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Global Health Promotion

(formerly Promotion & Education)

Official publication of the
International Union for Health Promotion and Education

Published in collaboration with SAGE Publications

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Manuscript Submission Instructions

 

 

All articles, written in English, French or Spanish, should be submitted through SAGETrack's Manuscript Central, the journal's online manuscript submission and review system at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ghp

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If you have any queries prior to submission, please contact the Managing Editor: Aurélie de Gournay.

 

Global Health Promotion, is an official publication of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE). It is a multilingual journal, which publishes authoritative peer-reviewed articles and practical information for a world-wide audience of professionals interested in health promotion and health education. The journal aims to publish academic content and commentaries of practical importance for an international and interdisciplinary readership.

 

SUBMISSION TYPES:

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PEER REVIEWED MANUSCRIPTS

Authors should submit articles for publication in Global Health Promotion adhering carefully to the following instructions. Global Health Promotion has a small editorial team and encourages authors to submit manuscripts ready for publication with regard to style, spelling, grammar and composition as per the submission instructions below. Global Health Promotion will give preference in the publication queue to accepted manuscripts that are publication-ready at the time of first submission.

 

For authors whose first language is not English, English Language Editing services are available to help professionally edit manuscripts prior to submission or during the review process. SAGE Publications has identified SPi as one of the companies offering this type of service, please visit www.prof-editing.com for more information.

 

NOTE: Evaluation of the quality of editing services offered by SPi has been reviewed by SAGE, but neither SAGE or the IUHPE have formal affiliation with the company. An author's use of SPi's services obviously in no way guarantees that his or her submission will ultimately be accepted. Any arrangement an author enters into, furthermore, will be exclusively between the author and SPi, and any costs incurred are the sole responsibility of the author.

 

The instructions below include information on:




SAGETrack Submission Instructions

All submissions should be made online at the Global Health Promotion SAGETrack website (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ghp). Please log onto the website. If you are a new user, you will first need to create an account. This is a three-step process that is fast to set up. Log-in information is sent via email immediately upon completion. Full instructions for uploading the manuscript are provided on the website. If you have already created an account but have forgotten your details type your email address in the ‘Password Help' to receive an emailed reminder.

 

Submissions should be made via the Author Center and the ‘Click here to submit a New Manuscript' option. There is a user guide via the ‘Get Help Now' button at the top right of every screen. Further help is available through ScholarOne's Manuscript CentralTM Customer support at +1 434-817-2040 ext 167.

 

Please ensure that your Microsoft Word or RTF document:
1. does NOT include a title page, an abstract, or page numbers. The GHP SAGETrack system will generate them for you, and then convert your manuscript to PDF for peer review;
2. that authors remove any information that will identify them or their affiliations to reviewers. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revisions, will be by e-mail.

 

Please note the following regarding the submission of manuscripts to Global Health Promotion:

Articles which have appeared in another journal (or a book) in the same, or substantially (over 70%) the same form, are considered to have been previously published. This applies whether the journal is print or electronic, whether it is open-access or paid for.

Articles which have appeared on 1) a commercial website or on 2) any public website not run by either the author and/or the author's institution, and which appear in the same or in substantially (over 70%) the same form as submitted to the Journal, are considered to have been previously published. This applies whether the website is paid for or free access.


**Global Health Promotion may republish articles which were previously published in a language other than the language used in the submission to Global Health Promotion. In any such instance, the author is responsible for clearing - and paying for - any permissions needed to enable publishing the translation both online and in print. This will usually require clearing permission not only on the translation, but also the original work in its original language.)

 

 

Submitting revisions

Authors submitting revised manuscripts should follow the instructions above to submit through the SAGETrack system. However, if the first versions were submitted prior to SAGETrack, the system will not know automatically about the previous version. In such cases, authors should check the ‘Has this manuscript been submitted previously?' box and give the previous manuscript number in the space below. (If the previous version was submitted through the SAGETrack system, following the instructions to submit a revised manuscript will automatically associate your revised version with the original submission.) Authors of all revised submissions should, when prompted, provide information explaining the changes in your manuscript. As this will be provided to reviewers it is important that authors do not identify themselves in these responses.

 

Manuscript format

Global Health Promotion conducts blinded peer-review. When uploading your manuscript on SAGETrack you will need to upload a manuscript file with no identifying author information (designate as Main Document) and separate documents for tables/figures/image (designate as such).

 


Manuscript length

Articles should be of a maximum length of 5,000 words, all parts of the paper included. Each table, figure and illustration counts as 250 words.

 

Abstract

Prepare a short (300 words maximum) summary outlining the content of the article and drawing attention to the main conclusions. DO NOT include the abstract with your main text, you will have to type it in the required field on the first step of the ‘Submit Manuscript' process on SAGETrack.


Language and style

Submissions should be in English, French or Spanish. They may be in any of the formats supported by the word processor, and the same form should be used throughout the manuscript. The full capacity of the word processor to assist with spelling, grammar and style should be utilised. Short simple sentence structure is strongly encouraged. Define all terms that are not in common usage.

 

Ethics

If the manuscript reports the results of research, it must include a section discussing ethical considerations and reporting ethical clearances, if any.

 

References

Global Health Promotion follows the Vancouver style of referencing.

1- In the text:

Example: Smith (10) has argued that....

Examples:
- The study evaluated the impact of different educational programmes on life style improvement (1).
- There have been efforts to replace this testing with invitro tests, such as enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (57,60) or polymerase chain reaction (20- 22), but these remain experimental.

 

2- List of References:

-authors' names and initials of all authors;
-the title of the journal- abbreviate journal titles according to the style used in Medline. A list of abbreviations can be found at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=journals
-the year of publication;
-the volume number; and
-the first and last page numbers.

 

Copyright and Contributor Agreement Forms

SAGE requires the author as the rights holder to sign a Journal Contributor's Publishing Agreement for all articles we publish. SAGE's Journal Contributor's Publishing Agreement is a licence agreement under which the author retains copyright in the work but grants SAGE the sole and exclusive right and licence to publish for the full legal term of copyright.

This form must be signed online through SAGETrack upon acceptance of your manuscript for publication.

 

Blind peer review process

Manuscripts are acknowledged upon receipt, and receive a reference number, which is used in all subsequent communications. Manuscripts are evaluated in the first instance in-house by the Editor in Chief or the Language Associate Editors, and may be rejected after in-house evaluation alone. If the paper is considered to be of interest, it undergoes blind peer review by three referees prior to publication. "Blind" means that the identities of the referees and the authors are kept confidential from one-another. Anything that can potentially reveal the identity of the referee to the author or vice-versa is omitted from all communications.

Authors should expect to receive reviews of the manuscript and the Editor's feedback within four -six weeks of submission. Authors can track their manuscript in the review process through SAGETrack's Author Centre. The Editor has the discretion to decide which reviews to communicate to the author.

Referees are asked to comment on and recommend changes to the original manuscript. Their comments are an invitation to the author(s) to revise the original manuscript and do not represent acceptance or a promise of publication, and subsequent drafts can and may be rejected by the Editor if the author(s) fail to address satisfactorily issues raised by referees and the Editor.

When submitting revisions, which is also done online through SAGETrack, changes made in response to reviews and the Editor's comments should be specified in a Cover Letter. The Cover Letter can be uploaded as an additional file through SAGETrack when you send your resubmission.

The manuscripts that are approved for publication may be edited for style (but not for content) at the discretion of the editorial team.

 

Tip for authors: How to help readers find your article online


 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMMENTARIES

 

All articles, written in English, French or Spanish, should be submitted through SAGETrack's Manuscript Central, the journal's online manuscript submission and review system at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ghp


If you have any queries prior to submission, please contact the Managing Editor: Aurélie de Gournay.


Commentaries may be on any subject of general interest to the IUHPE readership. Their focus may be news, developments, announcements, discussion/debate/dialogue, point- and counter-point features, reviews, reports from the field, policy briefs, testimonials, proposals, among many other possibilities.

Authors should submit articles for publication in Global Health Promotion adhering carefully to the following instructions. Global Health Promotion has a small editorial team and encourages authors to submit manuscripts ready for publication with regard to style, spelling, grammar and composition as per the submission instructions below. Global Health Promotion will give preference in the publication queue to accepted manuscripts that are publication-ready at the time of first submission.

 

The enclosed instructions include information on:


SAGETRack submission instructions

All submissions should be made online at the Global Health Promotion SAGETrack website (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ghp). Please log onto the website. If you are a new user, you will first need to create an account. This is a three-step process that is fast to set up. Log-in information is sent via email immediately upon completion. Full instructions for uploading the manuscript are provided on the website. If you have already created an account but have forgotten your details type your email address in the ‘Password Help' to receive an emailed reminder.

Submissions should be made via the Author Center and the ‘Click here to submit a New Manuscript' option. There is a user guide via the ‘Get Help Now' button at the top right of every screen. Further help is available through ScholarOne's Manuscript CentralTM Customer support at +1 434-817-2040 ext 167.

Please ensure that your Microsoft Word or RTF document does NOT include a title page, an abstract, or page numbers. The GHP SAGETrack system will generate them for you. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revisions, will be by e-mail.

Please note the following regarding the submission of commentaires to Global Health Promotion:

Articles which have appeared in another journal (or a book) in the same, or substantially (over 70%) the same form, are considered to have been previously published. This applies whether the journal is print or electronic, whether it is open-access or paid for.

Articles which have appeared on 1) a commercial website or on 2) any public website not run by either the author and/or the author's institution, and which appear in the same or in substantially (over 70%) the same form as submitted to the Journal, are considered to have been previously published. This applies whether the website is paid for or free access.


**Global Health Promotion may republish articles which were previously published in a language other than the language used in the submission to Global Health Promotion. In any such instance, the author is responsible for clearing - and paying for - any permissions needed to enable publishing the translation both online and in print. This will usually require clearing permission not only on the translation, but also the original work in its original language.)

 

 

Submitting revisions

Authors submitting revised commentaries should follow the instructions above to submit through the SAGETrack system. However, if the first versions were submitted prior to SAGETrack, the system will not know automatically about the previous version. In such cases, authors should check the ‘Has this manuscript been submitted previously?' box and give the previous manuscript number in the space below. (If the previous version was submitted through the SAGETrack system, following the instructions to submit a revised manuscript will automatically associate your revised version with the original submission.) Authors of all revised submissions should, when prompted, provide information explaining the changes in your manuscript. As this will be provided to reviewers it is important that authors do not identify themselves in these responses.

 

Text format

When submitting your commentary on SAGETrack you will need to upload a file with the text (designate as Main Document) and separate documents for tables/figures/image (designate as such).

 

Length

Commentaries should be of a maximum length of 2,000 words, all parts of the commentary included. Each table, figure and illustration counts as 250 words.

 

Abstract

Prepare a short (150 words maximum) summary outlining the content of the commentary. DO NOT include the abstract with your main text, you will have to type it in the required field on the first step of the ‘Submit Manuscript' process on SAGETrack.

 

Language and style

Submissions should be in English, French or Spanish. English submissions may be in any of the formats supported by the word processor, and the same form should be used throughout the manuscript. The full capacity of the word processor to assist with spelling, grammar and style should be utilised. Short simple sentence structure is strongly encouraged. Define all terms that are not in common usage.

 

Ethics

If the commentary reports the results of research, it must include a section discussing ethical considerations and reporting ethical clearances, if any.

 

References

Global Health Promotion follows the Vancouver style of referencing.

1- In the text:

Example: Smith (10) has argued that....

Examples:
- The study evaluated the impact of different educational programmes on life style improvement (1).
- There have been efforts to replace this testing with invitro tests, such as enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (57,60) or polymerase chain reaction (20- 22), but these remain experimental.

 

2- List of References:

-authors' names and initials of all authors;
-the title of the journal- abbreviate journal titles according to the style used in Medline. A list of abbreviations can be found at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=journals
-the year of publication;
-the volume number; and
-the first and last page numbers.

 

Copyright and contributor agreement forms


SAGE requires the author as the rights holder to sign a Journal Contributor's Publishing Agreement for all articles we publish. SAGE's Journal Contributor's Publishing Agreement is a licence agreement under which the author retains copyright in the work but grants SAGE the sole and exclusive right and licence to publish for the full legal term of copyright.

This form must be signed online through SAGETrack upon acceptance of your commentary for publication.

 

Review process

Commentaries are acknowledged upon receipt, and receive a reference number, which is used in all subsequent communications. Commentaries are evaluated by the Editor in Chief or the Language Associate Editors, who will: (1) accept the Commentary, or (2) suggest edits, or (3) reject the Commentary (giving the reasoning for doing so). The Editors' decisions are final.

Authors should expect to receive the Editor's feedback within two weeks of submission.

The commentaries that are approved for publication may be edited for style (but not for content) at the discretion of the editorial team.