Journal GuidelinesOctober 8, 2018

Journal/
Publisher/
Website/
CON Faculty who have published in journal / How often/
Review Process/
Mean Pub Time / Impact factor / Journal Type/Focus / Manuscript Outline
Advances in Nursing Science (ANS)
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
/ Published:
4 times per year
Review Process: not specified
Mean Pub Time: not specified / Impact Factor:
1.414 / -Peer Reviewed
-Each issue is focused on a general topic
-Has policy on NIH public access mandate.
- Purposes: Contribute to the development of nursing science and to promote the application of emerging theories and research findings to practice / -Specific guidelines and on-line submission instructions on site
-AMA Manual of Style, 10th Ed.
-Abstract of 100 words, no citations. Key Words – up to 10, Title page, Manuscript 15-30 pages, no more than 50 references
-On-line submission
-Reference/citation examples given
American Journal of Nursing
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
/ Published:
Monthly
Review Process: 6-10 weeks
Mean Pub Time: not specified / Impact Factor:
1.046 / -Peer-Reviewed
-Multidisciplinary
-Research on clinical practice, evidence based practice, and original research reports.
-Official Journal: did not find.
-Targets Health service researchers, professionals in clinical practice.
-Has policy on NIH public access mandate. / -Art of Nursing Agreement which should include a financial disclosure, authorship statement, and Copyright transfer.
-Manuscript should be arranged with acknowledgements page first, abstract with key words for indexing, main text, references, and figures/tables.
-prefer submission of publication via email
-Encouraged to include clinical scenarios or case studies in manuscripts.
Applied Nursing Research
Elsevier Inc
/ Published:
4 times per year
Review Process: not specified
Mean Pub Time: not specified / Impact Factor:
0.871 / -Original articles are reviewed by two pairs of research-clinician referees. Special features are peer reviewed.
-Multidisciplinary
-Research to apply findings in their own practice. Effort made to bridge gap between research and practice.
-Official Journal: did not find
-Targets professional nurses to advance nursing, researchers.
- Did not find policy on NIH public access mandate / -Manuscripts for original articles or special features should be no less than 10 but no more than 15 pages. Excluding tables, figures, and references.
-Brief abstract (100 words or less) should emphasize clinical implications.
-Research Briefs should be 5-7 pages with key references included.
-APA format should be used.
-Reference examples given
Aspen Journal
Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
Aspen Publishers Inc
/ Published:
Review Process: not specified
Mean Pub Time: not specified / Impact Factor:
Not listed / -Did not specify about peer-reviewed
-Multidisciplinary
-Specific article preparation guidelines before submission
-Official Journal: no
-Targets: Healthcare Journals
-Did not find policy on NIH public access mandate / -Completed Article Submission Form
-Abstract
-Key words
-Signed Copyright Transfer Form
-An identical version of manuscript on disk
-One sided only, 1 inch margins on all sides, typed double spaced (including quotations, lists, and references)
(ALT-J) Association for Learning Technology Journal (after Jan 2011: Research in Learning Technology)
Routledge (UK)
/ Published:
3 times per year
Review Process:
Mean Pub Time: 9 months / Impact Factor:
Not listed / -Peer reviewed
-International
-Focus is the use of technology in learning and teaching in all sectors of education, as well as in industry. / -Less than 6,000 words total
-Taylor & Francis style (has links to style guides in author info area)
Birth Issues In Perinatal Care
Blackwell Publishing
/ Published:
Quarterly
Review Process:
6-10 weeks
Mean Pub Time: not specified / Impact Factor:
2008: 2.217
2007: 2.058
2007: 1/46 in nursing; 19/60 in obstetrics and gynecology); 17/78 in pediatrics / -Peer-reviewed
-Interdisciplinary/ Multidisciplinary nursing
-Research on perinatal medicine, perinatal medicine, maternal/newborn public health, and social sciences.
-Official Journal: yes
-Targets: neonatologists, midwives, physicians, child birth educators, lactation counselors, psychologists, epidemiologists.
- Has policy on NIH public access mandate / -10-12 best chance of acceptance.
-Electronic format with title: Birth Paper Submission
-Cover letter
-Title page (min 3, max 7)
-Abstract (max words 250)
-Tables, figures, photographs
-References (max 50)
-Letters to Editor
Clinical Nursing Research
Sage Publishing
/ Published:
Quarterly
Review Process: not specified
Mean Pub Time: not specified / Impact Factor:
Not listed / -Did not find if it was peer-reviewed
-International
-Clinical research is main focus.
-Official journal: no indication given
-Targets clinical research in nursing
-Did not find policy on NIH public access mandate / -Main text 6,200 words
-Manuscript max 20 pages (everything included)
-Research briefs max 8 pages
-Title page (Specific details)
-Abstract (max 150 words)
- APA style
-Cover letter
-Tables and Figures
Families, Systems, & Health
Collaborative Family Healthcare Association
/ Published:
Quarterly
Review Process: not specified
Mean Pub Time: not specified / Impact Factor:
Not listed / - Peer-reviewed
-Multidisciplinary
-Official journal: no indication given
-Target: not indicated
-Did not find policy on NIH public access mandate / -Manuscripts (max 30 pages)
-Title page/Cover Page (specific details)
-Abstract
-References
-Tables/Figures
Family & Community Health
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
/ Published:
Quarterly
Review Process: not specified
Mean Pub Time: not specified / Impact Factor:
0.989 / -Manuscript read by two members of Editorial Board
- Multidisciplinary
-Teaching essentials of self-care, family and community health care, and health promotion and maintenance
-Official journal : no indication given
-Targets health practitioners
-Has NIH public access mandate / -Title Page (Specific details)
-Abstract (max 100 words)
-Tables
-Illustrations
-Permissions
-AMA
-Reference examples listed
Health Affairs
People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc -- Project HOPE
/ Published:
Monthly
Review Process:
2 weeks – 6 months
Mean Pub Time:
6 weeks – several months / Impact Factor:
3.004 / -Peer-reviewed
-Multidisciplinary
-Dedicated to the serious exploration of major domestic and international health policy issues.
-Official journal: not stated
-Targets people interested in present and future health policy issues.
- Did not find policy on NIH public access mandate / -Manuscripts (max 5,000 for commentaries)
-Abstract (max 100 words)
-Title page (five author max, justification if more)
-Health tracking papers must examine trends and max words 2,500-3,000
-Chicago Manual of Style
Health Care for Women International
Taylor & Francis/Routledge
/ Published:
12 times per year
Review Process: not specified
Mean Pub Time: not specified / Impact Factor:
Not listed / •Peer-Reviewed
•International Multidisciplinary
•Research, theories, & issues in the fields of health care, psychology, sociology, anthropology, & nursing on topics such as cultural differences, alternative lifestyles, wife abuse, problems of aging, psychological challenges, childbearing & childrearing, & ethical issues
•Official journal of the International Council on Women’s Health Issues
•Targets Researchers, Scholars, Practitioners & Students in Women’s Studies, Social Work, Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, Public Health, Health Education, Business, History and Health Care Professions
•Did not find policy on NIH public access mandate / -APA
-Reference examples shown
-100 word max Abstract
-PDF documents with hints for submission and publication success available
Health Promotion Practice
Online First
SAGE Online Publisher
Official Journal of The Society for Public Health Education
/ Published:
Bimonthly
Review Process: not specified
Mean Pub Time: not specified / Impact Factor:
Not listed / -Peer-reviewed
-International
-Devoted to practical application of health promotion and education.
-Targets researchers, academics, health care workers, policy advocates
-Did not find policy on NIH public access mandate / -Specific wording to be used in manuscript
-Manuscripts (max 20 pages includes everything)
-Cover letter
-Title page (Specific details)
-Abstract (150 or less)
-Keywords
-Intro
-Background/Lit Review
-Discussion
-Conclusions
-References
-Transfer of Copyright
-APA style
-Different set-up for policy analyses
-Mission statement should be considered in manuscript.
Health Services Research
Blackwell Publishing
/ Published:
Bimonthly
Review Process:
2 weeks reject or send for external review
Mean Pub Time:
Within 6 months of acceptance (On Line early), then within a few months in print / Impact Factor:
2007: 2.554
11/57 in health care sciences and services / •Peer-Reviewed
•Multidisciplinary
•Research on financing, organization, delivery, evaluation, and outcomes of health services; findings, methods, and thinking on important policy & practice issues in US and global context
•Official journal of Academy Health
•Targets Health services researchers, policy analysts, practitioners, students
•Has policy on NIH public access mandate / -4500 words for research & methods articles (excludes abstract, references, tables & figures)
•List structured abstract, but not structure for manuscript (objective, data sources/study setting, study design, data collection/extraction methods, principal findings, conclusions, key words)
International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship
The Berkeley Electronic Press
/ Published:
Review Process:
10weeks
Mean Pub Time: not specified / Impact Factor:
Not listed / -Peer-reviewed
-Nursing
-International
-Official Journal: not indicated
-Targets academics and researchers
-Focus on student, faculty, curriculum development and evaluation, administration of nursing education programs, issues and innovations.
- Did not find policy on NIH public access mandate / -18-20 pages (exclusive of references)
-APA
-Cover letter (indicate if article is research based or expository)
-Abstract (max 150)
-Four keywords for article
-Microsoft Word or RTF
-Specific margins, bolding, headings, spacings
-no “author” references
-Examples of citations and abstracts.
International Journal of Nursing Studies
Elsevier Science
/ Published:
Monthly
Review Process:
8 weeks
Mean Pub Time: not specified / Impact Factor:
Not listed / -Peer-Reviewed
-International Nursing
-Official Journal: not indicated
-Targets original research papers, scholarly works, and reviews.
-Did not find policy on NIH public access mandate / -7000 words in length
-Fax number and email address needs to be included.
-Abstract 100 words
-5 Keywords
-Order: Title, Authors, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Main text, Acknowledgements, Appendix, References, Figures, Tables.
-Specific reference rules with examples
-footnotes (except table footnotes) to be superscript Arabic numbers.
-Electronic copy with final version of manuscript
-Transfer of Copyright
Internet Journal of Health Promotion
Now Reviews of Health Promotion and Education Online

Journal for Healthcare Quality
Wiley-Blackwell
The official journal of the National Association for Healthcare Quality
/ Published:
Bimonthly
Review Process:
2-4 months
Mean Pub Time: not specified / Impact Factor:
Not listed / -Blind, Peer Review process
-Submissions from Healthcare quality field
-Author earns 4 CE credits per article
-Has NIH policy / -APA style
-6-12 double spaced pages
-1,500-3,000 words
-Abstract 200 words
-Include author biosketches
Journal of Advanced Nursing
Blackwell Publishing
/ Published:
Bimonthly
Review Process: 10 weeks
Mean Pub Time:
Within 6 months of acceptance ( earlier on-line) / Impact Factor:
1.342
8/42 in nursing / •Peer-Reviewed
•International Nursing
•advance knowledge & understanding of all aspects of evidence-based nursing & midwifery care, research, practice, education & management
•Targets a general nursing audience
•Does have policy on NIH public access mandate
Advanced nursing, research, and midwifery care are the focal areas.
-Targets healthcare professionals, researchers in advanced nursing, and midwives.
-Official Journal: not indicated
-Did not find policy on NIH public access mandate / •5000 words (excludes abstract, summary statement, tables & references)
•Title page
•Abstract, summary statement, key words page
•Introduction
•Background
•Study Aims
•Design/Methods
•Sample
•Data collection
•Ethical considerations
•Data analysis
•Validity & reliability
•Results/Findings
•Discussion
•Conclusions
•References
•Tables & figures
-Abstract 300 word max
-Key words 6
-Submit online
-Manuscript checklist to be followed
-References to follow Harvard style
-Tables and figures to include citations
Journal of Child and Family Nursing
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Journal of Child and Family Nursing currently does not have a website. / Published:
Review Process: not specified
Mean Pub Time: not specified / Impact Factor:
Not listed / -Peer Reviewed
-Multidisciplinary
-Focus on Family and Child Health Promotion
-Targets healthcare professionals and families
-Official Journal: not indicated
-Did not find policy on NIH public access mandate / -Must sign statement with manuscript submission
-Title page
-Abstract 75-100 words
-Key words 3-5
-Specific and different outline for research articles and non research articles
-Recommends permission statement signed by hospital representative
-AMA
-Sample article attached to guidelines
Journal of Child Health Care
Sage Publications
/ Published:
Quarterly
Review Process:
4-6 weeks
Mean Pub Time: not specified / Impact Factor:
Not listed / -Blind peer-reviewed
-Multidisciplinary
-Professionally focused, research based journal.
-Official journal of the association of British Pediatric Nurses
-Targets health professionals
-Did not find policy on NIH public access mandate / -3,000-3,500 words in length
-Abstract 100-150 words
--Harvard style references
Journal of Clinical Nursing
Blackwell Publishing
Online Early
/ Published:
12 times per year
Review Process: not specified
Mean Pub Time: not specified / Impact Factor:
1-194
2009: Nursing (Science): 17 / 72; Nursing (Social Science): 16 / 70 / -Peer Reviewed
-International Nursing
-Promote the development and exchange of knowledge that is directly relevant to all spheres of nursing and midwifery practice. Primary aim to promote a high standard of clinically related scholarship which supports the practice and discipline of nursing
-Official journal: not indicated
-Targets clinical research or nursing, midwives, academics, and educators
-Has policy on NIH public access mandate / -Ethical guidelines
-Clinical Trials reported using CONSORT
-Manuscripts to be submitted electronically/create account
-Specific submission guidelines via internet
-Original articles between 3,000-5,000 words.
-Cover letter
-Title page
-Abstracts 300 max. Include relevance to clinical practice.
-Keywords
-Order: Introduction (policy, practice or research), background, methods, results, discussion, conclusion, relevance to clinical practice. Number of words used excluding abstract, references, and figs/tables.
-Other specific guidelines for review articles, research-in-brief, and commentaries
Journal of Community Health Nursing
Routledge Publishing
/ Published:
4 times per year
Review Process: not specified
Mean Pub Time: not specified / Impact Factor:
Not listed / -Peer-Reviewed
-Community Health Nursing
-Targets community health nursing. Looking for depth in which a subject developed and current importance of the subject
-Official journal: not indicated
-Has policy on NIH public access mandate / -Submit manuscript on disk with 3 exact copies
-Abstract max 100 words
-Supply shortened version of title
-no abbreviations, diagrams, and references in text
-APA format
-Prefer digital files for Illustrations
Journal of Curriculum Studies
Routledge Publishing
/ Published:
6 times per year
Review Process: not specified
Mean Pub Time: not specified / Impact Factor:
Not listed / - Blind, peer-reviewed
-International
-Publishes original, refereed contributions to the theory and practice of, and policymaking for, curriculum, teaching, and the assessment of schooling. Focus on schools and the curriculum of teacher education.
-Official journal: not indicated
-Has policy on NIH public access mandate / -Uses British spelling, grammar & punctuation
-Biographical note by author (50 words). Example provided.
-Manuscript should be max 10,000 words
-Authors include phone numbers, fax numbers, and email on cover page
-Specific instructions for online submission of figures
-Letters of Consent where appropriate
-Abstract approximately 200 words
-Specific wording and number rules in manuscript
-Harvard style
-Examples of references provided
Journal of Family Nursing
Sage Publications Inc
/ Published:
Quarterly
Review Process: not specified
Mean Pub Time: not specified / Impact Factor:
0.683 / -Peer-reviewed
-Nursing/Interdisciplinary
-Publishes scholarly work on nursing research, practice, education and policy issues related to families in health and illness
-Official journal: not indicated
-Targets family nursing and educators
-Has policy on NIH public access mandate / Manuscripts 15-25 pages (5 copies)
-Include title of paper on an abstract (150 max words)
-Cover page with author information
-APA
-Figures, footnotes, references, etc on separate page
Journal of Health and Social Behavior
Boyd Printing Company
/ Published:
Quarterly
Review Process:
12 weeks
Mean Pub Time: not specified / Impact Factor:
Not listed / -Did not find if peer-reviewed
-Medical Sociology?
-Publishes articles that apply sociological concepts and methods to the understanding of health, illness, and medicine in their social context
-Official journal: not indicated
-Targets health professionals and sociologists
-Did not find policy on NIH public access mandate / -Manuscript ~35 pages. Including title page, abstract, text, references, notes, tables, illustrations and figures (4 copies)
-Specific margins
-ASA style – JHSB format
-Title page: authors name, affiliation, etc
-Abstract: 150 max, titled with paper title
-Specific rules regarding heading/subheading/citations
-References; examples provided
-Notes
-Process fee/membership dues
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
The Johns Hopkins University Press
/ Published:
Quarterly
Review Process: not specified
Mean Pub Time: not specified / Impact Factor:
Not listed / -Peer-reviewed
-The health of low-income and other medically underserved people are the focus.
-Targets practitioners, researchers, policy makers, and community leaders
-Official publication of the Institute on Health Care for the Poor and Underserved at Meharry Medical College. Also stated to be official journal of the institute
-Did not find policy on NIH public access mandate / -Check list for preparation of manuscripts, reviews, original papers, brief communications
Journal of Nursing Administration
Lippincott-Raven Publishers
/ Published:
Review Process:
8 weeks
Mean Pub Time: not specified / Impact Factor:
Not listed / -Peer-reviewed
-Targets Nurse Leaders