Original Articles

The original articles demonstrate the novel and scientific knowledge that has not been published elsewhere. These articles feature prominent, new and compelling findings that are impactful to other public health professionals and related field researchers. The original articles should be no longer than 4,000 words (excluding abstract and references) and contain no more than 8 tables or figures. The structure of original articles should comprise Abstract (300 words maximum), Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Recommendation, Acknowledgements and References.

Review Articles

The journal welcomes manuscripts for comprehensive review and analysis on the specific related topics, for example, systematic review, meta-analysis, and integrative review. Review articles should be no longer than 5,000 words (excluding Abstract and References) and a maximum of 8 tables and/or figures. The abstract should not exceed 300 words.

Short Reports

Short reports are similar to original research in that, they follow the same objectivity, format and guidelines, but are designed for small-scale research or research that is in early stages of development. The manuscript format is the same as original articles with a maximum of 3,000 words (excluding Abstract and References) and containing a maximum of 4 tables and/or figures. The abstract should be no more than 300 words.

All manuscripts are subject to review by at least two peer reviewers following a double-blind process. The comments and suggestions from reviewers will be conveyed to the editors, and to the corresponding author. The revised version of the manuscript with a point by point response to reviewers from the authors will be returned to the editors. Finally, the decision to accept or reject is made by the editors, based on the recommendations by the reviewers.

Three issues: 1st issue: January-April, 2nd issue: May-August, 3rd issue: September-December.

The manuscript is written in academic English. If authors are not native English speakers, the editors recommend that the manuscript should be professionally edited by a native English speaker before submission.

All articles published in JPHD are Open Access. Readers have the right to read, download, copy, distribute and search for the full text of these articles.