NAHRS/INANE Nursing Editor Survey

1. Survey Purpose

The Nursing and Allied Health Resource section of the Medical Library Association (NAHRS) and the International Academy of Nursing Editors (INANE) are collaborating to survey editors of journals in which nurses publish. The purpose of this survey is to gather information that will assist prospective authors to select appropriate journals to submit their manuscripts. The results of the survey will be made available on the NAHRS and INANE websites.

This survey is part of a larger NAHRS journal project to create a list of nursing journals that contains: 1)information about the databases that index each journal; 2) availability of full text; 3) if citations are tracked by CINAHL, Scopus, or Web of Science; 4) percentage of research; 5) the journal URL; 6) writing style of the journal; and 7) other useful descriptive information. NAHRS envisions that this product will provide valuable information for: librarians, including decisions on subscriptions and database licensing; authors; editors; and journal publishers. Your input will be very valuable for the success of this project. The journal list will be published on the NAHRS website, http://nahrs.mlanet.org/ with a link from the INANE site. We anticipate that it will be available by August, 2011. We are reopening this survey and contacting publishers as well as INANE members to try and obtain data on more than 100 nursing journals on the NAHRS list whose editors did not respond. If you responded during the last two years, you may respond again if you think anything has changed. Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or comments. NAHRS Journal List for Nursing & Allied Health Subcommittee co-chairs Pamela Sherwill-Navarro, MLS, AHIP, Pamela.Sherwill@remingtoncollege.edu Margaret (Peg) Allen, MLS, AHIP, PegAllen67@gmail.com INANE committee chair Dr. Suzanne Smith, DrSuzSmith@aol.com

Please provide the information requested for your journal: Journal Title:
Journal URL:
Journal Publisher:
Association affiliation, if any (note if official journal):
Instructions for Authors URL:

	Africa	Asia	Australia/New Zealand	Canada	Europe	Latin America	Mideast	South America	United Kingdom	United States	Other (Specify)
Where is your journal published? Please select primary location.	*Publisher and author locations Where is your journal published? Please select primary location. Africa	Where is your journal published? Please select primary location. Asia	Where is your journal published? Please select primary location. Australia/New Zealand	Where is your journal published? Please select primary location. Canada	Where is your journal published? Please select primary location. Europe	Where is your journal published? Please select primary location. Latin America	Where is your journal published? Please select primary location. Mideast	Where is your journal published? Please select primary location. South America	Where is your journal published? Please select primary location. United Kingdom	Where is your journal published? Please select primary location. United States	Where is your journal published? Please select primary location. Other (Specify)
Where do your manuscripts come from? If more than one, please note the place responsible for the most in the box below.	Where do your manuscripts come from? If more than one, please note the place responsible for the most in the box below. Africa	Where do your manuscripts come from? If more than one, please note the place responsible for the most in the box below. Asia	Where do your manuscripts come from? If more than one, please note the place responsible for the most in the box below. Australia/New Zealand	Where do your manuscripts come from? If more than one, please note the place responsible for the most in the box below. Canada	Where do your manuscripts come from? If more than one, please note the place responsible for the most in the box below. Europe	Where do your manuscripts come from? If more than one, please note the place responsible for the most in the box below. Latin America	Where do your manuscripts come from? If more than one, please note the place responsible for the most in the box below. Mideast	Where do your manuscripts come from? If more than one, please note the place responsible for the most in the box below. South America	Where do your manuscripts come from? If more than one, please note the place responsible for the most in the box below. United Kingdom	Where do your manuscripts come from? If more than one, please note the place responsible for the most in the box below. United States	Where do your manuscripts come from? If more than one, please note the place responsible for the most in the box below. Other (Specify)

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Manuscript not consistent with the scope/objectives of the journal	*What are the main reasons for rejecting manuscripts for publication? Please select 1 for the most common reason and 5 for the least common reason Manuscript not consistent with the scope/objectives of the journal 1	Manuscript not consistent with the scope/objectives of the journal 2	Manuscript not consistent with the scope/objectives of the journal 3	Manuscript not consistent with the scope/objectives of the journal 4	Manuscript not consistent with the scope/objectives of the journal 5
Manuscript not submitted in accordance with the author guidelines	Manuscript not submitted in accordance with the author guidelines 1	Manuscript not submitted in accordance with the author guidelines 2	Manuscript not submitted in accordance with the author guidelines 3	Manuscript not submitted in accordance with the author guidelines 4	Manuscript not submitted in accordance with the author guidelines 5
Poor expression, language, grammar and/or spelling	Poor expression, language, grammar and/or spelling 1	Poor expression, language, grammar and/or spelling 2	Poor expression, language, grammar and/or spelling 3	Poor expression, language, grammar and/or spelling 4	Poor expression, language, grammar and/or spelling 5
Lack of a theoretical or conceptual basis for the study	Lack of a theoretical or conceptual basis for the study 1	Lack of a theoretical or conceptual basis for the study 2	Lack of a theoretical or conceptual basis for the study 3	Lack of a theoretical or conceptual basis for the study 4	Lack of a theoretical or conceptual basis for the study 5
Lack of (or inappropriate) rationale for the study	Lack of (or inappropriate) rationale for the study 1	Lack of (or inappropriate) rationale for the study 2	Lack of (or inappropriate) rationale for the study 3	Lack of (or inappropriate) rationale for the study 4	Lack of (or inappropriate) rationale for the study 5
Poorly articulated or incomplete methodology section	Poorly articulated or incomplete methodology section 1	Poorly articulated or incomplete methodology section 2	Poorly articulated or incomplete methodology section 3	Poorly articulated or incomplete methodology section 4	Poorly articulated or incomplete methodology section 5
Inappropriate/inaccurate analysis and discussion section	Inappropriate/inaccurate analysis and discussion section 1	Inappropriate/inaccurate analysis and discussion section 2	Inappropriate/inaccurate analysis and discussion section 3	Inappropriate/inaccurate analysis and discussion section 4	Inappropriate/inaccurate analysis and discussion section 5
Relevance of the study to your readership is not clear	Relevance of the study to your readership is not clear 1	Relevance of the study to your readership is not clear 2	Relevance of the study to your readership is not clear 3	Relevance of the study to your readership is not clear 4	Relevance of the study to your readership is not clear 5
The study does not add to the current knowledge base	The study does not add to the current knowledge base 1	The study does not add to the current knowledge base 2	The study does not add to the current knowledge base 3	The study does not add to the current knowledge base 4	The study does not add to the current knowledge base 5
The study lacks rigour and findings are unreliable	The study lacks rigour and findings are unreliable 1	The study lacks rigour and findings are unreliable 2	The study lacks rigour and findings are unreliable 3	The study lacks rigour and findings are unreliable 4	The study lacks rigour and findings are unreliable 5
Research or other forms of misconduct are suspected (e.g. plagiarism, redundant publication, inappropriate author attribution etc.)	Research or other forms of misconduct are suspected (e.g. plagiarism, redundant publication, inappropriate author attribution etc.) 1	Research or other forms of misconduct are suspected (e.g. plagiarism, redundant publication, inappropriate author attribution etc.) 2	Research or other forms of misconduct are suspected (e.g. plagiarism, redundant publication, inappropriate author attribution etc.) 3	Research or other forms of misconduct are suspected (e.g. plagiarism, redundant publication, inappropriate author attribution etc.) 4	Research or other forms of misconduct are suspected (e.g. plagiarism, redundant publication, inappropriate author attribution etc.) 5
Authors fail to action all of the suggestions made by your reviewers	Authors fail to action all of the suggestions made by your reviewers 1	Authors fail to action all of the suggestions made by your reviewers 2	Authors fail to action all of the suggestions made by your reviewers 3	Authors fail to action all of the suggestions made by your reviewers 4	Authors fail to action all of the suggestions made by your reviewers 5

Which nursing specialties/areas of practice are addressed by your journal? Please check all that apply, and list any others in the space below. Administration/Management Ambulatory Care/ Office Nursing Case Management Nursing Community/Home Care Nursing Continuing Education Critical Care Nursing Dermatology Nursing Emergency Nursing Enterostomal Therapy Nursing Family Nursing Forensic Nursing General Interest Gerontologic Nursing Gynecologic Nursing Holistic Nursing Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing Infection Control Nursing International Health or Nursing Intravenous Nursing Legal Nursing	Magazine/Newsletter Maternal-Child Nursing Medical-Surgical Nursing Military Nursing Neonatal Nursing Nephrology Nursing Neuroscience Nursing Nurse Anesthesia Nurse Midwifery Nurse Practitioners Nursing Case Management Nursing Education Nursing Ethics Nursing Issues/Trends Nursing Philosophy Nursing Research Nursing Students Obstetric Nursing Occupational Health Nursing Oncologic Nursing	Opthalmic Nursing Orthopedic Nursing Otorhinolaryngology & Head-Neck Nursing Parish Nursing Patient Education Pediatric Nursing Perianesthesia Nursing Perioperative Nursing Practical Nursing Practice Narrative Stories Psychiatric Nursing Public Policy Radiologic Nursing Rehabilitation Nursing Rural Health Nursing School Health Nursing Transcultural Nursing Travel Nursing Urologic Nursing
Other (please specify)

NAHRS/INANE Nursing Editor Survey
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1. Survey Purpose

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1. Please provide the information requested for your journal:

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2. What is your name (with credentials) and title?

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3. What is the contact email address for the journal?

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4. Please select the type(s) of peer review used by the journal. If more than one, please explain in other.

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5. Do you have minimum qualifications for reviewers? If yes, please check all that apply.

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6. For peer reviewed articles, how many reviewers, on average, are assigned to review each submission?

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7. Does your journal use a computerized manuscript submission system

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8. How many manuscripts have been submitted to the journal in the last 12 months?

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9. How many manuscripts have been accepted for publication in the last 12 months?

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10. Publisher and author locations

11. What is the average time that it takes to review a manuscript on first submission? Please answer with time from submission to your initial response, disregarding author response.

12. What is the total average time from submission to acceptance by the editor for a single manuscript (including author revisions and any subsequent re-reviews)?

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13. Acceptance to publication time:

14. What are the main reasons for rejecting manuscripts for publication?
Please select 1 for the most common reason and 5 for the least common reason

15. How frequently is your journal published

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16. Do you accept articles from authors who are not nurses?

17. If your publication is an association publication do you accept manuscripts from non-association members?

18. Does the journal accept queries prior to manuscript submission?

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19. Which nursing specialties/areas of practice are addressed by your journal? Please check all that apply, and list any others in the space below.

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20. Please provide a brief overview of the journal including the topics and types of manuscripts that are published. Also, please include your journal mission statement, if you have one.

Acceptance to publication time: Range, depending on author response time, in weeks.
What is the average amount of time for print publication?
What is the average amount of time for online publication?

NAHRS/INANE Nursing Editor SurveyExit this survey

1. Survey Purpose

*1. Please provide the information requested for your journal:

*2. What is your name (with credentials) and title?

*3. What is the contact email address for the journal?

*4. Please select the type(s) of peer review used by the journal. If more than one, please explain in other.

*5. Do you have minimum qualifications for reviewers? If yes, please check all that apply.

*6. For peer reviewed articles, how many reviewers, on average, are assigned to review each submission?

*7. Does your journal use a computerized manuscript submission system

*8. How many manuscripts have been submitted to the journal in the last 12 months?

*9. How many manuscripts have been accepted for publication in the last 12 months?

*10. Publisher and author locations

11. What is the average time that it takes to review a manuscript on first submission? Please answer with time from submission to your initial response, disregarding author response.

12. What is the total average time from submission to acceptance by the editor for a single manuscript (including author revisions and any subsequent re-reviews)?

*13. Acceptance to publication time:

14. What are the main reasons for rejecting manuscripts for publication?Please select 1 for the most common reason and 5 for the least common reason

15. How frequently is your journal published

*16. Do you accept articles from authors who are not nurses?

17. If your publication is an association publication do you accept manuscripts from non-association members?

18. Does the journal accept queries prior to manuscript submission?

*19. Which nursing specialties/areas of practice are addressed by your journal? Please check all that apply, and list any others in the space below.

*20. Please provide a brief overview of the journal including the topics and types of manuscripts that are published. Also, please include your journal mission statement, if you have one.

NAHRS/INANE Nursing Editor Survey
Exit this survey

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1. Please provide the information requested for your journal:

*
2. What is your name (with credentials) and title?

*
3. What is the contact email address for the journal?

*
4. Please select the type(s) of peer review used by the journal. If more than one, please explain in other.

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5. Do you have minimum qualifications for reviewers? If yes, please check all that apply.

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6. For peer reviewed articles, how many reviewers, on average, are assigned to review each submission?

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7. Does your journal use a computerized manuscript submission system

*
8. How many manuscripts have been submitted to the journal in the last 12 months?

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9. How many manuscripts have been accepted for publication in the last 12 months?

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10. Publisher and author locations

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13. Acceptance to publication time:

14. What are the main reasons for rejecting manuscripts for publication?
Please select 1 for the most common reason and 5 for the least common reason

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16. Do you accept articles from authors who are not nurses?

*
19. Which nursing specialties/areas of practice are addressed by your journal? Please check all that apply, and list any others in the space below.

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20. Please provide a brief overview of the journal including the topics and types of manuscripts that are published. Also, please include your journal mission statement, if you have one.