Health Notions, Volume 4 Number 1 (January 2020) ISSN 2580-4936
32 | Publisher: Humanistic Network for Science and Technology DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.33846/hn40106
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EDITORIAL
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Invitation to Letter to Editor Publication in Health Notions
David Ackah1, Sanglar Polnok2(CA)
1Professor, Institut of Project Management Professionals, Ghana; drdavidackah@gmail.com (Corresponding Author)
2(CA)
Faculty of Nursing, Naresuan University, Thailand; sanglarp@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
"Health Notions" is open to various types of scientific writings such as: original research, literature review, book review, commentary, opinion, news, case report, communication, tips, letter to editor and so on. But until now, there has never been a manuscript submission in the form of letter to editor.
Therefore, through this paper we invite lecturers and researchers to send letters to editors to be published in this journal. The contents of the letter to editor for "Health Notions" are criticisms or suggestions for one of the articles that have been published in this journal.
Keywords: Health Notions; letter to editor; criticisms; suggestions WRITE A LETTER TO EDITOR
As informed on the website "Health Notions" this journal is open to various types of scientific writings such as: original research, literature review, book review, commentary, opinion, news, case report, communication, tips, letter to editor and so on.(1,2) But until now, there has never been a manuscript submission in the form of letter to editor. Therefore, through this paper we invite lecturers and researchers to send letters to editors to be published in this journal.
As in general, a letter to editor is a letter addressed to the editor of the intended journal. The contents of the letter to editor for "Health Notions" are criticisms or suggestions for one of the articles that have been published in this journal. Criticisms and suggestions must be conveyed in a polite manner, not personally attacking the writers, and accompanied by supporting arguments and references.
Articles that are allowed to become targets of criticism and suggestions are one of the articles that have been published in the last 30 days, which is calculated from the date of submission of the letter to the editor. The contents of the letter to editor must be short and concise, that is, it cannot exceed 1000 words. The maximum number of supporting references is five, including criticized articles.(2)
After the letter to editor is passed and published, the writers who are the target of criticism can respond in the form of the same article, the letter to editor. Please note that, letter to editor publications are free of processing fees.
REFERENCES
1. Ackah D, Ackah MRA. The Importance of Non-research Articles in Scientific Publications of Health. Health Notions. 2017;1(2):149-150.
2. Health Notions. Author guideliness [Internet]. Health Notions. 2017 [cited 2020 January 10].
Available from: http://heanoti.com/index.php/hn/about/submissions#authorGuidelines
