International Journal of Education and Research in Health Sciences
(Official Publication of Sai Amrut Educational and Medical Research Foundation, Aurangabad)


The International Journal of Education and Research in Health Sciences (IJERHS) is an open access; international, quarterly, peer-reviewed journal publishes articles of authors from India and abroad with special emphasis on original research findings that are relevant for developing country perspectives including India.

The journal publishes original research articles, review article, short communication/brief reports, letters to the editor, case reports, etc. The journal covers population based studies, impact assessment, monitoring and evaluation, systematic review, meta-analysis, clinic-social studies etc., related to any domain and discipline of public health, especially relevant to national priorities, including ethical and social issues. Articles aligned with national health issues and policy implications are preferred. It is published quarterly and available in print and online version. International Journal of Education and Research in Health Sciences(IJERHS) complies with the uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals, issued by the International Committee for Medical Journal Editors. The complete document available at http://www.icjme.org

Article types

The following types of manuscripts are routinely accepted (please note that word count is from abstract to references but excluding references):

Original articles: The form of these articles is discussed fully below; an abstract is required. They should be no longer than 4000 words and 40 references (as above, please note that word count also excludes tables, figures and legends).

Review articles: An abstract and keywords are required. The text should be divided into sections by suitable headings. Tables and figures may be used as appropriate for the text. They should be no longer than 5000 words.

Case reports: The journal welcomes interesting case reports.

Letter to Editors: Headings should not be used in a letter; no abstract or keywords are required. The text should be no more than 800 words; there should be a maximum of 10 references and one table or figure may be included.

Commentaries: Commentaries are intended to put into context the material presented in a particular paper.

Correspondence: Correspondence is limited to specific comments or criticisms relating to a recent IJERHS paper, whose authors will be invited to reply.

It is strongly advised that Authors provide a list of 3 or 4 potential reviewers (e-mail and phone numbers) who are knowledgeable in the subject matter, have no conflict of interest, and are likely to agree to review the manuscript.



Manuscript Submission

International Journal of Education and Research in Health Sciences (IJERHS) accepts manuscript submissions through email at editor.ijerhs@saiamrut.com. There is no need to send a hard copy.Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described has not been published before; that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any. The IJERHS will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.



Submission Checklist

Please ensure that the following are including in your submission:

  1.  One author designated as corresponding author: Their E-mail address, Full postal address, Telephone numbers
  3.  Scanned copy of copyright form signed by each author
  4.  Keywords
  5.  All figure captions
  6.  All tables (including title, description, footnotes)
  7.  All necessary files have been uploaded as attachments to the e-mail
  8.  Manuscript has been spell checked
  9.  All text pages have been numbered
  10.  References are in the correct format for this journal

Manuscript preparation

Please type all pages with single spacing and wide margins on one side of the paper. Title page, abstract, tables, legends to figures and reference list should each be provided on separate pages of the manuscript.

Use a normal, plain font (e.g., 12-point Times New Roman) for text. The text should be in single-column format. Number the pages. Keep the layout of the text as simple as possible. In particular, do not use the options to justify text or to hyphenate words. However, do use bold face, italics, subscripts, superscripts etc. Do not embed 'graphically designed' equations or tables, but prepare these using the facility in Word or as a separate file in Excel. When preparing tables, if you are using a table grid, use only one grid for each individual table and not a grid for each row. Do not prepare tables in PowerPoint. Do not import the figures into the text file but, instead, indicate their approximate locations directly on the manuscript.

To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the spellchecker.

The title page should include: the title, the name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s), an address for correspondence, and telephone numbers for editorial queries. Original and review articles should include an Abstract (a single paragraph) of no more than 250 words and 3-6 key words for abstracting and indexing purposes.

Please do not split the article into separate files (title page as one file, text as another, etc.). Do not allow your computer to introduce word splits and do not use a 'justified' layout. Please adhere strictly to the general instructions on style/arrangement and, in particular, the reference style of the journal. It is very important that you save your file in the standard format for the program you are using (Microsoft Word docx format or doc format). Please write your text in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these).

Provide the following information in your submission (in the order given):

Original research papers

  2.  The Abstract should be no more than 250 words
  3.  The limit for the main body of the manuscript is 4000 words excluding references
  4.  There should not normally be more than 40 references
  5.  You must use Times New Roman, Font size 12, Single spaced throughout your manuscript

If your manuscript exceeds the above limits, and you are unable to reduce the size, please include a statement in your cover letter declaring that you have exceeded the limits and justify the reasons for doing so for the Editors' consideration. Manuscripts must include:

  1.  Title page
  2. Abstract
  3. Introduction
  4. Methods
  5. Results
  6.  Discussion
  7.  Conclusions
  8.  Acknowledgements
  9. Declarations
  10. References
  11. Tables
  12.  Figures and Legends

1. Title page

The title page should be paginated as page 1 of the manuscript. Title of article: Concise and informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.

Author names and affiliations: The title page should include the names and addresses of authors. Generally for uniformity author names should be written as first name, middle name initial followed by family name, e.g. James Z. Miller. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name.



2. Abstract

The abstract will be printed at the beginning of the paper. A concise and factual abstract is required (maximum length 250 words). The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. Do not cite references in the abstract. Non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided in the abstract, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself. The abstract must be organized under the following subject headings: Background: This must indicate why the study was performed, and what question it was intended to answer. Methods: This should state in outline what methods were used. Results: The main results relevant to the question addressed should be summarized. Conclusions: This should summarize the main inferences that follow from the results.

Keywords: Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 5-7 keywords. Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible. Define abbreviations that are not standard in this field at their first occurrence in the article: in the abstract but also in the main text after it.

3. Introduction

The introduction should give a short and clear account of the background of the problem and state the objectives of the work. Only previous work that has a direct bearing on the present problem should be cited.

4. Methods

The methods must be described in sufficient detail to allow the experiments to be interpreted and repeated by an experienced investigator. Where published methods are used, references should be given, together with a brief outline. The statistical tool used to analyze the data should be mentioned. The description of drugs, chemicals and other materials should include the names and brief address of the relevant suppliers. Drug names should be International Non-proprietary Names (INN). If a drug has no INN its full chemical name must be used. All procedures involving experimental animals or human subjects must accompany a statement on ethical approval from appropriate ethics committee.

Reports of randomized, controlled trials should follow the recommendations of the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement.

Reporting guidelines for specific study designs:

Initiative Type of Study Source
CONSORT Randomized controlled trials http://www.consort-statement.org
STARD Studies of diagnostic accuracy http://www.consort-statement.org/stardstatement.htm
QUOROM Systematic reviews and meta-analyses http://www.consort-statement.org/Initiatives/MOOSE/moose.pdf
STROBE Observational studies in epidemiology http://www.strobe-statement.org
MOOSE Meta-analyses of observational studies in epidemiology http://www.consort-statement.org/Initiatives/MOOSE/moose.pdf

5. Results


6. Discussion


7. Conclusions


8. Acknowledgements

Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise. When the work included in a paper has been supported by a grant from any source, this must be indicated. A connection of any author with companies producing any substances or apparatus used in the work should be declared. All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship as defined above should be listed in an acknowledgements section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, writing assistance, or a department chair who provided only general support. Authors should disclose whether they had any writing assistance and identify the entity that paid for this assistance.

9. Declarations


Funding: None

Conflict of interest: None declared

Ethical approval: Not required

10. References

References should be numbered consecutively as they appear in the text. Reference citations in the text should be identified by numbers in superscript after the punctuation marks. All authors should be quoted for papers with up to six authors; for papers with more than six authors, the first six should be quoted followed by et al.
Journal article:
Garber A, Klein E, Bruce S, Sankoh S, Mohideen P. Metformin-glibenclamide versus metformin plus rosiglitazone in patients with type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled on metformin monotherapy. Diabetes ObesMetab 2006;8:156-63
Book chapter:
O'Brien C. Drug addiction and drug abuse. In: Brunton LB, Lazo JS, Parker KL, eds.Goodman& Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics. 11th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2005: 607-629.
National Cancer Institute. Fact sheet: targeted cancer therapies, 2012. Available at http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/targeted#q1.Accessed 9 June 2012.

11. Tables

Each table should be given on a separate page, paginated as part of the paper. Tables should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals and the number should be followed by a brief descriptive caption, occupying not more than two lines, at the head of the table (e.g. Table 1: Effect of drug on blood pressure). Tables should normally be self-explanatory, with necessary descriptions provided underneath the table. Each column should have a heading and the units of measurement should be given in parentheses in the heading. Footnotes to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data) and included beneath the table body.

12. Figures and Legends

Authors are encouraged to use color to enhance the impact and clarity of figures. There is no charge for using color in International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. For figures supplied in parts, please use A, B, C, etc. to label the panels or parts of the figure. Name your figure files with Figure and the figure number, e.g., Figure 1: Liver enzyme levels. For the best quality final product, it is highly recommended that you submit all of your artwork photographs, line drawings, etc. - in an electronic format. Computer prepared images must be at a minimum of 300 dpi at the final publication size. Lower resolution will result in pixilation and poor quality images. These should be submitted as JPEG or TIFF.

Figure legends should be typed on a separate page of the main manuscript document. Legends should explain the figures in sufficient detail that, whenever possible, they can be understood without reference to the text. Legends, captions and labels should be consistent with terminology or nomenclature used in the text.

Review articles, Case reports, Commentaries and Correspondence :
The same patterns as described for Original research papers, with respect to text style, figures, tables and references, apply also to other publication types. A summary (up to 250 words) is required for Reviews, although the subject headings stipulated for Original research paper summaries do not apply.

Publication Charges

International Journal of Education and Research in Health Sciences (IJERHS) doesn't charge article submission and processing fee from the authors. IJERHS charges a publication fee of Rs. 3000/- for Indian authors and $75 for Non-Indian authors. Individual publication fee waiver requests are considered on the grounds of hardship on a case-by-case basis. Publication fee has to be paid only if your article gets accepted for publishing. There are no colour figure charges.

Copyright Transfer Form

Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described has not been published before; that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities - tacitly or explicitly - at the institution where the work has been carried out. The Journal or the publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation. Authors will be asked to transfer copyright of the article to the IJERHS. If we are not publishing the paper, it releases its rights therein at the time the manuscript is rejected following the editorial/peer review or retracted by the authors. The corresponding author and all co-authors, signs a copyright transfer form at the time of submission of the manuscript.

You have to upload one file (containing Manuscript, Covering letter and Copyright Form) for online manuscript submission.

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