Author's Guidelines for Preparing a Research Manucript for Submission to the JIPR

Cover Letter: A cover letter should be submitted to the editor that states the contributions that were made by each author. The cover letter must state the following: (1) the research is original; (2) the intellectual property of the author/authors; (3) the manuscript has not simultaneously been submitted to another journal, (4) the manuscript is not under consideration by another journal, (5) the manscript has not previously been published by another journal, newsletter, or in a textbook, and (6) the authors must identify all funding sources that supported the research study.

Title Page: Title of the manuscript. Followed by the names, credentials, employment affiliations, mailing address, telephone numbers, and email addresses for all authors. The authors are to be listed in the order of their contributions to the manuscript.

Title Page (no authors)

Abstract: The abstract should not exceed 350 words. The following sections are required in the abstract:

1. Background
2. Purpose
3. Methods
4. Results
5. Conclusions
6. Recommendations
7. Key words: list 3-4 key words that reflect the manuscript

*Please note that the abstract does not contain references.

Manuscript: The following segments and order are to be used in the development of the manuscript.

1. Introduction
2. Purpose
3. Methods
4. Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval must be documented.
5. Informed consent: Informed consent must be documented.
6. Results
7. Conclusions
8. Recommendations
9. References
10. Tables/Figures

Word Processing: MS Word 2007 or 2010 is to be used to create the manuscript. And the manuscript is to be submitted to the JIPR in MS Word 2007 or 2010. PDFs of the manuscript are not accepted for the peer review process.

Editing and Proofreading: All authors are responsible for editing and proofreading the manuscript before submission. Do not submit a manuscript that has track changes, comment boxes, or other types of MS Word 2007 or 2010 editing and proofreading features. It is the author(s) responsibility to submit a manuscript that is free of these features.

Copy proofs: The corresponding author will receive a copy edit of a manuscript that is accepted for publication. The corresponding author is responsible for forwarding the copy edit to any other co-authors. The corresponding author has 72 hours/3 days to review the copy edit for any errors or changes that need to be made before the editor-in-chief posts the final manuscript to the JIPR website.

Miscellaneous: The editor-in-chief, and managing editors reserve the right to immediately reject a manuscript that does not meet the submission criteria, and if any of the guidelines were not followed.

Length: Length of the manuscript should not exceed 30 pages, including tables, figures, and references. Manuscripts longer than 30 pages should be accompanied with a cover letter explaining the rationale for the longer paper.

APA Format: All manuscripts must be written and submitted in APA format, the only exceptions are listed below:

• Font and font size: Arial and 10 point font.
• Justification: Left justify throughout the manuscript.
• Spacing: Double space throughout the manuscript.
• Numbering: Line numbers must be set to begin with the title page. Page numbers are to begin with the second title page that is without author(s) information.
• Headers/footers: Running headers or footers are not allowed in the manuscript.
• Headings: Headings are not indented. Use APA heading levels starting with manuscript itself (i.e. the manuscript title does not begin the level of headings).

Paragraphs: Indent each paragraph.

Tables, Figures, Pictures: Use the MS Word Table Function to create tables. Do not create a table using MS Excel or the text box function in MS Word. Every effort by the author(s) must be made to have the Tables and Figures fit to within the 8.5 inch width of a paper (portrait width). If it is not possible, then the authors will have a $25.00 charge assessed due to the special page proof costs.

All tables will be placed at the end of a manuscript so within a manuscript, direct the reviewer to the table by using a statement (See Table 1).Tables and Figures should not exceed 6 in total. Pictures, if applicable, are to be submitted in jpeg format.

References: The JIPR is using the APA for its references. References should not exceed 40 separate references. EndNotes and automatic referencing systems are not to be used in manuscripts submitted for review to the JIPR.

Language: Non-sexist language should be used throughout the manuscript.

Copyright: The JIPR holds the copyright for all published manuscripts. Authors do not retain the publishing rights without restrictions.

Misc: No device, technique, procedure, or product can be advertised or promoted within any manuscript. Authors must not be biased towards any device, technique, procedure, or product.

JIPR Plagiarism Policy

The JIPR will be submitting the manuscript to Turn-It-In to be checked for plagiarism. If the manuscript fails the plagiarism testing, the manuscript is returned to the author.

If you have questions about the author's guidelines email: JforIPR@gmail.com

To submit your manuscript, see the Submission Procedures tab.

Open Access

This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.

Copyright

All content in the Journal for Interprofessional Postgraduate Research is protected by copyright. Authors retain the copyright for their content published in the Journal for Interprofessional Postgraduate Research.

Digital Archive by the Library of Congress and ERIC

The published research in the JIPR is digitally archived by the Library of Congress and ERIC.

Author's Checklist is available here for your convenience.

The Journal for Interprofessional Postgraduate Research will consider interprofessional teaching ideas but the teaching ideas must be tested and found to be effective teaching pedogogies. Contact the editor-in-chief about your teaching idea before submitting it to the JIPR.