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Author Guidelines

1. Introduction

The International Journal of Community Health Sciences (IJCHS) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Johar Center for Social and Innovation. IJCHS welcomes high-quality manuscripts that contribute to the advancement of community and public health sciences through rigorous scientific research and evidence-based practice.

Manuscripts submitted to IJCHS must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration by another journal. All submissions undergo a double-blind peer-review process and must adhere strictly to international standards of publication ethics.

2. Scope of Manuscripts

IJCHS accepts submissions across a broad range of disciplines, including but not limited to:

  • Community Health
  • Public Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Biostatistics
  • Maternal and Child Health
  • Nutrition
  • Health Promotion
  • Health Education
  • Global Health
  • Environmental Health
  • Occupational Health
  • Health Systems
  • Health Policy
  • Digital Health
  • Health Informatics
  • Health Equity
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Non-Communicable Diseases
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Disaster and Emergency Health

3. Article Types

The journal considers the following manuscript categories:

  • Original Research Articles
  • Systematic Reviews
  • Meta-Analyses
  • Scoping Reviews
  • Short Communications
  • Policy Analyses
  • Editorials
  • Letters to the Editor

Note: As a general policy, IJCHS does not consider case reports, narrative reviews, or opinion papers.

4. Language Requirements

All manuscripts must be written in clear, concise, and grammatically correct academic English. Authors whose primary language is not English are strongly encouraged to seek professional language editing services prior to submission.

5. Manuscript Structure

  1. Title: Concise and informative, with a maximum length of 20 words.

  2. Abstract:

    • A structured abstract between 250–300 words.

    • Must contain the following headings: Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusion.

  3. Keywords: Provide 3–6 keywords. Authors are encouraged to use Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terminology where possible.

  4. Main Text: Formatted according to the standard IMRAD structure (Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion).

  5. Acknowledgments: Optional section to acknowledge technical support, institutional backing, or non-author contributions.

  6. Funding: Clearly state all sources of funding or explicitly declare: "No funding was received."

  7. Conflict of Interest: Mandatory declaration of any potential competing financial or non-financial interests.

  8. Author Contributions: Detailed using the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) taxonomy (e.g., conceptualization, methodology, writing – original draft, supervision).

  9. Ethical Approval: Mandatory for all research involving human subjects. Must explicitly state the Name of the Ethics Committee/Institutional Review Board and the Approval Number.

  10. Informed Consent: Statement required where applicable.

  11. Data Availability Statement: Mandatory for all submissions.

    • Example: "The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request."

6. Reference Requirements

  • Style: Strictly adhere to the APA 7th Edition style.

  • Reference Management Software: Authors must use citation software such as Zotero, Mendeley, or EndNote.

  • Minimum Reference Count:

    • Original Research Articles: Minimum of 25 references.

    • Systematic Reviews / Meta-Analyses: Minimum of 40 references.

  • Source Quality & Recency:

    • At least 80% of references must be from peer-reviewed scientific journal articles.

    • The majority of cited works must be published within the last 10 years, except for foundational literature or international guidelines.

    • DOIs must be included for all references wherever available.

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:

  1. Originality: The manuscript represents original work and has not been published elsewhere.
  2. Exclusivity: The manuscript is not currently under consideration by any other journal.
  3. Author Approval: All co-authors have reviewed and approved the final manuscript prior to submission.
  4. Ethical Compliance: Ethical approval has been obtained from an appropriate ethics committee where applicable.
  5. Formatting: The manuscript strictly follows the official IJCHS article template.
  6. References: Citations and reference lists are formatted in accordance with APA 7th Edition guidelines.
  7. Similarity Limit: The manuscript has undergone a plagiarism check and falls within the journal's acceptable similarity index.
  8. Figures & Tables: All figures and tables are properly formatted, numbered, and cited in sequential order within the main text.
  9. Funding Declaration: All financial and institutional support has been disclosed.
  10. Conflict of Interest: Potential conflicts of interest have been explicitly declared.
  11. Data Availability: A Data Availability Statement is included in the manuscript.
  12. ORCID Identifiers: ORCID IDs are provided for all authors (strongly recommended).

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