ISQUA JOURNAL  

The International Journal for Quality in Health Care

The Official Journal of The International Society for Quality in Health Care

The International Journal for Quality in Health Care makes activities and research related to quality and safety in health care available to a worldwide readership. The Journal publishes papers in all disciplines related to the quality and safety of health care, including health services research, health care evaluation, technology assessment, health economics, utilization review, cost containment and nursing care research, as well as clinical research related to quality of care.

This peer-reviewed journal is truly interdisciplinary and includes contributions from representatives of all health professions such as doctors, nurses, quality assurance professionals, managers, politicians, social workers and therapists, as well as researchers from health-related backgrounds.

Non-members who wish to obtain the Journal (IntJQHC) can Contact ISQua or got to the Oxford University Press web page.

SUBMIT ABSTRACTS ONLINE

On-line manuscript submission and handling processes now apply. Go to the Journal's web page at Oxford University Press. Only electronic submissions of manuscripts are now being received. The site also includes instructions for authors in manuscript preparation.

Journal contents

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ISQua members and subscribers can access Journal articles ONLINE.
To gain access, you must have your current subscriber number. Members can contact ISQua for this. It is also printed on the mailer sheet for the Journal. Follow the Journal ONLINE directions to register. Online addresses are updated weekly.

Journal Editorial Committee and Deputy Editors

At the beginning of 2004 Professor Thomas Perneger, at the University of Geneva, took up the position of Editor for the Journal and the Editorial Commitee for 2007-2008 is :

Deputy Editors
Robert Gibberd, AUSTRALIA
Jerod Loeb USA
Rosa Sunol, SPAIN
Kieran Walshe UK

Editorial Committee Members 2007 - 2009
Linda Aiken, USA
Richard Alvarez, CANADA
Giovanni Apolone, ITALY
David Ballard, USA
Sabina de Geest, SWITZERLAND
Cliff Hughes, AUSTRALIA
Margarita P Hurtado, USA
Yuichi Imanaka, JAPAN
Niek Klazinga, NETHERLANDS
Austin Leahy, IRELAND
Sang-Il Lee, SOUTH KOREA
Jan Mainz, DENMARK
Jonathan Mant, UK
Vin McLoughlin, UK
José de Noronha, BRAZIL
Avi Porath, ISRAEL
Haya Rubin, USA
Pedro J Saturno, SPAIN
Christophe  Segouin, FRANCE
Hans-Konrad Selbmann, GERMANY
Andrew Thompson, SCOTLAND
Saul Weingart, USA
Jennifer Zelmer, CANADA

Writing for publication - a guide for new authors

'Writing for publication - a guide for new authors': There was a very enthusiastic response to this article first published in the Methodology Matters section of the October 2001 issue of The International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Volume 13, Number 5: pp417-421.

Extract from abstract:
"New authors can acquire experience in writing a paper through a systematic thought process that includes consideration of what journal readers and editors want and if the work is ready for publication. The most important part of writing an abstract is to think through the key ideas and messages for readers and then to organize the ideas into a logical structure. Writing clear answers to 10 key questions may be one way to start the process."

With the kind permission of the author, Nancy Dixon, Healthcare Quality Quest, UK (ndixon@hqq.co.uk), this article is now available on-line as a .pdf document.
'Writing for publication - a guide for new authors'