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Author Guidelines

To submit a new paper to our journal:

  1. Register on the Journal website; we encourage you to register also as a Reviewer at the same time;
  2. Follow the Guidelines for Authors for preparation of your manuscript;
  3. Read our Editorial Policies and our Competing Interest policies.
  4. Log in;
  5. Click on the "NEW SUBMISSION" button to start the online procedure.

To submit a revised version:

  1. Log in;
  2. Click on the title of your paper;
  3. Next to the heading "REVISIONS", upload your revised paper by using the "UPLOAD FILE" button;
  4. Inform the Editors that a revised version has been uploaded.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • 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). While the manuscript is undergoing the peer review phase, the authors will not submit the manuscript to another journal without notifying the Editor.
  • The text is DOUBLE-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are cited within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • We fight plagiarism: please understand that your article will be checked with available tools for discovering plagiarism.
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or PDF document file format.
  • Please read this advice and download associated files. The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors has recently published in all ICMJE journals an editorial introducing a new “Disclosure Form for Potential Conflict of Interest”, with the aim to establish uniform reporting system, which can go over the existing differences in current formats or editors’ requests. We at PAGEPress Publications welcome this initiative as a possible uniforming, standardizing way to have this important disclosure authorizing the publications of manuscripts. We are therefore asking you to duly fill in the “Uniform Format for Disclosure of Competing Interests in ICMJE Journals” and upload it on the Web site of the PAGEPress journal your work is involved with or email it back to us, in mind to allow PAGEPress to peer-reviewing your work. The document is in Adobe format, it includes instructions to help authors provide the requested information and the completion procedure is user-friendly. Kindly note that the format have to be completed and signed by each author of the work. We remain waiting for the completed form to proceed with publication. Please be informed that if this Disclosure Form is missing, we will not be able to publish your work.
  • Authorship and Contributorship: All persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship according to the ICMJE criteria. Authors must disclose whether they used artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted technologies (such as Large Language Models [LLMs], chatbots, or image creators) in the creation of submitted work. Authors who use such technology must explain how they used it in both the cover letter and the submitted work, and they must guarantee that their paper, including text and images generated by the AI, is free of plagiarism. Changes in Authorship: If authors request removal or addition of an author after manuscript submission or during the peer-review process, the journal editors should receive a letter clearly explaining the reason for the change. Please note that if your manuscript is accepted you will not be able to make any changes to the authors, or order of authors.
  • Authors are kindly required to suggest at least two potential reviewers (name, affiliation and e-mail) for their manuscript in the "Comments to the Editor" field (Step 1. Submission Process).
  • By submitting their paper to Healthcare in Low-resource Settings, Authors: Understand and confirm that the Article Processing Charge for publication in this Journal is EUR 500 (plus VAT 4%, if applicable). Please be informed that payments carry an administrative charge of EUR 30 (tax included). Agree to pay the amount due whether their manuscript will be accepted for publication. Further details are available here: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/hls/fee

Original Articles

3500 words max, abstract 180 words max, 30 references max, 3/5 tables and/or figures. In general, this kind of publication should be divided into an Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions and References. A maximum of 10 authors is permitted and additional authors should be listed in an ad hoc Appendix.

Reviews

4000 words max, abstract 250 words max, minimum 40 references, 3/5 tables and/or figures: They should be introduced by a general summary of content in the form of an Abstract. Following a short introduction, putting the study into context and defining the aim, reviews will concentrate on the most recent developments in the field. A review should clearly describe the search strategy followed (key words, inclusion, exclusion criteria, search engines, ...). No particular format is required; headings should be used to designate the major divisions of the paper.

Short Reports

About 2000 words, abstract 150 words max, 20 references max, 3 tables and/or figures. Short reports of results from original researches. They should be introduced by a general summary of content in the form of an Abstract. They must provide conclusive findings: preliminary observations or incomplete findings cannot be considered for publication.

Debate Articles

5000 words max, abstract 250 words max, minimum 25 references, 3/5 tables and/or figures. Debate articles should present an argument that is not based primarily on empirical research. They can report on all aspects of the subject, including sociological and ethical concerns. In either a "pro" or "con" format, each article should present a well-argued viewpoint or position on the topic or issue. Manuscripts must contain adequate evidence to support scientific content and factual statements.

Case Reports

About 2000 words, abstract 150 words max, 20 references max, 3 tables and/or figures. Reports describing observations on clinical cases that can be educational, including adverse effects of drugs or outcomes of a specific treatment. They should be divided into: Abstract, Introduction, Case report(s), Discussion, Conclusions and References. Clinical cases published by Healthcare in Low-resource Settings must:

  1. follow the CARE guidelines for publication of case reports (https://www.care-statement.org/);
  2. report a comprehensive review of the central topic of the case report in the Discussion section;
  3. indicate in the Conclusions the fundamental "learning" obtained from the clinical case.

Study Protocols

Short abstract of no more than 250 words, text of about 3000 words, a maximum of 2 tables and/or figures (total), and up to 15 references. Study protocol articles should provide a detailed description of the hypothesis, rationale and methodology of the study. They will usually be considered for publication without peer review if the study has received ethics approval and a grant or a formal approval from an official funding body. Proof of both ethics and funding will be required and we recommend that authors provide the relevant documentation on submission as supplemetary files. Protocols of randomized controlled trials should follow the CONSORT guidelines and must have a trial registration number included in the text. Study protocols without these features will be peer reviewed. Study protocols without ethics approval will not be considered. Abstract must be structured in sections: Background, Design and methods, and Expected Impact of the study for Public Health.  

Letters to the Editor

800 words max. These are written on invitation, short essays that express the authors’ viewpoint, may respond to published manuscripts in our journals, or deliver information or news regarding an issue related to the Journal scope. If the letter relates to a published manuscript, the authors of the original manuscript will be given the opportunity to provide a respond. Authors of Letters to the Editor should provide a short title. Letters that are highly polemic will not be published.
Letters are not peer reviewed and are published at the discretion of the Healthcare in Low-resource Settings Editors. Conclusions and opinions expressed by the authors do not necessarily reflect the policies of Healthcare in Low-resource Settings.

 

 

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