Submissions

This page is designed to help you ensure your submission is ready for and fits the scope of the journal.

Before submitting you should read over the guidelines here, then register an account (or login if you have an existing account)

Register Login

About

The Ohio Journal of Public Health (“OJPH”), ISSN 2578-6180, is the official journal of the Ohio Public Health Association. The peer-reviewed Journal presents scientific, evidence-based research, as well as public health and educational practices conducted in or that are relevant to Ohio on topics such as disease prevention, health promotion, health policy, environmental health, social justice, public health education, public health practice, and surveillance, among others. The Journal is published online on a rolling basis; manuscripts are compiled to form at minimum two issues per year.  

OJPH is proud to partner with the Prognosis Ohio podcast hosted by Editorial Board Member Dr. Dan Skinner. Watch the website for notification when OJPH authors or articles are features.

OJPH is happy to announce our acceptance into the prestigious Directory of Open Access Journals. Journals, including OJPH, must be open access and meet a series of quality standards to earn this listing.

https://doaj.org/toc/2578-6180

Focus and Scope

The goal of the Ohio Journal of Public Health (ISSN 2578-6180) is to publish high-quality, peer-reviewed manuscripts that present research, as well as public health and educational practices that are relevant to Ohio. The journal will publish original papers on public health topics such as disease prevention, health promotion, health policy, environmental health, social justice, public health education, public health practice, and surveillance, among other topics. The focus will be on education, practice, and research conducted in Ohio or, if outside Ohio, relevant for Ohio public health. This is an on-line journal that will publish manuscripts on a rolling basis, compiled to form at minimum two issues per year.

Submission 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.

  • 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).
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format.
  • For all submissions other than Public Health in Action, authors have uploaded at least two files.
    • 1. FILE 1 Title page
      • Include article type and article title
      • Show names and affiliations of all authors. Co-author names and emails should also be entered in the contributor list at the time of submission.
      • Identify corresponding author and provide contact information
      • When needed, include author note with disclosure of conflicts of interest and research funding
      • Show any other acknowledgements
    • 2. FILE 2 Text of article including abstract and keywords.
      • Please blind or remove any information that potentially identifies authors to reviewers including citations of authors’ prior works.
      • Position tables in the article text.
      • After the manuscript text, and prior to the reference list, identify the contribution made by each listed author, referring to them by initials to preserve blinding. Refer to journal policies for authorship definitions.
      • Include appendices and other supplementary information if this information is needed for peer review
    • 3. OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL FILES
      • Cover letter to editor (alternately use the built-in discussion function in the submission portal);
      • Appendices including questionnaires or instruments
      • Any other supplementary information that is not essential for reviewers.
  • The text is double-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.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in the Submissions section. These include but are not limited to: use of article and reference formatting that is consistent with American Medical Association (AMA) 11th edition publication guidelines; content that demonstrates the clear relevance of the work to public health research, practice, or education in Ohio; adherence to applicable article type length guidelines.
  • DOIs or other URLs have been included for reference list items.
  • All figures, charts, graphs, and images include alt text.

Copyright Notice

This Author Agreement for the Ohio Journal of Public Health ("Agreement") is entered into by and between The Ohio State University, on behalf of its University Libraries ("Publisher") and the author ("Author").

For good and valuable consideration, Publisher and Author agree as follows: 

1. Author hereby grants to Publisher the right to publish, reproduce, distribute, translate, transmit and display his/her submitted work and an abstract thereof ("Work") in the Ohio Journal of Public Health in whole or in part and in all formats and all media. as well as to ensure accessibility of works under University policy and current web accessibility standards. Author also hereby grants to Publisher the right for Publisher to enter into agreements with third parties that grant such third parties any or all of the rights that Author has granted to Publisher herein. The aforementioned rights may include the rights necessary to index and abstract the Work. The Author agrees that any subsequent publication of the Work will credit Ohio Journal of Public Health as the site of first publication and provide a link to Ohio Journal of Public Health. This Agreement is subject to the terms and expectations outlined on Publisher's website (http://go.osu.edu/publishing-services). 

2. Author represents and warrants that: (1) they are the creator and rights holder of the Work; (2) Publisher's exercise of the rights granted to Publisher herein will not infringe or violate any copyright or any other right of a third party; (3) if the Work contains any third party content, they have obtained the unrestricted permission of the copyright owner or that use of third party material is allowed because the material is in the public domain or an appropriate fair use analysis has been performed and there is a reasonable belief that use is permitted and (4) the Work contains nothing libelous or otherwise unlawful. Author hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Publisher and its trustees, officers, employees, agents, and subgrantees from all claims related to Publisher's exercise of the rights granted to Publisher herein or related to the subject matter covered in Author's representations and warranties.

Ohio Journal of Public Health is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, to allow for certain types of reuse without permission. By submitting this agreement, the Author agrees to apply a CC BY 4.0 license to the Work upon publication.

Peer Review

OJPH uses a double-blind peer review process. The editor invites peer reviewers for each manuscript based on their content and/or methodological expertise.  Peer reviewers are strongly encouraged to consider reviewing revisions of the manuscript if invited to do so; the editor will endeavor to provide a similar time frame for revision reviews. Experienced scholars may collaborate on a peer review with a junior colleague or advanced graduate student; there is space to describe these collaborations in the reviewer form. The editor considers peer reviewer recommendations but takes responsibility for final decisions to accept, request revision, or reject articles.

Licences

The following licences are allowed:

  • Copyright
    © the author(s). All rights reserved.
  • CC BY 4.0
    Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
  • CC BY-ND 4.0
    Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
  • CC BY-NC 4.0
    Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
  • CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
    Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes. NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
  • CC BY-SA 4.0
    Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
  • imported
    None

Publication Fees

You should update this section to show any fees that your journal charges.

Publication Cycle

OJPH publishes articles on a rolling basis throughout the calendar year.

Sections

Sections submission information
Section or article type Public Submissions Peer Reviewed Indexed
COVID-19 Special Section Yes Yes Yes
Public Health Practice Yes Yes Yes
Commentary or Policy Yes Yes Yes
Letter/Op-Ed Yes Yes Yes
Public Health Education Yes Yes Yes
Full Issue Yes Yes Yes
Editorial Yes Yes Yes
Article Yes Yes Yes
Public Health Student Reflection Yes Yes Yes
Research Brief Reports Yes Yes Yes
Research Articles Yes Yes Yes
Research Brief Reports Yes Yes Yes
Letter/Op-Ed Yes Yes Yes
Public Health Practice Yes Yes Yes
Public Health Education Yes Yes Yes
Commentary or Policy Yes Yes Yes
Public Health Student Reflection Yes Yes Yes