Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines

An Idea Nursing Journal accepts manuscript in the field of Nursing. Research paper even case reports are accepted in this journal. Manuscripts sent to the editors have never been published/published by other scientific journals/magazines and are not being sent to other scientific journals/magazines for publication simultaneously.

Article Template 

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.

  • Author (s) confirm that all files  are formatted in English
  • Author(s) confirm  that the submission  has not been previously published and is not being concurrently submited elsewhere , specifically in other journal or publishers (except in the form abstract , a part of an academic thesis, or archived in the author's institutional repository or author's homapage-see depocit policy)
  • Author(s) confirm that (1) blinded  manuscript (including  main text, figure, table, reference) and (2) tittle page (including tittle, affiliation, correspondence (name and tittle, address, city, postal code, city and country), author detail, funding , acknowledgment, conflicting interest declaration, author contribution & use of AI in scientific writing declaration) are uploaded separately. 
  • Author(s) confirm that blinded manuscript and tittle page  are submitted in doc, or docx format (NOT PDF Format)
  • Author(s) confirm that the manuscript follow the correct layout: one colomn, Single space , A4 , Times New Roman, 10
  • Author(s) have stated clearly the permission statement regarding the instruments used in their study. If the instruments are in the public domain, this should also be explicitly stated. If permission is not required, provide a clear explanation for this as well. Failure to provide this information may result in immediate rejection.
  • Author(s) confirm that a Trial Registry Number has been obtained and is mentioned on the Title Page or within the Main Text [for all experimental studies]. Failure to provide this information will result in immediate rejection
  • Author(s) confirm that they use a reporting guideline from EQUATOR Network or NLM’s Research Reporting Guidelines and Initiatives, such as CONSORT (Randomized Trial study), COREQ (Qualitative study), STROBE (Observational Study), CARE (Case Report), SPIRIT (Study Protocol), PRISMA (Systematic Review), STARD (Diagnostic/Prognostic). 
  • Specifically for review articles, we prioritize those that have been registered with PROSPERO 
  • Author(s) acknowledge that making a double submission will result in being blacklisted.

TITTLE AND AUTHOR’S NAME

  1. The title is written in English and capitalized in the first letter of each word / Title Case (except conjunction which is written with lowercase), bold,  Tahoma14 pt., single-spaced, contains a maximum of 20 words and 3 lines, and centered.
  2. The author’s full name is written right below the title, single-spaced. No academic title should be written, no abbreviation, Title cased, no uses of the word “by”. The author’s name is ordered as the first writer, second writer, third writer, and so on.
  3. University/ Institution and e-mail address of all writers are written below the full name. All author’s e-mail addresses should be written.
  4. The working unit is centered, written in English based on the order of the author, and numbered in superscript. The name, address, and e-mail address are written in the center, below the working unit.

ABSTRACT

  1. The abstract contains the main problems, background, purpose, method, and main findings of the research. It is written narratively, contains a maximum of 250 words, single-spaced, without the title “Background:”, “Method:”, “Results:”, “Conclusion”, and such.
  2. The abstract is written in English 
  3. The abstract is typed in Tahoma 11 pt., without indentation in the first sentence.
  4. The Abstract contains keywords. The keyword should be 3-7 words for each phrase.

REFERENCES

  1. References are written in the Vancouver style with the use of Mendeley  and numbered in order of their appearance in the text, not ordered by their year of publication or alphabetically.
  2. In the article, the reference number is written in superscript without brackets and after the closing punctuation. Every statement must be supported by references written in the reference list.
  3. References from the past 5 years is a must (25%). All reference must not more than 10 years from now. The preferences in order are meta -analysis / systemic review; randomized control trial (RCT), quasi-experiment; Observational studies: cohort, case-control, cross-sectional; panel discussion: presiding in oral presentation; textbook; and expert opinion. The proportion is 60% for primary sources such as journal and 40% for others.
  4. Abbreviations of journal names should be according to the list of such as NLM Catalog.
  5. please donwload manuscript guideline checklist https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FsDmpgG786ioEyrRHhM4eJOsPT8gSuLy/edit