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
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Original papers
should not exceed 3000 words for full-length reports
of original research.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 2000 words
including a short abstract and summary conclusion should
be included.
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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:
The Editor
Email: med-jephc@monash.edu
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