ASNJ- welcomes original scientific nursing contributions from all nursing researchers all over the world.
Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously or it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere
Its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the authorities responsible for where the work was carried out.
If accepted, the article will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the publisher.
The editors reserve the right to edit or otherwise alter all contributions, but authors will receive proofs for approval before publication.
Submission
The online submission system guides the author stepwise through the process of entering the article details and uploading the files. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revision, is sent by e-mail.
Submit your article
Please submit your article via:
https://asnj.journals.ekb.eg/
Look for the attached video about article submission
https://youtu.be/bDIvnxUSSok
Paper Reviewing and Publication Process
Upon receipt of a submission, the editor sends an e-mail of confirmation to the submission’s author within one to three working days. If you fail to receive this confirmation, your submission e-mail may have been missed.
Peer review. We use a double-blind system for peer review; both reviewers’ and authors’ identities remain anonymous. The paper will be reviewed by at least two experts: one editorial staff member and one to three external reviewers. The review process may take four to six weeks.
If the manuscript is accepted, the reviewers and editorial decision' notification will be sent by e-mail.
PDF version of the article is available for download on the journal’s webpage free of charge.
General Rules for Text
Please use the following rules for the entire text, including abstract, keywords, headings, and references.
Articles should be type-written clearly in 1.5 spacing on A4 paper (21 X 29.7cm) with a margin of 2.5cm all around on one side of the page only
Font: Times New Roman; Size: 14
Paragraph Spacing: Above paragraph 1.5
Heading 1: Times New Roman; Font 16 Bold
Heading 2: Times New Roman; Font 14 Bold
Spelling should be consistent throughout the paper and according to Oxford Dictionary.
It must include a report on the percentage of plagiarism
Views version: six issues per year (January - March – May – July -September - November).
Preparation
Covering letter
The covering letter to the editorial office should contain the following information:
Full title of the paper.
A true statement that all authors meet the criteria for authorship, have approved the final article, and that all those entitled to authorship are listed as authors.
A statement to confirm that the work has not been previously published elsewhere (either partly or totally), and is not in the process of being considered for publication in another journal.
Funding: The journal requires all authors to acknowledge their funding in a consistent fashion under a separate heading.
Conflict of interest: Please ensure that a ‘Declaration of Conflicting Interests’ statement is included at the end of your manuscript, after any acknowledgments, and prior to the references. If no conflict exists, please state that ‘The Author(s) declare(s) that there is no conflict of interest’.
Peer review: This journal adopts a double-blind review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's decision is final.
Blinded manuscript (no author details): The main body of the paper (including the references, figures, tables, and any acknowledgments) should not include any identifying information, such as the authors' names or affiliations.
Title page:
Title page (with author details): This should include the title, authors' names, affiliations, acknowledgments, and any Declaration of Interest statement, and a complete address for the corresponding author including an e-mail address.
Essential Title Page Information
The title page should be provided as a separate file.
• Title. Your title page should give the title in capital letters, below which should be the authors' names (as they are to appear) in lowercase letters.
• Author names and affiliations. Where the family name may be ambiguous (e.g., a double name), please indicate this clearly. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name and, if available, the e-mail address of each author.
• Corresponding author. Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Ensure that phone numbers (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address.
Contact details must be kept up to date by the corresponding author.
• Acknowledgements Acknowledgments should be noted on the title page for original submissions including the individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing assistance or proofreading the article, etc).
• Role of the funding source: A statement of declaration of financial support should be included on the title age for original submissions any revised manuscripts will require the statement of funding support to be moved to the manuscript file.
Types of research:
1-Original research:
It should include the following:
Title:
Be concise and informative. Titles are often used in information retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible. If you choose to have a subtitle, it should be italicized and centered directly below the main title.
Abstract
A concise and factual abstract is required (maximum length of 250 words). The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results, and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. The abstract must include background, aim, methods (design, setting, sampling, and tools), results, conclusion and recommendation. References should therefore be avoided, but, if essential, they must be cited in full in the abstract, without relying on the reference list.
Keywords
Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 8 keywords, it derived from the research title, avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (e.g., “and,” “of”). Be sparing with abbreviations and should be in alphabetical.
Manuscripts should be set out as follows:
The text: This should be arranged in the following orders:
1. Introduction.
State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results. Prior work based on the same project and/or data must be referenced, and the unique contribution of the new submission must be stated explicitly.
2. Significant of study
3. Aim of study.
4. Research question/research hypothesis
5. Materials (or patients) and method.
6. Pilot study.
7. Ethical consideration.
Before starting the study, ethical approval was obtained from the scientific research ethical committee which will be uploaded as a supplementary file
8. Statistical analysis.
9. Results (legends to figures): present the results in logical sequence in the text, tables, and illustration. Do not repeat in the text all the data in the tables or illustrations after all Tables /Figures are illustrated then the informative description will be done for them. Legends should be typed double-spaced on a separate sheet and numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals according to the order of their citation in the text Legends should be brief and specific.
Tables
Please submit tables as editable text and not as images. Tables can be placed either next to the relevant text in the article, or on separate page(s) at the end. Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text and place any table notes below the table body. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in them do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article. Please avoid using vertical rules and shading in table cells.
Table format
Tables will vary in size and structure depending on the data you’re presenting, but APA7 gives some general guidelines for their design. To correctly format an APA7 table, follow these rules:
Table number in bold above the table.
Brief title, in italics and title case, below the table number.
Clear, concise labels for column and row headings.
Numbers consistently formatted (e.g., with the same number of decimal places).
Any relevant notes are below the table.
Figure format
Any images used within your text are called figures. Figures include data visualization graphics—e.g. graph, diagrams, flowcharts—as well as things like photographs and artworks. To correctly format an APA figure, follow these rules:
Brief title, in italics and title case, under the figure.
If necessary, clear labels and legends are integrated into the image.
Any relevant notes below the figure.
10. Discussion: Emphasizes the new and important aspects of the study and the conclusion that follows from them relates the observations to other relevant studies.
It should include the following:
1- Statements of the principle findings
2- Strengths and weakness of the study in relation to other studies
3- Authors points of view
11. Conclusions & Recommendations: A conclusion may review the main Points of the paper followed by recommendations
12. References: The journal adheres to the reference style specified in the APA Manual of Style 7th Edition
Should be written as follows:
A- Journals
Reena, J. and Indarjit, W (2011): Nursing audit, The Nursing Journal of India, Vol.(5), No.(6), Pp. 1-3.
B- Textbook
Foot, M. and Hook, C. (2002): Introducing human resource management, 3rd edition, chapter 4, London : John W. Parker & Son.
C- Unpublished Theses
Sanchez, T. (2009): Physical efficacy expectations and motivations of clinical practice, Unpublished Master thesis of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, South Western University.
D- Webliography
Hutcheron, C. and Williamson, S. (1999): Nursing regulation for the New Millennium: The mutual recognition model, online http: www. Regulation new.com at 19-5-2010.
2-Review Articles
Only reviews using systematized literature search methods will be considered for publication.
Papers reporting review articles, of up to 4,000 words (and up to 4,500 words for reviews with qualitative synthesis only) will be considered. The authors must make it clear what type of literature review is being presented, e.g. systematic review, systematic review of qualitative evidence, integrative review, scoping review etc. The method used must be made clear in the abstract and must demonstrate the application of the respective review methodology when reporting the review process and results/findings.
Submitted reviews must include a structured abstract with the following (or similar) headings: Aim/Review question; Background (stating what is already known about this topic); Methods (including the type of review, search strategy, eligibility criteria, critical appraisal tool); Results/Findings; Conclusions (stating what this study adds to the topic); Relevance to clinical practice.
Appropriate headings based on the following (or similar) sections should be used:
Introduction
Background/justification for review
Aim/s and objectives of the review/specific review question/s
Design and methods: type of review and reporting guidelines followed; search strategy; inclusion/exclusion criteria; tools used for critical appraisal/assessment of bias/data analysis; review registration in PROSPERO or similar registers
Results/findings
Discussion
Limitations
Recommendations and/or Implications for practice and/or further research
Conclusions
3-Case Reports:
Instructions to the authors forCase Reports—follow CARE guidelines.
Introduction (What was unique about this case? What is your purpose for reporting this case? What does it add to the literature for critical care nurses? Include ethical considerations and consent.)
Clinical Findings (include patient’s main symptoms and relevant findings)
Diagnosis
Interventions
Outcomes
Conclusion (What were the main take-away lessons from this case?)
This journal operates a double anonymized review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. Editors are not involved in decisions about papers that they have written themselves or have been written by family members or colleagues or which relate to products or services in which the editor has an interest. Any such submission is subject to all the journal's usual procedures, with peer review handled independently of the relevant editor and their research groups.
Manuscripts are subject to editorial modification to bring them into the style of this journal. Each article is sent to a consultant to assess the scientific standard of the paper considering its acceptance to publication.
Only papers which conform to the journal style are accepted for publication. Failure to submit the manuscript in the journal style may lead to unnecessary delay in publication.
If, after peer review, your manuscript is accepted for publication, a one-time article processing charge (APC) is payable. This APC covers the cost of publication and ensures that your article will be freely available online in perpetuity under a Creative Commons license.
The article processing charge (APC) for this journal is currently:
Inside Assiut University: 2400 L.E. If the manuscript is more than 20 pages, every page by 30 L.E
Outside Assiut University: 2650 L.E. If the manuscript is more than 20 pages, every page by 40 L.E.
Outside Egypt: 340 USD. If the manuscript is more than 20 pages, every page by 5 USD.
Director Editor, Prof. Prof. Ikram Ibraheem Mohamed, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Assiut.