Essentials
Every paper submitted should be structured and written in accordance with Journal of Advanced Nursing (JAN) requirements and guidelines. This is to ensure completeness of content and clear structure. Please do not submit a paper written as an assignment or for another journal, or that does not use the Harvard referencing system, without prior restructuring and revision. Papers that do not comply with JAN's essential requirements will be immediately returned
Relevance:
Papers submitted should be relevant to the Aims & Scope of JAN and written in a way that makes the relevance of content clear for JAN's international readership. JAN has an international readership and authorship, for many of whom English is not the first language. A high standard of written English language is important for easy understanding internationally. Authors who are not fluent English language writers are strongly recommended to ensure that their manuscript is copy-edited by a native English speaker prior to submission, whether this is done commercially, informally or by a co-author.
Currency of data:
The time period of data collection should be specified, both in the abstract and in the body of the paper. In the case of an empirical report this would be in the form of a statement such as 'the data were collected during 2008' or 'data were collected over an 18-month period in 2006-2007'. Timely publication of results is regarded as good research practice; therefore JAN does not normally publish papers that are submitted more than 5 years after completion of data collection. If the data are older than that, or in the case of new analysis of older data sets, the contemporary relevance of the data should be clearly (and explicitly) explained in the text of the paper.
Length:
Papers must be less than 5000 words in length. The word count includes quotations, but excludes the abstract, keywords, summary statement, references, figures and tables. Shorter papers are welcome. Small pilot studies are accepted only in the form of a short paper (maximum 2500 words).
Authorship:
Each named author must fulfil the criteria for authorship.
Structure and format:
In order to ensure completeness of content there is a recommended structure and format for different types of papers. Click below on the type of paper you are planning to submit, and follow the guidance provided:
Publication Ethics:
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Readability:
For more information visit: http://www.journalofadvancednursing.com/default.asp?file=guidereadibility
If you have any questions that are not answered by the information provided on this website, please email JAN's Editorial Assistant at jan@wiley.com
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