Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines

Instructions for the author of Community Empowerment in Health

A. General Requirements
The minimum standard requirements before you submit the manuscript:

1. Written in English.
2. The length of the submitted paper is at least six pages.
3. Use a tool such as Zotero, Mendeley, or EndNote for reference management. The author can use the following link to use a Mendeley Application (link).
4. The citation style is APA
5. Make sure that your paper is prepared using the CEH paper template
6. The article must be under 20 % checked by plagiarism software (the plagiarism check will be done by publisher/editor)
7. Attach the cover letter and statement of originality along with the manuscript submission.

B. Structure of The Manuscript

The manuscript must be prepared with following the structure:

1. Title. The title of the paper should describe: research aims, method, and object, without Acronym or abbreviation
2. Abstract. The Abstract has 150 to 250 WORDS; No citation; The abstract should contain Background or research problem (2-3 Sentences), AIM (1 sentence), Research Methodology (2-3 Sentences), and Results (Minimal 8 Sentences), the Conclusions (2-3 Sentences) and Implication (1 sentence).
3. Section structure. Authors are suggested to present their articles in the following structure: 
   I. Introduction -
   II. Materials and Method
   III. Results
   IV. Discussion
   V. Conclusion
4. References. Expect a minimum of 25 references primarily with a minimum of 80% to international journal papers. The references must be up-to-date references (10 years back).

C. 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 using the CEH paper template
3. The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format (DOCX, 10 MB Limit File Size).
4. The reference uses the APA.  Please use Mendeley application to manage the references.

D. Reviewing of manuscripts
Every submitted paper is independently reviewed by at least two peer reviewers. The decision for publication, amendment, or rejection is based upon their reports/recommendations. If two or more reviewers consider a manuscript unsuitable for publication in this journal, a statement explaining the basis for the decision will be sent to the authors within one months of the submission date.

E. Revision of manuscripts
Manuscripts sent back to the authors for revision should be returned to the editor without delay. Revised manuscripts can be sent to the editorial office through the Online Submission Interface. The revised manuscripts returned later than three months will be considered as new submissions.

F. Publication and Authorship Ethics

• Authors are required to provide a complete list of references cited in their paper.
• If authors received any financial support to conduct the research that is reported in the submitted paper, they should provide the information.
• CEH cannot bear plagiarism and fraudulent data in any paper. It has a strict policy against plagiarism, which is checked through two methods: reviewer check and plagiarism prevention tool (Turnitin). All submissions will be checked before being sent to reviewers. The similarity score should be below 20%.
• In case of presence of any fraudulent information in an article, its authors will be responsible for providing retractions or corrections of mistakes.
• It is strictly prohibited to publish the same research in more than one journal.