To submit an article online, and to check the status of your submission, you need to have an account with Health, Interprofessional Practice and Education
Don't have an account? Register Here.
Start SubmissionHealth and Interprofessional Practice seeks to publish work that:
The journal will judge only the relevance and scientific merit of work submitted. Potential impact/visibility of work will not be considered an important factor in publication decisions.
HIPE charges no author fee for submission or publication of papers.
HIPE utilizes an online submission management system. After reviewing the submission guidelines below and ensuring that your submission conforms to the requirements, please click the Submit to HIPE link to the left. You will first need to create an account, and will then be able to proceed through the submission process.
NOTE: When creating your account, please use an email address that you regularly use; all editorial correspondence will be sent to your registered address.
Submissions to HIPE should adhere to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition). Accordingly, the in-text author/date form of parenthetical citation should be used when citing others’ work. The reference list at the end of the manuscript should be arranged alphabetically. For authors unfamiliar with APA style, tutorials are available from the APA.
Submissions to Health and Interprofessional Practice must comply with ALL items on the following checklist. Non-compliant submissions will be returned to authors for revision before any further consideration.
In addition to the general guidelines outlined above, submissions must comply with guidelines specific to the category of submission.
Note: There is no page or word limit for manuscripts submitted to HIPE unless specifically noted in the section descriptions below. However, if a particularly extensive manuscript is accepted, the editors may encourage the author to publish it in instalments (either in the same issue or in consecutive issues).
All original theory and research articles must include a structured abstract of no more than 250 words. The structure of the abstract should mirror the required sections for each paper type outlined below (excluding the literature review section).
All theory and research articles must include, immediately below the abstract on the same page, a section entitled "Implications for Interprofessional Practice." Within this section, authors must provide 3-5 items (arranged in a numerical list) that describe in plain language the implications of the study's findings for either practice, education or both. Authors should focus on why the manuscript should be of concern/interest and how its conclusions will impact either patient care or practitioner education. It will benefit authors to understand the review criteria for this manuscript type.
The reviewers' critique criteria for Original Theory and Research manuscripts is available at: original theory research reviewer template.
All theory articles should include the following primary sections (slight deviations are permissible if the topic requires them):
All research articles must adhere to the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts outlined by ICMJE in all matters of substance and ethics. Research articles should include the following primary sections (subordinate sections will vary by paper):
Guidance for manuscript style for both theory and research articles should be derived from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th Edition).
As appropriate, authors are encouraged to submit supplementary audio-visual materials to illustrate the techniques or practices discussed in their articles. Videos will be posted alongside published articles. Note: If subjects other than the author(s) are pictured in the video, signed releases from the video participants will be required before videos are posted to the journal website.
Submissions to this section may include either case reports or case conferences. Case reports should focus on interprofessional care experiences and suggest strategies for successful interprofessional treatment of specific conditions. Case conferences should present cases and relevant materials necessary for the presentation of an interactive case conference. Case conferences should necessitate the involvement of at least two (2) health professions.
Case reports should adhere to the following format (subheadings may be added to the Case Presentation and Discussion sections as necessary):
The Discussion section should focus on the challenges, opportunities, benefits or strategies that were presented through the use of interprofessional care in this specific case.
Case reports that do not include a statement of patient consent will not be accepted for review and publication. The author(s) must have obtained written consent from the patient to use his/her case for the purposes of publication. This document must be available for editorial review at any time, but should not be submitted with the manuscript. An example of language that is appropriate for this statement is provided by the Journal of Medical Case Reports: "Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and accompanying images. A copy of the written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal."
Case conferences should use the following suggested format (deviations are acceptable where appropriate):
Case conferences should be certain to emphasize points where interprofessional communication/collaboration would be beneficial to patient care. If possible, cases should not be about specific patients (if so, consent is needed as with case reports).
Articles that provide descriptions of educational programs or pedagogies within an interprofessional framework, or which offer a programmatic evaluation of an interprofessional educational activity, but which do not qualify as original research/theory or review articles, should be submitted for this section. It will benefit authors to understand the review criteria for this manuscript type.
The reviewers' critique template for Educational Strategies manuscripts is available at: educational strategies reviewer template.
Educational Strategies should use the following suggested format (deviations are acceptable where appropriate):
Articles that address cross-cultural competencies relevant for multiple professions, but which do not qualify as original research or review articles, should be submitted for this section.
Systematic reviews or meta-analyses may be submitted for this section. Reviews should adhere to the guidelines outlined by the PRISMA Statement.
Submissions to this section should be brief (1,000-2,000 words) narrative communications from student(s) discussing their interprofessional learning in classroom, simulation, laboratory, community, and/or clinical environments. Submissions should focus on what the student(s) have learned related to interprofessional competencies and compare it to current literature. A discussion on the knowledge, skills and/or behaviors which the student can integrate into their future practice that supports interprofessional growth should be included.
Appropriate submissions include critical reviews of books addressing interprofessional education or practice, health services research methods or cross-cultural care. Critical reviews of online evidence-based resources (e.g. new indexes, databases, information systems, point of care resources, etc.) are also encouraged. Only online resources with practical application to education or care should be reviewed.
Book reviews will be published as both text and podcasts. Authors may submit their own podcast but if they do not, a podcast of their written submission will be created by the journal.
The editorial staff welcomes contributions that comment on the challenges and opportunities of interprofessional care or education, on the scope of practice issues, on the delivery of culturally competent care or other relevant topics. Submissions should reflect the views of the author, but should also be substantiated with citations to relevant literature as appropriate.
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 author(s) named in this submission must have approved the work for publication, have agreed to submit the Article to the Journal, and accept full responsibility for the content of the Article.
If there are multiple authors named in this submission, and you are the corresponding author, you must have obtained assurances from your co-authors of the items listed in (2) above prior to submission and must have the authority to enter into this agreement on their behalf.
The Article must be the Author(s) original work and must not contain any libellous or unlawful statements or infringe on the rights or privacy of others or contain material or instructions that might cause harm or injury.
The Article must not have been previously published, is not pending review elsewhere, and will not be submitted for review elsewhere pending the completion of the editorial decision process at the Journal.
If your Article is accepted for publication, you agree to grant to Health and Interprofessional Practice exclusive, worldwide first publication rights for the Article. You further agree to grant to Health and Interprofessional Practice a non-exclusive license to publish, print, copy, transmit, display, distribute, archive, revise, and create new works derived from the Article (including the right to grant sublicenses to third parties to do all of the foregoing), for the duration of the Article’s copyright, in all languages, throughout the world, in all media and formats. Author agrees and acknowledges that the foregoing license creates the right, but not an obligation, for Health and Interprofessional Practice to do any or all of the foregoing.
If your Article is accepted for publication in Health and Interprofessional Practice, you agree to the following terms of licensing/copyright ownership:
By clicking Accept you agree and consent to the Submission Agreement and the Journal policies.