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Journal of Decision Making and Healthcare

Electronic ISSN: 3008-1572

DOI: 10.69829/jdmh

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Submission guidelines

Contents

Manuscript Submission

Submission of a manuscript implies:

  • The work has not been published previously.
  • It is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
  • All co-authors and relevant authorities at the institute where the work was conducted have approved its publication. The publisher bears no legal responsibility for any compensation claims.

The manuscript is required to be prepared in LaTex adhering strictly to this template.

Please utilize the "Submit Article" hyperlink and adhere to on-screen instructions when uploading all manuscript files.

During the submission of a manuscript in the online submission portal, author needs to submit the following two:

  • A single PDF of the entire paper, including authors' details.
  • A zip file containing all relevant source files and the main manuscript file prepared in LaTex. Incomplete source files will hinder the article's review process.

Authors seeking to include figures, tables, or text passages previously published elsewhere must obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both print and online formats. Submission without this evidence will assume authorship of the material.

Manuscripts for this journal are limited to 50 pages.

The title page must include the following:

  • A concise and informative title.
  • Author(s) name(s).
  • Affiliation(s), including institution, city, postal/zip code and country.
  • Active email address of the corresponding author.

Please provide an abstract ranging from 150 to 300 words without undefined abbreviations or unspecified references.

Supply 4 to 6 keywords separated by comma.

Under "Statements and Declarations," please declare any financial or non-financial interests that directly or indirectly relate to the submitted work for publication. Also, a data availability statement must be declared for any data used in the manuscript.

The inclusion of a suitable number of Mathematics Subject Classification (MSC) is necessary. The MSC is utilized to categorize the content covered by the two reviewing databases, Mathematical Reviews and Zentralblatt MATH. You can find further details at www.ams.org/msc.

Manuscripts should be prepared only in LaTeX, strictly in this template only.

Utilize the decimal system for headings, maintaining a maximum of three levels.

Define abbreviations upon their initial mention and maintain consistent usage throughout the manuscript.

Footnotes serve to provide supplementary information, potentially including reference citations without bibliographic details. Avoid including figures or tables within footnotes. Number text footnotes sequentially, while those related to tables should be indicated by lowercase superscript letters (or asterisks for significance values and statistical data). Titles or author-related footnotes do not receive reference symbols. Always employ footnotes instead of endnotes.

Adhere to standard mathematical notation for formulae and symbols, employing the following conventions:

  • Italicize single letters representing mathematical constants, variables, and unknown quantities.
  • Use Roman or upright formatting for numerals, operators, punctuation, and commonly defined functions or abbreviations, such as sin, cos, tan, det, e (or exp), lim, log, max, min, and d (for derivatives).

Number tables and Figures using only natural numbers; cite them consecutively in the text, provide clear captions, and indicate any previously published content.

In the source ZIP file of the paper, submit figures in PDF/EPS/JPEG formats with clear captions and suitable resolutions.

Supplementary files if any must be clearly inserted as the appendices in the manuscript itself. SI must be clearly visible to reviewer of the manuscript and later to the reader.

Include acknowledgments for individuals, grants, funds, etc., in a dedicated section on the title page. Ensure full names of funding organizations are provided.

Citation

In-text references should be marked by numbers enclosed in square brackets. Examples: Negotiation research spans many disciplines [3]. This result was later contradicted by Becker and Seligman [5]. This effect has been widely studied [1-3, 7].

Reference List

Include only cited works that are published or accepted for publication in the reference list.

Personal communications and unpublished works should be referenced within the text.

List entries should be numbered consecutively.

Whenever possible, provide DOI links as complete DOI URLs in the reference list (e.g., "https://doi.org/abc").

Use the full journal title, not the abbreviated one.

Examples of Reference Entries
Article:

L. Jiang, J. Cao, and L. Xiong. Generalized multiobjective robustness and relations to set-valued optimization. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 361:599--608, 2019.

Article by DOI:

J. Alexandre dit Sandretto. Validated B-series and Runge-Kutta pairs. Numerical Algorithms, pages 1–18, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1.1/jpb001.

Book Chapter:

G. Eichfelder and J. Jahn. Vector optimization problems and their solution concepts. In Q. H. Ansari and J.-C. Yao, editors, Recent Developments in Vector Optimization, pages 1–27, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2012. Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

Chapter from a Collection or Proceedings:

E. Hernández. A survey of set optimization problems with set solutions. In A. H. Hamel, F. Heyde, A. Löhne, B. Rudloff, and C. Schrage, editors, Set Optimization and Applications -- The State of the Art, pages 143–158, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2015. Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

Book:

J.-B. Hiriart-Urruty and C. Lemaréechal. Convex Analysis and Minimization Algorithms I: Fundamentals, volume 305. Springer Science & Business Media, 1996.

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors

This journal is dedicated to upholding the scientific record's integrity and abides by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines to address potential misconduct. Please visit Publication Ethics and strictly adhere to it.

Authors must avoid misrepresenting research results to preserve trust in the journal, uphold scientific authorship standards, and safeguard the scientific community's integrity. Adherence to good scientific practice includes the following:

Exclusive Manuscript Submission: Submitting a manuscript to only one journal at a time. Originality and Transparency: Ensuring submitted work is original and unpublished elsewhere, except for expanded previous research. Transparently disclose material reuse to prevent concerns about 'self-plagiarism'.

Avoiding Fragmentation: Not dividing a single study to artificially increase submissions across journals or over time ('salami-slicing/publishing').

Concurrent or Secondary Publication: Justifiable under specific conditions, such as translations or manuscripts intended for different readers.

Clear and Honest Presentation of Results: Present results transparently, honestly, and without fabrication, falsification, or inappropriate data manipulation, including image-based manipulation. Adhere to discipline-specific data acquisition, selection, and processing rules.

Preventing Plagiarism: Avoid presenting others' data, text, or theories as your own. Properly acknowledge other works, including closely copied, summarized, or paraphrased material. Use quotation marks for verbatim text and obtain permissions for copyrighted material.

Fundamental errors

Authors bear the responsibility to rectify any significant errors or inaccuracies discovered in their published article. Upon identifying such issues, authors should promptly contact the journal, outlining the impact of the error on the article. The course of action for rectifying theliterature, whether through correction or retraction, will depend on the nature of the error. In cases of retraction, transparency in indicating which parts of the article are affected by the error is essential.

Suggesting Editor and Oppose Reviewers

Authors have the liberty to oppose reviewers, and also suggest one of the editors name while submitting their manuscripts. It's imperative that suggested editor maintain total independence and lack any connection to the submitted work.

Authors are strongly encouraged to ensure accuracy regarding the author group, the Corresponding Author, and the sequence of authors upon submission. Following acceptance of a manuscript, modifications to authorship, including adding or removing authors, changing the Corresponding Author, or altering the author sequence, are not permissible.

It's crucial to note that author names will be published exactly as they appear in the accepted submission. Therefore, authors must verify that all names are accurately spelled, and affiliations and addresses are current.

Adding or deleting authors during the revision stage is typically not permitted. However, there might be exceptional cases where such changes are necessary. If alterations in authorship are deemed necessary during the revision process, a clear rationale for these changes must be provided. The Editorial Office holds the discretion to approve such changes during revision. It's important to acknowledge that journals might have specific policies concerning author addition or deletion during the revision stage.

In the case of an authorship dispute during peer review or after acceptance and publication, the Journal will not be in a position to investigate or adjudicate. Authors will be asked to resolve the dispute themselves. If they are unable the Journal reserves the right to withdraw a manuscript from the editorial process or in case of a published paper raise the issue with the authors’ institution(s) and abide by its guidelines.

Authors should treat all communication with the Journal as confidential which includes correspondence with direct representatives from the Journal such as Editorial Office/Editors-in-Chief and/or Handling Editors and reviewers’ reports unless explicit consent has been received to share information.

*Adopted from Springer’s standard submission guideline.

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