(This is for the authors who would like to submit an article
written in English. For those
who submit an article in Japanese, read Japanese-version of 'Instructions
to Authors'.)
Journal of
International Health is the
quarterly official journal of the Japan Association for International
Health.
A
key objective is to share information, learn what others learned, and
discuss future challenges in research, intervention, field practice,
education, management, and policy making in International Health, which
promotes members' activities and further addresses international health
issues.
While
this journal pursues high quality articles in terms of science and art,
with comprehensive and multidisciplinary aspects of international health
the journal encourages members with various expertise and professions
ranging from policy-making to field practice to submit articles from
diverse perspectives such as politics, socio-economics and culture.
Therefore, an article should be prepared in such a way to make field
practitioners and other specialists understand.
Authors
should prepare and submit manuscripts based on the following instructions.
Refer to 'Uniform Requirements
for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals' issued by the
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (http://www.icmje.org/ Accessed
November 21, 2004)
for
those not included in the instructions.
1.
Eligibility: The first
author should be the member of the Japan Association for International
Health. Those who do not hold the membership of the Association ought to
make an application for admission concurrently with the manuscript
submission. Journal of International Health does not accept the
manuscript that has been published or will be published elsewhere.
2.
Research Ethics: All
researches involving either human participants or materials of human
origin should proceed in accordance with the principles in the Declaration
of Helsinki of 1975, which was embodied by The World Medical Association.
All researches involving cases should fully concern the participants'
privacy.
3.
Types and formats of
Articles:
As shown
in Table 1, nine types of articles are considered for inclusion. In
addition, articles that are invited by the Editorial Board could be
published.
Structure
and subdivision of the article are shown in Table 2.
Table
1 Types of
Articles
|
Type |
Contents |
Word
count |
Opinion |
Suggestions
or opinions regarding research, intervention, policy and other
topics related to international health. |
2,500
words |
|
Review
Article
|
Review
of articles related to international health with analysis and
comments of authors. |
4,000
words. |
|
Original
Article |
Original
research or scientific observation related to international
health. |
3,000
words |
|
Short
report |
Concise
but complete descriptions of original research or scientific
observation related to international health. |
1,000
words |
|
Field
Report |
Report
or description of programs/projects, field practices, its related
surveys or evaluations related to international health, which would
provide implications to other similar
activities. |
3,000
words |
|
Forum |
Free
comments and ideas on the topic regarding international health to
facilitate enlightening discussions among
members. |
1,000
words |
|
Information
|
All
the other information or data related to international health that
are considered to be documented. |
3,000
words |
Letter |
Comments
to the Journal's published articles, reports of related conferences
or meetings and comments from members |
600
words |
Book
review |
Review
of books related to international health with professional comments
and views. The review
just for promotion of selling books cannot be accepted.
|
600
words |
Table
2 Structure and Subdivision
of Articles
Format
and Subdivision |
Contents |
|
Abstract
(English) |
Review
Article, Original Article, Short Report, Field Report and
Information should have an English Abstract not exceeding 300 words.
The Abstract needs to be structured with 4 headings: Objectives,
Methods, Results and Conclusion. If other types of headings or an
unstructured abstract is fit for the article, it is
accepted. |
|
Abstract
(Japanese) |
If
you want more Japanese to read your article, a Japanese abstract not
exceeding 1000 Japanese letters can also be added to Opinion, Review
Articles, Original Article, Short Report, Field Report and
Information. It should be checked by native
Japanese. |
|
Key
Words |
No
more than 5 words. In
selecting keywords, refer to 'Online
searching' of MeSH vocabulary(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html)of
NLM (National Library of Medicine) Homepage. |
|
Text |
The
text in Original Article, Short Report, Field
Report and Information also
needs to be subdivided into
following headings. If
other type of headings is fit for the article, it is accepted. Headings are not necessary
for Opinion and Forum. |
|
I.
Introduction |
Background
and objectives of the research, surveys, activities and
issues. |
|
II.Methods |
Target
population/area, sample/sampling, description of intervention, input
resources, analysis/evaluation method, statistical method, etc.
|
|
III.Results
|
Result
of the research, surveys and activities, output/outcome/impact of
the project/intervention. |
|
IV.Discussion |
Analysis
and evaluation of the results, bias or limitations of the study,
critical examination of outcome/impact of the project/intervention,
in particular whether it is applicable to other projects,
etc. |
|
V.Conclusions
(could
be omitted) |
Concise
and clear description of the findings, lessons learned, future
perspectives |
|
References |
Should
be included in Opinion,
Review Articles, Original Article. Can be included in Short
Report, Field Report and Information. For readers' information,
|
|
Resources
|
In
Field Report or other articles, you can provide a separate list or
refer in the text information to the location of resources such as
educational materials, community tools, or other materials that you
found especially helpful. |
|
Acknowledgements (could
be omitted) |
Can
include Information on grants received
|
4.
Review of
Manuscripts
The Editorial Board reviews the
submitted manuscripts by two board members and the councils and might
refer back to the authors for revision within 6 months. Authors should
send back the revised version that shows where changes have been made. If
the referred-back manuscripts are not sent back for more than 3 months
from the returning date, it is regarded as a withdrawal from the
submission.
5.
Arrangement of
Manuscripts:
The text
should be typed or printed in 12 point type, on one side of the page,
fully double-spaced using A4 size white paper of good quality. Number all
pages consecutively, starting with the title page.
1)
The Title Page:
The
submitted manuscript must have The Title Page. It should contain the
article title, type of publication, number of pages, number of figures,
tables and photographs, number of necessary reprints and key words. It
should also contain the name of author(s), affiliation(s), corresponding
author's mailing address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address.
Authors' name should be in order of 'First name Initial of Middle name.
Surname' (eg. James C. Bond).
2)
Names:
Name of chemicals, scientific terms and foreign names should be written in
the original languages. Generic names should be used for the name of
medicines.
3)
Units and
Numbers:
Units of measurements should be written as: mm, cm, ml, %, °C. Arabic
numerals should be used for the numbers.
4)
Figures, Tables
and Photographs:
Figures, tables and photographs should be typed on separate sheets. All of
them should be numbered (Figure 1, Table 1, Photograph 1) consecutively in
Arabic numerals. Insertion section of figures, tables and photographs
should be indicated in the text. Title should be indicated in each figure,
table and photograph. Addition to the title, brief explanation may be
cited if necessary. Figures and photographs should be clear enough to be
printed as they are. One sheet should contain only one figure, table or
photograph.
6.
References
The
references should be consecutively numbered in order that they are first
mentioned in the text. All the references should be listed in the end of
the text. Reference numbers such as 1), 2), 3)··· should be marked at the
upper right of the corresponding part in the text. In principle,
abbreviation should not be used for the title of Japanese journals.
Abbreviation of the non-Japanese journals may conform to "Index Medicus."
Up to six authors of a reference ought to be cited. In case of more than
four authors, use "et al" after the citation of three authors. Followings
are some examples of references.
Other details are found in the AMA Manual of Style.
1)
Journal
Nabarro
D，Chinnock
P.Inappropriate
promotion of an appropriate technology. Soc.
Sci. Med. 1988；26：941-948.
2)
Books
Yahya
S，Roesin
R.Indonesia-Implementation
of the health-for-all strategy.In：
WHO，Achieving
health for all by the year 2000.Geneva：WHO；1990：133−150.
3)
Newspapers
Gottlieb
M. A free-for-all in swapping Medicaid for managed care. New York
Times. October
2, 1995:A1,
A4.
4)
Report
Bureau
of the Census. Higher education price indexes: 1965–1991. In:
Statistical Abstract of the
United
States:
1993.
113th ed. Table 277. Washington,
DC:
US
GPO; 1993.
5)
CD-ROMs
Anderson
SC,
Poulsen KB. Anderson's
Electronic Atlas of Hematology [CD-ROM].
Philadelphia:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2002.
6)
Database Online
National
Center
for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
St.
John's
Wort and the treatment of depression [Web page]. National Institutes of
Health Web site. Available at http://nccam.nih.gov/health/stjohnswort/.
Accessed January
19, 2003.
7.
Manuscript
Submission
A
manuscript (including text, figure, table, photographs) could be sent
either by post or through e-mail.
When sending by post, the manuscript should be submitted in
triplicate as one original and two copies. Together with the manuscript,
electronic files in a diskette (3.5 inch) should be enclosed. Format form
and software name should be clearly specified. For the submission, send
the manuscript by the registered mail to The Editorial Board of
International Health by marking "Manuscript" in red on
the envelope. The notice of
receiving the manuscript will be given to you either by post or email
within 2 weeks of reception.
When
sending through email, the manuscript in electric form should put cover
letter, abstract, text, references, tables and figures together into one
file of Word or either of PDF, rtf and doc format. Figures or photos could
be saved in separate files (with jpeg or PDF format), if attaching to the
text of Word file has any inconvenience. For the first submission, a
resolution image of figures and photos could be lower just enough for the
peer reviewers to understand, and should be sent as attached files. If not
possible to send electric documents through e-mail, they can be submitted
by post saving all the files on CD-R/RW and other memories. When accepted, figures and photos
could be requested to send by the publisher.
Address manuscript
to:
|
Prof.
Yasuhide Nakamura
The Editor-in-Chief
Journal of
International
Health
Graduate
School
of Human Sciences, Osaka
University
1-2
Yamadaoka, Suita,
Osaka
565-0871, Japan
Telephone/Fax:
81-6-6879-8064
Email:
jaih@hus.osaka-u.ac.jp |
8.
Decision and
Copyright: The Editorial Board discusses and
decides the acceptance of manuscript. Accepted manuscripts become the
property of Japan Association for International Health.
9.
Publication Fees: There is no charge for the printing
fee up to 4 pages (including text, figures, tables and photographs).
Printing fee will be charged to the author if the total number of the
manuscript is more than 5 pages. Fee for all reprints will be
charged.
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