The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (JANAC) is the official journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
(ANAC). JANAC's mission is to support nursing practice, research, and education through the scholarly dissemination of cutting-edge
knowledge and practice standards. JANAC provides a forum for the interdisciplinary discussion of clinical practice, education,
research, prevention, public health, health administration, international health, legal-ethical issues, social issues, and public policy
issues related to all aspects of the HIV epidemic. JANAC invites original articles from nurses and other healthcare professionals
that focus on a broad spectrum of issues related to HIV, nursing, public health, and health care.
Submission of Manuscripts JANAC reviews manuscripts with the understanding that they have not been previously published and are not concurrently being
considered for publication elsewhere. JANAC invites contributions in the form of featured manuscripts (maximum 24 pages); research,
practice, or program briefs (8-10 pages); case studies (8-10 pages); topical columns and commentaries (6-8 pages); and media and book
reviews (6-8 pages). Letters to the editor are encouraged.
JANAC uses an online manuscript submission and review system.
Please visit http://ees.elsevier.com to submit your manuscript electronically. The Web site guides authors through the initial
registration process, including the uploading of requisite files. Please note that original source files - not PDF files - are required.
Inquiries regarding manuscript submission or status should be directed to the Managing Editor, Kristen Overstreet, via email at kristen.overstreet@mac.com
or at 1-303-420-3570. All other inquiries should be directed to the Editor, Lucy Bradley-Springer, via e-mail at lucy.bradley-springer@UCDenver.edu
or at 1-303-724-0811. All correspondence, including the Editor's decision and requests for revisions, will be delivered by e-mail to
the corresponding author. Manuscript status information is always available for registered authors via the journal's online submission
system.
Peer Review
Manuscripts are evaluated according to their relevance and significance, the degree to which they
advance knowledge, the quality of scholarly presentation, the integrity of research methodology, and clinical content relevant to nursing
practice and HIV care. Authors may be asked to revise an accepted manuscript to conform to the standards and editorial style of JANAC.
Manuscript Preparation Featured Manuscript Submissions. Submissions for featured articles should have the following
components: title page, abstract, key words, manuscript body, clinical considerations, and references. Manuscripts may also include tables
and figures as appropriate to the content of the paper. Manuscripts should be written and formatted in accordance with the Publication
Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA, 2010), 6th ed. guidelines.
Other Submissions. Submissions for
research, practice, or program briefs; topical columns and commentaries; guest editorials; and letters to the editor are encouraged.
If a table or figure is included (limit of 1 table and/or figure per manuscript), it should be submitted in a separate file as described
below. These submissions do not include an abstract or a clinical considerations section.
Title Page. The title
page should include complete contact information for each author, including each author's credentials, title/position, affiliation, and
location (city and state or country). The title page should include a conflict of interest statement and acknowledgements.
Conflict
of Interest Statement. Authors are required to provide full disclosure on actual or potential conflicts of interest relevant to
the subject matter of the manuscript that have occurred over the previous 2 years, over the duration of the research being reported on,
and/or that can reasonably be expected to occur in the foreseeable future. Disclosures may include, but are not limited to, grants/funding,
employment, affiliations, honoraria, consultancies, board positions, royalties, stock options/ownership, or expert testimony. Unless
determined to be important to the review process, disclosures will be held confidential until an article is accepted for publication.
Disclosure statements will appear with all articles published in the journal. Authors should contact the Managing Editor with questions
or concerns, but should err on the side of inclusion when in doubt. Please see the full Conflict of Interest Policy on our Web site at
http://www.nursesinaidscarejournal.org/.
Disclosure statements should be made during the submission process and should
disclose information for the overall study and for each author on the title page. If the author(s) has no conflicts of interest to declare,
this must be stated. In this case, please use the following statement:
The author(s) report(s) no real or perceived vested interests
that relate to this article (including relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, grantors, or other
entities whose products or services are related to topics covered in this manuscript) that could be construed as a conflict of interest.
The following is sample text for disclosure:
This study was funded in part by ABC Corporation and grant #1-234-5678 from
DEF Foundation. Kyle Smith reports having received lecture fees from XYZ Laboratories. Chris Brown disclosed consulting fees from 123
Inc. Madison Wall reports no financial interests or potential conflicts of interest.
manufacturers, grantors, or other entities whose
products or services are related to topics covered in this manuscript) that could be construed as a conflict of interest.
The following is sample text for disclosure:
This study was funded in part by ABC Corporation and grant #1-234-5678 from
DEF Foundation. Kyle Smith reports having received lecture fees from XYZ Laboratories. Chris Brown disclosed consulting fees from 123
Inc. Madison Wall reports no financial interests or potential conflicts of interest.
Acknowledgements. Please acknowledge
all sources of funding in an Acknowledgment on the title page of the manuscript. This is also an appropriate place to acknowledge assistance
from non-author colleagues in the development and production of a manuscript.
Abstract. Abstracts should adhere
to a maximum of 150 words, and should appear immediately above the body of the manuscript. Key words relating to the content of the manuscript
should appear below the abstract on the same page. Key words should be listed in alphabetical order and separated by commas; do not capitalize
key terms unless they are proper names. You will also be asked to provide the abstract as part of the submission process. You may cut
and paste your abstract into the answer box.
Manuscript Body. Manuscript pages should be numbered consecutively. The author(s)
are encouraged to use headers as outlined in APA (2010, 6th ed.) to format the manuscript. A clear and concise writing style is required.
References. The reference section should represent current literature and appropriate historical references. References
should be limited to no more than 25 citations and should follow APA (6th ed.) format.
Tables and Figures. Tables, figures,
and photographs are encouraged if they enhance or amplify the text. Tables and figures should be self-explanatory and enhance, not duplicate,
the text. Tables and figures should be loaded as separate files. Tables and figures should be numbered, titled, and referenced in the
most appropriate section of the manuscript text. Please follow APA (6th ed.) formatting for all tables and figures.
Clinical
Considerations. All featured manuscripts should include a final file that lists 3-8 key clinical messages from the article. Points
should be bulleted and focus on pertinent concepts for nursing care that can be reasonably derived from the manuscript.
Ethics
Author Order. After a manuscript has been submitted, any change to the listed order of authors must be accompanied by a
statement listing the new order and signed by all of the authors to signify agreement to the change.
Copyright. When
using another author's work, for example, modifying or adapting a published table or figure, or re-publishing a tool or questionnaire,
even if you are not copying the material exactly, you may need to seek permission from the original copyright owner. Referencing the
original source may not be enough. Please see this Web site for more information: http://www.copyright.gov/. When in doubt,
ask!
Dual Submission. It is unethical to submit a manuscript to more than one journal at a time for consideration of publication.
A manuscript must be rejected or formally withdrawn by the author from one journal before it can be submitted to another journal.
JANAC Style
Please see the "JANAC Style Guide for Authors & Reviewers" document on our Web site at http://www.nursesinaidscarejournal.org/.
This document will give you information on JANAC-specific formatting requirements.
Accepted Manuscripts
Manuscripts
accepted for publication become the property of JANAC and may not be published elsewhere without permission from the editor.
Authors will be asked to sign a transfer of copyright agreement acknowledging the manuscript transfer. The author is responsible for
the content of the original and edited manuscript, accuracy of references, quoted material, and for any violation of copyright.
NIH
Access Mandate JANAC follows the policy and procedure of its publisher, Elsevier, to comply with the National Institutes
of Health Access Mandate. All reports of NIH-funded research accepted for publication in JANAC will be handled in the following
manner.
"Elsevier will send to PMC [PubMed Central] the final peer-reviewed manuscript, which was accepted for publication and sent
to Elsevier's production department, and that reflects any author-agreed changes made in response to peer-review comments. Elsevier will
authorize the author manuscript's public access posting 12 months after final publication. Following the deposit by Elsevier, authors
will receive further communications from the NIH with respect to the submission."
