Guidelines and Instructions
- Author Guidelines
- Authorship letter
- Declarations from the Author(s)
- Rebuttal Letter (Author Response to Editor/Reviewer)
- Reviewer Guidelines
The received manuscript is reviewed initially by the assigned editor and manuscripts. All submitted articles will undergo international peer review with blinding for two peer reviewers, simultaneously. If the decision conflicts between the two, it will be sent to a third peer reviewer. The Executive Editor, together with the editorial board will ensure the following peer review policy. Double-blind will be done. The manuscript will be blinded when sent out for review. The author is anonymous to the reviewer and the reviewer is anonymous to the author as well. The manuscripts are once again reviewed by the editorial board. Page proofs are sent to the corresponding author, which must be returned within five days. Non-response to proof copy may delay the publication. [Note: The editorial board reserves the right to do necessary modifications in the text including grammar, figures, tables, and photographs, and illustrations to improve understanding without affecting the original essence of the manuscript.]
- Corrections & Retraction
Article Corrections
Noticing errors after publishing articles on the website will be corrected according to the author’s suggestions, corrections will be changed only if a significant error is found in the paper as factually inaccurate published information. When a correction is published it will be linked to the article being corrected and a link to the corrections page will also be placed on the article published earlier. And corrections will also be added to the PDF version of the article.
Corrections should be marked in doc and PDF provided through email or searchable on a website.
(Or) mark the corrections with the page number, and line with clean information to understand.
Article Retraction
Infringements of professional ethical codes, such as
- Fake claims of authorship
- Duplicate submission
- Plagiarism
- Fraudulent use of data
From time to time a retraction will be used to take care of errors in submission or publication. The retraction associated with an article by its authors or the editor under the advice of members of the scholarly community is certainly an occasional feature of the learned world. The article will be retracted from a website and a retraction notice will be labeled as retraction of the article to the author’s notice.
Manuscript submission guideline
Manuscripts need to be prepared as per the specific format.
Email: phrsn2010@gmail.com
Formatting guidelines for all types of articles
File: Microsoft Word (*.docx)
Font: Times New Roman
Line and paragraph spacing: 1.5
Title of the article: Size 12, bold, alignment center, title case
Author: Size 10, alignment left (CTRL+L)
Affiliation/Address: Size 10, Regular, title case, bold
Correspondence: Size 10, Regular
Heading first order: Size 12, bold, title case
Heading second order: Size 12, title case
Text: Other text regular, size 11
Margins: Adjusted, top 1 inch, bottom 1 inch, left 1 inch, right 1 inch
Page no.: Times New Roman, size 10, alignment right, the bottom of page
Title of article: It should be clear, concise, and not too long (max 25 words)
Name(s) of the author(s): Include the email address and the affiliation of all the authors. Indicate the corresponding author and their mailing address.
Abbreviation: As there are no universally accepted abbreviations, authors should use familiar ones and should define them when used first in the text.
Language and grammar
- Uniformly American English (Nepali English)
- Abbreviations spelled out in full for the first time
- Numerals from 1 to 10 spelled out
- No repetition of data in tables/graphs and text
- Figures necessary only and of good quality (color)
- Table and figure numbers in Arabic letters (not Roman)
- Labels pasted on the back of the photographs (no names written)
- Figure legends provided (not more than 40 words)
Types of the research article
- Original articles
- Review articles (These articles consist of the narrative review and Scoping Review.)
- Systematic review article (These articles consist of Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Synthesis)
- Book reviews
- Case reports (Series)
- Case Studies/Field reflection (Welcomes novel, rare, unique, and interesting case studies)
- Clinical Experience
- Discussion papers
- Letters to the editor (Letters to the editor should be short, decisive observations)
- Opinion articles
- Short communications
- Short reports (brief communications)
- Viewpoints (Viewpoints are considered personal views and allow authors to express their point of view on any issues relevant.)
- Perspectives article (Perspectives are articles focusing on pertinent issues of interest)
- Debates article
- Historical archives (E-books)
- Pictorial essay (Image)
- Editorial (The editorial in each issue is composed by the editor-in-chief or editorial board member and is open to invited authors for editorial.
- Protocol
- Specially Invited Articles
- Policy paper
Depending on the type of journal each of the following sections should be depicted.
Title:
Author name: Nimananda Rijal
Author for correspondence, with the e-mail address provided: Kusum Dhungana Email: info@phrsn.org.np
Affiliations: Detail address (Institutions (if any)) Public Health Research Society Nepal, Chabahil 07, Kathmandu, Nepal. Email: info@phrsn.org.np
Abstract: should be structured or unstructured as background, methods and materials, results, and conclusion. The word limit is 300 words.
Keywords: normally 3-6 items
Introduction: This section should introduce the subject in brief. Limiting this section to 250 words will be helpful.
Methods and materials: It must include relevant details on the research methods, study population, sampling strategy, data collection tools and techniques, and data analysis techniques and study variables including operational definitions.
Results: It should be in text, while tables and/or figures can be included as relevant. Appropriate statistics must be applied to justify the findings.
Discussion: It must be presented with valid justification and compared with facts. It should also include the strengths and limitations of the study.
Conclusion: This should draw the central inference of the paper. This should include a summary of the findings and the potential implications.
Declarations: Depending on the nature of the paper author(s) are required to declare: the source of funding, conflict of interest, ethical approval/consent to participate, authors’ contributions, acknowledgments, availability of data and materials, and consent for publication.
Original articles
Research Manuscript Guidelines: (Word limit 3000 words)
- Title of the manuscript
- Authors
- Corresponding author
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Keywords
- Materials and Methods
- Results & Discussions
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgment
- Conflict of interest
- References
- Tables
- Figures & Figure Legends
Review/systematic review Manuscript Guidelines: (Word limit 5000 words)
- Title of the manuscript
- Authors
- Corresponding author
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Keywords
- Introduction
- Headings/ sub-headings
- Findings
- Discussions
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgment
- Conflict of interest
- References
- Tables
- Figures & Figure Legends
Case studies/report (Series)/Clinical Experience Manuscript Guidelines: (Word limit 2000 words)
- Title of the manuscript
- Authors
- Corresponding author
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Keywords
- Introduction
- Case presentation
- Discussions
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgment
- Conflict of interest
- References
- Tables
- Figures & Figure Legends
Opinion articles/ Short communications/brief communications/Viewpoints/Perspectives article/Debates article Manuscript Guidelines: (Word Limit below 3000 words)
- Title of the manuscript
- Authors
- Corresponding author
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Keywords
- Materials and Methods
- Results & Discussions
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgment
- Conflict of interest
- References
- Tables
- Figures & Figure Legends
Policy paper: Title, Authors, Table of Contents, Abstract or Executive Summary, Introduction, Problem Description, Policy Options, Conclusion, and Recommendations, References/Bibliography, and Appendices
Letter to the Editor: This should be a short, decisive observation. They should not be preliminary observations that need a later paper for validation. Up to 500 words and 5 references.
Editorial Manuscript Guidelines: (Word Limit 1000 words)
- Title of the manuscript
- Authors
- Corresponding author
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Acknowledgment
- Conflict of interest
- References
Pictorial/Image Manuscript Guidelines: (Word limit 1500 words)
- Title of the manuscript
- Authors
- Corresponding author
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Clinical Image
- Acknowledgment
- Conflict of interest
- References
- Figures & Figure Legends
References: The authenticity of the references is the responsibility of the author(s) and should be in the JHSW style of referencing. In the text, references should be cited.
Referencing the journal article: DOI, Google Scholar, Full Text, and URL are mandatorily hyperlinked for each reference wherever applicable. E.g. [Google Scholar]
How to cite a Journal article?
- All authors should be mentioned the names of all authors.
