The JOURNAL OF FAMILY NURSING receives all manuscript submissions electronically via http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jfn. To submit a manuscript, please follow the instructions below:
Getting Started
- Launch your Web browser (supported browsers include Internet Explorer 6 or higher, Netscape 7.0, 7.1, or 7.2, Safari 1.2.4, or Firefox 1.0.4) and go to the Journal of Family Nursing’s Manuscript Central homepage (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jfn) on the SageTrack system powered by ScholarOne.
- Log in or click the “Create Account” option if you are a first-time user of Manuscript Central.
- If you are creating a new account:
- After clicking on “Create Account” enter your name and e-mail information and click “Next”. Your e-mail information is very important.
- Enter your institution and address information as prompted, then click “Next.”
- Enter a user ID and password of your choice (we recommend using your e-mail address as your user ID) and then select your area of expertise. Click “Finish” when done.
- Log in and select “Author Center.”
Submitting Your Manuscript
- After you have logged in, click the “Submit a Manuscript” link on the Author Center screen.
- Enter data and answer questions as prompted.
- Click on the “Next” button on each screen to save your work and advance to the next screen.
- You will be prompted to upload your files:
- Click on the “Browse” button and locate the file on your computer.
- Select the description of the file in the drop-down menu next to the Browse button.
- When you have selected all files you wish to upload, click the “Upload” button.
- Review your submission (in both PDF and HTML formats) before sending to the Editors. Click the “Submit” button when you are done reviewing.
You may stop a submission at any phase and save it to submit later. After submission, you will receive a confirmation via e-mail. You can also log on to Manuscript Central at any time to check the status of your manuscript. The Editors will inform you via e-mail once a decision has been made.
Conditions of Publication
Submission of a manuscript to the Journal of Family Nursing implies commitment to publish in the journal. Authors submitting manuscripts to the journal should not simultaneously submit them to another journal, nor should manuscripts have been published elsewhere in substantially similar form or with substantially similar content. Authors in doubt about what constitutes prior publication should consult the Editor.
Manuscript Information & Preparation
The Journal of Family Nursing is owned by Sage Publications, Inc., and is published in cooperation with the Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary. Janice M. Bell, RN, PhD, Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing and Director, Family Nursing Unit, is the first editor of this journal. The first issue of this quarterly journal began in February 1995.
The Journal of Family Nursing is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes scholarly work on nursing research, practice, education, and policy issues related to families in health and illness. The mission of the journal is to extend understanding about the relationships between families, illness, and health and how practices based on this understanding can serve to diminish suffering in families. In addition, appropriate articles of empirical and theoretical analyses on the subject of family health will be published. Both "family as context" and "family as unit" are represented. Additionally, there is a strong mandate to represent cultural diversity and families across the life cycle. Interdisciplinary and collaborative perspectives are encouraged, as are international contributions.
Articles should be 15-25 typewritten, double-spaced pages. Include the title of the paper, an abstract of no more than 150 words, and 4 to 5 keywords.
Include the following information on a separate cover page (for anonymous review):
The corresponding author's name, credentials, affiliation, address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address.
All other authors’ names, credentials, affiliations, and e-mail addresses.
Footnotes, references, tables, and figures should appear on separate pages.
For style, follow the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th edition).
Artwork
All artwork should be camera-ready. Figures should be submitted in TIFF, EPS, JPEG, PDF, or AI file formats, and each figure should be numbered and its placement listed in the text. Electronic line-art-type figures should be of at least 1200 dpi resolution, and electronic photo or grayscale figures should be of at least 300 dpi resolution; all submitted figures should be at least 4.25 inches wide when printed.
Acceptance Criteria
Papers will be selected for their scientific merit and creative treatment of significant issues in the field. One of the objectives of the journal is to establish a forum in which practitioners, educators, and researchers in various clinical specialties and fields can extend the lively debate and begin a more critical dialogue about the family in health and illness.
Copyright & Permission
The author acknowledges that a submitted manuscript is an original contribution not previously published elsewhere in similar form and agrees to sign a transfer of copyright form to ensure Sage Publications may publish and distribute the work. Upon acceptance of a manuscript for publication, transfer of copyright agreements should be signed by each author of the work and faxed to (403) 284-4803.
If material included in the work is borrowed or adapted from other sources (including an author’s own previously published material), then written permission must be obtained from the copyright owner (usually the publisher). The documentation of permission should be included with the manuscript at the time of submission.
For detailed information about permissions please refer to: http://www.sagepub.com/repository/binaries/guidelines/PermissionsGuidelines.pdf.
Associated Costs for Authors
Color figures accepted for publication require an expense by the author of $800 for the first one and $200 for each additional. There is no cost for black-and-white figures.
Any permissions fees that might be required by the copyright owner of material the author is borrowing or adapting are the responsibility of the author(s) requesting use of the borrowed material, not the responsibility of Sage Publications or the Journal of Family Nursing.
Ordering Reprints
Authors can order reprints of their published articles by contacting Sage Publications’ Customer Care Department at 800-818-7243 or by e-mail at journals@sagepub.com.
Ordering Subscriptions
Subscriptions may be ordered from: SAGE Publications, Inc., PO Box 5084, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA 91359; telephone: 805-499-9774; fax: 805-499-0871; http://www.sagepub.com.
Journal Contact Information
Janice M. Bell, RN, PhD
Editor, Journal of Family Nursing
Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, CANADA
Telephone: (403) 220-4647 Fax: (403) 284-4803
E-mail: jmbell@ucalgary.ca or jfn@ucalgary.ca
For more information, see the journal Web site: http://jfn.sagepub.com.
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