AUTHOR GUIDELINE

Formatting:
o Use 1-inch margins on all sides.
o Left justify the text.
o Use the hanging indent for all.
o Double space throughout; do not use widow control.

Structure of manuscript

Title Page

The title page should include each author’s credentials, title/position, affiliation, and location
(city and state and/or country), and corresponding author and her/his e-mail address. The title
page should be submitted as a separate document to blind our reviewers to information about
the authors. See sample title page in the template.

Acknowledgments

Please acknowledge all sources of funding in an Acknowledgment Statement on the title page
of the manuscript. This is also an appropriate place to acknowledge assistance from non-
author colleagues in the development and production of a manuscript.

Abstract
Structured abstract. This summary of your article is normally no longer than 250 words.
You should divide your structured abstract of an original research article into the following
headings (as underlined): Background; Objectives; Methods(design, setting, participants, year
of data collection, total sample size, measures, data analysis
techniques); Results; Conclusions/Importance.
Each other type of article should have the following headings in the abstract: Background;
Objectives; Methods; Results; Conclusions/Importance.
Key words
Please provide at least 3 and no more than 6 key words. Key words related to the content of
the manuscript should be listed in alphabetical order and separated by commas.

Manuscript body

Manuscript pages should be numbered consecutively; running heads are not recommended. A
clear and concise writing style is required.

References
The reference section should start on a new page after the end of the body of the paper. The
list should represent current literature and appropriate historical references that have been
used in the body of the paper as citations or referenced in the tables and/or figures.
References should be limited to about 30 for research manuscripts. Reference need to format
according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA, 6th
ed.)

Tables
Tables are encouraged if they will help the reader better understand the text. Tables should be
self-explanatory and enhance, not duplicate, the text. Tables should be numbered, titled, and
referenced in the most appropriate section of the manuscript text. Tables should be placed as
close as possible to the table reference in the submission. Any abbreviations in the table
should be defined in a “Note.” below the table. Please number tables sequentially as they
appear in the paper.

Figures

Figures, including photographs, are encouraged if they will help the reader better understand
the text. Figures should be self-explanatory and enhance, not duplicate, the text. Figures can
be imbedded in the manuscript as long as they remain clear and easy to read. Otherwise,
submit them as separate files.
Example title page

The title of the manuscript is placed here: Subtitles follow a colon

1. XXXXX, BA
Affiliation, email address
2. XXXX, PhD, RN, ACRN, FAAN Carol (Pat)
Affiliation, email address
3. XXXXXX, PhD, RN, ACRN
Affiliation, email address

*Corresponding Author: xxxxxxx: xxxxxx@mac.com

Disclosures

The authors report no real or perceived vested interests that relate to this article that could
be construed as a conflict of interest.
OR
This study was funded in part by xxx Corporation and grant #1-234-5678 from xxxx.

Acknowledgments

Please acknowledge all sources of funding in an Acknowledgment Statement on the title

page of the manuscript. This is also an appropriate place to acknowledge assistance from
non- author colleagues in the development and production of a manuscript.
ABSTRACT

Background;
Objectives;
Methods;
Results;
Conclusions/Importance.

Keywords;
INTRODUCTION
State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed
literature survey or a summary of the results.

METHODS
Provide sufficient details to allow the work to be reproduced by an independent researcher.
Methods that are already published should be summarized, and indicated by a reference. If
quoting directly from a previously published method, use quotation marks and also cite the
source. Any modifications to existing methods should also be described.
Method should be consist of
Study design
Sample/participant
Instrument
Data collection procedure
Data analysis

RESULTS
Results should be clear and concise.
Authors should cite exact p-values for primary statistical tests. Addiction adopts the
conventional 5% value for statistical significance and does not accept terms such as ‘trend’
for cases where p<0.10. In general estimated values should include 95% confidence intervals
or Bayesian credibility intervals.

DISCUSSION
This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A combined
Results and Discussion section is often appropriate. Avoid extensive citations and discussion
of published literature.

CONSLUSION

The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions section, which
may stand alone or form a subsection of a Discussion or Results and Discussion section.
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