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Information for Authors

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.

Submission Deadlines (four issues annually)

Spring February 1
Summer May 1
Fall (Conference Issue) July 1
Winter  November 1

Manuscript Submission

The manuscript should be sent by email to:

info@cccn.ca

or on disk by mail to

Nicole Parent & Paula Price

Co-Editors CJCN
Canadian Council of Cardiovascular Nurses

222 Queen Street, Suite 1402

Ottawa, ON  K2P 5V9

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.

Disks are not requested with this original submission.

Manuscript Preparation

Format:

Manuscripts should be typed double-spaced in a standard letter quality font on one side of the paper. 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 4th Edition.

Follow the APA guidelines for grammar, punctuation, usage (capitalization, numerals, seriation),unbiased language, references and citations. Two exceptions from APA are these: spelling should be current Canadian usage where applicable; abstract may be expressed in a maximum of 150 words.

Tables, graphs, illustrations:

Prepare in accordance with Chapter 3 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.

Organization:

Organization of the manuscript for a quantitative research paper should generally follow Chapter 1 of the APA Publication Manual.

Reference List:

CJCN uses a reference list (in contrast to a bibliography) and its purpose is described in Chapter 3 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 only copy editing revisions, the author will be asked to submit a disk on the basis of this acceptance. If the peer reviewers recommend publishing with content revisions, the manuscripts will be forwarded to the author with a deadline for the return of the revised paper on disk.

Copyediting

Accepted articles are subject to copyediting. Authors will be sent galley proofs for review and are asked to check the accuracy of the material as it appears in the edited copy.

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.