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Author Guidelines

Authors are invited to make a submission to this journal. All submissions will be assessed by an editor to determine whether they meet the aims and scope of this journal. Those considered to be a good fit will be sent for peer review before determining whether they will be accepted or rejected.

Before making a submission, authors are responsible for obtaining permission to publish any material included with the submission, such as photos, documents, and datasets. All authors identified on the submission must consent to be identified as an author. Where appropriate, research should be approved by an appropriate ethics committee in accordance with the legal requirements of the study's country.

An editor may desk reject a submission if it does not meet minimum standards of quality. Before submitting, please ensure that the study design and research argument are structured and articulated properly. The title should be concise, and the abstract should be able to stand on its own. This will increase the likelihood of reviewers agreeing to review the paper. When you're satisfied that your submission meets this standard, please follow the checklist below to prepare your submission.

Submission Preparation Checklist

Authors must confirm the following items before proceeding with submission. Submissions that do not adhere to these guidelines may be returned.

  1. This submission has not been previously published and is not under consideration by another journal.

  2. The manuscript fits within the Aims and Scope of Health Innovation Journal.

  3. All authors have made significant contributions to the work and meet the ICMJE authorship criteria. All listed authors have approved the final version.

  4. Ethical approval from the relevant Institutional Review Board (IRB) or Ethics Committee has been obtained and is attached (if applicable).

  5. Any patient or participant consent forms have been secured where required.

  6. The similarity index is below 19%, with no single source exceeding 5% (checked via Turnitin or equivalent).

  7. The manuscript includes the following, in order:

    • Cover Letter

    • Title Page (with author names, affiliations, corresponding author contact details)

    • Main Manuscript (blinded version)

    • Figures and Tables (with appropriate captions)

  8. References are formatted according to the Vancouver style, with 60% from the last five years.

  9. The manuscript adheres to word count and formatting guidelines specific to the article category (e.g., Original Article, Review, Case Report).

  10. All data and materials necessary to support the findings are included or available in a public repository (if applicable), and data sharing has been disclosed.

  11. All permissions have been obtained for any copyrighted material used (figures, tables, charts, etc.).

  12. Any conflicts of interest, funding sources, or acknowledgments are disclosed within the manuscript.

  13. 13. If any portion of the manuscript content (text, images, data analysis, etc.) has been generated using Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools (e.g., ChatGPT, DALL·E, Grammarly, etc.), the use of such tools has been clearly disclosed in the manuscript, and the authors take full responsibility for the accuracy and integrity of the content. AI tools have not been listed as authors.

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Copyright Notice – Health Innovation Journal (HIJ)

By submitting a manuscript to Health Innovation Journal (HIJ), the author(s) confirm the following:

  1. The submitted work is original, has not been previously published (except as part of a thesis or conference abstract), and is not under consideration elsewhere.

  2. The work does not infringe upon any copyright, trademark, or patent rights, and does not contain any unlawful, defamatory, or misleading content.

  3. Authors retain the copyright of their work and agree to publish the article under the terms of the
    Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

  4. This license permits:

    • Unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction, and adaptation of the work in any medium

    • As long as proper credit is given to the original author(s) and the source is cited.

  5. Authors grant HIJ a non-exclusive right to publish, distribute, and archive the article in all formats and media.

  6. Any third-party materials (e.g., tables, images, datasets) used in the manuscript have been appropriately cited, and written permission has been obtained for use where required.

  7. All authors agree to the terms of this copyright notice and take full responsibility for the content of the work.

For full licensing details, please refer to the Creative Commons License (CC BY 4.0).

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