Editorial Policy

Editorial Policy

A Manucript will be reviewed for possible publication  with the understanding that is being submitted to An Idea Health Journal (IHJ)  alone  at that  point in time and has not been published anywhere and Manuscripts should meet the following criteria:

  1. The study conducted is ethical and the material is original.
  2. The writing is clear.
  3. The study methods are appropriate.
  4. The data are valid.
  5. The conclusions are reasonable and supported by the data.
  6. The information is important.
  7. The topic is interesting for our readership.

Editorial Review Stage 

on submission, the Managing Editor and Editor in Chief reviews all submited manuscript initially for suitability  formal review . manuscript  with a lack of novelty, serious scientific  or tehnical flaws , similarity  rate with prior publication (Plagiarism)  and lack of significant  messege are rejected  an this stage . the Editorial review only takes one or seven days

Peer Review stage 

a manuscript found  suitable for publication IHJ in sent to editorial board member (s) , and they recomended minimum two expert reviewer, if  they are no able  to do that, the Managing editor will select the reviewers. the journal follow a Double blind review process.

Editoral Decision Stage  

Editor-in-chief, based on the feedback  from the reviewers and editorial board members. The Editorial Board Members can provide an initial decision or recommendation to be reviewed by Editor-in-Chief. The corresponding author is notified of the comments and suggestions received from reviewer and editorial board members, which may include acceptance, rejection or revision of the manuscript. 

The author may be requested to provide point by point response to reviewer comment and submit a revised version of the manuscript. This process continues until the reviewer and editor are satisfied with the manuscript. 

Copiediting Stage

Once a manuscript is accepted for publication, it undergoes copyediting to ensure proper grammar, punctuation, print style and format. The correspondence author is than provided with a page proof in doc. During this stage , the copy editor may ask the author clarify and verify certain sentence or paragraph, and complete the reference format.

Proofreading & Layout Editing Stage 

The final proof of the article in PDF format with a fixed journal layout will be sent by the proofreader , there are no significant changes at this stage, and author are only required to verify their names, affiliation, and the writing format including typos, grammar, punctuation and layout format. 

Online First Publication

in order to disseminate knowledge quickly, IHJ published article online as Online First 
immediately after proofreading.