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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.
  • Details for competing interests.
  • Details for financial disclosure.
  • Authorisation for use of figures included in the manuscript, not produced by the authors and subject to copyright.
  • Authorship, affiliations and email addresses are correct.
  • Cover letter addressed to the Editor
  • Manuscript, figure and tables comply with the author guidelines, including the correct format, SI units and standard nomenclature.
  • Separated files for Title page (*.doc+*.pdf) and Manuscript body (*.doc+*.pdf) - 4 in total.
  • Manuscript body does not contain the names or affiliations of the authors, or other directly identifying information, and contain the title and the abstract

Author Guidelines

The following instructions advise on how the manuscript should be prepared and submitted. Manuscripts that do not comply with the guidelines will be returned to the authors before being considered for peer-review.
All manuscripts should be prepared in A4-size or US-letter size, in UK or US English throughout the manuscript, a mixture of UK and US English will not be accepted.
Manuscripts should be submitted in *.doc and *.pdf formats, in the appropriate section of the journal website and accompanied with a cover letter. 

For detailed instruction on manuscripts preparation, please read the following document: JHSD Instructions for Authors

A template for the manuscript and cover letter can be found on:

- Cover Letter
- Manuscript template (available soon)

Copyright Notice

When submitting an article to the Journal of Statistics on Health Decision (JSHD), authors certify the following clauses:

  • Originality and single submission – The contents presented in the article have not been published previously in whole or in part, and were not submitted or are not under active consideration elsewhere prior JSHD decision. The article is authentic and does not contain plagiarism.
  • Authorship – All authors reviewed the article, agreed with its content, and agreed to its submission to the JSHD. All the authorship criteria stated by The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors Guidelines were met. 
  • Conflicts of interest – Any conflict of interests were declared. If authors have no declaration, it should be written (in the acknowledgements section): “The authors declare no conflict of interests”. 
  • Ethics committee and informed consent (if applicable) – The current research was approved by an independent ethics committee and subjects gave their informed consent before they were enrolled in the study. 
  • And authors agree to the Open Access license agreement of the Journal of Statistics on Health Decision, stated bellow.

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