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About Epi-Dis-PHERE-(Publication of Health Resilience) Quarterly e-Journal of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)

Language: English

Starting Year: 2025

Epi-Dis-PHERE-(Publication of Health Resilience) Quarterly e-Journal of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is an open access, peer-reviewed double-blinded multidisciplinary quarterly e-Journal of the National Centre for Disease Control. It aims to advance public health in the areas of research, policy, practice and education with special focus on India.

It encourages contributions across the whole spectrum of public health research and practice with focus on the timely communication of current, best scientific evidence to public health professionals, researchers, academics, clinicians, policy makers and the public.

The e-Journal publishes reviews/updates, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, original research papers, reports of outbreak investigations, scientific research communications, announcements of conferences, workshops, meetings, courses, summary reports of conferences, book reviews, letters on published articles, and commentaries/short reports on all aspects of the science, philosophy and practice of public health.

Volume 1 | Issue 1 | January 2025

Issues (Archives)

Instructions to Authors

Original articles should ordinarily be limited to 250 words with about 30 references and 4-5 figures/tables.

Review/update articles should be limited to 3,000 words with not more than 45 references. Reports of Outbreak Investigations must not exceed 800 words with one figure or table and about 10 references. Scientific research communications should be limited to 350 words, with 5 references and no figure or table. Commentary should be under 500 words with 5 latest references, running to maximum 1.5 pages. Letter to Editor – 250 words, 6 references, no figure/table.

All manuscripts must be accompanied by a signed Copyright Transfer Form. This can be submitted as a scanned copy. This form states that “The undersigned author(s) certify (ies) that the article is original, is not under consideration by any other journal, and has not been previously published.

All copyright ownership of the manuscript entitled (title of article) is hereby transferred to the publishers of the e-Journal.”

The authors should state in the manuscript that ethical clearance was obtained for the research project. The journal has the right to ask for a copy of ethical clearance.

Articles will be edited for style and grammar. Technical jargon is to be kept to a minimum. The book entitled “Scientific Style and Format – The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors and Publishers”, 8th edition, 2014 published by Council of Science Editors is a good guide. British spellings are used in the Journal.

All statement and opinions expressed in the manuscripts are those of the authors, and not those of the editor(s) or publishers. The editor(s) and publishers disclaim any responsibility for such material.

A manuscript will be reviewed for possible publication with the clear understanding that it is being submitted to the Journal alone at that point in time and has not been published anywhere, simultaneously submitted, or already accepted for publication elsewhere.

Editorial and Peer Review

On submission, all submitted manuscripts are reviewed initially for suitability for formal review and any plagiarism. Only such manuscripts as show sufficient originality, without serious scientific or technical flaws, and providing a significant message will be sent to two or more expert reviewers for formal peer-review.

Manuscripts unlikely to be of interest to the readers of the Journal will be liable to be rejected. The journal follows a double-blind review process, where the reviewers and authors are unaware of each other’s identity. The comments and suggestions received from reviewers are conveyed to the corresponding author. If required, the author is required to respond to reviewers’ comments and submit a revised version of the manuscript. Articles accepted would be copy edited for grammar, punctuation, print style, and format.

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