As outlined in its Editorial Policies, the Journal of Global Health (JoGH) accepts several types of manuscripts: editorials, news, viewpoints and original research articles, which also include reviews.
Mandatory content for all manuscripts
Irrespective of type, each manuscript should contain a title page presenting the title of your study, the full names and surnames of all authors, and their affiliations (indicated with superscript numbers). Details on authorship in general are available in our Editorial Policies.
Likewise, all manuscripts should contain the following statements: Ethics statement, Data availability, Funding, Authorship contributions, and Disclosure of Interest (per submitted ICMJE form). You should also indicate any Acknowledgements or Disclaimers, if required. These statements should be placed in a separate section at the end of your manuscript, but before the references. Please see our Editorial Policies for further detail.
We allow for up to two corresponding authors for our manuscripts, irrespective of type. Please present the authors’ name and surname, institution, address, country, and official e-mail at the end of the manuscript.
We require authors to submit their existing ORCID or register to obtain one, at the very least for the first, senior, and corresponding authors. As a free, permanent identifier, this ORCID will be linked to their published article and its metadata in all databases where JoGH is indexed. Please place the full ORCID link in parentheses after an authors’ name, surname, and affiliation.
Detailed guidance on what each type of manuscript submission should contain is presented below. We also provide details on the tables and figures, supplements, and our referencing style (with examples and citation software styles).
Please use this short author checklist to ensure that your submission is complete and that your files align with our needs.
Please note that, following acceptance, all JoGH manuscripts, irrespective of type, undergo a rigorous editing process from our production team.
Original research articles
All original research articles, inclusive of reviews, should contain a structured abstract (Background; Methods; Results; Conclusions; Registration (only if applicable)) of no more than 300 words. It should not contain any references, links, or formulas. Please keep the numerical values, abbreviations, and acronyms at a minimum, and present only your key findings. We also encourage the use of specific reporting guidelines for certain study designs, such as the PRISMA for abstracts.
The manuscript text should be up to 3500 words long, not counting the title page, abstract, tables, figures, necessary statements, and references. We allow higher word counts only for qualitative research (given the use of participant quotes) and systematic reviews, with the restriction set at up to 5000 words.
The manuscript should have a Background; Methods; Results; Discussion; and Conclusions section.
As outlined in our Editorial Policies, we also require the use of proper reporting checklists, most of which are available via the EQUATOR Network website. Some of the most common ones are STROBE for observational studies, and any of its extensions and alternative forms such as STROBE-MR for Mendelian randomisation research; CONSORT for randomised trials; PRISMA for systematic reviews; COREQ for qualitative studies; CHEERS for economic evaluations; and others. Please submit your completed checklist alongside your manuscript.
We allow up to three tables and three figures per manuscript. Anything else can be transferred to the supplementary PDF file, which will be made available once the material is published. Raw data not be sent with the manuscript, but should be shared via platforms such as the Open Science Framework or any other registry that fits the specifications outlined in our Editorial Policies. The link to the data should then be placed in the ‘Data availability’ statement at the end of the manuscript.
Editorials and viewpoints
Editorials and viewpoints should not contain formatted abstracts, but should only present key messages (up to several sentences) at the beginning of the manuscript.
The text of the editorials and viewpoints should be no longer than 1500 words, not counting the title page, key messages, necessary statements, tables, figures, and references. We do not propose any specific structure for the viewpoint itself.
We allow for up to one figure or one table for each editorial or viewpoint. Anything else can be transferred to the supplementary PDF file, which will be made available once the material is published. The exception to these guidelines are the editorials written by the Editors-in-Chief, which can have specific purpose and may need to be longer,
Tables and figures
The tables should be formatted in Word and presented with clear titles (one sentence) and in-text references for each table, with the table appearing immediately after the paragraph containing the in-text reference. Any acronyms or abbreviation used in the table should be explained in the table footnotes, while any other explanations or notes related to the table content should be indicated with a symbol (*, †, ‡, §, ¶, ║, **, ††, etc.) and with a related explanation in the table footnote.
Figures should be prepared and sent over as TIF files at least 600 DPI in quality. All figures should be cited with in-text references, with each figure legend appearing after the paragraph containing the in-text reference. In cases of composite figures (with multiple panels), the separate panels should be merged into a single figure, with each panel indicated with a bold, capital letter and its related explanation in the figure legend. As with the tables, any abbreviations or acronyms should also be explained in the figure legend, while any additional content should be indicated using notes (*, †, ‡, §, ¶, ║, **, ††, etc.).
Supplement
Any supplementary documents should be sent over as a singular PDF file. Please indicate any content in the supplement with the following headings: Table S#, Figure S#, Text S#, Appendix S#, or similar, with the # symbol replaced with a number. Raw data should not be sent as a supplement, but should be shared via platforms such as the Open Science Framework or any other registry that fits the specifications outlined in our Editorial Policies. The link to the data should then be placed in the ‘Data availability’ statement at the end of the manuscript.
References
The JoGH uses a referencing style modified from the National Library of Medicine, with in-text references indicated with sequential numbers in brackets in the manuscript text ([1], [2,3], [3–4], etc.) and the references themselves placed at the end of the manuscript with corresponding sequential numbers. For ease of use, we prepared a referencing style set for EndNote. However, despite the advancements in referencing software, we suggest that you manually check your references for accuracy prior to submission. Some frequent reference types are outlined in templates below.
Articles with six or fewer authors:
Oni T, Unwin N. Why the communicable/non-communicable disease dichotomy is problematic for public health control strategies: implications of multimorbidity for health systems in an era of health transition. Int Health. 2015;7:390–9.
Article with more than six authors:
Ojji DB, Mayosi B, Francis V, Badri M, Cornelius V, Smythe W, et al. Comparison of dual therapies for lowering blood pressure in Black Africans. N Engl J Med. 2019;380:2429–39.
Preprints
Alvarez R. Near optimal neural network estimator for spectral x-ray photon counting data with pileup. arXiv: 1702.01006v1 [preprint]. 2017. Available: https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.01006. Accessed: 20 October 2024.
Books and reports:
Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA. Medical microbiology. 4th ed. St. Louis, Missouri, USA: Mosby; 2002.
Books and reports with online versions available:
Access to Medicine Foundation. Access to Medicine Index 2021. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Access to Medicine Foundation; 2021. Available: https://accesstomedicinefoundation.org/medialibrary/resources/613f5fb390319_Access_to_Medicine_Index_2021.pdf. Accessed: 7 February 2024.
Chapter in a book or report
Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM. Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In: Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, editors. The genetic basis of human cancer. New York, USA: McGraw-Hill; 2002. p. 93-113.
News articles:
Hall R. Psychotherapists in England must be regulated, experts say, after abuse claims rise. Guardian. 19 October 2024. Available: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/19/psychotherapists-in-england-must-be-regulated-experts-say-after-abuse-claims-rise. Accessed: 20 October 2024.
Websites:
Fighting for Breath Call to Action: End childhood pneumonia deaths. United Nations Children’s Fund, Save the Children. 2018. Available: https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/content/dam/gb/reports/policy/fighting-for-breath-call-to-action.pdf. Accessed: 24 October 2024.
Article Processing Fees
The full text of all articles published in the Journal of Global Health is immediately provided in full open access (CC BY 4.0) and available to the public. We are committed to keeping articles freely available, with Creative Commons licences and deposit of the full text in PubMedCentral and on http://www.jogh.org.
To support this, we accept Open Access fee of 2,965 GBP for research articles and 1,295 GBP for viewpoints (VAT may be added where applicable). This fee may be reduced for authors from low-resource settings where the importance of their work is high and the results are of wide interest. Editorial consideration and decisions are not in any way related to the ability of the authors to pay the fee. The payment of the fees is only requested upon formal acceptance and before the production of the proofs.