Instructions for Authors

Table of Contents

GENERAL INFORMATION 2

JOURNAL PROFILE AND OBJECTIVES 2

MANUSCRIPT CATEGORIES 2

FREQUENCY OF PUBLICATION 2

OVERVIEW OF REVIEW PROCESS 2

EDITORIAL POLICIES 3

COPYRIGHT 3

OPEN ACCESS 3

SUBMISSION PROCESSING FEE 3

ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS 3

PERMISSIONS 3

PLAGIARISM 4

GENERAL PRESENTATION GUIDELINES 4

QUALITY OF LANGUAGE 4

FORMATTING GUIDELINES 4

REFERENCES 5

TABLES AND FIGURES 6

GUIDELINES FOR ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLES 6

GUIDELINES FOR SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEWS 7

GUIDELINES FOR METHODOLOGY ARTICLES 7

GUIDELINES FOR KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER ARTICLES 7

SUBMITTING A MANUSCRIPT 9

WHAT TO INCLUDE WHEN SUBMITTING ONLINE 9

TITLE OF ARTICLE/TRANSLATED TITLE 9

ABSTRACT AND KEYWORDS 10

FULL TEXT SUBMISSION 10

COVER LETTER 10

REVIEW PROCESS 11

CHECKLIST FOR AUTHORS 12

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General information

Journal profile and objectives

Science of Nursing and Health Practices (Science infirmière et pratiques en santé) is an international, bilingual,

open-access journal free to readers and authors. Produced by the Quebec Network on Nursing Intervention

Research (Réseau de recherche en interventions en sciences infirmières du Québec or RRISIQ), SNAHP-SIPS strives

to democratize access to research results so that the benefits and outcomes of research concerning health practices

may be applied to greater effect. The journal’s editorial team invites authors to submit articles in three domains:

Clinical practice – clinical outcomes (including indicators of care quality and service utilization) concerning

the physical, mental or social health of target client groups.

Service management and organization – optimization of material and human resources dedicated to care;

optimization of care processes and services; improvement of patient safety and health conditions.

Training and professional development – learning, teaching and evaluation strategies, models or practices

aimed at improving health professionals training and professional development; competency development

and competency level achievement.

Only articles that deal with the journal’s topics of interest and that comply with submission guidelines will be considered.

Manuscript Categories

SNAHP-SIPS publishes four types of article:

1. original research articles

2. systematic literature reviews

3. methodology articles (one per issue)

4. knowledge transfer articles (one per issue)

Frequency of publication

SNAHP-SIPS is published bi-annually, in June and December. The journal announces two calls for papers per year:

one on September 15 with a November 15 submission deadline for the June issue and one on February 15 with an

April 15 submission deadline for the December issue. However, authors may submit manuscripts any time and

these will be processed as soon as possible.

Overview of review process

Review mode: double blind (submissions and peer reviews are anonymous)

Process: Each manuscript is first examined by the Editor-in-Chief. If the paper meets the journal’s requirements, it is

submitted for review, that is, it is subjected to the critical review of at least two experts in the field. Based on the peer

reviews, the editorial team will then forward authors an initial decision of accepted, accepted with minor revisions,

accepted with major revisions, or rejected. Authors are then free to follow up on their submission or to terminate the

process. A manuscript may be rejected at any point in the editorial process . Final decisions cannot be appealed.

Though the outcome may be disappointing, SNAHP-SIPS trusts that authors understand the importance of a rigorous

review in order to assure the quality and relevance of the journal’s content .

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Timeline: The length of the review process can vary depending on the time is takes to recruit reviewers . However,

typically, authors are notified of the initial decision within 70 days of submission . On average, the entire process from

submission to publication, including the review, takes about 100 days.

Acceptance rate: About 35% of the papers submitted to the journal are published.

Editorial policies

The journal publishes only unpublished articles reviewed by no other publication at time of submission.

However, if aspects of the research on which an article is based have been published elsewhere, this should

be indicated in the cover letter along with any corresponding URL.

All authors must have made a substantial contribution to designing the study, collecting and analyzing the

data, interpreting the results, drafting the manuscript, and revising it critically. All authors must have

approved the manuscript submitted.

For further information, authors should refer to the journal’s policies page at: https://snahp-

sips.ca/journal/policies.html.

Copyright Authors hold the copyright on their papers without restrictions and retain it without restrictions after publication of the

papers on the journal’s website.

Open access All of the articles published online on the SNAHP-SIPS website are open access as defined under the Budapest Open

Access Initiative (BOAI). Users are authorized to read, download, copy, distribute, print, research and create a link to

the integral text of articles or to re-use them for any other legitimate purpose without asking for permission from the

editor or the author, provided that the author and the original source are properly cited .

Articles are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY) licence, which

allows unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation of the articles by any means and in any format,

provided that the author and the original source are properly cited .

SNAHP-SIPS encourages authors to disseminate their articles through other open-access websites or

institutional repositories by creating a hyperlink to the original PDF file on the journal’s website.

Submission processing fee SNAHP-SIPS does not charge a fee for processing submissions. The journal is free to authors .

Ethical considerations All manuscripts submitted to SNAHP-SIPS must be based on research conducted in strict compliance with the codes

of ethics and conduct specific to each author’s professional association. Studies conducted with volunteers must have obtained the approval of a research ethics board and the free and informed consent of participants. Authors must

specify in the Methods section whether participants provided verbal or written consent. If necessary, please refer to

The Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association - Declaration of Helsinki.

The Editorial Board reserves the right to reject any article based on human research that did not receive prior

ethical approval from a recognized, reputable institution.

Permissions Authors are responsible for the content of their manuscript and for obtaining written permission from the editors or

authors to reproduce any material protected by copyright (e.g., excerpts, tables, figures) and clearly stipulating the

source of the material.

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Plagiarism Copying in full or in part, word for word, without permission or without properly citing authors or original sources

and paraphrasing or appropriating the ideas or words of others after modifying them without giving credit to authors

or original sources are different forms of plagiarism.

Authors must make sure not to appropriate the words, ideas or figures of others without proper

attribution. All sources must be cited where they are used (text, table, figure) and any words or passages

reproduced in part or any ideas paraphrased must be attributed to their authors in the text.

SNAHP-SIPS is committed to fighting plagiarism by carefully scrutinizing manuscripts before accepting

them for publication. Some articles may have to be rectified or corrected. The Editorial Board reserves

the right to reject manuscripts on the grounds of plagiarism when sufficiently substantiated.

The platform that hosts the journal is in the process of acquiring plagiarism detection software . Once the software is

installed and running, the journal will notify authors of this in these guidelines and will publish the news on its

website.

General presentation guidelines

Given that manuscripts will be subjected to a double-blind peer review, the first version of the manuscript

that you will submit to the journal should contain no information that may identify the authors.

Authors must make sure to clear all personal information (authors, manager, company, and last saved by)

from the file properties. If you registered your name or email address when you installed your word-

processing software, this information is automatically registered in your file. A file can contain other

accessible information that is not immediately visible, such as hidden text, revised text (tracked changes),

comments and field codes.

To find out how to delete this information, use the Help function of your word-processing software.

Furthermore, always in the interest of blinding the reviewers to the authors , if you must cite your own work,

make sure to do so in the third person. For example, write “As Godbout and Girard (2011) pointed out in…” rather than “As we pointed out in…” If your manuscript is accepted, you will then be able to re store all

references to yourself and your institution in subsequent versions.

Quality of language To be accepted for review, manuscripts must be drafted in faultless English or French. English spelling should comply

with the latest edition of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary. French spelling should comply with the latest version of the

Antidote spell-checking application (reformed spelling). The Editorial Board reserves the right to reject articles

whose language or writing style does not meet the journal’s quality standards or to recommend the use of professional editing services at the authors’ expense. Moreover, non-discriminatory language must be used at all

times.

Formatting guidelines

Original research articles , systematic literature reviews and knowledge transfer articles should be

3500–5000 words long (excluding notes, references, tables and figures).

Methodology articles should be 1500–3000 words long (excluding notes, references, tables and figures).

The following fonts should be used: 12-point Times New Roman for the body of the text, 10-point Times

New Roman for endnotes, and 10-point Calibri for tables.

Manuscripts must be 1.5 spaced, except for footnotes and references, which should be single spaced, as

should block quotes (more than three lines), which should be indented in full without quotation marks.

All margins (left, right, top, bottom) must be one inch (2.5 cm), including for tables and figures .

Do not use headers and footers.

Do not use boldface or underline in the text.

Use italics only for foreign words and the p-value statistic.

Use quotation marks only for citations that do not run more than three lines and to highlight words or

expressions.

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For abbreviations, acronyms, and initialisms, indicate what they stand for in full the first time encountered.

Decimals are indicated by a period in English (e.g., 0.65) but a comma in French (e.g., 0,65).

References All in-text citations must figure in the reference list and vice versa. References that are not cited in the text should not

appear in the list of references . End references must be listed in alphabetical order and numbered. SNAHP-SIPS

follows the American Psychological Association (APA) reference style.

Authors must follow the APA style as defined in the 7th edition of the Publication Manual. In the reference list, the

names of all the authors must be given, up to 20. If a reference has 21 or more authors, give the first 19 followed by

ellipsis points (. . .) and then the very last.

The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) must be given when an article has one. The DOI is now formatted like an URL

(https://doi.org/) and must include the hyperlink. For example:

Roh, Y., Kim, S., & Kim, S. (2014). Effects of an integrated problem-based learning and simulation course for

nursing students. Nursing and Health Sciences, 16(1), 91–96. https://doi.org/10.1111/nhs.12069

For online articles without a DOI, give the document’s complete URL address (in the 7th edition, “Retrieved from” is no longer required before the address). For example:

Crawford, W. (2015). Chapter 1. Idealism and Opportunism: A Gold OA Overview. Library Technology Reports,

51(6), 5-10. https://journals.ala.org/index.php/ltr/article/view/5757/7209

For other types of references (e.g., books, book chapters, dictionaries, reports, dissertations, theses) or if you have any

questions about the APA style (7th edition), visit the APA website at https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines

For further details on the changes in the APA style contained in the 7th edition of the Publication Manual of

the American Psychological Association, visit the website of the Université de Montréal libraries (in French)

at https://bib.umontreal.ca/citer/styles-bibliographiques/apa?tab=3282.

For in-text citations , use the author-date system, which allows readers to find references quickly and easily in the end

list.

- Single author: (Tardif, 1999)

- Two authors: (Woolley & Jarvis, 2007)

For references with three or more authors , only give the name of the first followed by “et al.”.

- (Levett-Jones et al., 2010) EXCEPT if more than one reference with the same first author has the same year

of publication. In this case, give the names of as many subsequent authors as is necessary to distinguish the

references. For example:

- (Girard, Leduc et al., 2015)

- (Girard, Rouleau et al., 2015)

When citing several sources at once, do so in alphabetical order in the same order they appear in the reference list:

(Levett-Jones et al., 2010; Tardif, 1999; Woolley & Jarvis, 2007).

When more than one reference by the same single author is published the same year, add a letter after the year in the

reference list and identify them as follows in text: (Tardif, 1999a, 1999b).

When paraphrasing in text, give the author’s surname and the year of publication, for example : (Tardif, 1999). When

quoting in text, give the reference as above, along with the page number(s) where the passage is found , for example:

(Woolley & Jarvis, 2007, p. 427).

Regarding when to express numbers in words or in numerals , please see the rules of the American Psychological

Association (APA) at the following address: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/numbers/.

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Tables and figures

Tables and figures must be placed at the end of the manuscript after the references and their location must be marked

in the text (e.g., “Table 1 here” between two paragraphs). Tables and figures must be clearly identified (number,

title) and sources cited, if applicable. Figures must be accompanied by a legend.

Visual aids (tables, figures and images) are accepted only if necessary for understanding the points being made and

if they express more than words alone could. Visual aids must be saved in text format in a word -processing file, such

as Microsoft Word, or as an image, but only in PDF format. Images in GIF and PNG format will be accepted only as

supplemental content. Authors can use their author accounts to upload these additional files. Authors can use their

accounts created at time of submission on the journal’s platform to upload these supplementary files .

Tables must comply with the APA format and must contain no more than one bit of information per cell. The

information must be left aligned. Column heads must be centre aligned. The table title must be in italics. The font

size Calibri must be 10 point throughout, including the table number and title. For example:

Table 1

Table title (in italics)

Column head Column head Column head

Row 1

Row 2

Row 3

***To find out the reporting guidelines for the different study types, the journal encourages authors to visit the

EQUATOR (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research) Network website at https://www.equator-

network.org/***.

Guidelines for original research articles Original research articles present the results of empirical studies that are essential to advancing knowledge and

disseminating the benefits of applying that knowledge. These studies may apply qualitative, quantitative or mixed

methods and refer to different conceptual frameworks in order to answer research questions and hypotheses in an

appropriate and coherent manner. Empirical research studies must clearly indicate the number of the certificate of

ethical approval issued by a research ethics board and must contain the following elements:

1) Introduction – issue, background and state of knowledge, justification of relevance of study and frame of reference;

objective and research questions or hypotheses tested.

2) Methods – design or study type, sampling, data collection methods and instruments; ethical considerations; data analysis

procedures; means of ensuring validity and reliability of results.

3) Results – sample characteristics, results regarding each question or hypothesis.

4) Discussion – contribution of results relative to the study’s objective and contribution to the advancement of knowledge.

Discussion of the study’s limitations. 5) Conclusion – summary of main findings; study’s potential impact.

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Guidelines for systematic literature reviews

In short, “a systematic review is a methodological approach that allows identifying, evaluating and synthesizing

scientific evidence in order to answer a research question in a systematic and explicit manner” [free translation] (INESSS, 2013).

Systematic literature reviews must follow the same general structure as for original research articles above—Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion—while taking account of the specific elements required of

systematic reviews.

Guidelines for methodology articles

Methodology articles address methodological issues. This can involve describing methodological approaches or

documenting innovative methods aimed at proposing better solutions for meeting challenges in the fields of health

research and intervention.

The starting point for any methodology article is a literature review. The article might then focus on qualitative,

quantitative or mixed methods and examine different aspects of the methodology:

Populations, sampling and recruitment methods

Data collection, management and analysis methods

Participatory research methods, patient-centred research

Epistemology, paradigms and research methods

Health intervention evaluation methods

Methodology articles are shorter than original research articles . They should total 1500–3000 words and contain the

following elements:

1) Introduction – context of methodological issues, aims of article regarding relevance of methodological questions raised

2) Literature review – issues situated in the literature and critical analysis of issues supported by relevant works 3) Discussion – presentation of methodological approach, innovative method, or emerging conceptual model/theory for

development and application of methods

4) Conclusion – implications of the interpretation of issues for health science methods and practices

Guidelines for knowledge transfer articles

Knowledge transfer or best practice articles document approaches to evaluating the implementation and benefits of

novel practices (clinical, organizational or educational) aimed at improving practices in local settings. A knowledge

transfer article is not a study that follows a scientific method in order to answer a research question systematically but

rather the evaluation of a knowledge transfer process . For example:

- Cloutier, N., Roy, M.-A., Blanchet, M., & Gallani, M. C. (2019). Optimiser l’accès aux soins de santé dans

les services d’urgences pédiatriques : une voie d’accès rapide pour les enfants présentant un problème respiratoire aigu [Improving access to health care in pediatric emergency departments: A fast track system

for children with respiratory problems]. Science of Nursing and Health Practices - Science infirmière et

pratiques en santé, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.31770/2561-7516.1041

Table 1 presents the instructions for authors regarding knowledge transfer articles.

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TABLE 1

Instructions for authors for drafting knowledge transfer articles Knowledge transfer or best practices articles document the process of evaluating the implementation and benefits of innovative practices.

*Sections and elements of

knowledge transfer articles Description of elements

Title and abstract

1. Title a. Indicates that the article concerns a knowledge transfer project aimed at improving practice :

local setting, practice (clinical, organizational, educational), and population (patients, health

professionals, healthcare managers) concerned or involved.

2. Abstract

a. Summarizes the highlights of all the sections of the article : Introduction, Aims, Methods,

Results, Discussion and Conclusion.

b. Provides appropriate information (concepts, population, keywords) to find the article in

databases.

Introduction Why did you undertake this project?

3. Description of problem a. Describes the nature and scope of a local problem in a local setting.

4. State of knowledge a. Synthesizes the data on the problem , that is, summarizes the findings of the major recent

studies to focus on the problem .

5. Theoretical bases

a. Presents the formal or informal frame of reference, conceptual models/theories and concepts

that underpin the activities related to the knowledge transfer and explain how and why the project should work. For example, a logic model structures the links that lead to an intervention’s outcomes.

6. Aims of project a. States the aims of the knowledge transfer project and the specific aims of the knowledge transfer article.

Methods What did you do?

7. Planning/background

a. Describes the collaboration or decision-making process that led to project implementation

(e.g., workshops, meetings, material or IT resources, staff dedicated to project).

b. Includes steps that led to practitioner validation of the selected practice.

8. Implementation

a. Presents the stages of implementation of the practice transferred to a clinical, management or

educational setting, including the transfer strategies (e.g., video clips, continuing professional development, evidence-based co-construction of clinical tools workshops).

9. Measures

a. Describes the selected approach (e.g., focus groups with professionals) to evaluate facilitators and barriers (progress indicators) linked to successful project implementation.

b. Presents indicators (e.g., pre/post-implementation difference in patient results, family satisfaction, professional self-efficacy, average duration of care) selected to measure the

benefits of the implemented practice.

10. Data

a. Describes the qualitative and/or quantitative methods used to collect the data to document

the knowledge transfer project (e.g., focus groups, individual interviews, patient data, self-administered questionnaires).

b. Indicates who participated in data collection: Who provided the data?

11. Analyses

a. Presents the methods or procedures used to analyze the collected data and to explain the

variations in the data or to understand the change observed between different measurement time points.

12. Ethical considerations a. Presents the ethical aspects regarding the project and how these aspects were taken into

account, including potential conflicts of interest.

Results What did you find?

13. Results

a. Covers the main stages of the implementation of the practice and how the original plan might

have changed or was adapted over the course of the project .

b. Describes in detail the results for each aim of the project; the changes observed in each

indicator.

c. Mentions any missing data (owing, for example, to drop-outs).

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d. Explains how interactions between contextual elements and the transferred practice might have influenced results.

e. Describes unexpected consequences such as unanticipated positive or negative effects,

problems and/or benefits produced by the project.

Discussion and conclusion What do the results mean?

14. Discussion

a. Summarizes the key results regarding the aims of the knowledge transfer project, highlighting the project’s contribution and/or strengths.

b. Compares results against those of other studies of similar practices in similar contexts.

15. Limitations

a. Mentions the limitations (e.g., confounding variables, biases, missing data, data collection tool

fluctuations) of the evaluation process and the measures taken to attenuate their effects, if applicable.

16. Conclusion

a. Draws conclusions regarding the project’s usefulness .

b. Presents implications for practice and suggests next steps for practitioners and research leads .

c. Mentions possible benefits for other contexts that could stand to gain from the results of the

project.

d. Mentions continuity challenges (e.g., budgets, staff, technical means), if applicable.

SOURCES: adapted from Ogrinc, G., Davies, L., Goodman, D., Batalden, P., Davidoff, F., & Stevens, D. (2016). SQUIRE 2.0 (Standards for QUality Improvement Reporting

Excellence): Revised publication guidelines from a detailed consensus process. BMJ Quality & Safety, 25, 986–992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004411 and

Goodman, D., Ogrinc, G., Davies, L., Baker, G. R., Barnsteiner, J., Foster, T. C., … Thor, J. (2016). Explanation and elaboration of the SQUIRE (Standards for Quality

Improvement Reporting Excellence) guidelines, V.2.0: Examples of SQUIRE elements in the healthcare improve ment literature. BMJ Quality & Safety, 25, 986–992.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004480 and Milner, K. A. (2016). Sharing your knowledge: Getting your idea published. Journal of Infusion Nursing, 39(5), 297–305.

https://doi.org/10.1097/NAN.0000000000000188. For further information, go to http://www.squire-statement.org.

*SNAHP-SIPS encourages authors to take account of all of the elements in the table, but it may not be useful or appropriate to include every element in some articles.

Submitting a manuscript

All manuscripts must be submitted online at: https://snahp-sips.ca/cgi/submit.cgi?context=journal.

Authors must create an account in the system if they do not have one. If you have submitted to the journal in the

past or have served as a reviewer for SNAHP-SIPS, chances are you already have an account.

Online submission is a five-step procedure:

1. The submitting author must first read and accept the Submission Agreement and the journal’s policies.

2. The submitting author must give their family name, first name, and institutional affiliation.

3. The submitting author must then indicate all co-authors, beginning with their email address, followed by

family name, first name, and institutional affiliation.

4. The submitting author must duly complete the rest of the form and upload the required documents: 1) Full

text submission; and 2) Cover letter. The cover letter can be uploaded separately or copied and pasted

directly onto the form in the appropriate field.

5. The submitting author must click on the “Submit” button.

Authors will be emailed a notice of receipt once they have completed the submission procedure. The submission

process must be followed through to the very end. Do not stop and return later, otherwise the submission will

not be completed.

What to include when submitting online Title of article/Translated title The title should incorporate the key elements of the article, such as the study population, the concepts considered, and

the methodological approaches used, and should enhance the chances of being identified in the course of database

searches. Give the title first in the language that the article was drafted in (English or French) and then give the title

translated in the other language.

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Abstract and keywords

An abstract of no more than 250 words must be submitted, in English and in French, in the fields labelled

“Abstract” and “Résumé” of the form, respectively. The abstract (in both languages) must be structured like the body

of the text, that is, with the mandatory headings corresponding to each article type . For example, the one for original

research articles should contain the following headings :

Introduction

Objective

Methods

Results

Discussion and conclusion

The abstracts must be accompanied by a maximum of five keywords (French and English) chosen freely or from the

MeSH database, for example.

Full text submission

The full text is the main file (Word, RTF or PDF) containing the following: 1) abstract and keywords (bilingual); 2)

body of text (Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion); and 3) end notes, references, tables and

figures.

IMPORTANT!

The full text submitted must be redacted of all information identifying the authors , including their names and

institutional affiliations, for the purposes of double-blind peer reviewing.

Cover letter

The cover letter must specify the article’s objective and its expected contribution, and contain the following elements:

Title and subtitle of article in English and French.

For each author: name, academic degree, position, affiliation, and contact information, including email

address.

Name of first (or corresponding) author that the editorial team will communicate with. Name and contact information of three potential reviewers with domain expertise who have no prior

knowledge of the submission, have not collaborated with any of the authors recently, and are not from the

same university or institution as the authors.

The editors reserve the right whether or not to refer to the proposed reviewers.

The cover letter must close with the following five headings:

1. Authors contributions

Each author’s contribution must be specified as per the criteria recommended by the International

Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).

- For example: NP and PP designed the study and supervised data collection and analysis. YB collected and analyzed the data. NP organized the article and prepared the first draft. YB drafted the methods

section and PP, the introduction and the literature review. All three authors revised and approved the

final version of the manuscript.

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2. Acknowledgments

The authors recognize any individual or institutional support received: - For example: The authors would like to thank GL for her technical support, as well as the study

participants and the administration of the hospital where data collection took place.

3. Funding

Authors must declare all sources of funding for the research: - For example: The authors received funding from the [name of program] of [name of institution] to

conduct this study.

- If authors received no funding, indicate the following: The authors received no funding from any funding

agency, whether public, private or non-profit.

4. Statement of conflict of interest

It is SNAHP-SIPS policy to require a statement of conflict of interest from all authors . If there are no

conflicts to declare, indicate the following: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

5. Ethics certificate number

Articles reporting on research involving human subjects must clearly cite the ethical approval

obtained: - For example: The study received ethical approval [number] from the research ethics board of [name of

institution].

If you have any questions, please write to melina.bernier@umontreal.ca.

Review process

All submissions are first reviewed by the editor-in-chief. If they pass this filter, they are then subjected to a double-

blind peer review. The role of the peer reviewers is to deliver to the editor-in-chief a recommendation (supported by

a critical review) whether or not to publish a manuscript. The initial decision (accepted, accepted subject to minor

revisions, accepted subject to major revisions, or rejected) is made by the editor-in-chief based on the reviews

received. If reviewers disagree regarding the merits of a manuscript , the editor-in-chief may request the point of view

of other reviewers. Then, if a manuscript needs more work, the authors will be sent an exhaustive list of required

revisions and corrections and, after they have tended to these, they will receive a final decision.

Following the review reports, authors will need to describe, point by point in a two -column table

(Reviewers’ comments and Responses to reviewers) the changes they made to the resubmitted manuscript.

This document must be blinded and submitted separately from the file of the new version of the manuscript.

When authors resubmit their manuscript after making the required changes, they upload a copy of their

article in which the authors’ names and affiliations have been restored. This file will not be seen by the

reviewers but will be forwarded to the production team if the article is accepted for publication.

To facilitate verification of the revisions and corrections made, all changes made to the manuscript

during the review process must be visible in track changes mode in Microsoft Word.

When a manuscript has been accepted for publication, after the journal proceeds with the final page layout,

authors are asked to do a final proofread of their article in PDF format and to give their approval for

publication within a given time limit. No significant changes or additions will be allowed at this stage of the

process.

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Checklist for authors

Elements of submission and summary of tasks

Authors’ confirmation

Online form

The submitting author must consent to the journal’s policies by clicking “Accept” at the bottom of the submission agreement.

Information (email address, first name, family name, institution) on the

submitting author and all co-authors is registered.

Title and subtitle, and five keywords, in English and French, and a short

title, in the language of the manuscript submitted, are entered on the form.

_______________

Cover letter

The cover letter must mention the title of the manuscript in English and

French, information (name, title, position, affiliation, contact information

and email address) on all authors, designation of submitting author, contact

information for three potential reviewers, and 1) authors’ contribution, 2) acknowledgments, 3) funding sources, 4) statement of conflict of interest,

and 5) ethics certificate number.

The letter may be uploaded separately or copied directly in the designated

field on the online submission form.

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Full text submission

Abstract (250 words) and five keywords, in English and in French, body of

text in English or French, endnotes, references, tables and figures.

Location of tables and figures must be marked in text.

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Review process

The first version of the article submitted must contain no information

(names of authors or institutions) capable of identifying the authors.

Following the double-blind peer review process, authors resubmit their

revised article in “track changes” mode in Microsoft Word, with their

identifying information (names, institutions) restored.

In a separate blinded file authors provide a two-column table detailing the

changes made in response to the reviewers’ comments. The final decision whether to publish the manuscript is made by the

journal’s editor-in-chief.

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Ethical considerations

The authors must specify in the methods section of the body of the text

how free and informed consent was obtained from participants.

The number of the certificate of ethical approval and the name of the

research ethics board that issued the certificate, if applicable, and potential

conflicts of interest must be indicated in the cover letter.

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Sources of funding

Authors must indicate all sources of funding obtained for the purpose of

conducting the study and drafting the article.

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Permissions

Permission to reproduce any material already published must be obtained

beforehand and their sources must be clearly cited

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Authors’ responsibilities

Each author’s contribution must be specified as per the ICMJE criteria and all authors must approve the final version.

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