Author's guide

Table of contents

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION.. 2
APPROVAL, REVIEW AND ACCEPTANCE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 3

2.1 Confidentiality. 3

2.1.1. The peer review process. 3

2.1.2. Manuscript 4

GENERAL INFORMATION.. 4

3.1. Authorship. 4

3.2. Prior and secondary publication. 4

3.3. Protection of the rights of research participants. 5

3.4. Disclosure of the content of the manuscript prior to publication. 5

3.5. Changes to the article’s content after publication. 5

3.6. Ethical publishing. 5

STRUCTURE OF MANUSCRIPTS. 6

4.1. Original Article. 6

4.1.1. Research. 6

4.1.2. Critical Review.. 6

4.1.3. Agora. 6

4.2. Short Reviews. 7

4.3. Other articles. 7

4.4. Comments. 8

FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS OF MANUSCRIPTS. 8

5.1. File format and word processing. 8

5.2. Title. 8

5.3. Explanations. 8

5.4. References. 8

5.4.1. References in the text 8

5.4.2. List of references. 9

5.5. Figures, tables. 11

5.6. Acknowledgements. 12

5.7. Spelling. 12

5.8. Supplementary materials. 12

PROFESSIONAL PEER REVIEW CRITERIA. 13

The mission of Health Promotion is to contribute to raising the standards of public health in Hungary through professional communication. The Journal publishes articles on the theory and international and national practice of health promotion and public health, primarily in Hungarian (or in English in case of individual evaluation), which may be of particular use to all those who are directly or indirectly involved in health promotion. The target audience is thus not only health professionals but also professionals from other sectors, such as education or social services.

Submitted manuscripts will be classified by the Editorial Office under one of the following types: original articles, reviews, other articles, and comments. The different requirements for each article type are detailed in the Guidelines as follows.

The Editorial Board has prepared the Guidelines based on the main principles of the Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals developed by the International Committee of Medical Journals Editors (www.icmje.org). For more information about the Journal, please browse the journal's website or contact csizmadia.peter@nnk.gov.hu.

1. MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION

To speed up the review process and make it more transparent, since 2016 manuscripts can only be submitted to the Health Promotion journal electronically, using the Open Journal System (OJS) editorial software. Communication with authors or readers is also done electronically via email through this system.

Manuscripts for submission should follow the Author Guidelines presented on and downloadable from the journal's website.

To use the system and submit your manuscript, you must register in advance on the Journal's website (https://ojs.mtak.hu/index.php/egfejl). After registration, you can start submitting manuscripts by clicking on "New submission". If you encounter any problems or have any questions while using the system, you can ask for help by sending an e-mail to folyoirat@nnk.gov.hu.

As the journal can also be browsed in English, please provide the information (including author(s)' name(s), workplace, the title of the article, and, if relevant, abstract, keywords) in English also upon registering and submitting your manuscript, both on the Title Page form and in OJS. In the OJS, please do NOT enter a title in the Preferred name field under Author details. For each author, please also fill in the Affiliation field (the official name of the institution and city in Hungarian, official name of the institution, city, and country in English).

The manuscript to be uploaded should contain only the title, abstract, and keywords of the article in English and Hungarian, the main text (including figures and tables inserted in the text), and the list of references in the language of the article (English or Hungarian). Any other information that helps to identify the authors should be provided in the Title Page form. So, do not include the author(s)' name(s), affiliations, or any acknowledgments in the manuscript!

Manuscripts that do not comply with the Author Guidelines will not be approved by the Editorial Board, and authors will be notified of the need for revision. The corrected manuscript should be re-uploaded within the already started submission process.

When uploading an Original Article, authors have the opportunity to specify in the "Comments to the Editor" section within OJS which expert(s) they would like to exclude from the peer review process

As part of the manuscript submission, the author is required to provide the details of the article using the title page form. Without this, the manuscript will not be approved!

2. APPROVAL, REVIEW, AND ACCEPTANCE OF MANUSCRIPTS

The Editorial Office will screen the submitted manuscripts for plagiarism and compare them with the requirements described in the Guidelines and will respond to the author within five working days on approving the manuscript or on the revisions required according to the Guidelines for the sake of approval.

Once the manuscript is approved, the article will be assigned to an editor. Manuscripts submitted under the Original Article type (see later) will go under a peer review process, with one peer reviewer evaluating the manuscript as a whole and, if necessary, another reviewer evaluating the statistical methodology. (The peer review criteria are presented at the end of the present Guidelines.) The Editorial Board decides on the acceptance of the manuscript for publication (considering the peer review for Original Articles and, if necessary, inviting a new peer reviewer), and the Editor informs the author on the decision by e-mail, indicating the changes they consider necessary for the publication of the manuscript.

The author returns the accordingly revised manuscript to the editor within one month, who verifies the changes. (If the Author does not meet this deadline, the manuscript will be archived by the Editorial Office.) The manuscript is then sent to the reading editor, who also proofreads the manuscript, suggesting changes to the language and, where appropriate, to the content, and checking for grammatical correctness. The author has three days to make the changes requested by the reading editor. Once the proofreading is complete, the typescript is finalized by the copyeditor and sent back to the reading editor for further proofreading, who returns the final typescript to the author for approval. The author has two days to request changes to the manuscript once it has been typescripted. If the author does not provide feedback on the typescripted manuscript, it will be considered accepted by the author. The author will be notified when the final approved manuscript is published.

2.1 Confidentiality

2.1.1. The peer review process

Manuscripts submitted under the Original article type are considered confidentially. The peer reviewer will receive the article without any references to the author if it is technically possible. Unless the expert(s) themselves declare otherwise, they shall remain anonymous to the author. If further experts comment on the manuscript, they will receive the comments of the previous expert(s) without their names. Peer reviewers are required to report any competing interests with the supposed authors or with the research presented and should exclude themselves from handling the manuscript.

2.1.2. Manuscript

Information about the manuscript and its evaluation process will only be given by the Editorial Office to the author and the reviewer. The peer reviewer(s) may not make copies of the article or its details for their own use.

3. GENERAL INFORMATION

The Editorial Office will only deal with a submitted manuscript if the author of the manuscript declares the following in advance in the OJS:

the article has not been previously published elsewhere and is not under simultaneous consideration by another journal;
clearly indicated the work of others by correct and consistent references; in the case of using their previous publications, they referred to them and did not quote longer passages from them without indicating a citation (filling in the plagiarism and self-plagiarism statement is mandatory);
waives the right to the first publication of the article in favor of Health Promotion;
on the Journal's website, the publication is available free of charge to the public, and it may be used freely, provided the source is properly cited;
in case of a legal issue, the current legislation on the rights and obligations of the Author and the Publisher, in particular, the guidelines of Act LXXVI of 1999 on Copyrights pertains;
the final version of the manuscript has been read and approved by all co-authors.

3.1. Authorship

Authorship is warranted if the contribution of the person to the preparation of the manuscript covers either of the following: design or analysis and interpretation of data; drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; preparation of the final version to be published. Participants other than the author(s) shall be mentioned in the Acknowledgements or a separate appendix.

3.2. Prior and secondary publication

The secondary publication is generally not accepted, but sometimes justifiable, provided certain conditions are met.

if the work has been presented as a preliminary report (preprint) in the context of a scientific meeting, as an abstract or poster, or in conference proceedings;
if the work is translated or it is intended for a different group of readers, provided that both journals have authorized the secondary publication.

In the title of the secondary publication, marked as a footnote, the original publication shall be cited in full.

The submitted manuscript should not contain parts of previously published works or manuscripts submitted for publication or accepted elsewhere but not yet published. At the time of submission, the Editorial Board must be informed of the inclusion of any material previously published or is under consideration in other manuscripts (attaching a copy of the manuscript or article published in the printed or electronic press). This can be uploaded in the OJS under "Notes to the Editor".

3.3. Protection of the rights of research participants

The ethical compliance of the research and the disclosure of its results - provided the research has been granted an ethical approval - must be certified by an ethical approval number. If a study has not been granted ethics committee approval but involved human participants, it mustn't violate the provisions of the Helsinki Declaration. If doubt exists whether the research complies with the ethical standards and the authors cannot adequately clarify the issue, the Editorial Board will not approve the manuscript.

Identifying details of participants should not be published in the main text or the figures unless the participant gave written informed consent for publication. Informed consent for publication should be indicated in the manuscript.

3.4. Disclosure of the content of the manuscript before publication

The full content or parts of an accepted, but not yet published manuscript shall be disclosed by the author only after the Journal has published it.

An exception is if the author reports serious adverse health effects in the article or the letter, however in this case the prior consent of the Editorial Board must be also obtained.

3.5. Changes to the article’s content after publication

If the authors find an error in the content of the publication, they may publish it as an Erratum alongside the original article. Changes to the authors and the order of authorship can only be made if a related justified request, signed by all authors, is received by the Editorial Office. A request for the withdrawal of authorship or the publication of an apology may also be made in writing to the Editorial Office, stating the reasons for the request. Requests of this type should be sent directly to the Editor-in-Chief via e-mail: vitrai.jozsef@gmail.com.

3.6. Ethical publishing

Health Promotion is committed to upholding the integrity of the scientific record. Accordingly, it adopts and follows the recommended guidelines of the COPE Code of Conduct for Journal Editors and the Core Practices. Our authors are required to comply with the standards for reporting accurate data, clearly indicate the work of others through correct and consistent citations, and declare any potential conflicts of interest.

If a breach of ethical principles is raised, the Editorial Board will first consult with the authors to clarify the issues. If necessary, a publication ethics expert will be consulted. If a serious ethical breach is discovered after publication, the paper will be withdrawn.

4. STRUCTURE OF MANUSCRIPTS

4.1. Original Article

Depending on the type of article, the following guidelines are recommended:

For observational and non-experimental studies (ecological, cross-sectional, cohort and case-control studies): STROBE (Strengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology) guidelines
For randomized controlled trials (RCTs): CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) guidelines
For systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses: PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) recommendations (Annals of internal medicine 2009; 151:W-65–W-94.). Regardless of the recommendation, a detailed presentation of the methodology (search strategy, databases, data sources, inclusion and exclusion criteria) is required in all cases.
For meta-analyses based on randomized controlled trials: The Cochrane Collaboration guidelines.
For meta-analyses based on observational epidemiological studies: The MOOSE (Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology) guideline (JAMA 2000;283:2008–2012).
When analyzing the accuracy of bio-medical methods (e.g., screening tests, interventions): STARD recommendations.

4.1.1. Research

These are original research manuscripts, the authors shall present their research findings and conclusions based on them in the light of the backgrounds and international data.

Required structure:

A maximum of 500 words Abstract in Hungarian and English (Introduction/Background, Methodology, Results, Conclusions)
Keywords (3-5, in lower case initials, separated by semicolons - to be entered in OJS one by one - separated by Enter)
Introduction (required content: background/antecedents, research aims/research questions)
Methodology
Results (including sample characteristics)
Discussion
Conclusions
List of references

The main text shall not exceed 3000 words, excluding tables, keywords, figures, and references.

4.1.2. Critical Review

These publications summarize and critically evaluate the literature on a specific topic, selected by the author using a preset methodology. The preset search-, selection- and evaluation methodology should be described in the manuscript.

Required structure:

A maximum 500 words Abstract in Hungarian and English (Introduction/Background, Methodology, Results, Conclusions)
Keywords (3-5, in lower case initials, separated by semicolons - to be entered in OJS one by one - separated by Enter)
Introduction (required content: background/antecedents, research aims/research questions)
Methodology
Results
Discussion
Conclusions
List of references

The main text shall not exceed 3000 words, excluding tables, keywords, figures, and references.

4.1.3. Agora

The aim is to promote a constructive professional dialogue by publishing opinions, ideas, and discussion papers in the field of health promotion. The views expressed in the Agora type are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Editorial Board.

Required structure:

A maximum of 500 words Abstract in Hungarian and English (Introduction/ Background, Opinion, Conclusions)
Keywords (3-5, in lower case initials, separated by semicolons - to be entered in OJS one by one - separated by Enter)
Introduction (required content: background/antecedents, aims/questions)
Opinion
Conclusions
List of references

The main text shall not exceed 3000 words, excluding tables, keywords, figures, and references.

4.2. Short Reviews

Under the Short Reviews type, it is possible to submit a short summary of articles published and peer reviewed elsewhere (Article Review), or a short introduction to a book or publication (Book Review), or a recommendation of the current issue of another journal (Recommendation). Within the Short Reviews, the Policy papers subsection presents concepts, recommendations, directives, and methodological guidelines in the field of health promotion, as well as resolutions, key working papers, reports, or other key documents, and web pages of national and international public health organizations.

Required structure:

The title was chosen by the author in Hungarian (also in English). The first word of the title should be the name of the sub-type in the following format: Article review: Title; Book review: Title; Review: Title; Policy paper: Title. [For example Article review: System-based prevention of childhood obesity - N3.0 in practice]
Exact bibliographical reference of the article/book/document/website etc. to be reviewed (see later)
If the length of the text requires it, a Hungarian and an English Abstract of up to 500 words may be included, the structure of which is left to the Author.
Keywords (3-5, in lower case initials, separated by semicolons - to be entered in OJS one by one - separated by Enter)
Text of the review (preferably following the original structure of the reviewed document)
In the end, the key message for Hungarian professionals formulated in 3 to 5 sentences by the reviewer, placed under the subheading "Recommendations for Hungarian professionals"
List of references (in case the author cites other publications than the reviewed one)

The length of the main text shall not exceed 1000 words (3500 words for a Policy paper), excluding keywords, figures, tables, and references.

4.3. Other articles

The Other articles include preliminary calls for or follow-up information on professional events, as well as profiles of professional organizations or outstanding professionals. The author decides on the relevant structure of the articles included here. It shall not exceed 300 words.

4.4. Comments

Under this article type, comments and opinions related to an article published in Health Promotion (or in exceptional cases elsewhere) can be disclosed. The title of the comment may be chosen by the author, but the first sentence must refer to the publication to which the comment relates. The author may also refer to other literature. The length of the comment shall not exceed 500 words.

5. FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS OF MANUSCRIPTS

5.1. File format and word processing

Please submit your manuscript in Microsoft Word (doc, docx) or rtf format. The text of the manuscript should be in 11-point Calibri font, single-spaced, justified, with no bolding or underlining outside the headings. Please make sure that the order (level) of the headings is clear.

In both the text and the tables, enter up to one decimal place, except it is necessary for making a distinction between the numerical values. Do not use the ± sign to indicate standard deviation, use the abbreviation "SD" instead. Exceptions are p-values for statistical tests, where 3 decimal places other than 0 are to be presented.

You can find the corresponding Hungarian equivalents of the statistical terms here: https://www.biostat.hu/biostat-szotar/. Use the Greek letter χ2 for the abbreviation of the chi-square.

5.2. Title

The Hungarian and English title of the article should be as short as possible (maximum 140 characters with spaces in both languages) and attract attention, without containing abbreviations or references. Please include the title in both languages in the OJS, on the Title Page, and in the main text. The Editorial Board may make suggestions as to the title of the article.

5.3. Explanations

Explanations and notes to the articles should be included in a footnote, marked as 1, 2, 3, etc., in 10-point Calibri font!

5.4. References

In the Journal, citations follow the current recommendations of the American Psychological Association (APA) (7th edition).

5.4.1. References in the text

The form of in-text citations depends on the number of authors and whether the author wants to cite within a sentence or at the end of a sentence, in brackets. In-text citations can be made either according to the English or the Hungarian reference system, i.e. "&" or "and", and "et al." or "and colleagues" can also be used, but they must remain consistent throughout the article. In the case of one or two authors, the surnames should be spelled out in the in-text references, and in the case of two authors, the 'and' or '&' should be inserted between the surnames. In the case of three to five authors, all surnames should be spelled out upon their first appearance, and from then onwards only the first author and the expression "et al." shall be used. In the case of more than five authors, the first reference already should spell out only the first author and the co-authors as "et al.".

The following text describes in English the different possible forms of reference:

"Dietetics as a science of nutrition has several key roles (Szabó and Kis, 2002). In the various areas of medicine diet counseling is a task worth highlighting (Németh et al., 2002; Veresné Bálint, 2004) and, as Szabó, Kovács, and Lakatos (2008) have noted, prevention is equally important in mastering proper nutrition and in the emergence of diseases (Völgyi and Arató, 2007). Much of the international literature deals with the nutritional aspects of various diseases, such as diabetes (American Medical Association [AMA], 2013; Lazarou, Panagiotakos and Matalas, 2012; Kontogianni et al., 2012)."

Additional rules

If there are authors with the same surname, they are distinguished by the first letter of their first name, e.g. ... (Kiss A., 2002; Kiss J., 2004).

If several works by the same author are cited within a single bracket, the years should be arranged chronologically, e.g. ... (Fein, 1989, 1999, 2006).

If several publications by several authors are cited within a single bracket, list the authors alphabetically and separate each citation with semicolons. For example: ... (Balogh, 1989, 1990; Petneházy, 1990; Zengő, 1980). If there is no author or editor, the title is referred to, for example: ... (Merriam-Webster's College Dictionary, 1993, p. 323).

If a specific passage is referred to or quoted verbatim, the exact page number or, in the case of a more global reference, the chapter number must be given. For example ... (Tanaka and Cheers, 2004, p. 224; Vargha, 2000, chap. 2) For a group’s name: first occurrence: American Psychological Association (APA), 2004 defined ..., later occurrence: APA (2004) stated ...

In the case of in-text references, titles are referenced as follows: if there is an English title within the text, all words longer than four letters must be written in capital initials. Exceptions are verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs, which are to be written in capital initials even if they are shorter than four letters. The first word after a colon in the title is also written in capital initials.

For further help with creating in text references see the following page:

https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations

5.4.2. List of references

The titles of publications in references should be written as follows: only the first word of the title and proper names should begin with a capital letter, and the first words after a colon and a dash.

In the bibliography, the names of journals should be written out, and do not use abbreviations. If the cited journal has a special spelling of its name, it should be spelled out accordingly, e.g. PloS One.

If you cite several works by the same author in your manuscript, they are listed in chronological order in the bibliography.

If a publication has 20 or fewer authors, each author's name should be written out, and the last author's name should be preceded by an "and" or "&". If the publication cited has more than 20 authors, the names of the first 19 authors should be written out, followed by "..." and then the last author without the "and" or "&".

If the Digital Object Identifier (doi) of the referenced document is available, it should also be included as a hyperlink in the references. For example doi: 10.24365/ef.v62i4.7498

References should be in alphabetical order in the bibliography, with the following formatting: left-align, indent from line 2, line 1, and line 0.

For further help with the bibliography, please visit: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references

Some examples to help:

Journal

Gács, Z., Berend, K., Csanádi, G., & Csizmady, A. (2015). A new questionnaire to measure parental health literacy. Medical Journal, 156(42), 1715-1718. doi: 10.1556/650.2015.30237

Karácsony, I. (2018). Health in schools - from education to development. Education and Practice, 16(1), 107-116. doi: 10.17165/tp.2018.1.11

Derbaix, C. M. (1995). The impact of affective reactions on attitudes towards advertisements and the brand: a step towards ecological validity. Journal of Marketing Research, 32(4), 470-479. doi: 10.1177/002224379503200409. doi: 10.1177/002224379503200409

Dillard, J. P. & Nabi, R. L. (2006). The Persuasive Influence of Emotion in Cancer Prevention and Detection Messages, Journal of Communication, 56(S1), 123-139. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2006.00286.x

Book

Falus, A. & Feith, H. (2019). Health promotion and education - Pedagogical methodology of peer education in theory and practice. Akadémiai Kiadó Zrt.

Carin, A., Bass, J., & Contant, T. (2005). Teaching science as inquiry. Pearson/Merrill/Prentice Hall.

Buttriss, J. L., Welch, A. A., Kearney, J. M., & Lanham-New, S. A. (2017). Public health nutrition (The Nutrition Society Textbook) (2nd ed.). Wiley-Blackwell.

Book chapter

Herczog, M. (2011). Development in the environment: family, institution, society. In Danis I., Farkas M., Herczog M., & Szilvási L., From genes to society: the scenes of early childhood development. Sure Start Volumes I. (pp. 470-521). National Institute for Family and Social Policy.

Csányi, V. (2018). Modern society is a population of single-person communities. In The Global Mind - Reflections on the World (pp. 140-146). Libri Publishers.

Dawson, M. E., Schell, A. M., & Filion, D. L. (2000). The electrodermal system. In Cacioppo, J. T., Tassinary, L. G., & Filion, D. L. (Eds.), Handbook of psychophysiology (pp. 200-223). Cambridge University Press.

Cacioppo, J. T., Losch, M. L., Tassinary, L. G., & Petty R. E. (1986): Properties of affect and affect-laden information processing as viewed through the facial response system. In Peterson, R. A., Hoyer, W. D., & Wilson, W.R. (Eds.), The role of affect in consumer behavior; emerging theories and applications (pp. 87-118). Heath.

Website

National Food Chain Safety Office. (2021, April 29). SafeConsume research team investigates kitchen practices in six countries. https://portal.nebih.gov.hu/-/hat-orszag-konyhai-gyakorlatat-vizsgalta-a-safeconsume-kutatocsapata

Tóth, B. (2021, April 27). Do superfoods exist? PirulaKalauz. https://pirulakalauz.hu/2021/04/27/leteznek-e-szuperelelmiszerek/

National Institute of Mental Health. (2018, July). Anxiety disorders. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/anxiety-disorders/index.shtml

Cassel, D. K. (2021, April 28). How to Ease Back into Exercise Safely After a Long Break. Healthline. https://www.healthline.com/health-news/how-to-ease-back-into-exercise-safely-after-a-long-break

The following websites can help you apply the APA recommendation:

The APA website has examples of all types of resources:
https://apastyle.apa.org/
https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples

Free online reference generators can help with formatting, and the resulting reference should be copied and pasted into the text of the manuscript. The Editorial Office recommends the following applications:
https://www.citethisforme.com/us/citation-generator/apa;
https://www.scribbr.com/apa-citation-generator/;

And with the help of free reference managers, references can be imported directly into the manuscript, i.e. the software also creates the cross-references and automatically generates the bibliography based on them:
https://www.zotero.org/
https://www.mendeley.com/

Use the "Cite" function next to the title of the article in PubMed to retrieve the APA citation of the article.

5.5. Figures, tables

Color and black and white figures and tables can also be inserted in the manuscript.

All figures and tables are to be numbered using Arabic numerals, supplying a caption (title) above them, using Word's "Insert caption" function.

In all cases, the source of the figures should be indicated in 10-point font on the left-hand side below the figure. E.g.: "Source:" APA in-text citation plus the line or page number of the figure or table cited, or in the case of your figure or table, "Source: own editing".

Explanations of abbreviations used in figures and tables should be given in the line below the source of the figure or table, in 10-point font.

In all cases, tables should be inserted in the manuscript in an editable format, as the Journal uses a standard table format.

In-text references to figures and tables should be given aside the sentence, in square brackets. E.g. "... observed. [Table 2] The program ...". If referenced as part of the text, include "... as shown in Figure 1 ..." .

should have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi (any image format (png, tif, jpg, etc.) can be chosen). The figure should also be uploaded as an attachment.

5.6. Acknowledgements

The Title Page form should indicate any funding or interests that may have influenced the preparation of the manuscript and should also be used to express acknowledgments. The Acknowledgements may include both the financial support and the names of persons for whom the terms of authorship (see above) are not met.

5.7. Spelling

The Editorial Office takes care of the grammatical support of accepted manuscripts. The Hungarian spelling rules for publications are those in force from 1 September 2015. Rules of Hungarian Spelling 12th edition, Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015; available at: www.helyesiras.mta.hu In case of discrepancies between the printed and the online version of the book, the printed version will prevail.

In case of spelling disputes, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Institute of Linguistics' Research Group for Linguistic Consulting and Language Teaching is the authoritative source.

The Hungarian Medical Language - Spelling Guide (Editor: Péter Bősze), Medicina Kiadó, 2019, can guide the spelling of medical words and phrases.

For English manuscripts, either US or British English can be used.

5.8. Supplementary materials

In addition to the figures in the manuscript, any electronic material, text, images, video, or audio material that the author considers aiding the reader in understanding the article may be uploaded as a supplement. The maximum size of an uploaded file is 8 MB; for larger file sizes, please contact the Editorial Office directly (folyoirat@nnk.gov.hu).

6. PROFESSIONAL PEER REVIEW CRITERIA

PEER REVIEW CRITERIA OF RESEARCH ARTICLES

Is the topic of the publication relevant to the objectives of the journal (Is the manuscript current and relevant to the readers of the journal, based on the national and international literature, national health promotion objectives, challenges, and practices?)

Does the manuscript fit to the article type indicated by the author, i.e., does it report on their research results not published elsewhere?

Can translation, secondary publication, and plagiarism be excluded?

Is the author clear about the aim of the article? (Did the author explain the relevance of the topic, and refer to relevant backgrounds?)

Is the methodology used in the study described in sufficient detail to enable other researchers to replicate the study? (Does it clearly describe the circumstances in which the research data were generated, such as data sources, sampling method, or the questionnaire used? Does it describe in sufficient detail the method of analysis used?)

Did the author choose an appropriate data collection and analysis methodology for the topic of the study? (Are the study data and the analytical procedures chosen appropriately for the analysis?)

Does it adequately present the results of the author's study and the conclusions are drawn? (Does the author describe the limitations of the study? Does the author compare with previously published study results? Are the results of the study clearly distinguished from the author's conclusions? Are the conclusions supported by the results presented? Are the conclusions related to the objectives of the paper?)

Are the literature references in the article adequate? (Are all the relevant literature references to the topic discussed included? Are there any references not related to the topic?)

Are the figures and tables in the article appropriate (Are the figures and tables labeled and captioned appropriately from a technical point of view? Can the captioned figures and tables be understood alone?)

PEER REVIEW CRITERIA FOR REVIEWS

Is the topic of the publication relevant to the objectives of the journal (Is the manuscript current and relevant to the journal's readers, based on national and international literature, national health promotion objectives, challenges, and practices?)

Does the manuscript fit to the article type indicated by the author?

Can translation, secondary publication, and plagiarism be excluded?

Is the author clear about the aim of the article? (Did the author explain the relevance of the topic, and refer to relevant backgrounds?)

Is the methodology described in the article adequately documented, is the search verifiable, and could it be replicated by other researchers? (Does it say what sources were searched, what criteria were used to select the articles reviewed, and how were they evaluated?)

Did the author choose an appropriate search and evaluation methodology for the topic (appropriate sources, keywords, time period, evaluation method? Were all relevant articles on the topic found?)

Does the author adequately present the results of their review and conclusions? (Are the results of the review clearly distinguished from the conclusions drawn by the author? Are the conclusions supported by the results? Are the conclusions related to the objectives of the article?)

Are the figures and tables in the article correct (Are the figures and tables labeled and captioned appropriately from a technical point of view? Can the captioned figures and tables be understood alone?)

PEER REVIEW CRITERIA FOR AGORA

Does the manuscript fit to the article type indicated by the author?

Can translation, secondary publication, and plagiarism be excluded?

Is the author clear about the aim of the article? (Has the relevance of the topic been explained, and is there any relevant background?)

Does the author adequately explain their views on the chosen topic? (Does the author describe the main features of the topic? Is the author's opinion clearly expressed? Is the reasoning for their opinion sufficiently clear? Does the author present the well-known, similar, or different opinions in the field?)

STATISTICAL EVALUATION CRITERIA

Has the author clearly defined the purpose of the research? (Is it clear what new results the research is trying to reach?)

Does the study design fit the research objective (i.e., ideally, would the study answer the research question)?

Were the data collection procedure and statistical methodology described in sufficient detail to allow for a repeated analysis? (Were the circumstances under which the survey data were generated, such as data sources, sampling method, or the questionnaire used clearly described? If a less common method is used, has a relevant literature source been provided?)

Did the author choose the right data and data collection procedure for the topic of the study? (Are the study data adequately representing the study population corresponding to the intended purpose of the analysis?)

Did the author choose an appropriate analytical methodology given the topic of the study and the data (Are the indicators and analytical procedures chosen suitable for the analysis? Are the conditions for applying the chosen analytical procedure met?)

Is the author presenting the results of the analysis adequately? (Do they give the degree of uncertainty in addition to the point estimates? If tests are used, is the p-value given?)

Are the graphs and tables in the article correct (Are the graphs and tables labeled and captioned appropriately from a statistical point of view? Can the captioned figures and tables be interpreted alone?)

Does the author interpret the presented results well and draws conclusions from them (Does the author explain the limitations of the analysis, e.g., low number of items, non-representative sample)?