Deadline: 31 September 2010
Eligibility: no restrictions
Reading Fee: none
Accepts (genre): papers
Prize/Payment: publication
Health and Human Rights is currently seeking articles for future issues. Accepted contributions will be published in the journal’s open access electronic and print versions. Articles are invited for Critical Concepts (5,000–7,000 words) and for Health and Human Rights in Practice (500–7,000 words). Manuscripts that address issues relevant to health and human rights outside of the specific theme topics listed below are welcome at any time. Authors whose articles are accepted for publication may be requested to make extensive revisions following formal acceptance, with manuscripts subject to extensive copyediting.
Issue 13:1 Health and Human Rights in Disasters
Disasters, such as earthquakes, floods, civil war, and other sudden large-scale calamities often trigger health crises and can result in responses that compromise and even devalue the fulfillment of human rights. For this issue, we invite submissions that explore the human rights and health aspects of disaster relief preparation, management, and outcomes. Essays are particularly invited that: explore disparities between implementation in the field and academic literature; offer insights into the traditional definitions of vulnerable groups within the context of humanitarian operations; suggest critical analyses of disaster response from a health rights-based participatory or accountability perspective; consider ethics in crisis response; or examine the increasing role of risk reduction as it relates to both public health and human rights practice. What voices are missing from the field in human rights analyses of disaster? What new models of practice might improve the right to health for all affected by both disaster and response?
Submission due: October 31, 2010
Manuscripts in Spanish or French (which will be translated) should be received by October 15, 2010
All submissions are subject to initial assessment by the Managing Editor, the Editor-in-Chief or the appropriate Executive Editor to determine their suitability for consideration by Health and Human Rights. Authors will normally be informed within 2 weeks if their paper is to be rejected without review, and can otherwise track its status on the online editorial system (see “Online Submissions” section below). Papers accepted for formal review will be sent anonymously to at least two independent referees with all authorship details removed. Typically the manuscript will be reviewed within 2 to 3 months. If necessary, revised manuscripts may be returned to the initial referees, usually within 1 month. Referees and Executive Editors may request more than one revision of a manuscript, and alternative referees may also be invited to review the manuscript at any time.
To submit a manuscript to Health and Human Rights, you will need to register as an author. Registration and login are required to submit items online and to check the status of current submissions.
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
2. The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
4. The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
More information here.
Eligibility: no restrictions
Reading Fee: none
Accepts (genre): papers
Prize/Payment: publication
Health and Human Rights is currently seeking articles for future issues. Accepted contributions will be published in the journal’s open access electronic and print versions. Articles are invited for Critical Concepts (5,000–7,000 words) and for Health and Human Rights in Practice (500–7,000 words). Manuscripts that address issues relevant to health and human rights outside of the specific theme topics listed below are welcome at any time. Authors whose articles are accepted for publication may be requested to make extensive revisions following formal acceptance, with manuscripts subject to extensive copyediting.
Issue 13:1 Health and Human Rights in Disasters
Disasters, such as earthquakes, floods, civil war, and other sudden large-scale calamities often trigger health crises and can result in responses that compromise and even devalue the fulfillment of human rights. For this issue, we invite submissions that explore the human rights and health aspects of disaster relief preparation, management, and outcomes. Essays are particularly invited that: explore disparities between implementation in the field and academic literature; offer insights into the traditional definitions of vulnerable groups within the context of humanitarian operations; suggest critical analyses of disaster response from a health rights-based participatory or accountability perspective; consider ethics in crisis response; or examine the increasing role of risk reduction as it relates to both public health and human rights practice. What voices are missing from the field in human rights analyses of disaster? What new models of practice might improve the right to health for all affected by both disaster and response?
Submission due: October 31, 2010
Manuscripts in Spanish or French (which will be translated) should be received by October 15, 2010
All submissions are subject to initial assessment by the Managing Editor, the Editor-in-Chief or the appropriate Executive Editor to determine their suitability for consideration by Health and Human Rights. Authors will normally be informed within 2 weeks if their paper is to be rejected without review, and can otherwise track its status on the online editorial system (see “Online Submissions” section below). Papers accepted for formal review will be sent anonymously to at least two independent referees with all authorship details removed. Typically the manuscript will be reviewed within 2 to 3 months. If necessary, revised manuscripts may be returned to the initial referees, usually within 1 month. Referees and Executive Editors may request more than one revision of a manuscript, and alternative referees may also be invited to review the manuscript at any time.
To submit a manuscript to Health and Human Rights, you will need to register as an author. Registration and login are required to submit items online and to check the status of current submissions.
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
2. The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
4. The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
More information here.
