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Author Guidelines

IJOEH will consider the publication of any original manuscript that deals with the broad field of occupational and environmental medicine. Manuscripts will be reviewed for possible publication with the understanding that they have not been published, simultaneously submitted, or already accepted for publication elsewhere. This does not preclude consideration of a complete report that follows publication of preliminary findings elsewhere, usually in the proceedings of a conference. Copies of any possible duplicative published material must be submitted with the manuscript that is being sent for consideration.

IJOEH is committed to objectivity in collection and interpretation of research data. Authors must comply with our Conflict of Interest Disclosure Policy.


References should be typed double-spaced in the order of their occurrence in the manuscript. All references must be cited in the text, tables, or figure legends.


Please follow NLM Style for citations. "Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers" is available online at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bookres.fcgi/citmed/frontpage.html

Please note punctuation and format for journal (#1) and book (#2) references:

1. Appleton RJ. Traumatic injuries of the cervical spine. J Bone Joint Surg. 2001;22:386–391.
2. Smith AB. The cervical spine. In: Hochschuler S, editor. The Spine in Sports. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Hanley & Belfus; 2001. p. 18–32.

List all authors when there are six or fewer; otherwise list the first three followed by et al.

Illustrations and Tables. Tables should be typed in double spacing, each on a separate sheet, with a caption for each table.

Figures should be professionally drawn and photo-graphed. Glossy black-on-white photographs are requested. Crisp professional-looking computer copy is also acceptable. Each figure should have a label pasted on its back indicating the figure’s number, the name of the author, and the top of the figure. Legends for illustrations should be typewritten (double spaced) on a separate sheet with numbers corresponding to the illustrations.

Abbreviations. The first time an uncommon abbreviation appears, it should be preceded by the full name for which it stands.

Permission. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to republish photographs, drawings, tables, and other previously published material in their articles.

Materials taken from other sources must be accompanied by a written statement from both the author and the publisher giving permission to the publisher of IJOEH for reproduction. If clearances are required by the author’s institution, statements concerning such clearances should be provided in the manuscript.

Obtain and submit written permission from authors to cite unpublished data or papers still in press.

 

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.

  1. 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).
  2. The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  3. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  4. The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  5. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review) have been followed.
  6. When available, the URLs to access references online are provided, including those for open access versions of the reference. The URLs are ready to click (e.g., http://pkp.sfu.ca).
  7. The Authors have read, understand, and agree to conform to IJOEH's Conflict of Interest and Data Disclosure Policies.
 

Copyright Notice

Authors will grant copyright of their articles to the publisher, unless they are federal employees at the time the work is done, in which case there is no copyright.

 

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