PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS
Instructions To Authors
Upon receipt of accepted manuscripts at Oxford Journals authors will be invited to complete an online copyright licence to publish form.
Please note that by submitting an article for publication you confirm that you are the corresponding/submitting author and that Oxford University Press ("OUP") may retain your email address for the purpose of communicating with you about the article. You agree to notify OUP immediately if your details change. If your article is accepted for publication OUP will contact you using the email address you have used in the registration process. Please note that OUP does not retain copies of rejected articles.
Aims and Scope
Public Health Ethics invites submission of papers on any topic that is relevant for ethical reflection about public health practice and theory. Our aim is to publish readable papers of high scientific quality which will stimulate debate and discussion about ethical issues relating to all aspects of public health. Our main criteria for grading manuscripts include originality and potential impact, quality of philosophical analysis, and relevance to debates in public health ethics and practice. Manuscripts are accepted for publication on the understanding that they have been submitted solely to Public Health Ethics and that they have not been previously published either in whole or in part. Authors may not submit papers that are under consideration for publication elsewhere, and, if an author decides to offer a submitted paper to another journal, the paper must be withdrawn from Public Health Ethics before the new submission is made.
The editorial office will make every effort to deal with submissions to the journal as quickly as possible. All papers will be acknowledged on receipt by email and will receive preliminary editorial review within 2 weeks. Papers of high interest will be sent out for external review. Authors will normally be notified of acceptance, rejection, or need for revision within 8 weeks of submission. Contributors will be provided with electronic access to their proof via email; corrections should be returned within 48 hours.
Please note that Public Health Ethics will be published online-only from 2018 onwards.
Article Types
Public Health Ethics publishes material in the form of editorials, original articles, case discussions, case commentaries, discussion papers, review articles and letters to the editor.
Editorials. Editorials are solicited by or written by the Editors and are generally related to a paper or papers published in the same issue. Length and format of the editorial will be agreed upon between Editors and author.
Original Papers. Original papers should generally be no longer than 8,000 words, and most are expected to be in the range of 5,000 to 6,000 words. The Editors reserve the right to make literary corrections. When drafting your paper, please remember that the journal has a worldwide and interdisciplinary readership. Write clearly and explain any technical terms.
Case For Discussion. The journal welcomes short papers which outline and discuss a case or dilemma in public health practice. The idea is to explain what ethical questions should be raised in relation to the case, and to suggest what ethical concerns might be relevant. Cases For Discussion are normally 1000-2000 words. If such a paper is accepted, it will be first published on the PHE websites, and scholars in public health, ethics and/or law are invited to submit commentaries.
Case Commentary. This is a short discussion of a case. Case discussions can be up to 1500 words, and will be published in the same issue as the case presentation.
Discussion Paper. Discussion papers are written in response to articles published in PHE or other journals. A discussion should be focused and not be longer that 3000 words.
Review Article. A review article (maximum 10,000 words) presents an extensive overview of the ethical issues related to a particular practice, methodology or phenomenon in public health work. A review article presents the state of the art of the topic as basis for a systematic discussion of ethical questions raised. Ideally such an article would be written jointly by an expert on that topic and a philosopher, ethicist or lawyer. Possible topics for review articles are: occupational medicine, newborn screening, functional foods, health care in times of disasters, or specific vaccination programs. Authors who are interested in submitting a review article are requested to contact the editors beforehand.
Letter to the Editor. Letters are welcome and will be published if appropriate. They should be no longer than 500 words and a maximum of five references; one table or figure is acceptable if absolutely necessary. Letters should discuss normative issues raised in work in the journal.
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