Education and Ethics In Nursing ISSN: 2322-5300

Guide for Writing and Submitting Manuscripts

The following article types are reviewed and evaluated by this journal: Original Article, Review Article, Qualitative Study, Short Communication, Letter to the Editor, Case Study, Clinical Practice Guideline Report, and Clinical Protocol Study.

Note 1: Translated articles are not accepted under any circumstances.

Note 2: Submission of manuscripts or supporting documents in PDF format is not accepted.

Manuscript Submission Procedure:

●        Authors are required to upload their manuscript on the journal website as two separate files (one file bearing the authors' names and one file without the authors' names). In addition, the Authors' Commitment and Approval Form (Cover Letter), signed by all authors, must also be attached.

Given that standard reporting guidelines for various study types—including trials, observational studies, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, and qualitative research—are accessible on The EQUATOR Network (the full text of the relevant checklists and guidelines is provided below), authors are strongly advised to consult these guidelines when preparing their manuscript and to fully observe the standards specified therein.

Checklists for the various study types are also available on this website, and authors are required to submit their manuscript in full compliance with the details of these checklists. Failure to attend to this requirement, and to the other sections of the journal's author guidelines, will result in immediate fast rejection of the manuscript.

Sections of the Manuscript

Submitted manuscripts must contain the following sections; manuscripts submitted outside this format will not be considered:

●        The manuscript must be prepared using MS Word software, in A4 page size, without any page-layout formatting, with single line spacing, 2.5 cm margins, in B Mitra font, size 12, with the title in B Mitra font, size 14, Bold. For the English abstract and the reference list, Times New Roman font, size 12, should be used, and for the English title, Times New Roman font, size 14, Bold, should be used.

●        Equations must be prepared legibly, with appropriate letters and symbols, using Microsoft Word Equation Editor. Units must be expressed in the International System of Units (SI), and equations must be numbered sequentially.

●        The manuscript must consist of two files: (1) a Word file containing the title page; (2) a Word file containing the manuscript body (comprising, in order, the abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion and conclusion, acknowledgments, and references). Authors are strongly requested to refrain from submitting multiple separate files containing tables, figures, and the like.

●        Abbreviations: The full term corresponding to a standard abbreviation must be spelled out in full the first time it appears in the abstract and in the body of the manuscript, and thereafter used consistently in abbreviated form, unless it refers to well-known standard scales and units. Abbreviations should not be used in the article title.

●        Please refrain from using footnotes.

●        As far as possible, the Persian equivalent of English terms should be used, with the English term given in parentheses where necessary.

●        Following publication, no printed copy will be sent to the corresponding author; journal issues are accessible to authors and readers via the website.

Title Page:

The title page must include the full title of the article, a short running title, the first and last names of all authors, their highest academic degree, their department or division, their institutional affiliation, ORCID iD, and the email address of every author. In addition, complete information for the corresponding author—including postal address, telephone number, fax number, and email address—must be given at the end.

Note: It is mandatory that the name(s) of the author(s), together with their highest academic degree, department or division, and institutional affiliation, also be provided in English on the title page.

Note 1: The full title of the article must be explicit, precise, and concise, without the use of abbreviations; in other words, the title should represent the content of the article and must not exceed 20 words.

Note 2: Given the journal's electronic system, the manuscript is sent directly to the reviewer. Care must therefore be taken that, following the title page, the manuscript Word file contains no author names. Otherwise, submission of the article to the reviewer will be suspended until the file is corrected.

Abstract:

All original articles must include an abstract in both Persian and English. The abstract, not exceeding 300 words, must convey the work undertaken, the findings, and the conclusion. The structure of the abstract must comprise the sections Introduction, Methods, Results, Conclusion, and Keywords. At the end of the abstract, 3 to 6 keywords must be provided. Keywords should be selected using the MeSH guide at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html.

The English abstract must correspond exactly to the Persian abstract and must include the sections Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Conclusion, and Keywords.

The main text of the article must comprise the following sections:

●        Introduction: This section should establish the importance and necessity of the study with reference to existing knowledge on the topic and its theoretical foundations, and should also specify the aim of the study.

●        Methods: In the methods section, the following must be stated precisely and in order: study type, study population, sample studied, sampling method, data-collection instruments, validity and reliability of the instruments, ethical considerations, and statistical methods. In preparing this section, attention to the following points is emphasized:

(a) The research type must be correctly documented on the basis of valid, up-to-date sources on nursing and midwifery research methodology. If new research methods are employed, a precise description of the method is mandatory.

(b) The method used to calculate the sample size must be based on the study's primary outcome and appropriate to the type of design. All components of the sample-size formula used in the article must be clearly stated. Accordingly, the study's primary and secondary outcomes should first be introduced, followed by a precise description of the sample-size calculation based on the primary outcome. The sample-size calculation method must also be consistent with the statistical methods used in the study. All details of the calculation and the sample-size formula must be provided.

(c) The data-collection instruments used in the research must be described explicitly and precisely, along with the process for establishing their validity and reliability and the method of scoring and calculation.

(d) The intervention carried out in trial studies must be explained clearly and transparently, in accordance with the intervention protocol, in sufficient detail that other researchers would be able to replicate a similar intervention.

(e) If a specific device, instrument, or software has been used, the manufacturer and its address must be given in parentheses (authorization for its use must also be submitted to the journal office).

(f) If a drug has been used, its generic name, dosage, and duration of administration must be stated.

(g) All ethical considerations must be stated, including the obtaining of informed consent from research participants or their legal guardians. Likewise, if animals were used in the study, the researcher is required to describe fully the housing conditions of the laboratory animals, and submission of approval from the biomedical ethics committee is mandatory.

(h) In the statistical methods section, the indices used to describe the data must be stated, together with a fuller explanation of the statistical tests employed. The statistical significance level adopted must also be stated.

●        Results: In this section, text, tables, charts, and images should be used proportionately to present the findings. The table of participants' characteristics should be presented first, followed by the descriptive findings and then the analytical findings. The standards relevant to the type of research must be rigorously observed.

In trial studies, presentation of a CONSORT flow diagram is required. Tables, charts, and the like must bear a number and a complete, informative title/caption. In addition, tables whose information is already presented in full in the text should be avoided. Outcome-variable results should be reported in either quantitative or qualitative form; presenting the findings for a single variable in both quantitative and qualitative form is not appropriate. Items such as frequency and percentage should be reported in tables as frequency (percentage). Likewise, mean and standard deviation should be reported in the text and tables as mean (standard deviation).

The maximum number of tables is six. The table title must appear above the table, and any explanatory notes concerning the table must be given below it. Figure captions are placed below the figures. Every table and figure must be referenced in the text.

●        Discussion: The important findings of the study should be stated concisely, in accordance with the study's aim and in a logically ordered manner, and discussed with reference to consistent and divergent findings in the related literature. If hypotheses were proposed in the study, their confirmation or rejection should be discussed.

●        Conclusion: The conclusion should be stated clearly, commensurate with the study's findings, and with due attention to the study's limitations.

●        Ethical Considerations: Authors are required to state clearly the ethical considerations related to the research, including obtaining an ethics approval code from the research ethics committee (where applicable), participants' informed consent, confidentiality of information, and preservation of individuals' rights and dignity. If artificial intelligence has been used at any stage of the research, data analysis, or manuscript writing, the manner and extent of its use must be clearly disclosed. The use of artificial intelligence does not replace the scientific and ethical responsibility of the authors.

●        Conflict of Interest: Authors must transparently disclose any actual, potential, or apparent conflict of interest, financial or non-financial, that could influence the design, conduct, analysis, interpretation of results, or publication of the article. In the absence of a conflict of interest, the statement "The authors declare no conflict of interest" should be included.

●        Authors' Contributions: The extent and nature of each author's contribution must be stated transparently. Such contribution may include study design, data collection, data analysis and interpretation, drafting of the manuscript, and editing and final review of the article. All authors must approve the final version of the manuscript and accept responsibility for its content.

●        Funding: The source(s) of financial support for the research must be fully disclosed. Where financial support was received, the name of the funding institution or organization and, where applicable, the project or grant number must be stated. In the absence of financial support, the statement "This research received no financial support" should be included.

●        Acknowledgments: This section acknowledges individuals, institutions, and organizations that contributed to the conduct of the research or the writing of the article but who do not meet authorship criteria. Where financial support was received, the name of the funding institution may also be mentioned in this section. Naming individuals in this section must be done with their knowledge and consent.

●        References: References must be written in English and formatted according to the Vancouver style. References must be numbered in the order in which they are cited in the text and listed accordingly in the reference section. The reference list must comprise works cited in the text that have been published or accepted for publication ("in press"). Personal communications or unpublished information should not be included in the reference list, although they may be cited parenthetically in the text; citation of personal communications must be made with permission. The maximum number of references is determined by article type: a maximum of 60 for review articles, 45 for original articles, and 20 for all other article types. Persian-language references must be rendered in English, and the articles DOI and the word "Persian" added at the end.

References must be formatted, with appropriate punctuation, as follows:

o  Journal Articles

Journal name abbreviations must follow Index Medicus:

Surname (space) author's first initial, Surname (space) author's first initial, (.) Article title (.) Abbreviated journal name (per Medline) (space) year of publication (;) volume number (space) issue number in parentheses (:) page numbers

• The English equivalent of Iranian journal names must be given according to the journal's official English name and abbreviation, based on the full journal title. The initial letters of the journal name must be capitalized.

English example:

Jiang Z, Huang Y, Sharfstein ST. Regulation of recombinant monoclonal antibody production in Chinese hamster ovary cells: a comparative study of gene copy number, mRNA level, and protein expression. Biotechnol Prog 2006; 22(1): 313-318.

Persian example:

Emamghorashi F, Kohanteb J. Antibiotic resistance pattern of E coli causing urinary tract infection. J Jahrom Univ Med Sci 2008; 4(4): 1-6. (Persian)

Author names should be separated by commas (,). Listing the first six authors is mandatory. If there are more than six authors, the term "et al." should be used after the sixth author's name.

Asaria P, Elliott P, Douglass M, Obermeyer Z, Soljak M, Majeed A, et al. Acute myocardial infarction hospital admissions and deaths in England: a national follow-back and follow-forward record-linkage study. The Lancet Public Health 2017; 2(4): e191-e201.

o  Book

# If the reference is a book:

Surname (space) author's first initial (.) Book title (.) Edition (.) Place of publication (.) Publisher (;) Year of publication (.) p (.) page numbers (.)

English example:

Romenes GJ. Cunningham's manual. 15th ed. New York, NY: Oxford Univ Press; 1987.

Persian example:

Azizi F, Janghorbani M, Hatami H. Epidemiology and control of common disorders in Iran. 2nd ed. Tehran, Iran: Eshtiagh Publication; 2000. p. 558. (Persian).

If a book chapter is used as a reference:

Surname (space) first initial of the chapter author's name (.) Chapter title (.) In: Surname (space) first initial of the book author's name (,) Book title (.) Edition (.) Place/city of publication (:) Publisher's name (;) Year of publication (.) p (.) pages (.) Example:

Philips SJ, Whisnant JP. Hypertension and stroke. In: Laergh JH, Brenner BM, Hypertension. 2nd ed. New York: Raven Press; 1995. p. 465-478.

o  Thesis/Dissertation

Author's surname (space) author's first initial (.) Full thesis title (.) [thesis level] (.) City (,) country (:) faculty name (.) university name (;) year of publication (.) Example:

Kaplan SJ. Post-hospital home health care: the elderly access and utilization [dissertation]. St. Louis (Mo): Washington Univ; 1995.

o  Electronic References – Online Journal

Author's surname (space) author's first name (.) Article title (.) Journal name [online] year of publication (and month of publication) (;) volume (issue) (:) [page numbers] (.) [date, month, and year accessed] [cited (;) Available from] (:) URL. Example:

Morse SS. Factors in emergence of infectious diseases. Emerg Infect Dis [serial online] 1995; 1(1): 95-71. [Cited 1997 Oct 12]; Available from: http://www.cdc.Gov/ncidod/EID/eid.html

o  Website References

Surname (space) author's first initial [or descriptor of the creator] (.) Title (.) year of publication if available (:) [page or screen numbers] [date, month, and year accessed] [cited (;) Available from] (:) URL. Example:

Dentsply Co. BioPure (MTAD) Cleanser. [2 screens] [Cited 2006 Nov 26]; Available from: www.store.tulsadental.com/catalog/biopure.html

o  Dictionary

Ectasia. Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary. 27th ed. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders; 1988: 527.

o  Other References:

Organization as author and publisher

Institute of Medicine. Looking at the future of the Medicaid Program. Washington: Inst Med; 1992: 78-81.

Legal Considerations:

The following points should be noted in this regard:

●        Submission of the Authors' Commitment and Approval Form, signed by all authors of the article, is required; in addition to identifying the corresponding author, the signatories must clearly commit that the submitted article has not been published in any other journal and that, until a final decision is received, the article will not be submitted to another publication.

●        The order of authors' names follows the order given in the submitted article, and the journal bears no responsibility in this regard; this matter is the responsibility of the corresponding author.

●        A letter signed by all authors of the article must be sent to the editor-in-chief, specifying the extent of contribution of every author.

●        Responsibility for the material, views, and opinions expressed in the article rests with the author, and all partial and full rights to articles published in the journal are reserved for the authors.

●        The author(s) of the article bear responsibility toward those individuals thanked by name in the acknowledgments section.

●        The journal is committed to issuing a final decision on acceptance or rejection within four months of the date on which receipt of the article is announced to the journal, provided the author responds to the issues and questions raised within the specified period.

●        A computer copy of the article is sent to the author after acceptance and prior to printing so that any errors or deficiencies can be corrected.

●        The author is obligated to make the necessary corrections as promptly as possible and submit them to the journal office.

●        No fee is charged for publication of the article.

●        The Editorial Board of Education and Ethics in Nursing Journal reserves the right to reject, revise, edit, and abridge the article.

●        If the corrections requested for a peer-reviewed article are not made and returned by the author within one month, the article will be automatically rejected by the system.

Copyright

All content of the Journal of Nursing Education and Ethics is subject to international copyright law. This journal is made available to individuals for non-commercial use. Modifying, publishing, transmitting, or displaying any content of the journal without citing the name of this journal is prohibited.

Penalties for Plagiarism

In Iran, under Article 23 of the Law on the Protection of the Rights of Authors, Composers, and Artists, any person who publishes or presents all or part of another individual's work protected under this law, under their own name or under the creator's name, without permission, shall be sentenced to disciplinary imprisonment of six months to three years. At some universities, if faculty members and researchers commit academic plagiarism, beyond losing their own credibility, they will also face penalties ranging from suspension to dismissal.

Other Consequences of Plagiarism:

●        Decline in an individual's scientific credibility and standing;

●        Fining of the student, or failure of a course;

●        Being required to pay a fine for copyright infringement;

●        Penalties such as suspension and removal from a faculty position, or expulsion of students.

Plagiarism in Article Publication

Authors of the Journal of Nursing Education and Ethics should be aware that plagiarism diminishes the value of research. Such conduct is regarded as an unfavorable record in an individual's history. Repetition of such actions can damage and tarnish the credibility of a center or university, and even the research standing of a country.

In writing articles, copying from another person's article without alteration constitutes plagiarism. Likewise, if another article has been used as a reference, similarity between your text and the reference text, as detected by the relevant plagiarism-detection software and websites, will result in an accusation of plagiarism.

Authors are required to check for plagiarism; a similarity level of up to 15% is acceptable provided it is supported by a valid reference. Detection and review of plagiarism in this journal is performed using iThenticate software.

Proofreading

A copy of the article is sent to the corresponding author prior to printing so that necessary corrections can be made and any potential issues resolved; the requested changes must be made in the shortest possible time and submitted via the journal's website.

Please adhere to the specified standards for the number of sources, tables, images, word count, and writing format based on the type of article.