904 4198
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