The editors may occasionally submit their own manuscripts to the journal. The journal has instituted a new department devoted to writing for public health. Unstructured abstract, introduction, methods, recommendations (if relevant), public health practice implications, references, and tables/figures. No. Public Health Reports Instructions for Contributors. References should follow AMA style. PHR is the official journal of the Office of the U.S. Regarding correct verb tense, Section 7.4.3 of the AMA Manual provides guidance. Confirm that the listed authors have authorized the submission of their manuscript via third party and approved any statements or declarations, e.g. For meta-analyses: structured abstract, 3-question summary box, introduction, methods (data sources, inclusion and exclusion criteria, and criteria for assessing data), results, discussion, public health implications, references, and tables/figures. 3.6.1 Number of words, tables, and figures. Access to society journal content varies across our titles. Commentaries are opinion essays that initiate or focus discussion on a current or emerging public health issue, important scientific and programmatic development, new technology, policy issue, or current scientific debate. PHR does not limit the number of references. Word and LaTeX templates are available on the Manuscript Submission Guidelines page of the SAGE Author Gateway. Commentaries may take a personal viewpoint on a topic, if appropriate. Individuals who provided writing assistance, e.g. Public Health Chronicles is devoted to articles on the history of public health. The word limit is negotiated with the editors. Your ORCID ID is published with your article so that fellow researchers reading your work can link to your ORCID profile and from there link to your other publications. Contributors should be aware that, according to the AMA Manual, “It is always preferable for results to be presented in terms of point estimates and confidence intervals, which convey more information than do P values alone.” Contributors should be particularly careful to note that a result that fails to meet a criterion for statistical significance (such as P<0.05) does not allow a conclusion that there is “no effect,” “no difference” in outcomes, or “no association” between an exposure or characteristic and an outcome. Authors must disclose any writing assistance – including the individual’s name, company and level of input – and identify the entity that paid for this assistance. Authors often have difficulty with the expression of P values. ORCID provides a unique and persistent digital identifier that distinguishes researchers from every other researcher, even those who share the same name, and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between researchers and their professional activities, ensuring that their work is recognized. Proofs will be sent by PDF to the corresponding author and should be returned promptly. Andrey Kuzmichev, PhD The study hypothesis or research question should be clearly stated in the last sentence(s) of the Introduction before the ‘Methods’ section, preferably including the word hypothesis (or question).”. Contributors should follow the relevant EQUATOR Network reporting guidelines for the type of study. Public Health Reports is peer-reviewed and publishes original research, reviews, and commentaries related to public health practice and methodology, public health law, and teaching at schools and programs of public health. PHR’s submission gateway is located at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/PHR. Your SAGE production editor will keep you informed as to your accepted article’s progress throughout the production process. Contributors who wish to submit a manuscript to a supplement issue should first contact the Managing Editor. The preferred format for your manuscript is Microsoft Word. Limit of 5 references, including the article being commented upon. Contributors should follow the relevant EQUATOR Network reporting guidelines for the type of study. For example, all hypothesis tests should be presented in the text, tables, and figures so as to make clear to the reader what hypothesis is being tested and what groups are being compared. 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The reviewer should have no prior knowledge of your submission, The reviewer should not have recently collaborated with any of the authors, Reviewer nominees from the same institution as any of the authors are not permitted. We also strongly encourage all co-authors to link their ORCID ID to their accounts in our online peer review platforms. Resolution: Rasterized based files (i.e., with .tiff or .jpeg extension) require a resolution of at least 300 dpi (dots per inch). Then, visit the journal’s submission site at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/PHR to submit your manuscript. For tables, “each piece of data needs to be contained in its own cell in the table. The summary box should not merely replicate language in the abstract. Dimension: Check that the artworks supplied match or exceed the dimensions of the journal. 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