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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.
  • Structured abstract (Aim, Methods, Results, Conclusion)
  • All tables/figures referred to in the text are enclosed
  • Figure showing flow of patients through the study (state ‘none’ if not applicable)
  • CONSORT checklist for randomised controlled trials (state ‘none’ if not applicable)
  • STARD checklist for studies of diagnostic accuracy (state ‘none’ if not applicable)
  • QUOROM checklist for meta analyses of randomised controlled trials (state ‘none’ if not applicable)
  • MOOSE checklist for meta-analyses of observational studies in epidemiology (state ‘none’ if not applicable)
  • Text and references 1,5 lines spaced.
  • APA style for references (see Guidelines for authors)
  • All references are complete (authors, full title, and full reference to the journal). This is your responsibility.
  • Correspondent’s full address including fax and e-mail
  • Full names and affiliations of all authors
  • Details of any acknowledgements (state ‘none’ if not applicable)
  • Details of contributions of individual authors
  • Details of source of funding for work described (state ‘none’ if not applicable)
  • Details of any potential conflict of interest (state ‘none’ if not applicable)
  • Statement indicating whether ethical approval has been received (state ‘none’ if not applicable)
  • *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).
  • *The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • *Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • *The text is 1.5 line-spaced; uses a 12-point font; Times New Roman style 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,...
  • *The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Article Types

Research Article

The majority of the articles published in the Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences are research articles. These should aim to present new methods, data, study protocols, concepts or theory. Research articles should follow basic APA format (ensuring the layout as stated above in Manuscript Submission is followed) and ideally not be longer in length than 5000 words (30.000 characters with no spaces) (including references and appendices (where applicable)). The Editors retain discretion to publish papers beyond this length in cases where the clear and concise expression of the scientific content requires greater length. In such a case, the authors are requested to contact the Editors before submission of the paper.

Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses

The Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences also publishes Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses. These papers address a specific question with importance to the respective field and must be based on scientifically sound empirical studies. The review presents a synthesis of relevant studies based on a strict protocol in which methods for identification, categorization, analysis and aggregation of evidence are clearly defined. The manuscripts should comply with standard reporting guidelines (e.g., PRISMA-statement) and should ideally not exceed a maximum of 5000 words (including references, excluding author contribution pages and cover page). 

Scientific Update and Overview

Scientific Updates present clear and concise accounts of recent empirical findings covering a wide scope of research. They are written with the aim of aiding specialists in psychology in keeping up to date in the vastly expanding volume of research that is continually published in the field of clinical psychology. In general, in this short review article authors present developments in recent topics as reflected in the literature. This can include a description of recent trends as well as a provision of their own opinion, providing this does not result in any conclusions to be construed as biased. The Scientific Update should be largely based on recently published articles (ideally during the past 18-24 months) so that it may represent a current standing of the area and introduce the most recent updates. It should not exceed a maximum of 3,000 words (including references, excluding author contribution pages and cover page).

State-of-the-Art Overviews  reflect a broader view including history, development and present state of scientific development. These papers consider not only the most current research on a given topic, but also literature from the past decade(s). The overview aims to provide a synthesis of previous research, current thinking and perspectives for future research. We also encourage authors to share their current knowledge and summaries of a specific field with the readers of  Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.  For example, we welcome the publication of inaugural speeches or keynote lectures, which are characterized by thorough preparation but often remain unpublished. The  State-of-the-Art-Overview should ideally not exceed a maximum of 4,000 words (including references, excluding author contribution pages and cover page). 

Latest Developments

These are intended to provide readers with the latest news in health and rehabilitation science at a brief glance and bring to the attention of the reader some helpful developments in the field. Authors may want to include short reports on the latest developments that could be deemed useful to the field of disability, psychology, medicine and should provide a short description of the tool. These may include (but are not limited to):

  • Reports about open-access questionnaires
  • Insights into new internet platforms
  • Insights into new applications.

All inventories are published under a  Creative Commons  License (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0), meaning that authors retain ownership of the copyright for their assessment, but grant others permission to use and distribute the unmodified questionnaire for non-commercial purposes provided that the original work is properly cited.
The Latest Developments should not exceed a maximum of 2,500 words (including references, excluding author contribution pages and cover page).

Politics and Education

This format shall be used to inform about relevant and recent models in research and occupational politics. Submissions are invited on topics such as models of implementation of work in health care settings, formats of education in health/rehabilitation sciences, specific funding schemes, and other societal structures relevant for the field. In addition, also latest political developments of relevance for health and rehabilitation are welcome. Please contact one of the editors before submission. The Politics and Education Updates should not exceed a maximum of 2,500 words (including references, excluding author contribution pages and cover page). 

Letter to the Editor, Commentary

Short letters or commentaries referring to a specific article or other recent developments are widely welcomed. Ideally these should not exceed 400 words.

Editorial

Editorials are discussions related to a specific article or issue written by an editor or other member of the publication staff or invited experts.

Registered Report

Registered Reports are a form of empirical journal article in which methods and proposed analyses are pre-registered and peer-reviewed prior to research being conducted. This format of article is designed to minimize bias and to reward best practice in adhering to the deductive science. It eliminates a variety of questionable research practices, including low statistical power, selective reporting of results, and publication bias, while allowing complete flexibility to conduct exploratory (unregistered) analyses and report serendipitous findings. Most important with Registered Reports is that a significant part of the manuscript will be assessed prior to data collection. Highest quality submissions will then provisionally be accepted for publication.

Copyright Notice

The journal is published under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly credited. Authors retain copyright while allowing others to freely share and adapt the content, fostering accessibility and collaboration in research. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

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Introduction

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