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Author Guidelines
How to submit your paper online:
To download, instructions to authors for submitting your article:
To download, documentation to be completed and submitted in Step 4 of the submission process:
Review policy and timelines
Note: Manuscripts are initially examined by editorial staff and are sent by the Editor to independent reviewers who are not informed of the identity of the author(s). When publication in the article's original form is not recommended, the reviewers' comments (without the identity of the reviewer being disclosed) may be passed to the corresponding author and may include suggested revisions. Manuscript not approved for publication will not be returned, in any format. Production policy and timelines After the Editor accepts the article for publication the editorial staff copyedits your manuscript, they will return it to you for review. This will be the final stage at which you may make content changes. Later the editorial staff will send you one set of galley proofs, at which time you will have 48 hours to mark any typographical errors. If you do not respond by fax, email, or telephone within 48 hours the editors will assume acceptance of the galley, on your part and proceed with the publication process. We may not be able to incorporate your corrections into the printed version of your manuscript after failure to respond to proofreading request, please ensure that you frequently visit your author home page to access the location of your manuscript, or contact the Title Operations Coordinator at submissions@hsag.co.za |
Aims, scope and review policy
Health SA Gesondheid is an accredited interdisciplinary research journal that is published four times a year. This journal aims to contribute to the development of science through interchange and cooperation between health professions. The intention is to develop a relevant, effective health service delivery system by means of research conducted not only by the people of southern Africa, but throughout the world. The journal also aims to facilitate the gathering and critical testing of insights and viewpoints on knowledge from different disciplines involved in health service delivery. Papers are peer reviewed to ensure that the contents are understandable, valid, important, interesting and enjoyed. All manuscripts must be submitted online. All articles in Health SA Gesondheid will be double blind peer reviewed.
Operations coordinator contact: Title Operations Coordinator, email: submissions@hsag.co.za
Managing Editor contact: Ms Charlene Downing, email: editor@hsag.co.za
All submissions must be made online at www.hsag.co.za
Note: Ensure that the article ID [reference] number is included in the subject of your email correspondence.
Format of compulsory cover page: Provide a short title of 50 characters or less and indicate briefly the significance of the work being reported. State the full name(s) and title(s) of the author(s) with the position, affiliation and contact details (postal address, email, telephone and cell number) of each author. Please identify the author to whom all correspondence should be addressed.
A student should normally be listed as the principal author on any multi-authored manuscripts derived from the student’s research, dissertation or thesis.
Include a paragraph briefly summarising the nature of the contribution made by each of the authors listed, along the lines of the following: Author contributions: J.K. was the project leader, L.M.N. and A.B. were responsible for experimental and project design. L.M.N. performed most of the experiments. P.R. made conceptual contributions and S.T., U.V. and C.D. performed some of the experiments. S.M. and V.C. prepared the samples and calculations were performed by C.S., J.K. and U.V. wrote the manuscript.
Authors are encouraged to provide the names and full contact details (including email) of two or three potential referees to evaluate the work (referees should not be people with whom the researcher has recently collaborated or published). Lastly, a list containing the number of pages of the manuscript and the number of tables, figures and/or other supplementary material should accompany the submission.
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, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor). - This work is original and all third party contributions (images, ideas and results) have been duly attributed to the originator(s).
Permission to publish licensed material (tables, figures, graphs) has been obtained and the letter of approval and proof of payment for royalties have been included in this submission. - The corresponding author is duly authorised by all the authors to herewith grant the publisher and titile owner unlimited rights to first publish and to re-publish the work in any format and/or medium, whether for gain or any other purpose.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal. This article reflects as a whole my/our own original work. All co-authors have made significant contributions to the manuscript to qualify as co-authors.
All co-authors have participated sufficiently in the conception and design of this work, the data analysis (when applicable), and the writing of this article to take public responsibility for it.All co-authors have reviewed the final version of the article and approve it for submission for possible publication.
Ethics committee approval has been obtained for original studies and is clearly stated in the methodology, if applicable. Note that the Editor has the authority to ask for a ethical clearance letter if they deem necessary. - The submitting author accepts responsibility for the payment of the Article Processing Fees (APF) should the article be accepted for publication. This responsibility may not be delegated to any third party without the permission of the publisher. It is understood that the article will not be published until full payment of the APF.
Written permission of the publisher(s) or author(s) of measuring instruments used in the published article have been obtained and are included as supplementary files. - A colleague or language expert has proofread your final manuscript?
You have included a statement within your article, disclosing any funding received in support of the study, any financial interests in products mentioned in the article or in the company that manufactures the product(s), as well as any compensation received for producing the article.
Copyright Notice
Copyright on published articles is retained by the author(s). The exclusive responsibility in respect of the acknowledgment of author's rights and/or copyright rests with the responsible author(s). The Editor and reviewers of this journal cannot accept responsibility for the infringement of authors’ rights or copyright. The author grants the publisher unlimited rights to publish the work in any format and/or medium, whether for gain or any other purpose.
Privacy Statement
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
Author Fees
This journal charges the following author fees.
Article Publication Author Page fee: 562.00 (ZAR)
Publishing with open access is not without costs. OpenJournals Publishing (OJP) recovers those costs though APF because it does not charge subscription fees to readers. OJP believes that immediate, world-wide, barrier-free, open access to the full text of research articles is in the best interests of the scientific community and the public at large.
The corresponding author, on behalf of the authors, is responsible for the payment of APF, and must confirm, at the time of submission, that s/he will organize payment of APF should the article be accepted for publication. This responsibility may not be delegated to any third party unless agreed to by the publisher.
The APF becomes payable only once a manuscript has received editorial acceptance in principle and the formatting (copy editing, layout editing and proofreading) on the manuscript commence. Once these are completed, and full payment of the APF has been received, the article will be published. Prompt payment of APF is advised, as the article will not be published until full payment is received.
The APF is due within 30 days of invoicing. Payment can be made by Credit Card Payment, Electronic Funds Transfer, or Check. If payment is done by electronic funds transfer from a non-South African bank account, the payee will be responsible for any bank transfer charges at the time of the transaction. A receipt will be sent by email once payment has been received.
The APF for this journal is R562.00 per A4 output page in PDF format. This APF will be valid for the calendar year 2009 and may be changed at any time in the sole discretion of the publisher.
Authors may apply for waiver of APF, which may be granted in the sole discretion of the publisher. It is our policy that APF should not prevent the publication of any exceptionally worthy work.
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