Call for Submissions  |  Submission Guidelines  |  Preparation and Submission of Manuscripts

 
Call for Submissions
Graduate Research Online Publications is inviting submissions of original research and other scholarly work for publication on-line in Graduate Research in Nursing or Research for Nursing Practice. The following formats are suggested but not required:
  • Full articles: 10 - 15 pages double spaced, not including references and illustrations
  • Research briefs: 3 - 4 pages double spaced, not including references and illustrations
  • Case presentations: 1 - 3 pages plus no more than 3 references and no more than one illustration
  • Abstracts: 1 - 2 pages plus no more than 5 references and no illustrations
Submissions should not have been published before nor should they be submitted simultaneously elsewhere. Podium or poster presentations are not considered publication unless an abstract was printed in a set of proceedings.  If so, permission to publish the same abstract should be obtained from the publisher of the proceedings and included in submission.

Manuscripts should be written in Word, Word Perfect or text format (Sorry, no Mac format at this time) and should conform to APA style. 

Submissions should be sent either in the body of an email, as an attachment (Word 6.0 or earlier or text format) to an email or on a 3.5 inch diskette to: Graduate Research LLC, 2917 East Manchester Drive, Tucson, Arizona, 85716.

Hard copy manuscripts (i.e. on paper) will not be accepted for publication and will not be returned to the author.  To avoid disappointment, do not send hard copy manuscripts, please.

Inquiries may be sent via email to the editor or call (520) 318-9946 during normal business hours (Mountain Standard Time).

All submissions will be acknowledged by e-mail.  Authors may be contacted for clarification and editorial changes, but peer review will occur on-line after publication.

Accepted manuscripts will become the property of Graduate Research in Nursing and Graduate Research LLC. All authors must sign a Copyright Transfer and Warranty Agreement which must accompany the submission.  This does not mean that you give up your right to any future developments based on the manuscript.

In their submission, all authors must disclose any interest (commercial or financial) they may have in any product or service that is the subject of their study.  They must also disclose the source of any support or funding (monetary or material) they have received for the study.

Call for Submissions  |  Submission Guidelines  |  Preparation and Submission of Manuscripts


Submission Guidelines Graduate Research in Nursing Research for Nursing Practice
Editorial Focus The focus of this journal is to publish original nursing research and other scholarly work by graduate students in nursing in a timely, easy-to-read, and accessible manner.

Well written class papers with information that would be useful to other graduate students in nursing are suitable as are research proposals, abstracts and research project reports.  If you have any questions about what you can submit, contact the editor.

 The focus of this journal is to publish original nursing research, articles and case studies relevant to nursing practice settings and to do so in a timely, easy-to-read, and accessible manner. 
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Peer Review The editorial review board will review all published articles. Reviews will be published along with articles. Students, faculty and nurses as a whole are also encouraged to participate in the review process through questions, comments, and suggestions for authors.  This process will help our graduate students in their development of new nursing knowledge.

In addition to tables and graphic depictions of results, authors are free to submit their data (within limitations of space) in a separate file, or make data available for other researchers to share.  The latter is recommended to avoid copyright complications.

 The editorial review board will review all published articles. Reviews will be published along with articles. In addition, on-line peer review and feedback will promote interaction over research findings, sharing of findings, -  even data -, and will bring the practical relevance of research into sharper focus for practicing nurses.
Acceptance for Publication Although we maintain and encourage high quality standards and expectations, our focus in GRN  is not so much on the research process itself, - except in the case of methodology papers, -  as on research findings and their usefulness to nurses and graduate students in nursing.

 It is our intention to encourage, not limit the dissemination of findings.  Therefore, all suitable work submitted will be published.  Authors will be notified of acceptance by email within 5 days .

Please see our publication calendar for deadlines and publication dates.

 Although we maintain and encourage high quality standards and expectations, our focus in RNP is not on the research process itself, as much as on research findings and their usefulness to nurses.

It is our intention to encourage, not limit the sharing of knowledge to the world of nursing.

Please see our publication calendar for deadlines and publication dates.
Language Articles from all parts of the world are welcomed, but must be submitted in English. Articles from all parts of the world are welcomed, but must be submitted in English. 
Purpose The purpose of GRN's relatively simple submission process is to facilitate the sharing of graduate student work and encourage students to begin to submit their work for publication. By seeing their work online and receiving feedback students will hopefully attempt submission of other work to the more traditional nursing research journals.  We encourage instructors to include submission to GRN as a course requirement for their students. The goal is to publish site based, original research about nursing and nursing interventions in a way that is readily understood and useful to practicing nurses
Authors Students at masters, doctoral and post-doctoral levels are encouraged to submit original articles. Nurses working in or researching practice settings are invited to submit articles which they do not intend to publish elsewhere.

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Preparation and Submission of Manuscripts

        General Instructions and Suggestions

  • Manuscripts must be received in "soft copy", either in the body of an email (preferred), as an attachment (Word 6.0 or earlier or text file only) or by mail on a 3.5 in floppy disk. Hard copy manuscripts will be returned to the authors.
  • Use the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 4th edition, for all elements of style and referencing.  Exceptions may be made if the paper is already written using another reference for style.  Please, contact the editor.
  • Stay well within the suggested number of pages for each type of article.  Remember, you are writing for the web.  People want to see concise information as well as detail.  Therefore, make sure you leave out unnecessary language.
  • Your title should reflect the subject matter as closely as possible.  Avoid long, two-part titles. (Please....!)
  • Take advantage of the medium by including visuals: graphs, photos (make sure you have signed permission of any people in the photos, we will ask for a copy for our files).  You may consider including your raw data if the data can fit on a single page on the screen.  You can also make your data available with permission after direct contact with you. The latter is recommended to avoid copyright complications.
  • Be consistent in how you report physical measures and statistics.  For example, if you report means with standard deviation or temperature in degrees" F(C)" in one place, be sure you do it throughout.  If you find statistical significance, report the probability level.

    •         Abstracts

  • No more than 100 words, giving the main points of the paper, including the main gist of the following sections:
  • Objectives:  The main objectives or questions addressed in the study.
  • Design:  Describe the study design briefly.
  • Setting :  Briefly describe the setting in which the study took place, including level of care, size, which region of which country,
  • Participants: Briefly describe who the participants were.
  • Methods: Briefly describe your interventions or method and how they were used.
  • Findings:  Briefly report your outcomes or findings.  Make sure you answer your questions or meet your objectives.
  • Conclusions:  Briefly state what conclusions can be supported by your findings and what further work needs to be done on the question.

    •         Full Length Articles 

    • Include the following sections at a minimum:
    • Abstract:  No more than 75 words, giving the main points of the paper, including the main gist of the sections below.
    • Objectives:  The main objective or question addressed in the study, hypotheses, if any.
    • Background:  Lay out the rationale for your study and review relevant literature.
    • Design:  Describe the study design briefly, including use of randomization, blinding, standards etc.
    • Setting :  Describe the setting in which the study took place, including level of care, size, which region of which country,
    • Participants:  Describe how participants were selected, based on which criteria, how many etc.
    • Methods:  Describe all interventions, instruments etc. that were used to give you your findings and how they were applied.
    • Findings:  Report your outcomes or findings. Include statistics, but make them as direct as possible and avoid jargon.  Make sure you answer your questions or meet your objectives.
    • Conclusions:  Report what conclusions can be supported by your findings, giving equal significance to positive and negative findings.  Suggest where the study was deficient (every study is) and what further work needs to be done on the question.
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      Research Briefs
    • Include the same headings as in the full article, but keep each section to a few paragraphs.
      Case Presentations
    • Describe the patient, particular nursing problems, how the case was handled, and the eventual outcome for the patient.
    If you are unsure of the best format  to present your material, contact the editor.
     

    Submissions should be incorporated in the body of an email, sent as an attachment, or sent on a 3.5 inch diskette to: Graduate Research LLC, 2917 East Manchester Drive, Tucson, Arizona, 85716. Copyright transfer and conflict of interest statement should be mailed or FAXed.  Inquiries may be sent via email to: najamck@graduateresearch.com  or phone during normal business hours (Mountain Standard Time).

    Phone: (520) 318-9946
    FAX: (520) 318-3022

    Important:
    Authors should print out and complete a copy of both the copyright and warranty agreement and the conflict of interest statement, sign them and mail them in hard copy to Graduate Research, LLC or FAX to:
    (520) 318-9946
     

    Mailing address:  Graduate Research LLC, 2917 East Manchester St., Tucson, AZ, 85716.

     

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