“Healthline” journal is a peer-reviewed official open access publication of the Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine (IAPSM). It is an indexed medical journal (in DOAJ, Index Copernicus, and Index Medicus-SEAR) published quarterly.

Aims and Objectives of the Journal:

The “Healthline” journal aims at

• Promotion of high-quality medical research by ensuring the accessibility to novel ideas, observations, and advanced knowledge for all by adopting open access policy 
• Providing a platform to researches in Community Medicine and Public Health
• Improving the visibility of public health issues for concerned stakeholders
   

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

Editorial and Peer Review Policy:

The “Healthline” journal follows a double-blind peer-review process. Following receipt of a manuscript from the authors, the manuscript undergoes an editorial review (by editor in chief/executive editor/joint editor). If the manuscript is found appropriate for the further process following the editorial review, the blind manuscript is sent to two anonymous peer reviewers and one statistical reviewer. It is ensured that the reviewers are having qualifications of post-graduation or higher in the concerned subjects and not from the same institute where the authors belong. Upon completion of peer review, the changes suggested by the reviewers are forwarded to the authors, and modifications are sought with explanations (if required). The revised manuscript is again forwarded to the concerned reviewers. If the reviewers are satisfied with the revisions from the authors, the manuscript is accepted and formative changes are done for the publication. At any stage of review, if editorial board members or reviewers find the manuscript unsuitable for publication, the manuscript is rejected.

Ethical Issues:

All articles should mention how the human and animal ethical aspect of the study was addressed. Identifying details should be omitted if they are not essential. When reporting experiments on human subjects,  authors should indicate whether the procedures followed were in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000. (http://www.wma.net)

Retraction Policy

The “Healthline” journal abides by the guidelines provided by COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics). The same can be found at “https://publicationethics.org/retraction-guidelines”.
 

Redundant or Duplicate Publication

A redundant (or duplicate) publication is a publication of a paper that overlaps substantially with one already published in print or electronic media. (International Committee of Medical Editors:http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/archives/2007_urm.pdf) The journal strongly disapproves the submission of same article simultaneously in different journals. 

Violation of the APA code of ethics (2010) by submission of a redundant or duplicate manuscript will result in the rejection of the manuscript. In case of publication of redundant or duplicate manuscript due to unawareness of editors, a notice of the duplicate submission and the ethical violation will be published at the earliest.

Data Sharing Policy:

The authors must submit a statement of data sharing that the data pertaining to original articles, published in the “Healthline” journal must be provided, without restrictions, whenever asked for by the editorial board of the journal. Failure to comply with this condition may lead to the rejection of the article.  

Plagiarism:

Plagiarism is considered as “re-use of text, data, figures, or images without appropriate acknowledgment or permission, as is the paraphrasing of text, concepts, and ideas”. Any of the submitted manuscripts found to have a substantial amount of plagiarism shall be dealt with according to the guidelines provided by the Committee on Publication Ethics (available at https://publicationethics.org/files/u7140/plagiarism%20A.pdf).

Copyright and Access

The "Healthline journal" allows authors to retain the copyright of their papers, without restrictions. The authors can then grant the publisher non-exclusive publishing rights to publish their articles. The manuscripts submitted to the “Healthline” journal are available to all users online, without any charges. The users may copy, use, distribute, perform and display the work publicly and to make and distribute derivative works in any digital medium for any reasonable non-commercial purpose, subject to proper attribution of authorship and ownership of the rights.

Advertisement Policy:

Being a national journal of the Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine, “Healthline” has a reach to more than 4200 members of IAPSM, government health officials, Post Graduate students, epidemiologists, medical institutions, and medical faculties across the country. It can provide a highly cost-effective mode of advertising and passing the desired message to the targeted population.

“Healthline” provides the option of a print advertisement on the pages of the printed issues of the journal. The rates for the same areas below.

For advertisement or any query, please contact,

Editor in Chief, “Healthline” journal, Professor & Head, Community Medicine Department, GCS Medical College, Opp. DRM Office, Naroda Road, Ahmedabad-380025

Email: editorhealthline@gmail.com, Contact no.: +917966048351