PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION
SCOPE
The scope of Public Health Nutrition includes multi-level determinants of dietary intake and patterns, anthropometry, food systems, and their effects on health-related outcomes. We welcome papers that:
Address monitoring and surveillance of nutritional status and nutritional environments in communities or populations at risk
Identify and analyse behavioral, sociocultural, economic, political, and environmental determinants of nutrition-related public health
Develop methodology needed for assessment and monitoring
Inform efforts to improve communication of nutrition-related information
Build workforce capacity for effective public health nutrition action
Evaluate or discuss the effectiveness of food and nutrition policies
Describe the development, implementation, and evaluation of innovative interventions and programs to address nutrition-related problems
Relate diet and nutrition to sustainability of the environment and food systems
Papers that do not fall within the scope as described above may be directed to more appropriate journals. We typically do not accept papers that describe only methodology/protocol unless the authors are able to make the case for novel methods that are of relevance to an international readership.
We prefer papers that are innovative (do not repeat research already undertaken elsewhere) and relevant to an international readership. Articles included as part of a special supplementary issue can be accepted even if descriptive or country-focused, if the contribution of the article to a supplement is clear and if the supplement, as a whole, fits the scope of the journal
ARTICLE TYPES
PHN publishes Research Articles, Short Communications, Review Articles, Commentaries, Letter to the Editors and Editorials. Manuscripts should be submitted via http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/phnutr. Please contact the Editorial Office on phn.edoffice@cambridge.org regarding any other types of submission.
A typical Research Article should be no more than 5000 words; not including the abstract, references, tables, figures and acknowledgements.
A Short Communication should consist of no more than 2000 words and have a maximum of 3 tables OR figures.
A Commentary is a short piece of less than 2000 words that provides perspective on a topic of current relevance or controversy.
A Letter to the Editor should discuss, criticise or develop themes put forward in papers published in PHN; they should not be used as a means of publishing new work. Acceptance will be at the discretion of the Editorial Board, and editorial changes may be required. Wherever possible, letters from responding authors will be included in the same issue.
References for all paper types (except for systematic reviews) should be limited to 50.
For systematic reviews and meta-analyses, the journal endorses the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) Statement (see British Medical Journal (2009) 339, b2535). Such submissions should follow the PRISMA guidelines and authors should include the PRISMA checklist with their submission (see instructions below).
We welcome submission of scoping reviews that use rigorous methodology to find relevant papers and to generate evidence for the need for further research in important areas of nutrition. In addition, such scoping reviews should provide a synthesis of the available literature. Authors should follow the guidance provided by PRISMA for scoping reviews and include a completed checklist available from the PRISMA website.
In the case of research articles submitted as part of a special supplementary issue, every article should contribute to innovation, either independently or as part of the supplement. Articles submitted as part of a special supplement that are purely descriptive can only be publishable if:
1) the descriptive results reported are vital to meeting the aim(s) of the supplement, such as a comparative approach
2) the aim(s) of the supplement fits the scope of PHN as outlined under SCOPE
3) the text of the introduction, methods and discussion includes justification of the importance of the (descriptive) results in relation to the supplement aim(s)
4) the authors directly compare their descriptive results to other results from the supplement or in the submission letter the authors state that the comparison between their results and others will be made in another article in the same supplement and specify which one.
SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS
PHN uses ScholarOne Manuscripts for online submission and peer review.
As part of the online submission process, authors are asked to affirm that the submission represents original work that has not been published previously; that it is not currently being considered by another journal; and that each author has seen and approved the contents of the submitted manuscript.
Please note that PHN uses plagiarism-checking software to screen papers. By submitting your paper you are agreeing to any necessary originality checks your paper may undergo during the peer review process.
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