期刊名称:INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTEGRATED CARE
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About the journal

International Journal of Integrated Care
Welcome to IJIC!
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.
Established in 2000, IJIC's mission has been to promote integrated care as a scientific discipline. IJIC's primary purpose has been to examine critically the policy and practice of integrated care and whether and how this has impacted on quality-of-care, user experiences, and cost-effectiveness. Learn more about the focus and scope of the Journal by clicking here.
Our 2013 Annual Conference took place in April in Berlin. The Conference Supplement can be accessed here. We are pleased to announce that our 2014 Annual Conference will be held in Brussels on 3-4 April.
Register for e-mail updates about new IJIC publications, calls for papers, and our associated events and conference.
The IJIC is sponsored by the International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC), a not for profit network that crosses organisational and professional boundaries to bring people together to advance the science, knowledge and adoption of integrated care policy and practice around the world.
Focus and Scope
Established in 2000, IJIC's mission has been to promote integrated care as a scientific discipline. IJIC's primary purpose has been to examine critically the policy and practice of integrated care and whether and how this has impacted on quality-of-care, user experiences, and cost-effectiveness
It is important that prospective authors recognize that IJIC will only consider articles that fit the aims and scope of the Journal.
The focus of IJIC is on integrated care. We define this as follows:
Integration is a coherent set of methods and models on the funding, administrative, organisational, service delivery and clinical levels designed to create connectivity, alignment and collaboration within and between the cure and care sectors. The goal of these methods and models is to enhance quality of care and quality of life, consumer satisfaction and system efficiency for patients ... cutting across multiple services, providers and settings. [Where] the result of such multi-pronged efforts to promote integration [lead to] the benefit of patient groups [the outcome can be] called 'integrated care' (Kodner and Spreeuwenberg, 2002).
It is important for prospective authors to recognise that we distinguish between integration and integrated care, noting that the structures and processes that support organisational and service integration may not always result in the enhanced outcomes and patient experience associated with integrated care.
The editorial board of IJIC believes that the primary purpose of integrated care should be to improve quality-of-care, user experiences, and cost-effectiveness of care since such issues give integrated care both a rationale and a common basis on which to judge its impact.
The field of integrated care comprises a broad spectrum of themes. Those that fit within the aims and scope of IJIC include:
- Integration between health services, social services and other care providers (horizontal integration);
- Integration across primary, community, hospital and tertiary care services (vertical integration);
- Integration of care within one sector (e.g. within mental health services);
- Integration of care between preventive and curative services;
- Integration of delivery systems that bring together clinicians and managers, funders and deliverers, professionals and patients;
- The use of new technologies and other innovations that enable and support integrated care to flourish;
- The use of system incentives, such as governance, guidance, funding and payment mechanisms, that seek to embed and reward integrated care; and
- Integration between care providers and patients that supports shared-decision making, self-management, and remote care.
- The impact of integrated care in reducing health inequalities.
- Integration of health promotion strategies with population-based and patient-centred approaches to health care; and,
- The relationship between global/International health
Within these subject fields, we accept articles that focus on integrated care to populations or particular client groups (e.g. older people, or persons with an unspecified chronic or long-term care need) as well as to particular service areas or diseases (e.g. to people with diabetes).
If you remain uncertain as to whether your article fits within the scope of the International Journal of Integrated Care, please use our quick [author checklist] to find out.
Section Policies
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Workshop Abstracts
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Publication Frequency
Continuous publishing and archived issues
To publish articles on a continuous basis means that they enter the current issue as soon as they are ready to publish. IJIC then archives its articles within 4 issues: Jan-March; April-June; July-Sept; Oct-Dec.
IJIC often publishes groups of papers related to a theme in Special Editions and also develops Conference Supplements to publish the abstracts from academic congresses. Special Editions normally run for a year and are archived as annual editions."
Types of Papers
Authors are invited to submit research papers including bibliographic references to the international literature and, where relevant, to experiences in other countries. We encourage researchers who finished their PhD theses to publish excerpts from their dissertation in our journal. We also invite experienced authors working on a national level to submit practice papers describing aspects of integrated care in their own countries and furthermore we welcome papers on integrated health policy.
IJIC welcomes the submission of papers under the following key headings:
- Research and Theory (RT) papers include: original research; systematic reviews; new theoretical perspectives; and innovative research protocols (study designs).To improve the chance of acceptance of your manuscript, we recommend reading the specific Guideline for Research and Theory papers
- Policy (P) papers include: description and analysis of national and international policy developments on integrated care and their impact.To improve the chance of acceptance of your manuscript, we recommend reading the specific Guideline for Policy papers
- Integrated Care cases (ICC) are case studies of innovative local approaches to the delivery of integrated care in practice. To improve the chance of acceptance of your manuscript, we recommend reading the specific Guideline for Integrated Care Cases
- Lost and Found (LF) papers are retrospective assessments of the impact, legacy and lessons of significant historical innovations or research into integrated care. To improve the chance of acceptance of your manuscript, we recommend reading the specific Guideline for Lost and Found papers
- Perspective papers (PP) are short papers from leading managers and professionals working at the 'coalface' of integrated care. To improve the chance of acceptance of your manuscript, we recommend reading the specific Guideline for Perspective papers
- Book reviews (BK) provide an outline of the main topics and a brief discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the books, and their relevance for integrated care. Book Reviews are included in the journal on a range of relevant topics.To improve the chance of acceptance of your manuscript, we recommend reading the specific Guideline for Books Reviews
- Thesis summaries (TS) include the summation of the aims, theory, method, results and conclusions of PhD theses in integrated care. To improve the chance of acceptance of your manuscript, we recommend reading the specific Guideline for Thesis Summaries
- Letter to the editor (E) is a section for reactions to articles or editorials published in the IJIC. Contact the IJIC Managing Editor if you wish to submit a Letter to the editor.
The content of the articles should be within the editorial Focus and Scope of International Journal of Integrated Care.
The content of the papers should be appealing to readers who are in any way involved in the study, the development or the execution of integrated care.
Facts and Figures
Average time from submission to publication between just 25-30 weeks.
IJIC has approximately 1800 registered readers from more than 25 countries worldwide.
10 000 articles/per month retrieved on average through PubMed during 2011.
IJIC received its first official Impact Factor of 1.299 with the 2012 JCR, June 2013.
IJIC has been accepted for coverage in Scopus (Elsevier) starting with the 2012 material.
Conference Supplements and Special Editions
IJIC publishes a regular series of conference supplements and special themed editions. A nominal fee of €5000 is charged where these are developed in partnership with an external organization.
If interested please read our Conference supplement guidelines and Conference Abstracts guidelines
Contact the managing Editor to request more information about how to apply for and publish your own conference supplement or Special Edition.
Instructions to Authors
Submissions
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Author Guidelines
IJIC accepts new submissions on a continuous basis. If you would like to submit an article for publication in IJIC, please read the following information.
Publication fees for authors
From the 1st of August 2012 all papers that are accepted for publication will incur an author fee of €500. This publishing fee helps the Journal to retain its open-access status.
Those authors whose articles went under review before this date will be exempt from the fee. Also, no fee will be charged on thesis summaries, book reviews, guest editorials and any other papers directly solicited from the Editorial Board.
From the 1st of August 2012, all Conference Supplements and Special Themed Editions will incur a nominal fee of €5000 where these are developed in partnership with an external organization.
Preparing your manuscript
You can read the information stated below, or download the guideline of your choice. We recommend reading the information and/or guidelines carefully.
Download the Guidelines for Research and Theory papers
Download the Guidelines for Lost en Found papers
Download the Guidelines for Perspectives papers
Download the Guidelines for Integrated Care Cases
Download the Guidelines for Policy papers
Download the Guidelines for Book reviews
Download the Guidelines for Thesis summaries
IJIC accepts different types of manuscripts for publication.To improve the chance of acceptance of your manuscript, we recommend reading the following information when preparing your manuscript.
Previous publication and electronic preprints (eprints): IJIC does not want to publish material that has already appeared elsewhere. But we do accept some papers that have been published as abstracts or have been partially reported by the media at scientific meetings, and some that have already appeared in foreign language journals. Previous publication in electronic form, known as preprint or eprint, may also be acceptable. In all these cases authors should tell us about previous publication and supply us with copies of such previous versions. Then we can decide whether publication in IJIC will add usefully to the literature on the topic of integrated care, or whether it will just add redundant material.
Redundant publication: To protect readers and researchers from being overwhelmed by redundant material we do not want to publish papers that overlap substantially with papers published elsewhere. Whenever a paper submitted to IJIC overlaps by more than 10% with previously published work, or work submitted elsewhere, we want authors to send us copies of those papers. We will then decide if it is an acceptable degree of overlap.
- Linking: IJIC encourages and appreciates links in your own Web pages to IJIC-webpages. Permission is expressly granted to any person who wishes to place a link in his or her own Web page to IJIC's homepage http://www.ijic.org. As a courtesy, if you link to, or include IJIC in an index, please let us know.
- Web links: If we accept your article we will insert hyperlinks to related sites (e.g. full text of referenced articles) so readers can directly go from your article to the related site. If you have the web addresses (URLs) of these related links available for us, please include them in the relevant places in the text of your article.
- Privacy statement: IJIC is very concerned about the privacy of its authors and guards their data carefully. All data supplied by the author are secured and not available to third parties unless the author explicitly grants permission in exceptional cases. On delivery the manuscripts are time-stamped and marked with an identification code. This information is documented and will not be altered. Additionally, internal practises help protect your privacy by limiting employee access to and use of your data. Subsequently, the manuscript enters the peer reviewing procedure anonymously.
- Liability: International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) accept no liability whatsoever for the consequences of any such inaccurate or misleading data, opinions or statements. Although every effort is made by IJIC and the editorial board of this online journal to see that no inaccurate or misleading data, opinions or statements appear in this issue, we wish to make clear that the data and opinions appearing in the articles are the responsibility of the contributor concerned.
If you have any questions or concerns about your privacy please contact the managing editor.
Use IJIC Quick Authors Checklist before submission
Once you have prepared your paper for submission following the specific IJIC types of paper guideline and IJIC format and reference style, please use our Quick Authors Checklist to verify that your manuscript has fulfilled IJIC key requisites, and therefore increasing your chances for acceptance.
1. Research and Theory papers
Original research papers should report the results of original research, be it obtained by qualitative or quantitative research methods. The material should not have been previously published elsewhere, except in a preliminary form.
- R&T articles should meet the standards of excellent scientific performance and add relevant and new scientific information to existing knowledge on integrated care, with lessons for integrated care practices.
- Literature reviews, systematic reviews, covering subjects concerning or relevant to integrated care.
- Reseach protocols, outcome measures and research methodologies that may lead in time to some important standardization in approaches that can facilitate comparison.
- Reflections on theory, critically discussing or developing theories, theoretical models and concepts concerning or relevant to integrated care as well as analyses of current problems and questions of integrated care on the base of theoretical views.
The content of the article should be within the editorial aims and scope of International Journal of Integrated Care.
The content of the paper should be appealing to readers who are in any way involved in the study, the development or the execution of integrated care.
The articles should present:
- clear goals and problem statement
- a sound methodology
- consistent and logical argumentation, based on theory
- a clear presentation of data
- clear conclusions, adding new insights and scientific and/or practical knowledge
- an international and timely list of references with high quality titles
Preferred structure for a research article is:
- Structured ummary and key words
- Introduction, comprising background and problem statement
- Theory and methods
- Results
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- List of references
Preferred structure for a theory and discussion article is:
- Structured summary and key words
- Introduction, comprising background and problem statement
- Theory and discussion (in one or more than one paragraph)
- Conclusion
Download the Guidelines for Research and Theory papers
2. Integrated Care Cases
ICC should describe topical integrated care practices, which are, from an international perspective, new and relevant for integrated care delivery and development. They should add new insights and ideas for health professionals and organisations, informal carers and policymakers.
The content of the article should be within the editorial aims and scope of International Journal of Integrated Care.
The content of the paper should be appealing to readers who are in any way involved in the study, the development or the execution of integrated care.
The articles should present:
- clear goals and problem statement
- add new insights and ideas
- a sound argumentation why this care practice is relevant for an international audience
- a clear description of the care practice in its context
- a relevant and logical analysis of the care practice
- a sound evaluation/reflection and conclusion
- a list of references, also including relevant policy and strategic documents
Preferred structure for an ICC paper is:
- Summary and keywords
- Introduction, comprising background (including information on the author's commitment and involvement in the project) and problem statement
- Description of the care practice
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- List of references
Download the Guidelines for Integrated Care Cases
3. Policy papers
- Policy papers should describe and analyse topical policy developments, which are, from an international perspective, new and relevant for integrated care policy and development. They should add new insights and ideas for integrated care policy makers.
- Policy papers deal with any development in policy, be it governmental, organisational, or any other, which affects integrated care.
- Contributions should outline which aspects of integrated care are concerned and at what level, for example, international, national, regional/local or institutional.
- Authors should address the arguments for policy changes and the intended results, as well as the (expected) advantages and disadvantages of the policy change for integrated care.
- Papers may deal with a policy change that has or has not been as successful as foreseen. The reasons for success or failure should be discussed.
- Authors must submit their sources (e.g. scientific reports and data, policy letters, white papers, observations by the authors).
The content of the article should be within the editorial aims and scope of International Journal of Integrated Care.
The content of the paper should be appealing to readers who are in any way involved in the study, the development or the execution of integrated care.
The articles should present:
- clear goals and problem statement
- a sound argumentation why this policy development is relevant for an international audience
- a clear description of the policy development in its context
- a relevant and logical analysis of the policy development
- a sound evaluation/reflection and conclusion
- a list of references, also including relevant national policy documents
The preferred structure for a Policy paper is:
- Summary and keywords
- Introduction, comprising background (including information on the authors' relation and commitment with the policy development described) and problem statement
- Description of the policy development
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- List of references
Download the Guidelines for Policy papers
4. Lost and Found
The history of integrated care is characterised by policies, innovations, pilot programmes, and research studies that have sought to implement and/or evaluate integrated care but have subsequently been wound-up or abandoned. As a result, the impact and learning to be gained from such work has become lost.
The 'lost and found' section of IJIC seeks to publish articles that revisit important innovations and or major research studies on aspects of integrated care. Articles should make a retrospective assessment of the impact and legacy of these integrated care schemes, the lessons that were learned from the process, and the key insights and ideas that could be taken forward. The papers should make conclusions that help to inform those seeking to implement similar approaches now and in the future.
The articles should present:
- the context, aims and objectives of the original innovation or study
- a sound argument as to why the lessons from the innovation or study are of current relevance to an international audience
- a detailed description of the innovation or study
- an analysis of the results of the innovation or study, including any assessment of its impact
- a sound evaluation/reflection section that gives special consideration as to why the innovation or study ended and what, if any, legacy it left behind
- a conclusion that examines the key lessons to be learned from the innovation or study, and what key insights and ideas are relevant for today
- a list of references, also including relevant policy and strategic documents
The preferred structure for a 'lost and found' paper is:
- Title
- Summary that includes: introduction (comprising background and description of the study); discussion; and key lessons/conclusion.
- A list of keywords
- Introduction, comprising historical background, context-setting and problem statement
- Description of the innovation or study
- Discussion of its impact
- Analysis of why the innovation/study ended and an assessment of its legacy
- Key lessons
- Conclusion
- List of references
The paper should be no more than 3000 words in length. Authors are encouraged to cite their previous publications, where relevant, but should note that IJIC will only accept papers that provide some original insight on past work.
Download the Guidelines for Lost en Found papers
5. Perspectives Papers
There are many managers and professionals leading, or associated with, integrated care innovations who have built up a lot of personal knowledge on the challenges and solutions to developing integrated care. The same can be said of leading academics, policy-makers and 'thought leaders' in this field. However, much of the learning from such expert opinion is not captured and, as a result, important pieces of colloquial evidence are lost.
The 'perspectives' section of IJIC seeks to publish short papers from leading experts in integrated care. The aim of the paper is for the author to describe their personal experiences and observations on the process of integrated care and to outline the lessons to be learned. The papers will support the development of key insights and ideas that could be taken forward to inform those seeking to implement similar approaches.
The articles should present:
- the context, aims and objectives of a key process or aspect of integrated care
- the nature and role of the author in supporting or influencing care integration to show that they are in a good position to pass judgement on the process of care integration
- a short description of the innovation, policy or study in which they are involved or have expert knowledge
- a reflection section that considers the various issues involved in the process of integrated care
- a conclusion that examines the key lessons and insights that can be learned
- a list of key references, including to local documentation, where relevant and available
The paper should be written in the first person and be between 1000-1500 words in length. It will be important for authors to justify the reasons for their observations and to provide a critical assessment of the issues under discussion.
Download the Guidelines for Perspectives papers
6. Book reviews
Book reviews will be included in the journal on a range of relevant books. They provide an outline of the main topics and a brief discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the books, and their relevance for integrated care.
- A book review will be reviewed by two members of the editorial board. They will decide if your book review will be published on the journal website.
IJIC Review Directions
- Place book details (see details in accompanying letter) at the top of the review
- Description of theme and link with integrated care;
- Description of content (keep it short, readers are most interested in general conclusions, not what was done exactly and the details of findings);
- give formal characteristics like: how many chapters, how many authors, how many parts/sections?
- briefly summarize each of the chapters or sections to give a flavor of the book and its contents
- Strong and weak sides of the book;
- Well argued judgment of the reviewer (for instance does the book contain any added value? Or you can put the findings into a principle context);
- A definitive judgment to end the book review with (a catchy statement);
- give your opinion for whom the book is for: this book is mainly for economists/administrators/sociologists/nurses/doctors etc;
- Overall: please make the review understandable, easy to read and of interest to the readers of our journal (International Journal of Integrated Care);
- max 1000 words.
Please include some kind of valuation or normative conclusion, for instance:
- This book can be recommended/can not be recommended/ is of high value/has limited value/ worth reading/must be read by ...
- This book has a special value in terms of theory/empirical matters/references etc
- I would like to give this book 1/2/3/4/5 stars out of five.
- Or some other summary that you would find appropriate.
You can read some of the already published book reviews on our website to get an impression (http://www.ijic.org/).
Download the Guidelines for Book reviews
7. Thesis summaries
- Your summary will be reviewed by members of the editorial board. They will decide if your summary will be published on the journal website.
- The scientific evaluation of your research was already done during the research process and examination. Here we want a presentation that can be of value to the readers of the IJIC. One important aim is to inform the readers about ongoing projects. Readers with special interest may make contact directly with the researcher.
IJIC Thesis Summary Directions
- The presentation should not exceed 500-600 words and be written in good quality English
- Start with the title of your thesis (and in addition: name of publisher, place of publication, year of publication, ISBN, number of pages), your name (as is on your thesis) and e-mail address. Provide URL of thesis if available.
- Outlines:The aim of this thesis was...
- Introduction:Description of research:The research was based on xxxx (describe content and validation); the respondents were xxx (describe who, the numbers and the drop-out).
- Results/findings:The results showed that ...Another important finding was ...The study indicated that ...
- Implications for integrated care:For the readers of the IJIC it is of special interest to learn ...Further observations related to integration ...Conclusions relevant for integrated care ...
- Please take into account that IJIC has an international readership! Your summary should be comprehensible for readers from all over the world.
- The results presented in this review are based on the author's thesis presented at the ... University on day-month year.
Download the Guidelines for Thesis summaries
Submitting a manuscript
All manuscripts should be uploaded using the submission form on the website. The author should indicate whether it is a submission to the research and theory paper section, the integrated care cases section or the policy paper section. Submission of a paper to IJIC implies that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere and further that it contains original work not previously published elsewhere. Read the copyright notice for more details.
Please make sure that your manuscript follows the format suggested below. You can also download the IJIC Reference guidelines. We recommend reading the information and/or guidelines carefully.
1. Format
Text
- Manuscripts must be written in English (UK spelling) and complete in all respects, including figures and tables
- The manuscript should be typed with single space and wide margins on pages of uniform size.
- Abbreviations should not be used. Words should be spelt out in full each time
- Where there is a methodology, it should be clearly described under a separate heading
Length
- As a guide, 'Research and Theory' papers should not be more than 3,000 words for statistical papers, and 6,000 words for qualitative research papers (authors names, tables, figures and references not included).
Lay-out
- The paper should be delivered in plain text (Word), without any formatting
- Do not use: section endings, page numbers, headers and footers
- Make sure all changes have been accepted and turn off any 'track changes' (when submitting for the first time)
- Footnotes are not allowed
- Quotations should be presented on a separate line within quotation marks ("text"). In case of quotes from literature from your reference list, include page number of quote in the reference number, for example [4, p.234]. Don't use italics or underlining.
Technical details
- Use one of the following formats: Word (.doc) or Rich Text Format (.rtf). Figures and tables provided electronically must be in jpg extensions.
- If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, please ensure a blind review. Delete authors' names, acknowledgements and references that suggest the identity of the authors on the main paper and add as a separate file. Remove information from the authors in the details of the paper properties.
Title, subtitles and biography
- The title page must list the names, academic or professional affiliations, full title and complete addresses of all authors. Names must precede surnames. Academic or professional affiliations must come after the names.
- All authors should be displayed on a new line, followed by organization details, separated by commas.
- A brief autobiographical note can be supplied.
- The name and address of the author to whom correspondence may be sent should be indicated, including an e-mail address, telephone number and fax number.
- As a guide the main title should be eight words or less.
- Notes are not allowed in the title, biography or any of the subtitles.
- Subtitles must be short and clearly defined.
- Titles and subtitles should be indicated by using numbers in parenthesis (for example: (0). Title paper; (1). Title first paragraph; (1.2) Title subparagraph; (2). Title second paragraph; etc.). These numbers will not be published, but they are used for indexing.
Abstract and key words
- A structured summary of no more than 200 words should be included with the manuscript together with 3-6 key words which encapsulate the principal subjects covered by the paper which will be used for indexing.
- A summary for a "Research and Theory" paper should include: introduction (comprising background and problem statement), theory and methods, results, conclusions and discussion.
- A summary should be understandable to readers who have not read the rest of the paper. The summary should not contain any citations of other published work.
- A summary should be attractive to interest relevant actors to act as reviewers for the paper. Invitation to potential reviewers only includes the paper abstract and references for their consideration.
Tables and figures
- Illustrations, figures, tables, photographs, etcetera must be submitted in a form and condition suitable for electronic publishing. They must appear in the text on the right spot and be numbered in Arabic numerals according to the sequence of their appearance in the text (e.g. Fig. 1., Fig. 2.; Table 1., Table 2.). In addition, they must be provided with a brief descriptive title and legend.
- Tables and figures (etc.) should also be sent in separate files.
- Tables and figures (etc.) are delivered in jpeg (jpg) format.
- Figures/images that were created in Word should be delivered as images in jpeg (jpg) format.
Literature references
- Literature references should be cited at the appropriate places in the text, with numbers in square brackets (for example: [7], [8-10] etc.).
- Where available, URLs for the references should be provided.
- Do NOT number automatically.
- Do not use italics.
- All references cited in the text should be listed numerically at the end of the manuscript in order of their appearance in the text, not in alphabetical order (1. Author etc.)
- Include International References ALL with English translation. All non-English references should have an English translation of the title between square brackets and the language used in the publication should be mentioned at the end of the reference. Example:
- Asioli F, Bologna M, Contini G, Jonus A. Il circuito medicina di base e psichiatria: lo studio e l'organizzazione di Reggio Emilia. [Primary Care and Psychiatry link: Reggio Emilia study and organization.]. Rivista Sperimentale di Freniatria: la rivista dei servizi di salute mentale. 1995;119(4):555-563. [in Italian].
- Books: The form of literature references to books should be: author(s) - mention first six, if more: add "et al" -, initials, title of book, city publisher, year and page number referred to. Example:
- Haastregt van J. Preventing falls and mobility impairments in elderly people living in the community. Maastricht: Maastricht University; 2002.
- References to authors contributing to multi-author books or to proceedings printed in book form should be: author(s), initials, title of contribution, In: full reference to book. Examples:
- Drummond MF. Economic evaluation of laser applications. In: Banta HD, Schou I. editors. Lasers in health care: effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and policy implications. Frederiksberg, Denmark: Academic Publishing; 1991. p.72-81.
- Bengtsson S, Solheim BG. Enforcement of data protection, privacy and security in medical informatics. In: Lun KC, Degoulet P, Piemme TE, Reinhoff O, editors. MEDINFO 92. Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Medical Informatics; 1992 Sep 6-10; Geneva, Switzerland. Amsterdam: North-Holland; 1992. p. 1561-5.
- Periodicals: Literature references to periodicals must be complete, including names and initials of all authors cited, title of paper referred to, title, year, volume, and first and last page numbers of the article in a periodical.
- Journal titles are commonly given in full. Example:
- Phillips VL, Temkin A, Vesmarovich S, Burns R, Idleman L. Using telehealth interventions to prevent pressure ulcers in newly injured spinal cord injury patients post-discharge: results from a pilot study. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 1999;5(4):749-55.
- Internet Sources: References to sources on the Internet should contain regular title information, and added the title of the web site, the Uniform Resource Locator (URL or Internet address) and date on which the existence of the web page was last checked. Examples:
- E-journal:
- Kodner DL. Integrated care: meaning, logic, applications, and implications - a discussion paper. International Journal of Integrated Care [serial online] 2002 Nov 14; 2. [cited 2006 Jul 14]. Available from: http://www.ijic.org. URN...
- Document on the Internet:
- Department of Health. Our health, our care, our say: making it happen. London: NHS; 2006 Oct. [cited 2005 13 Sep]. Available from: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4139925.
- Webpage on the Internet:
- Centre for Policy on Ageing. Single assessment process: National SAP Resource. [webpage on the internet]. [cited 2008 July 3]; updated 2007 May 3]. Available from: http://www.cpa.org.uk/sap/sap_about.html.
- Unpublished sources: Information from manuscripts not yet in press, papers reported at meetings, or personal communications should be cited only in the text, not as a formal reference.
Final submission and copyright
Once accepted for publication, the final version of the paper must be provided. A completed and signed copyright form must accompany each paper. Starting 2009 IJIC applies the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC-by) to all articles that are published in IJIC in or after 2009. Authors have to fill in and sign a copyright form. By signing the form the author states to accept the copyright notice of IJIC. The copyright notice for authors is also included in the copyright acceptance form.
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.
- 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 Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point 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, rather than at the end.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
- If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, please ensure a blind review
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Editorial Board
Editorial Team
Editors
- Jeroen Struijs, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Netherlands
Journal Development Editor
Associate Editors
Mehmet Akman, Associate Professor Department of Family Medicine Marmara University Medical Faculty İstanbul - Türkiye, Turkey
Ted Epperly, Program Director and Chief Executive Officer Family Medicine Residency of Idaho, United States
Professor Jorge Jimenez, Professor of Public Health Department of Public Health Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile
Hans Kluge, The WHO Regional Office for Europe, Denmark
Oliver Reich, Dr. Head of Department of Health Sciences at Helsana, Zurich, Switzerland; Associate Researcher at UMIT - University of Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Department of Public Health and HTA, Austria
Igor Michail Sheiman, National Research University High School of Economics (Moscow), Russian Federation
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