Instructions to the authors for research article
Submission
The online submission system guides the author stepwise through the process of entering the article details and uploading the files. All details, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revision, are sent by e-mail.
The author must submit three files:
The first file: Manuscript Main File – This file contains the full article without the names of the authors.
The second file: Title Page – This file contains the title, the names of the research contributors, and their academic degrees.
The third file:Supplementary File – This file contains the ethical committee approval certificate.
Submit the article
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Paper Reviewing and Publication Process
Upon receipt of a submission, the editor sends an e-mail of confirmation to the submission’s author within one to three working days. If the researchers fail to receive this confirmation, the submission e-mail may have been missed.
Peer review. The journal uses a double-blind system for peer review; both reviewers’ and authors’ identities remain anonymous. The paper will be reviewed by at least two experts: one editorial staff member and one external reviewer. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's decision is final.
The review process may take four to six weeks.
If the manuscript is accepted, the reviewers and editorial decision' notification will be sent via e-mail.
PDF version of the article is available for download on the journal’s webpage free of charge.
General Rules for Text
Please use the following rules for the entire text, including abstract, keywords, headings, and references.
Preparation
Covering letter
The covering letter to the editorial office should contain the following information:
Blinded manuscript (no author details): The main body of the paper (including the references, figures, tables, and any acknowledgments) should not include any identifying information, such as the authors' names or affiliations.
Title page:
Title page (with author details): This should include the title, authors' names, affiliations, acknowledgments, and any Declaration of Interest statement, and a complete address for the corresponding author including an e-mail address.
Essential Title Page Information
The title page should be provided as a separate file.
• Title. The title page should give the title in capital letters, below which should be the authors' names (as they are to appear) in lowercase letters.
• Author names and affiliations. Where the family name may be ambiguous (e.g., a double name), please indicate this clearly. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name and, if available, the e-mail address of each author.
• Corresponding author. Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing, publication, and post-publication. Ensure that phone numbers (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address.
Contact details must be kept up to date by the corresponding author.
• Acknowledgements: Acknowledgments should be noted on the title page for original submissions including the individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing assistance or proofreading the article, etc).
• Role of the funding source: A statement of declaration of financial support should be included on the title age for original submissions any revised manuscripts will require the statement of funding support to be moved to the manuscript file.
Types of research:
1-Original research:
It should include the following:
Title:
Be concise and informative. Titles are often used in information retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible. If the researchers choose to have a subtitle, it should be italicized and centered directly below the main title.
Abstract
A concise and factual abstract is required (maximum length of 250 words). The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results, and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. The abstract must include background, aim, methods (design, setting, sampling, and tools), results, conclusion and recommendation. References should therefore be avoided, but, if essential, they must be cited in full in the abstract, without relying on the reference list.
Keywords
Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 8 keywords, it derived from the research title, avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (e.g., “and,” “of”). Be sparing with abbreviations and should be in alphabetical.
Manuscripts should be set out as follows:
The text should be arranged in the following orders:
1. Introduction.
State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results. Prior work based on the same project and/or data must be referenced, and the unique contribution of the new submission must be stated explicitly.
2. Significance of study
3. Aim of study.
4. Research question/research hypothesis
5. Materials (or patients) and method.
6. Pilot study.
7. Ethical consideration.
Before starting the study, ethical approval was obtained from the scientific research ethical committee which will be uploaded as a supplementary file
8. Statistical analysis.
9. Results (legends to figures): Put all tables and figures followed by comments. Present the results in logical sequence in the text, tables, and illustration. Do not repeat in the text all the data in the tables or illustrations after all Tables /Figures are illustrated then the informative description will be done for them. Legends should be typed double-spaced on a separate sheet and numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals according to the order of their citation in the text Legends should be brief and specific.
Tables
Please submit tables as editable text and not as images. Tables can be placed either next to the relevant text in the article, or on separate page(s) at the end. Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text and place any table notes below the table body. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in them do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article. Please avoid using vertical rules and shading in table cells.
Table format
Tables will vary in size and structure depending on the data presenting, but APA7 gives some general guidelines for their design. To correctly format an APA7 table, follow these rules:
Figure format
Any images used within the text are called figures. Figures include data visualization graphics—e.g. graph, diagrams, flowcharts—as well as things like photographs and artworks. To correctly format an APA figure, follow these rules:
10. Discussion: Emphasizes the new and important aspects of the study and the conclusion that follows from them relates the observations to other relevant studies.
It should include the following:
1- Statements of the principal findings
2- Strengths and weakness of the study in relation to other studies
3- Authors points of view
11. Conclusion & Recommendations: A conclusion may review the main Points of the paper followed by recommendations
12. References: The journal adheres to the reference style specified in the APA Manual of Style 7th Edition
Should be written as follows:
A- Journals
Reena, J. and Indarjit, W (2011): Nursing audit, The Nursing Journal of India, Vol.(5), No.(6), Pp. 1-3.
B- Textbook
Foot, M. and Hook, C. (2002): Introducing human resource management, 3rd edition, chapter 4, London : John W. Parker & Son.
C- Unpublished Theses
Sanchez, T. (2009): Physical efficacy expectations and motivations of clinical practice, Unpublished Master thesis of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, South Western University.
D- Webliography
Hutcheron, C. and Williamson, S. (1999): Nursing regulation for the New Millennium: The mutual recognition model, online http: www. Regulation new.com at 19-5-2010.
2-Review Articles
Only reviews using systematized literature search methods will be considered for publication.
Papers reporting review articles, of up to 4,000 words (and up to 4,500 words for reviews with qualitative synthesis only) will be considered. The authors must make it clear what type of literature review is being presented, e.g. systematic review, systematic review of qualitative evidence, integrative review, scoping review etc. The method used must be made clear in the abstract and must demonstrate the application of the respective review methodology when reporting the review process and results/findings.
Submitted reviews must include a structured abstract with the following (or similar) headings: Aim/Review question; Background (stating what is already known about this topic); Methods (including the type of review, search strategy, eligibility criteria, critical appraisal tool); Results/Findings; Conclusion (stating what this study adds to the topic); Relevance to clinical practice.
Appropriate headings based on the following (or similar) sections should be used:
3-Case Reports:
Instructions to the authors for Case Reports—follow CARE guidelines.
Research guidelines checklist:
STROPE checklist cross-sectional
Peer review
This journal operates a double anonymized review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. Editors are not involved in decisions about papers that they have written themselves or have been written by family members or colleagues or which relate to products or services in which the editor has an interest. Any such submission is subject to all the journal's usual procedures, with peer review handled independently of the relevant editor and their research groups.
Manuscripts are subject to editorial modification to bring them into the style of this journal. Each article is sent to a consultant to assess the scientific standard of the paper considering its acceptance to publication.
Only papers which conform to the journal style are accepted for publication. Failure to submit the manuscript in the journal style may lead to unnecessary delay in publication.
Copy right:
The journal publishes manuscripts under Creative Commons licenses. The standard Inquiry license is Creative Commons by Attribution Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC 3.0), which allows others to re-use the work without permission as long as the work is properly referenced and the use is non-commercial.
Publication Fee:
Article processing charge (APC):
If, after peer review, the manuscript is accepted for publication, a one-time article processing charge (APC) is payable. This APC covers the cost of publication and ensures that the article will be freely available online in perpetuity under a Creative Commons license.
The article processing charge (APC) for this journal is currently:
Inside Assiut University: 2400 L.E. If the manuscript is more than 20 pages, every page by 30 L.E
Outside Assiut University: 2650 L.E. If the manuscript is more than 20 pages, every page by 40 L.E.
Outside Egypt: 340 USD. If the manuscript is more than 20 pages, every page by 5 USD.
If the author(s) require(s) any change by adding or deleting something after peer review; the research will be assessed by a third reviewer with additional fees.
Director Editor: Prof. Ikram Ibraheem Mohamed, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Assiut.
E-mail: asj@nursing.aun.edu.eg
Tel: 01148472863 & 088/ 2423809
Fax: 088 – 2080520