期刊名称：CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH-REVUE CANADIENNE DE SANTE PUBLIQUE
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
The Canadian Journal of Public Health is the official organ of the Canadian Public Health Association. It is distributed on a bi-monthly basis exclusively to paid subscribers and to the Association membership.
The Canadian Journal of Public Health is a professional journal which carries a wide variety of in-depth articles on all aspects of public health, including epidemiology, nutrition, family health, environmental health, sexually transmitted diseases, gerontology, behavioural medicine, rural health, health promotion and public health policy. The editorial is peer reviewed, and the editorial board is made up of public health experts from across Canada.
The Association's mission is to constitute a special national resource in Canada that advocates for the improvement and maintenance of personal and community health according to the public health principles of disease prevention, health promotion and protection and healthy public policy.
Instructions to Authors
The Canadian Journal of Public Health (CJPH) publishes peer-reviewed original articles, reviews and correspondence on all aspects of public health and preventive medicine. CJPH is a recognized vehicle for timely, high-quality, relevant research and commentary for the community of researchers, policy-makers, and practitioners to support knowledge transfer, understanding of complex public health problems, and inform decisions to promote the public’s health.
Manuscripts will be considered for publication with the understanding that the work has not already been reported in a published paper or described in a paper submitted or accepted for publication elsewhere in print or in electronic media. This does not preclude consideration of a complete report that follows publication of a preliminary report, such as an abstract. Nor does it preclude consideration of a paper that has been presented at a scientific meeting if not published in full in meeting proceedings or similar publications. Circumstances in which there has been any other form of public disclosure of unpublished data must be declared in the covering letter to the Scientific Editor and will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Because data have a half-life, in general the CJPH will consider for review only those articles whose data are less than five (5) years old, particularly for descriptive data pertaining to the prevalence of health conditions, risk factors or behaviours, or other cross-sectional work. When submitting a manuscript for consideration, please state clearly in your covering letter the dates of the study.
To build capacity in public health, CJPH supports student reviews under the supervision of a research peer (see Editor’s Page on page 5 of the January/February 2007 issue of the journal available online at www.cpha.ca/uploads/cjph/content/j098-5_b.pdf). Not all manuscripts are used for student review. However, your cover letter should specify if you do not wish to have your manuscript made available for student review under supervision.
All original contributions are reviewed by the editor and sent to two or more external reviewers as part of a double-blind peer review process (authors and reviewers are anonymous). The editor reserves the right to make editorial changes in all matter published in the Journal and cannot enter into correspondence about papers not accepted for publication.
Our style requirements follow those of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), entitled “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals? (hereafter referred to as “Uniform Requirements?. These can be found at www.icmje.org.
SUBMISSIONS
Please indicate type when submitting your manuscript.
Quantitative Research
- Maximum word length: 2,000 words, not including abstract, tables/figures, references
- Structured abstract: 250 words, with the headings Objectives, Method(s), Results and Conclusion
- Maximum number of references: 30
Qualitative Research
- Maximum word length: 2,500 words, not including abstract, tables/figures, references
- Structured abstract: 250 words, with the headings Objectives, Method(s), Results and Conclusion.
- Maximum number of references: 30
Commentary
- Maximum word length: 1,500 words, not including abstract, tables/figures, references
- Text abstract: 200 words
- Maximum number of references: 15
- CJPH Commentaries have a reduced number of tables and figures (up to a total combined of 3). Commentaries take a “position?and then bring forth arguments or evidence to support that position. The text summary gives the reader an idea what the commentary is about.
Public Health Intervention
- See published article by Dr. Patricia Huston, former CJPH Scientific Editor, describing this type of CJPH submission, at www.cpha.ca/uploads/cjph/94_5_326-28.pdf)
- Maximum word length: 2,000 words, not including abstract, tables/figures, references
- Structured abstract: 250 words, with headings Objectives, Participants, Setting, Intervention, Outcomes, Conclusion
- Maximum number of references: 30
Systematic Review
- Maximum word length: 2,500 words, not including abstract, tables/figures, references
- Structured abstract: 250 words, with the headings Objectives, Method(s), Synthesis, and Conclusion.
- Maximum number of references: 50, with links if required to lists of retrieved and excluded articles.
Note that CJPH no longer publishes Brief Reports.
MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
Before preparing a manuscript for submission, it is advisable to refer to the reviewer criteria for original research articles, systematic reviews, commentaries, or public health interventions. These can be found at: www.cpha.ca/en/cjph/reviewers.aspx
Submit two electronic (double-spaced) versions of your paper: 1) the original version, with full identifying information for all authors, including tables and figures (see Tables and Figures sections for specific requirements); and 2) another complete paper with all identifying information removed (i.e., authors/affiliations, header/footer, properties, and acknowledgements section) for double-blind peer review process. In both versions, number all pages consecutively starting at ??(i.e., not ??for title page), including abstract, abstract translation (if provided), text, references, tables and figures.
AUTHORSHIP
Consistent with the ICMJE policy on authorship, each author should be able to take public responsibility for the content and have made substantial contributions to three (3) areas:
- conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data;
- drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and
- final approval of the version to be published.
A letter signed by all authors, stating that all agree to publication, should be included with the original submission. Scanned signatures are acceptable.
Those who do not meet the above criteria for authorship ?such as a person who provided technical help, writing assistance, a department chair who provided general financial and material support or a statistician not involved in study design but who assisted with revisions and inferences ?should be acknowledged. Because readers may infer that acknowledgement means endorsement of the data and conclusions, all persons acknowledged must provide the authors with written permission. These permissions, however, do not need to be submitted to the CJPH.
TITLE PAGE
The title page of the blinded version of the submission should include:
- type of submission;
- title;
- short running title of no more than 40 characters (count letters and spaces).
The title page of the fully-identified manuscript should include in addition to the above:
- first name, middle initial, and last name of each author, with highest academic degree(s), and the name(s) of department(s) and institutions to which the work should be attributed;
- name, address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address of the author responsible for correspondence and reprint requests.
The title page of the fully-identified manuscript should also carry any necessary disclaimers or acknowledgements of sources of support.
ABSTRACT
Refer to previous section, “Types of submissions? At the end of the abstract, include a list of three to six (3-6) MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) key words and subjects for indexing purposes. See: www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html for a list of MeSH terms. (Note: MeSH vocabulary suggestions can be submitted on this page.)
A translation of the abstract is required once the article has been accepted for publication, and this can be requested from the CJPH translation service at a cost of 24?English word (plus 5% GST or 13% HST, where applicable), to be invoiced after publication. Authors can submit their own translations, however these will be subject to quality check and there may be a retranslation cost charged to the author as necessary.
TEXT
In order to publish as many articles as possible within a Journal that comes out 6 times per year, it is CJPH policy that research articles (quantitative, qualitative, public health intervention, systematic review) should be accompanied by no more than 5 tables, or 5 figures, or some combination of both adding to 5; and that commentary submissions should be accompanied by no more than 3 tables, or 3 figures, or some combination of both adding to 3.
Divide the text into sections headed Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion (or other appropriate subheadings ?see info above re different submissions).
Do not repeat in the text a lengthy description of material that is summarized in tables and/or figures; emphasize or summarize only important observations. Avoid a lengthy “review of literature? which may be deleted.
Approval should be obtained from a recognized ethics approval board for studies involving human subjects. This approval should be indicated in the Methods section of the article.
Further information on units of measurement and acceptable abbreviations can be found in the Uniform Requirements.
REFERENCES
Number references consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text, tables and figures. Identify references in the text by superscript Arabic numerals following a punctuation mark, or at the end of a sentence. For repeated (identical) references, reuse the original reference number.
The style for references is based on the Uniform Requirements. See examples that follow this section. “Personal communications?may not be used as references, but rather should be noted in brackets in the text, with the title of the person and the date of the communication. All persons must have given written permission to the authors to be identified in a personal communication. Authors are responsible for verifying references against the original documents.
Examples of References in CJPH Style:
Journal Article
Marshall DA, McGeer A, Gough J, Grootendorst P, Buitendyk M, Simonyi S, et al. Impact of antibiotic administrative restrictions on trends in antibiotic resistance. Can J Public Health 2006;97(2):126-31.
Book
Lucas K, Lloyd B. Health Promotion: Evidence and Experience. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Ltd., 2005;24-43.
Chapter in Book
King PA. Justice beyond Belmont. In: Childress JF, Meslin EM, Shapiro HT (Eds.), Belmont Revisited: Ethical Principles for Research with Human Subjects. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2005.
Agency Publication
F/P/T Advisory Committee on Population Health and Health Security (ACPHHS). National Immunization Strategy: Final Report 2003. Ottawa, ON: Public Health Agency of Canada, 2003.
Dissertation or Thesis
Oake A. Validation and reliability testing of a breakfast survey instrument for young elementary schoolchildren [thesis]. St. John’s, NF: Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1991.
Internet Resource
Wayland S. Unsettled: Legal and Policy Barriers for Newcomers to Canada. A joint initiative of Community Foundations of Canada and the Law Commission of Canada, 2006. Available online at: http://www.cfc-fcc.ca (Accessed January 7, 2008).
Magazine Article
Caragata W. Up in Smoke. Maclean’s1995, Oct 2 pp34-35.
Newspaper Article
Kirkey S. Neighbourhoods with lots of fast-food outlets record more heart attacks and deaths: study. The Ottawa Citizen2005 May 12;Sect.A:5(col.1-4).
TABLES
Tables should be double-spaced and numbered consecutively using Roman numerals, and included in the original submission document. Supply a brief title for each table.
Example of style:
TABLE I
Demographic Characteristics of Survey Participants
Give each column and row a brief or abbreviated heading. Do not use vertical or horizontal rules in the body of tables. Cite each table in the text in consecutive numerical order.
Place explanatory matter in footnotes, using the following symbols, in this sequence:
*, ? ? ? ||, ? **, ††, ‡‡, etc.
FIGURES
Figures should be inserted in the original submission document. Number figures consecutively in Arabic numerals and supply a brief title for each.
Example of style:
Figure 1. Distribution of the total number of measles cases in Ontario, Canada between January 2004 and December 2005
Place explanatory matter in footnotes, using the following symbols, in this sequence:
*, ? ? ? ||, ? **, ††, ‡‡, etc.
ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS
E-mail cover letter plus fully-identified and blinded versions of manuscript, including tables and figures, to the attention of:
Scientific Editor
Canadian Journal of Public Health
E-mail address for submission of files:
journal@cpha.ca
CONTACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Karen Craven
Assistant Editor
cjph@cpha.ca
Editorial Board
Gilles Paradis, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACPM, FAHA
Scientific Editor
Claire Lalibert? MA, MSc
Benoît Lévesque, MD, MSc, FRCP
Associate Co-Editors
Debra Lynkowski , LlB
Executive Managing Editor
Ron de Burger, BA, CPH, CPHI(C)
Chair
Reg Warren, MA
Member-at-Large
Heather Maclean, MD
Member-at-Large
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