Authorship:

Obtaining the consent of each co-author on a work submitted to the PUA-IJHT is the responsibility of the corresponding author. Manuscript’s submission indicates that it is not published and that it will not be simultaneously submitted to or published elsewhere. 

The format of manuscripts:

Research articles should follow the standard scientific format (abstract, keywords, introduction, subjects and methods, results (with tables and figures as necessary), discussion, references, and acknowledgment (if any). The text should be typed double-spaced on A4-sized (30x21 cm) paper. A two cm margin should be left on both sides of the text, 3 cm wide margins at the top and bottom of the page. Pages should be numbered consecutively from the title page to the last page. All data should be expressed in units conforming to the International System (SI). 

Page of Abstract:

Title and authors:

• A title as short as possible (not more than 100 letters). 
• Details of all authors, including full name, professional title, and affiliation, department, name(s), institution (s), and city.

Abstract:

A short, self-explanatory abstract of 200-250 words should be submitted on a separate page, followed by a brief listing of carefully selected keywords and abbreviations, if any. An Arabic abstract should be submitted in the same format.

Keywords

Three to six keywords representing the main content of the article. 

Introduction:

Should include no more than one page with no data or conclusion from the study. 

Methods:

The methods section should include:

• The aim, design, and setting of the study.
• The characteristics of participants or the description of materials.
• a clear description of all processes, interventions, and comparisons. Generic drug names should generally be used. When proprietary brands are used in research, include the brand names in parentheses
• The type of statistical analysis used, including a power calculation if appropriate.

Results:

This should include the findings of the study, including, if appropriate, results of statistical analysis, which must be included either in the text or as tables and figures. 

Discussion:

This section should discuss the implications of the findings in the context of existing research and highlight limitations of the study. 

Conclusions:

This should state clearly the main conclusions and provide an explanation of the importance and relevance of the study reported. 

Tables:

Tables must be typed on separate pages (typed double-spaced) and should follow the discussion. All tables must be simple, numbered consecutively, and each must have a brief heading (in Latin numbers) describing its contents. Tables must be in order when referred to in the main text. 

Figure and Photographs:

Figures must be as simple as possible, (2D), black and white with a clear background. Its number, the name of the senior author, and an arrow indicating "top" should be typed on a gummed label and affixed to the back of each illustration. All figures must be numbered as cited in the text in consecutive numerical order. Photographs must be high-contrast, glossy, and black and white (When colours are unnecessary) prints and mounted with the preferred size between 10x13 and 13x18 cm.

References:

A List of references, double-spaced in alphabetical order, in the manuscript. Unpublished data will not be accepted as references.

• Books: should include authors, the title of the book, edition number, the city of publication, publisher, year, and specific age number.

Eg., Rubinson L, Neutens JJ. Research Technique for Health

Sciences. New York: MacMillan Publishing Company, 1987;81-114.

• Journal: should include authors, the title of the article, journal name, year, volume, and edition number, first and last page numbers.

Eg., Benhamour S, Benhamour E, Aquirer E, and Flamant R. Differential Lung Cancer Risk in Male Cigarette Smokers. Int. J. Epidemiol. 1994;23:437-443.

• Chapter in a book: should include the author of the chapter, the title of the chapter, the authors of the book, book title, book edition number, city of publication, publisher, year, and specific page number.

E.g., Martin AL. Information Systems for Human Resources. Management in: Fottler MD, Hernadez SR, and Joiner CL. Strategic Management of Human Resources in Health Services Organizations. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1988; 141 – 177.

NB.: For Articles with more than six authors, list the first six followed by et al. 

Declarations:

All manuscripts must contain the following sections under the heading 'Declarations':

• Ethics approval and consent to participate

Manuscripts reporting studies involving human participants, human data, or human tissue must:

• include a statement on ethics approval and consent (even where the need for approval was waived).
• Include the name of the ethics committee that approved the study and the committee’s reference number if appropriate.

Studies involving animals must include a statement on ethics approval, and for experimental studies involving client-owned animals, authors must also include a statement on informed consent from the client or owner.

If your manuscript does not report on or involve the use of any animal or human data or tissue, please state “Not applicable” in this section.

• Consent for publication:

If your manuscript contains any person’s data in any form (including any individual details, images, or videos), consent for publication must be obtained from that person, or in the case of children, their parent or legal guardian. All presentations of case reports must have consent for publication.

If your manuscript does not report on or involve the use of any human data, please state “Not applicable” in this section.

• Availability of data and materials:

Data availability statements can take one of the following forms (or a combination of more than one if required for multiple datasets):

The datasets generated and/or analysed during the current study are available in the [NAME] repository, [PERSISTENT WEB LINK TO DATASETS]

The datasets used and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

All data generated or analysed during this study are included in this published article [and its supplementary information files].

The datasets generated and/or analysed during the current study are not publicly available due to [REASON WHY DATA ARE NOT PUBLIC], but are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Data sharing does not apply to this article as no datasets were generated or analysed during the current study.

The data that support the findings of this study are available from [third party name], but restrictions apply to the availability of these data, which were used under license for the current study, and so are not publicly available. Data are, however, available from the authors upon reasonable request and with permission of [third party name].

Not applicable. If your manuscript does not contain any data, please state 'Not applicable' in this section.

• Competing interests

All financial and non-financial competing interests must be declared in this section.

Please use the authors' initials to refer to each author's competing interests in this section.

If you do not have any competing interests, please state "The authors declare that they have no competing interests" in this section.

• Funding

All sources of funding for the research reported should be declared. If the funder has a specific role in the conceptualization, design, data collection, analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript, this should be declared.

• Authors' contributions

The individual contributions of authors to the manuscript should be specified in this section. Please use initials to refer to each author's contribution in this section, for example: "FC analysed and interpreted the patient data regarding the haematological disease and the transplant. RH performed the histological examination of the kidney and was a major contributor in writing the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript."

• Acknowledgements

Please acknowledge anyone who contributed to the article who does not meet the criteria for authorship, including anyone who provided professional writing services or materials. If you do not have anyone to acknowledge, please write "Not applicable" in this section.

Article Processing Charge: 

Publication Charges:

The publication fee is payable only if a manuscript is accepted for publication. Colour figures are available for an extra charge. After a manuscript is approved, payment instructions will be issued throughout the publication process, and the invoice may be seen on the manuscript login page. A bank transfer or credit card can be used to make the payment.

Fees:

The submission fee is 500 Egyptian Pounds for authors from Egypt and 50 US Dollars for authors from other countries. This cost must be covered by the authors when they submit their manuscripts for review.   
Publication Fee: 150 US dollars for authors who are not Egyptian, 1500 Egyptian pounds for Egyptian authors. After the article is accepted, the writers are required to pay this cost. Payment of the publication fee is necessary to defray the costs of the publishing process and must be made before journal indexing and archiving, copyediting, and open-access release.

For authors in need, print copies can be obtained for 150 Egyptian Pounds (or 25 USD)/5 copies. To acquire print copies, authors must complete an application. In addition, we are pleased to provide writers free access to the journal's eBook in PDF format.

Copyright policy:

The journal allows the author(s) to hold the copyright and to retain publishing rights without any restrictions.

For more information:

This work is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Plagiarism:
The journal has a strict policy against plagiarism. All submitted manuscripts are checked for plagiarism using professional plagiarism-checking software. Submitted manuscripts with an unacceptable similarity index resulting from plagiarism are rejected immediately.