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Author Guidelines

The Interdisciplinary Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health (iJEPH) (ISSN 2665-427X) is a journal affiliated with the Universidad Libre, Cali, Colombia.

The Journal IJEPH is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal and welcomes articles on different subjects in epidemiology, public health, and preventive medicine. All the articles are published in English.
The journal follows the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) (http://www.icmje.org/), and all the ethics considerations entailed in both editing and publication processes (http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/). Additionally, it adheres to the recommendations by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) to guarantee editorial process transparency. Moreover, regarding the responsibilities of each member of both the editorial committee and the editorial process, it is taken into account that the journal's independence from our university and from any other public or state institution concerning publishing decisions (http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/journal-owners-and-editorial-freedom.html). All the articles submitted to the journal are evaluated for the detection of plagiarism, and they are evaluated by external national and international peers, and by suitable professors of our institution. This process is in accordance with the principles established by ICMJE for peer review (http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/responsibilities-in-the-submission-and-peer-peview-process.html).

Any questions can be answered by the editor: ijeph@unilibre.edu.co

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor has it been submitted to any other journal
  • The authors and their affiliations do not appear in the archive to preserve the blind review. Do not forget to put in the metadata all the authors, ORCID, the respective affiliations, and in the order in which the authors should appear. From there, it will be taken for the final publication
  • All authors must have orcid and be listed in the metadata and cover sheet
  • The authors made a conflict of interest declaration
  • The references must be in Vancouver and include the doi for each one of them
  • The authors stated their contribution in the paper, in a paragraph called “contribution”.
  • The text is 1.5-spaced; 12-point font size; italics are used instead of underlining (except in URLs); and all the illustrations, figures, and tables are referenced in the text.
  • If the article is pre-printed, the web page where it appears should be placed in a note within the document.
  • Take into account whether you use artificial intelligence in research or any section of the article. You must declare it in the article

Editorial

This is requested by the journal editorial team

Metaanalyses

You must follow the PRISMA guide  https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/prisma/

Systematic Reviews

They must follow the indications of the PRISMA guide https://www.equator-network.org/?post_type=eq_guidelines&eq_guidelines_study_design=systematic-reviews-and-meta-analyses&eq_guidelines_clinical_specialty=0&eq_guidelines_report_section=0&s=+

Original Articles

Original studies that provide novel information of general interest to the national and international scientific community

Short Report

A brief document presenting original results, whether preliminary, partial or not, of a scientific or technological research, which generally require prompt dissemination

Review and case report

With this type of article, priority will be given to the review of the topic and it will be supported by the case report



                            

                                

                
Technology and Health

                


They are articles that relate technological advances such as applications, new processes, programs and health






 



                            

                                                                                            

                
Experiences

                




They will be personal experiences achieved by professional praxis and that can help enrich the professional daily life of health workers




 






 



                            

            
	
	
		

		

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