期刊名称：EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
 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 European Journal of Public Health is a multidisciplinary journal aimed at attracting contributions from epidemiology, health services research, management, ethics and law, health economics, social sciences and enviromental health.
The journal provides a forum for discussion and debate of current international public health issues with a focus on the European region.
An annual subscription will bring you four issues full of refereed, original scientific articles; policy articles; reviews on major themes; editorials; commentaries; book reviews; news and letters; and announcements of forthcoming events.
Impact Factor
0.624 (2002)
1.152 (2001)
1.165 (2000)
1.000 (1999)
Instructions to Authors
The European Journal of Public Health (EJPH) is a quarterly publication for original research and theoretical or methodological papers within any area of public health inquiry. Issues are published in March, June, September and December.
The EJPH style and editorial policies conform to the 'Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals'. The policies herein are adopted from the statements of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (JAMA 1993 May 5;269:2282-6, available upon request).
PEER REVIEWEvery manuscript is read by two or three external referees, who are asked to comment on full length original contributions and short reports. Reviews are double blind, that is, the identity of the author(s) is not known to the referees and vice versa.
SUBMISSION PROCEDURESManuscripts containing original material are accepted for consideration with the understanding that neither the article nor any part of its essential substance, tables, or figures has been or will be published or submitted for publication elsewhere. This restriction does not apply to abstracts or short press reports published in connection with scientific meetings. Copies of any closely related manuscripts should be submitted along with the manuscript that is to be considered by the EJPH. The EJPH discourages the submission of more than one article dealing with related aspects of the same study. (See editorial note on policy on duplicate publication, Eur J Public Health 1994;4(2):79-80.)
Submit five copies of the complete manuscript, including text pages, legends, tables, references and figures to The Editors, European Journal of Public Health, University of Karlstad, Centre for Public Health Research, SE-651 88 Karlstad, Sweden.
A covering letter signed by all authors must include the following items: a) information on prior or duplicate publication or submission elsewhere of any part of the work; b) a statement of financial or other relationships that might lead to a conflict of interest or a statement that the authors do not have any conflict of interest; c) a statement that the manuscript has been read and approved by all authors; d) the name, address, telephone and fax number of the corresponding author who is responsible for negotiations concerning the manuscript. The manuscript must be accompanied by copies of any permissions (see heading Permissions below) to reproduce already published material, to use illustrations or report sensitive personal information about identifiable persons, or to name persons (see heading Acknowledgements below) for their contributions.
LENGTH OF CONTRIBUTIONSOne EJPH page takes about 900 words. The chance of acceptance declines if space limitations are not observed.
- Full length articles should only in exceptional cases exceed 3000 words and under no circumstances be more than 4000 words. The word limit does not include text in the abstract (max. 250 words), headings, references, figures and tables. A maximum of six tables/figures is allowed.
- Short reports should not exceed 1200 words and under no circumstances be more than 1500 words. A maximum of two tables or illustrations is allowed. Abstracts of short reports should be no longer than 100 words.
- Commentaries, i.e. debate articles, long comments on previously published material, personal views, etc., should not exceed 1500 words and under no circumstances be more than 3000 words.
- Letters to the editor should be about 450 words and do not need an abstract. However, a short heading should be suggested.
- Book reviews should be about 450 words.
AUTHORSHIPAll persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship. The order of authorship should be a joint decision of the coauthors. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the content. Corresponding authors will be requested to sign an authorship statement.
Increasingly, multicentre trials are attributed to a corporate author. All members of the group who are named as authors should fully meet the criteria for authorship as defined in the Uniform Requirements (available upon request).
Information identifying the author should appear only on the title page of the manuscript.
PERMISSIONSAuthors are reminded that it is their responsibility to comply with copyright laws. It is essential to ensure that no parts of the submission have or are due to appear in other publications without prior permission from the copyright holder and the original author. Materials, e.g tables, taken from other sources must be accompanied by a written statement from both author and publisher giving permission to the EJPH for reproduction.
MANUSCRIPTSOnly articles in English are considered for publication. British spelling conventions (Oxford Dictionary) are used. Examples: standardise (not standardize), colour (not color), paediatrics (not pediatrics), foetal (not fetal), etc.
Only typed copy, on standard-sized typewriter paper, double-spaced and paginated throughout including references and tables, with margins of at least 2.5 cm, is acceptable. The text should be left justified and not hyphenated. Number pages consecutively, beginning with the title page. Begin each of the following sections on separate pages in the following order: title page, abstract and keywords, text, acknowledgements, references, tables (each table on a separate page, complete with title and footnotes), figure legends and figures.
Title page (begin on a separate page)
The title page should carry a) the title of the article, which should be concise but informative; b) first name, middle initial, and last name of each author, with highest academic degree(s) and institutional affiliation; c) name of department(s) and institution(s) to which the work should be attributed if not already stated under b); d) disclaimers, if any; e) name, address, telephone and fax numbers of author responsible for correspondence about the manuscript; f) source(s) of support in the form of grants, equipment, drugs, etc.; g) a word count of the whole manuscript; h) a short running head of no more than 40 characters (count letters and spaces).
Abstract and keywords (one separate page)
Provide on a separate page a structured abstract of not more than 250 words under the following headings: Background, Methods, Results, Conclusion. We are aware that not all manuscripts, e.g. qualitative papers, can be structured according to this principle.
Add three to five key words or short phrases to the bottom of the abstract page, which will assist us in indexing the article and which may be published with the abstract. Use terms from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) list of Index Medicus when possible.
Text (begin on separate page)
The text should usually be divided into the following sections: Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion. More information on the structure of these sections can be found in the Uniform Requirements for manuscripts (available upon request).
Tables and illustrations (begin each on a separate page)
Type each table with double spacing on a separate sheet, and provide a title for each. Do not use internal horizontal and vertical rules. Abbreviations in tables should be explained.
Excessive tabular data are discouraged: a maximum of six tables/illustrations is allowed. Do not duplicate data in graphs and tables. Do not repeat in the text all the data in the tables or illustrations; emphasize or summarize only important observations.
If you use data from another published or unpublished source, obtain permission and acknowledge fully.
Figures should be professionally designed. Three-dimensional figures are not allowed. Photocopied figures are not acceptable, however, laser prints are usually of acceptable quality. Symbols, lettering, and numbering should be clear and large enough to remain legible after the figure has been reduced to fit the width of a single column, i.e. 7 cm. Legends for illustrations should be typewritten (double-spaced) on a separate sheet and should not appear on the illustrations.
If a figure has been published earlier, acknowledge the original source and submit written permission from the copyright holder to reproduce the material. If photographs of patients are used, their pictures must be accompanied by written permission to use the picture, whether the patient is identifiable or not.
For accepted manuscripts, the figures should be supplied on diskette in the file format of a well-known software package for standard personal computers. If a spreadsheet programme has been used to produce the chart, the spreadsheet containing the underlying data should be supplied on diskette. Provide the figures in separate files, not as part of the main text. If figure originals are provided instead of computer files, each original should include the number of the figure, the name of the author, and the proper orientation (e.g. 'top'). Do not mount the figures on cardboard.
Abbreviations and footnotes
Do not use abbreviations in the title or the abstract. Except for units of measurement, abbreviations are discouraged. Use only standard abbreviations. The first time an abbreviation appears it should be preceded by the words for which it stands.
Footnotes are permitted only in tables. Use lower case characters - a, b, c, etc. - to indicate each footnote.
Units of measurement
Authors of articles must express all measurements in terms of the International System of Units (SI units), but they may include older conventional units in parentheses if they desire.
Numbers and percentages
All numbers in the text should be written in numeric form except numbers 0-10. Use % symbol instead of writing out the words per cent.
Drug names
Generic names should be used. Authors who wish to do so may insert brand names in parentheses.
Acknowledgements (one separate page)
A maximum of five printed lines (about 300 letters and spaces) are allowed for acknowledgements. All sources of funding for research must be explicitly stated. Other financial and material support, specifying the nature of the support, should be acknowledged as well. If the work has been presented orally previously, for example at a scientific meeting, then the name, place and date of the conference should be noted. Authors are responsible for obtaining written permission from persons acknowledged by name because readers may infer their endorsement of the data and conclusions.
REFERENCESReferences must be typed with double spacing and must be numbered consecutively as they are cited (Vancouver style). References first cited in tables or figure legends must be numbered so that they will be in sequence with references cited in the text. Authors are discouraged from citing material that is not commonly available, e.g., databases, patents, computer files etc. Numbered references to personal communications, unpublished data and manuscripts in preparation or submitted for publication are unacceptable. The style of references is that of Index Medicus. List all authors when there are six or fewer; when there are seven or more, list the first three, then 'et al'. Identify references in text with superscript Arabic numerals. Sample references are as follows:
Article in journals
- Standard journal article. McIsaac SJ, Wilkinson RG. Income distribution and cause-specific mortality. Eur J Public Health 1997;7(1):45-53. As an option, if a journal carries continuous pagination throughout a volume the month and issue number may be omitted: McIsaac SJ, Wilkinson RG. Income distribution and cause-specific mortality. Eur J Public Health 1997;7:45-53. Goate AM, Haynes AR, Owen MJ, Farall M, James LA, Lai LY, et al. Predisposing locus for Alzheimer's disease on chromosome 21. Lancet 1989;1:352-5
- Organization as author The Royal Marsden Hospital Bone-marrow Transplantation Team. Failure of syngeneic bone-marrow graft without preconditioning in post-hepatitis marrow aplasia. Lancet 1977;2:742-4.
- No author given Coffee drinking and cancer of the pancreas [editorial]. BMJ 1981;283:628.
- Article in a foreign language As above. Include an English translation in parentheses after the original title.
- Volume with supplement Magni F, Rossoni G, Berti F. BN-52021 protects guinea-pig from heart anaphylaxis. Pharmacol Res Commun 1988;20 Suppl 5:75-8.
- Issue with supplement Gardos G, Cole JO, Haskell D, Marby D, Paine SS, Moore P. The natural history of tardive dyskinesia. J Clin Psychopharmacol 1988;8(4 Suppl):31S-37S.
- Volume with part Hanly C. Metaphysics and innateness: a psychoanalytic perspective. Int J Psychoanal 1988;69(Pt 3):389-99.
- Issue with part Edwards L, Meyskens F, Levine N. Effect of oral isotretinoin on dysplastic nevi. J Am Acad Dermatol 1989;20(2 Pt 1):257-60.
- Issue with no volume Baumeister AA. Origins and control of stereotyped movements. Monogr Am Assoc Ment Defic 1978;(3):353-84.
- No issue or volume Danoek K. Skiing in and through the history of medicine. Nord Medicinhist Êrsb 1982:86-100.
- Pagination in roman numerals Ronne Y. Ansvarsfall. Blodtransfusion till fel patient. V…rdfacket 1989;13:XXVI-XXVII.
- Type of article indicated as needed La Vecchia C, Parazzini F, Levi F. Perinatal and infant mortality: a worldwide issue [editorial]. Eur J Public Health 1996;6:157-8. Fuhrman SA, Joiner KA. Binding of the third component of complement C3 by Toxoplasma gondii [abstract]. Clin Res 1987;35:475A.
- Article containing retraction Shishido A. Retraction notice: Effect of platinum compounds on murine lymphocyte mitogenesis [Retraction of Alsabti EA, Ghalib ON, Salem MH. In: Jpn J Med Sci Biol 1979;32:53-65). Jpn J Med Sci Biol 1980;33:235-7.
- Article retracted Alsabti EA, Ghalib ON, Salem MH. Effect of platinum compounds on murine lymphocyte mitogenesis [Retracted by Shishido A. In: Jpn J Med Sci Biol 1980;33:235-7). Jpn J Med Sci Biol 1979;32:53-65.
- Article containing comment Piccoli A, Bossatti A. Early steroid therapy in IgA neuropathy: still an open question [comment]. Nephron 1989;51:289-91. Comment on: Nephron 1988;48:12-7.
- Article commented on Kobayashi Y, Fujii K, Hiki Y, Tateno S, Kurokawa A, Kamivama M. Steroid therapy in IgA nephropathy: a retrospective study in heavy proteinuric cases [see comments]. Nephron 1988;48:12-7. Comment in: Nephron 1989;51:289-91.
- Article with published erratum Schofield A. The CAGE questionnaire and psychological health [published erratum appears in Br J Addict 1989;84:701). Br J Addict 1988;83:761-4.
Books and other monographs
- Personal author(s) Colson JH, Armour WJ. Sports injuries and their treatment. 2nd rev ed. London: S Paul, 1986.
- Editor(s), compiler as author Diener HC, Wilkinson M, editors. Drug-induced headache. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1988.
- Organization as author and publisher Virginia Law Foundation. The medical and legal implications of AIDS. Charlottesville: The Foundation, 1987.
- Chapter in a book Weinstein L, Swartz MN. Pathologic properties of invading microorganisms. In: Sodeman WA Jr, Sodeman WA, editors. Pathologic physiology: mechanisms of disease. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1974:457-72.
- Conference proceedings Vivian VL, editor. Child abuse and neglect: a medical community response. Proceedings of the First AMA National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect; 1984 Mar 30-31; Chicago. Chicago: American Medical Association, 1985.
- Conference paper Harley NH. Comparing radon daughter dosimetric and risk models. In: Gammage RB, Kaye SV, editors. Indoor air and human health. Proceedings of the Seventh Life Sciences Symposium; 1984 Oct 29-31; Knoxville (TN). Chelsea (MI): Lewis, 1985:69-78.
- Scientific or technical report Akutsu T. Total heart replacement device. Bethesda (MD): National Institutes of Health, National Heart and Lung Institute; 1974 Apr. Report No.: NIH-NHLI-69-2185-4.
- Dissertation Youssef NM. School adjustment of children with congenital heart disease [dissertation]. Pittsburgh (PA): Univ of Pittsburgh, 1988.
- Patent Harred JF, Knight AR, McIntyre JS, inventors. Dow Chemical Company, assignee. Epoxidation process. US patent 3,654,317. 1972 Apr 4.
Other published material
- Newspaper article Rensberger B, Specter B. CFCs may be destroyed by natural process. The Washington Post 1989 Aug 7;Sect A:2(col 5).
- Audiovisual AIDS epidemic: the physician's role [videorecording]. Cleveland (OH): Academy of Medicine of Cleveland, 1987.
- Computer file Renal system [computer program]. MS-DOS version. Edwardsville (KS): Medi-Sim, 1988.
- Legal material Toxic Substances Control Act: Hearing on S.776 Before the Subcomm. on the Environment of the Senate Comm. on Commerce. 94th Congr., 1st Sess. 343 (1975).
- Map Scotland [topographic map]. Washington: National Geographic Society (US), 1981.
- Book of the Bible Ruth 3:1-18. The Holy Bible. Authorised King James version. New York: Oxford Univ Press, 1972.
- Dictionary and similar references Ectasia. Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary. 27th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1988:527.
- Classical material The Winter's Tale: act 5, scene 1, lines 13-16. The complete works of William Shakespeare. London: Rex, 1973.
Unpublished material accepted for publication
- Lillywhite HD, Donald JA. Pulmonary blood flow regulation in an aquatic snake. Science, in press
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Johan P. Mackenbach
European Journal of Public Health
Erasmus University
Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Editors:
Martin McKee, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Staffan Janson, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden
C La Vecchia, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Managing Editor Anita Kallin, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden
Associate Editors:
P Allebeck, Sweden
C Alvarez-Dardet, Spain
R Beaglehole, New Zealand
B Burnand, Switzerland
A Fontaine, France
A Hofman, Netherlands
K Imamura, Japan
K McPherson, UK
N Nante, Italy
E Orosz, Hungary
M Osler, Denmark
T A Rathwell, Canada
R B Saltman, USA
J Siegrist, Germany
Consulting Editor for Statistics:
L Bodin, Sweden
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