Author Guidelines
The Journal of Community Medicine and Primary Health Care subscribes to the ‘Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts submitted to Biomedical Journals’ as published in the New England Journal of Medicine 1997; 336: 309-316.
The Journal will publish the following types of contributions: Original research reports; Critical and analytical reviews; Case reports; Short research reports; Editorials and Commentaries commissioned by the editorial board; Letters to the editor, related to materials previously published in the Journal; Book reviews; Reports of professional conferences and meetings; Continuing education.
Submissions will be considered on the understanding that:
- Materials are original, unpublished, and not under consideration for publication elsewhere, and the studies have been subjected to appropriate ethical review.
- The authors accept to transfer the copyright of accepted and published articles to the Journal of Community Medicine and Primary Health Care. Therefore, a letter stating this must be signed by all authors and submitted with manuscripts.
- Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from copyright holders to reproduce any material for which a copyright already exists.
The editors cannot correspond about papers considered unsuitable for publication and their decision is final. Neither the editors nor the publishers accept responsibility for the views of authors expressed in the research.
Manuscript Submission can be done by email or online through the journal website.
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Community Medicine and Primary Health Care
E-mail: editorjcmphc@gmail.com
Journal website: https://jcmphc.org/
Manuscripts
General: Documents must be double-spaced with one (1”) inch margins, the right-hand side should not be justified and the font size should be 12pt. Submissions are acceptable in British or American English. The editors reserve the right to adjust the style to certain standards of uniformity. In addition, manuscripts should conform to the Journal’s style; note that manuscripts will not be reviewed until they are compliant.
The paper should be divided into the following sections:
Abstract and keywords: An abstract of a maximum of 250 words must be included with up to six keywords. The abstract should be structured into the following sub-sections: background, methods, results and conclusion. Short articles, letters to the editor, commentaries and reviews need not follow this format. The abstract word count should be provided.
Text: The cover page should include the following: article title and corresponding author details (affiliation, full postal address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address). The full names, affiliations and contact details of the co-authors should also be clearly indicated. Please ensure that these details are printed on the cover page only, and do not appear on any other page of the manuscript.
Subsequent pages should follow this order: abstract, keywords, main text, acknowledgment (on a separate page) references, appendix, figure captions, tables and figures. Do not place tables or figures in the main text. The full word count must include all text, including that in the tables, figures, references, etc. All pages must be numbered in the bottom right-hand corner. The main text should be arranged in this order: Introduction, Methodology, Results and Discussion with each starting on a new page.
References: The Vancouver style of referencing should be used. References should be numbered in the order in which they appear in the text. These numbers should be inserted above the line (superscript) after a full stop on each occasion a reference is cited (e.g. as noted in similar studies 1, 2). Numbered references should appear at the end of the article, typed double-spaced and should include the names and initials of all authors. The format of referencing should be as published by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) in the British Medical Journal, 1998, volume 296, pages 401-405. Examples are provided below:
- Journal articles
- All authors should be listed where they are six or fewer; if more than six, then list the first six and follow by et al.
Hogan MC, Foreman KJ, Naghavi M, Ahn SY, Wang M, Makela SM, et al. Maternal mortality for 181 countries, 1980-2008: a systematic analysis of progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5. Lancet 2010; 375(9726): 1609-1623
- Corporate Body/Organisation as Author
International Steering Committee. Uniform requirement for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals. Br. Med. J. 1962; 284: 1766-1770
(c) No author
What happened to growth monitoring? [Editorial]. Lancet 1992; ii: 149
- Books
- Books with personal authors
Hosmar DW, Lameshow S. Applied Logistic Regression. 2nd edition. New York: Wiley Series; 2004
- Chapters with personal authors
Adesanya CA, Parry EHO, Larbi EB. The heart and circulation. In: Parry EHO (Ed) Principles of Medicine in Africa. 2nd Edition, Oxford ELBS/Oxford University Press; 1984; 645-704.
- Chapters with no authors
Respiratory Medicine. In: Tasker RC, McClure RJ, Acerini CL. (Eds). Oxford Handwork of Paediatrics, Oxford; 2010. 262-305
- Internet resources
Thind A, Mohani A, Banerjee K, Hagigi F. Where to deliver? Analysis of choice of delivery location from a national survey in India. BMC Public Health 2008; 8: 29 [cited March 21, 2009] Available from URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/8/29)
NOTE: Authors should include the Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) of referenced articles in the reference section for all articles cited.
Acknowledgment: In this section, authors should acknowledge those who have not met the authorship criteria as outlined below.
Conflict of interest: Authors should declare any conflict of interest.
Contributions to joint publication: A statement on the contribution of individual authors to joint publication should be declared in this section.
Policy on authorship criteria: Only individuals who made major contributions to the writing of the manuscript should be listed as authors. In addition, all authors listed in the manuscript should have contributed significantly to the conceptualization, design, collection, collation or analysis and interpretation of the data. All authors should have been involved in the writing of the manuscript at the draft and any revision stage. Also, they must have read and approved the final version. Other individuals (s) involved in the research should be listed in the acknowledgment section. Any change in authorship (including author order) after the initial manuscript submission must be approved in writing by all authors.
Tables and Illustrations: All tables and figures should be submitted on separate sheets of paper and should be clearly labeled. Tables should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals and be given a suitable caption. Vertical and horizontal internal lines should be excluded. Tables should complement and not duplicate results already presented in the manuscript. Footnotes to the table should be typed below the table and should be referred to by using superscript lowercase letters. All illustrations should be provided in camera-ready form, suitable for reproduction (which may include reduction) without retouching. Photographs, charts and diagrams are to be referred to as ‘figure(s)’ and should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are referred. Indicate the appropriate places in the text where the tables and figures should be inserted.
Peer review process: All manuscripts submitted to the Journal are sent to at least two independent experts in that field for review. Manuscripts with a significant statistical component will be reviewed by a statistician in addition to the above peer review. The comments of the reviewers will be communicated to the authors, even if the paper is rejected. All efforts will be made to ensure that the review process is as short as possible.
Charges:
- All manuscripts submitted for publication within Nigeria shall attract:
- A processing charge of Five thousand naira (₦5,000.00) at the time of submission of the manuscript and an additional
- Publication charge of Forty thousand naira (₦40,000.00) if the article is accepted for
publication. (Manuscript acceptance fee)
- For contributors from outside Nigeria, a single payment of One Hundred and Twenty U.S. Dollars ($120.00) will be required, if the article is accepted for publication. (Manuscript acceptance fee)
Charges should be paid to the Journal’s Naira (₦) or Dollar ($) account with United Bank for Africa (UBA) as applicable. The account details are as follows:
- Naira Account (₦)
Bank: United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc,
Branch: OAU Ile-Ife
Account Name: Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria
Account Number: 1015504404
Bank Sort Code: 033291640
Contributors are to scan the teller and send it as an attachment to the Editor-in-Chief.
- Dollar Account ($)
Bank: United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc,
Branch: GRA Ikeja
Account Name: Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria
Account Number: 30004086045
Bank Sort Code: 033291640
Swift code: UNAFNGLA
Intermediary Bank (Through):
CITIBANK NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
Swift code: CITIUS33
Routing no: 021000089
Account number: 36320321
Contributors are to scan the teller and send it as an e-mail attachment to the Editor-in-Chief.
Policy on plagiarism
Authors are warned against plagiarism and other forms of fraudulent behavior. Where it is established that authors have submitted plagiarized manuscript(s) or are involved in other forms of fraudulent behavior, the editors, after a thorough investigation, shall issue a rejoinder on the plagiarized or fraudulent article in the next edition of the journal even if the article was published in an earlier edition of the journal.
Access policy: Full-text articles from the Journal of Community Medicine and Primary Health Care are available free online at AJOL. http://www.ajol.info/index.php/jcmphc and https://jcmphc.org/
Indexing: African Journals Online; Cross Ref; Asian Digital Library; Google Scholar; IJI Factor
For more information or inquiries, contact the Editorial office:
Prof. Kikelomo Ololade Wright, MBChB, MPH, MD, FMCPH
Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Community Medicine and Primary Health Care (JCMPHC)
Department of Community Health and Primary Health Care
Lagos State University College of Medicine
1-5 Oba Akinjobi Road, Ikeja GRA
Lagos State, Nigeria
Email: editorjcmphc@gmail.com
