For Authors

PLEASE NOTE: Submit your manuscript as the first document in Scholastica, with author’s names NOT listed. Author’s names should be listed on the Cover Page.

Required Files for Submission

Manuscript in docx format (without author’s names for double blind peer review)
Cover letter (with author’s names)
Copyright Transfer Agreement
For case reports, Patient Consent Form

Author Checklist

This checklist is intended to serve as a guide to authors to ensure that all requirements are made before submitting to the HJH&SW. Authors are encouraged to follow this so the editors can focus more on the content and implications of the research rather than the formatting. This will hopefully decrease revision time to publication for the manuscripts. Please note: the journalʻs mission is to advance knowledge about health and social welfare, with a focus on the diverse peoples and unique environments of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific Islands. Only articles that fit within our scope will be considered. If you are unsure if your manuscript fits within our scope, please email hjhsw@hawaii.edu to inquire.
Author Checklist

Article types

The HJH&SW accepts research articles, columns from respective entities or schools, and supplements upon request. Articles must be directly related to the diverse peoples and unique environments of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific Islands. Below is a brief description of each of the categories the HJH&SW accepts with a link to the instructions to authors. Please carefully review the respective instructions before you submit. We have also provided a checklist above that will guide you in the submission process. Mahalo!

Research articles: original research, reviews, balanced viewpoints (ie, point/ counterpoint articles), case reports, editorials, and other categories of articles.
Instructions to Research Articles

Columns: submitted within partnership of the entities that financially support HJH&SW to disseminate information regarding their research, programs, goals, or current issues facing their respective fields. Columns are edited by the HJH&SW contributing editors, who are employees of the agencies that support the HJH&SW.
Instructions to Columns

Supplements: The Journal also partners with organizations, university divisions, and other research units to produce topic-specific issues of the journal known as supplements. Supplements must have educational value, be useful to HJH&SW readers, and contain data not previously published elsewhere.
Instructions to Supplements

Additional resources to guide you in the submission process

Style guide for the use of Native Hawaiian words and diacritical markings
Statistical guidelines
AMA Manual of Style
Reporting a randomized clinical trial: CONSORT Statement
Reporting an observational study: STROBE Statement
Reporting a Quality Improvement (QI) report: SQUIRE Statement
Reporting a systematic review: PRISMA Statement
Reporting Case Reports: CARE Guidelines

Publication details

Typically, the manuscript will be published 2-4 months after being accepted for publication. Drake, the Production Editor will give about 5 business days for proofread approval before accepting a final layout for publication.

See our Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement for more information.

Questions

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions can be found on our About page.