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Submission Guidelines

The Canadian Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing (CJCN) publishes four issues annually, featuring articles in both French and English. CJCN welcomes original articles dealing with research findings or issues relating to cardiovascular health and illness.

The Journal provides a forum for:

• research

• literature reviews

• case studies

• discourse relevant to cardiovascular issues

Letters to the Editor in response to our articles or columns are encouraged.

 

Manuscript Submission

The manuscript should be sent by email to: cccn@rcpsc.edu

The manuscript should be accompanied by the following:

A cover letter signed by the principal author stating that the manuscript has not been published previously and is not currently under consideration by any other journal.

Permission from the copyright holder for any previously published material (i.e., excerpts, tables, and illustrations) that is appearing in the manuscript.

 

Manuscript Preparation

Format:

Manuscripts should be double-spaced in a standard letter quality font. Side margins should measure 2.5 cm. The manuscript can be a maximum of 20 pages including tables, figures, illustrations and references. (Compute the graphics as equivalent to one half or one full size page, depending on anticipated size when published.) Please have the abstract and reference list each on separate sheets from the rest of the text.

Text style:

Prepare your manuscript in accordance with the style outlined in Chapter 3 of the American Psychological Association's Publication Manual 6th Edition.

Follow the APA guidelines for grammar, punctuation, usage (capitalization, numerals, seriation), unbiased language, references and citations. An exception from APA is that spelling should be current Canadian usage where applicable.

 

Tables, graphs, illustrations:

Prepare in accordance with Chapter 5 of the APA Manual. Each table, figure or illustration should be submitted on a separate sheet and numbered as it appears in the article (i.e. Figure 1 etc.) Illustrations should be computer-generated or professionally drawn. Photographs (in duplicate) should be in print form in the manuscript submission, and unmounted.

Reference List:

CJCN uses a reference list (in contrast to a bibliography) and its purpose is described in Chapter 7 of the APA Manual.

Title Page:

An identifying title page should include the title and names, credentials, and affiliations of all authors. The author with whom the journal will correspond should be indicated, and their phone, fax and e-mail numbers given. The title page will be removed for the anonymous peer review process. For confidentiality reasons, no name should appear on the page headers or footers.

Four to five keywords from the CINAHL Subject Heading list should appear on the title page.

 

Acknowledgement:

Sources of funding for the research that resulted in this manuscript should appear in the acknowledgement section of the paper.

Review Procedure

Manuscripts for original articles are reviewed anonymously by peers for merit and clarity. If the peer reviewers recommend publishing with content revisions, the manuscript will be forwarded to the author with a deadline for the return of the revised paper.

Copyediting

Accepted articles are subject to copyediting.

Copyright

It is understood that if the article is published, the Canadian Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing will have exclusive rights to it and to its reproduction and sale.