期刊名称：GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Global Health Action is an international peer-reviewed Open Access journal affiliated with the Centre for Global Health Research (CGH) at Umeå University, Sweden, and published by Co-Action Publishing. The CGH is associated with the Division of Epidemiology and Public Health Sciences, a WHO Collaborating Centre on Epidemiological Surveillance and Public Health Training, which also hosts the Umeå International School of Public Health.
Aim: Public health challenges in a global context are to be found in the widening gap between the winners and losers of globalisation. To meet these challenges it is crucial not only to act constructively on what is already known and evaluate the results, but also to establish what we have yet to learn and still need to implement. The Journal therefore specifically welcomes papers that report on results and evidence derived from practical implementations of current knowledge, but also papers suggesting strategies for practical implementations where none already exist. Thus the aim of Global Health Action is to contribute to fuelling a more concrete, hands-on approach to global health challenges. The journal particularly invites articles from low- and mid-income countries, while also welcoming South-South and South-North collaborations. All papers are expected to address a global agenda and include a strong implementation or policy component.
Scope: Global Health Action welcomes Original Articles, Short Communications as well as Debate Articles. Study Design Articles, for example on longitudinal infrastructures for population research, may well precede the publication of results. If manuscripts are received that are not up to the standard required for publication in the journal but relate to work that has publication potential, the author(s) will be offered mentorship from a senior academic who will work collaboratively to make the article publishable. In such a case, the mentor would not expect to become a co-author but would be named in the published article as a Contributing Editor.
Peer Review Process
Papers submitted to Global Health Action are subject to rigorous peer review so as to ensure that the research published is 'good science'.
Manuscripts are sent out for review electronically, and all correspondence takes place via e-mail. Although the peer review process is accelerated by the use of electronic communication, traditional, high-quality peer-review standards are applied to all manuscripts submitted to the journal.
When submitting an article, authors are invited to suggest two or three possible reviewers who should be experts in their field of study and the subject matter of the article. Authors should not suggest anyone who has published with any of the co-authors within the last five years or anyone who works at the co-authors' institutions. Minimum information to be given for the suggested reviewers is first name, last name and email address. The Editors may or may not make use of the authors' suggested reviewers.
Papers are sent to at least two independent referees.
Global Health Action has a 'single blind' review process: The peer referees’ identity remains unknown to the authors although it is up to the referee if he/she wants to contact the author at a later stage and reveal his/her identity.
Peer reviewers are asked to give their opinion on a number of issues pertinent to the scientific and formal aspects of a paper, and to judge the papers on grounds of originality and urgency. All relevant information will be forwarded to the author(s).
Peer reviewers will have six possible options, for each article:
1. Accept manuscript (i.e. no need for any revision)
2. Accept after revision (i.e. accepted if the author makes the requested revisions)
3. Revise and resubmit (i.e. accepted or rejected after revisions have been made - paper will be sent out for another peer review round)
4. Submit elsewhere (i.e. if the manuscript is better suited for another journal)
5. Reject manuscript (i.e. if the manuscript is substandard)
6. See comments (i.e. if the reviewer cannot choose from any of the above)
In addition, papers may be rejected directly by the Chief Editor if judged to be out of scope or if scientifically or formally sub-standard.
When asking for revisions, reviewers have two possible goals: to ask authors to tighten their arguments based on existing data or to identify areas where more data are needed. Even formal revision may be required if the language or style is sub-standard. To facilitate rapid publication, authors are given a maximum of 2 months for revision. After 2 months, revised manuscripts will be considered new submissions.
Publication Frequency
All articles to Global Health Action are posted online immediately as they are ready for publication. All articles will be assigned a DOI number (Digital Object Identifier) whereby they become searchable and citeable without delay.
Open Access Policy
Open Access
Global Health Action is published under the Open Access model and is therefore free for anybody to read and download, and to copy and disseminate for educational purposes. Articles will be published immediately after the final corrections of the master proof have been made. When posted online, articles will be assigned a DOI number (Digital Object Identifier) whereby it becomes possible to search and cite them without delay.
The Open Access model used for Global Health Action implies that production costs are partly covered by publication fees normally paid for by the author’s institution or funding agency. The total sum will be charged to the author(s) upon acceptance of his/her article. Author from institutions which have difficulty in paying may be eligible for a full or partial waiver of the publication fee. The Publisher would be happy to provide more information or discuss individual cases. The ability of authors to pay remains unknown to the Editors prior to possible acceptance.
Global Health Action is accessible via the journal’s website at http://www.co-action.net/journals/gha as well as via international search engines such as Google Scholar.
See also the copyright section.
Under the Open Access model authors retain copyright. See copyright section.
Archiving
This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.
In addition, all files will be archived with PubMed Central, CLOCKSS and Portico.
Author Self-Archiving
Authors are permitted and encouraged to post items submitted to this journal on personal or institutional websites, prior to and after publication (while providing the bibliographic details of that publication)
Publication fee
The Open Access model used for Global Health Action implies that production costs are mainly covered by publication fees.
The publication of an article in Global Health Action incurs a fee:
Regular article: EUR 900 excl. VAT (Europe)/USD 1225 (rest of the world) for up to 8 typeset pages (US A4). Additional pages incur a charge of EUR 45/USD 60.
Short publication: EUR 400 excl. VAT (Europe)/USD 545 (rest of the world) for up to 4 typeset pages (US A4).
PhD Review: EUR 350 excl. VAT (Europe)//USD 475 (rest of the world) for up to 8 typeset pages (US A4). Additional pages incur a charge of EUR 45/USD 60.
It is customary that the author’s institution covers the publication costs for articles resulting from research undertaken at the institution, or that money has been earmarked in the grant or stipend the author has received to be able to carry out the research. For a list of OA-friendly universities and funding agencies, please see here. Additional information on how to claim reimbursement/support for publication fees can be found here.
The total sum will be charged to the author(s) upon acceptance of his/her article.
WAIVERS We offer a complete or partial fee waiver on a case-by-case basis for individual authors or author groups affiliated with a university or institute in Low-income or Lower-middle-income economies as defined by the World Bank. Please check here.
Please mail your request for a waiver to waivers@co-action.net before submitting your manuscript. Requests for waivers of the publication fee for manuscripts that have already gone through peer review or been typeset will not be granted. Editors and reviewers have no access to author payment information, and inability to pay will therefore not influence the decision to accept your paper or not.
WITHDRAWAL OF MANUSCRIPT If you withdraw your manuscript after it has been typeset (but not yet published) you will be charged for the peer review and typesetting costs, €60/$85 per page.
Open Access Key
As a Co-Action Publishing author you are now able to manage your publication fee using Open Access Key (OAK).
Co-Action Publishing is one of the first publishers in the world to implement OAK, a unique new online payment platform designed to manage and consolidate author publication fees and connect authors to their universities, research funders or learned societies. To register and start using Open Access Key, please visit http://www.openaccesskey.com
Indexing
Global Health Action is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services:
CABI Global Health Collection
CINAHL
Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences
DOAJ
EMCare
Google Scholar
HINARI
Intute: Health and Life Sciences collection
J-gate
Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition
JournalSeek
Medline
PubMed
Science Citation Index Expanded
SCIMago
Scopus
Social Sciences Citation Index
Social SciSearch
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
The bibliographic reference lists in all articles of Global Health Action are included in the Open Citations Corpus.
IF: 2.062, ranked 57/158 in the category of Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (Q3). SJR: 0.168, ranked within Q1 of Health Policy category.
Material in GHA is also further distributed by EBSCO, one of the worlds largest content aggregators and research database providers.
Instructions to Authors
Preparing for submission Submitted manuscripts should follow the recommendations stated in Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals. In addition, for Observational studies please follow the STROBE guidelines and for Fields/Clinical trials the CONSORT guidelines.
In his/her covering letter, the corresponding author should reveal whether the submitted article – or very similar work - has been previously published or orally presented, or is under consideration elsewhere. The authors are also encouraged to list at least 2 potential reviewers with full name, institution and email address. Please note: the suggested reviewers should not be from the authors’ own institute, nor a co-author of any published paper/papers of the present author/authors. The Editors reserve the right of final selection.
Please note that the submitting author will be the principal contact for editorial correspondence, throughout the peer review and proofreading process, if applicable.
Plagiarism Detection Co-Action Publishing is a member of CrossCheck by CrossRef and iThenticate. iThenticate is a plagiarism screening service that verifies the originality of content submitted before publication. iThenticate checks submissions against millions of published research papers, and billions of web content.
Co-Action Publishing uses iThenticate to screen all submissions for plagiarism before publication, but authors, researchers and freelancers can also use iThenticate to screen their work before submission by visiting http://research.ithenticate.com. 
Language All articles should be written in English - British or American as long as consistency is observed. SI units should be used.
Authors for whom English is a second language should consider having their manuscripts professionally edited before submission, e.g.Cambridge Language Consultant, Write Scientific Right, Editage or Cambridge Proofreading LTD. All services are paid for and arranged by the author. Use of one of these services does not guarantee acceptance or preference for publication.
Acknowledgements All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an acknowledgments section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, writing assistance, or a department chairperson who provided only general support. Financial and material support should also be acknowledged.
Conflict of interest and funding Authors are responsible for disclosing financial support from the industry or other conflicts of interest that might bias the interpretation of results.
Ethics and consent When reporting experiments on patients or animals, please indicate whether the procedures followed were approved by your local ethics committee and/or in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008 (http://www.wma.net/en/30publications/10policies/b3/17c.pdf).
Publication Fee Please see http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/about/editorialPolicies#custom-1
Waivers We offer a complete or partial fee waiver on a case-by-case basis for individual authors or author groups affiliated with a university or institute in Low-income or Lower-middle-income economies as defined by the World Bank. Please check here.
Please mail your request for a waiver to waivers@co-action.net before submitting your manuscript. Requests for waivers of the publication fee for manuscripts that have already gone through peer review or been typeset will not be granted. Editors and reviewers have no access to author payment information, and inability to pay will therefore not influence the decision to accept your paper or not.
Withdrawal of manuscript If you withdraw your manuscript after it has been typeset (but not yet published) you will be charged for the peer review and typesetting costs, €60/$85 per page.
Manuscript layout Wherever possible, the paper should follow the traditional layout: introduction (motivation, problem identification and a short literature survey), present investigation (background, subjects material, method, and results), and conclusion.
Begin each section, including figure and table legends, on separate sheets; insert running page numbers.
Manuscript length Global Health Action has no strict upper limit for paper lengths but the recommendations are around 4,000 words for original papers, 1,500 for Short Communications and 1,000 for Debates. Major deviations from these need to be justified.
Title page Organize the title page in the following way: 1) title of manuscript, 2) name of author(s), 3) name of department(s) and institution(s), and 4) name and fullpostal address of the corresponding author who also acts as 'Guarantor' for all parts of the paper.
The title should be informative and accurate and at the same time trigger the interest of the reader. A short running head will be derived from the title to appear on each page of the paper.
Figures Upon acceptance please supply figures/graphics/images in at least 300 dpi. For further information please see guidelines.
If the figures/graphics/images have been taken from sources not copyrighted by the author, it is the author’s sole responsibility to secure the rights from the copyright holder to reproduce those figures/graphs/images for both worldwide print and web publication. All reproduction costs charged by the copyright holder must be borne by the author.
When figures/graphics/images are reproduced, a parenthesis should be added to the figure legend thus: (Reproduced with permission from xxx.)
Abstract Articles must include a structured abstract of 200-300 words. The abstract should be able to provide sufficient information for a reader to be able to decide whether or not to proceed to the full text of the article. The abstract should be structured in the following way: Background, Objective, Design, Results, Conclusions. After the abstract, please give 5-10 key words.
Section headings Please do not number section headings. Use a maximum of three levels of headings made clear by orthographic indicators, i.e. capitals, italics, bold etc.
References Number the references consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. Identify references in the text by arabic numerals and in parentheses [e.g. (14)].
Information from papers in manuscript but not yet accepted should be cited in the text as 'unpublished observation(s)' or 'personal communication'.
For details on how to present the reference list at the end of the manuscript, please visit http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=citmed.TOC&depth=2
For a key of how to abbreviate journal names, please consult the List of Journals Indexed in Index Medicus, accessible athttp://www.nlm.nih.gov
Some sources and documents are available in print, but also reproduced electronically for wide dissemination—government publications are an obvious example. If you use the electronic version of such a document, please give the URL and date on which you last accessed the electronic file to the citation.
Books and journals
Journals
- More than six authors: Parkin DM, Clayton D, Black RJ, Masuyer E, Friedl H, Ivanov E, et al. Childhood leukaemia in Europe after Chernobyl: 5 year follow-up. Br J Cancer 1996;73:1006-12.
- Morse SS. Factors in the emergence of infectious diseases. Emerg Infect Dis [serial online] 1995 Jan-Mar [cited 1996 Jun 5]; 1(1): [24 screens]. Available from: URL: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/eid.htm
Books .
- Bandura A. Social foundations of thought and action. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall; 1986.
- Norman IJ, Redfern SJ, eds. Mental health care for elderly people. New York: Churchill Livingstone; 1996.
- Phillips SJ, Whisnant JP. Hypertension and stroke. In: Laragh JH, Brenner BM, eds. Hypertension: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management. 2nd ed. New York: Raven Press; 1995. p. 465-78.
File format To facilitate the review process, please provide a complete manuscript file (preferably PDF but Word, RTF or WordPerfect are also fine) with all figures, tables, legends and supplementary material (if applicable) placed at the end of the manuscript after the reference list.
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
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I, the corresponding author, am authorized by all of my co-authors to submit this paper. The paper has not been submitted, in its current version, to any other journal.
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I, the submitting author, will be the point of contact throughout the peer review and proofreading process (if applicable).
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The article contains nothing obscene, indecent, objectionable or libellous.
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I/we have strictly followed the guidelines provided and made sure that:
- the URLs to access references online are provided and ready to click (e.g., http://www.globalhealthaction.net)
- only one space has been entered after the full-stop at the end of a sentence
- the text has not been justified; a ragged right-hand margin has been used
- a double hyphen (--) has been used to indicate a dash in text
- TAB has been used when indenting paragraphs or separating columns in tables
- 'italics' or single quotes have been used for emphasis (avoid using underlines!)
- the same elements have been keyed in exactly the same way throughout the manuscript
- the journal adheres to a single blind review process and thus the manuscript include all authors details
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Please subject the manuscript to professional language editing before submitting the final version if you are not a native speaker.
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In order to facilitate the review process, I/we will submit a complete manuscript (preferably a PDF) file with all figures, tables, legends and supplementary material (if applicable) placed at the end of the manuscript after the reference list. The manuscript is double-spaced and I/we have inserted line numbers in the manuscript to further expedite the review process. If accepted, I/we will supply a complete Word-file with track changes activated.
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I have suggested 2 potential reviewers (names and email addresses) in the "Comments for the Editor" field below.
Copyright Notice
Authors contributing to Global Health Action agree to publish their articles under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported license, allowing third parties to share their work (copy, distribute, transmit) and to adapt it, under the condition that the authors are given credit, that the work is not used for commercial purposes, and that in the event of reuse or distribution, the terms of this license are made clear.
Authors retain copyright of their work, with first publication rights granted to Co-Action Publishing. However, authors are required to transfer copyrights associated with commercial use to the Publisher. Revenues from commercial sales are used to keep down the publication fees. Moreover, a major portion of the profits generated from commercial sales is placed in a fund to cover publication fees for researchers from developing nations and, in some cases, for young researchers.
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Editorial Board
Managing Editor
- Nawi Ng, Managing Editor, Global Health Action Umeå University, Sweden
Editors
- A/Prof. Joacim Rocklöv, Epidemiology and Global Health Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Umeå University, Sweden
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