Submission Preparation

Requirements Before Submitting a Manuscript

Authors are responsible for ensuring that the manuscript is complete, original, methodologically sound, ethically compliant, and consistent with the journal requirements before submission. Manuscripts that do not satisfy the applicable technical requirements may be returned before editorial evaluation.

Step 1. Review the Focus and Scope

Confirm that the manuscript addresses public health, population health, health promotion, disease prevention, health policy, public-health systems, health-related behavior, population-level intervention, or another area included within the journal scope.

Step 2. Select the Article Type

Select either Original Research Article or Review Article according to the manuscript design. The article type selected in OJS must correspond to the content and structure of the submitted manuscript.

Step 3. Prepare the Required Files

Step 4. Use the Official Templates

Authors must prepare the Title Page and Anonymized Main Document using the official MPPKI templates. Replace every bracketed placeholder and delete all instructional text before submission.

Step 5. Protect Double-Blind Review

• Remove author names and affiliations from the Main Document.
• Remove ORCID iDs and email addresses from the Main Document.
• Place acknowledgments and identifying declarations only in the Title Page.
• Remove author-identifying information from file properties.
• Remove tracked changes, comments, and hidden metadata that may reveal authorship.
• Anonymize ethics information only to the extent necessary for peer review.

Step 6. Apply the Appropriate Reporting Guideline

Use the reporting guideline that corresponds to the study design. Authors may be required to submit the completed reporting checklist during editorial screening or revision.

Step 7. Complete Ethics and Transparency Statements

Provide all applicable information regarding:

• Ethics committee and approval number
• Informed consent
• Consent for publication
• Trial or protocol registration
• Author contributions using appropriate CRediT roles
• Funding source and funder role
• Financial and nonfinancial conflicts of interest
• Data availability
• Generative artificial intelligence use
• Acknowledgments

Step 8. Verify References, Tables, and Figures

• Use numbered citations in order of first appearance.
• Apply Vancouver reference style consistently.
• Include DOI or a stable URL where available.
• Ensure that all cited works appear in the reference list.
• Number tables and figures according to first citation.
• Provide clear titles, notes, legends, and abbreviation definitions.
• Obtain permission for copyrighted material where required.

Step 9. Complete the Submission Checklist

Confirm that all required files, declarations, reporting elements, references, tables, figures, and metadata are complete.

Step 10. Request an Author Account

Direct user registration is currently disabled. Authors who require an account should follow the instructions on the Author Registration page.