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Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • The authors should submit a manuscript through OJS submission system at the address http://ss.mruni.eu, written in Microsoft Word application in Times New Roman fonts, size - 12 pt. The manuscript should be 1,5 spaced on one side of an A4 list of paper, margins at least 25 mm. The manuscript should be 12-18 pages (approximately 45 600 symbols), scholarly reviews should be 2-7 pages (approximately 20 000 symbols), the pages must be numbered. Upon a separate permission of the board of editors, a longer article or scholarly review may be published.
  • Information on the author(s) should be provided in  a separate page Word document: name and surname, place of employment and its address, number of the work and mobile telephones, fax, email. This data is necessary to ensure the direct and operative communication of the board of editors, scholarly reviewers and publishers ( language editors, and layout editors) and the author(s). In case there are several authors, the person responsible for communication with the board of editors should be indicated.
  • The width of the pictures, schemes, diagrams, tables should not  exceed 84 mm (per column) or 175 mm (per page). The best suitable formats of graphic files: Tagged Image Format File (TIFF), Word for Windows, Codel Draw, Excel. Photographs (colour and monochrome) must be of a good quality, sharpness and suitable for reproduction. Pictures, schemes, diagrams, tables and photographs are numbered in an alphabetical order. Titles of pictures, schemes, diagrams, and photographs are indicated at their bottom, and titles of tables are placed at the top of the table.
  • The author(s) must correct an accredited article in accordance with the commentaries of the reviewers and editors or provide a substantiated explanation, why they choose to avoid suggested corrections. The revised version of the article should be resubmitted to the OJS system within two- week period after the reception of the review.

- The title of an article.
- Name and surname of the author(s).
- An institution (scholarly or other) the author(s) is representing: its title, address, telephone, email.
- The date of submitting the article to the managing editor of the board of editors of "Health Policy and Management".
- Annotation (at least 600 symbols) in the language the article is written in. The annotation should briefly present the content of the article, identify the main issues analysed.
- The keywords (5–8 main concepts).
- Introduction. It should address the topicality of the topic of the article, identify the purpose of the scholarly analysis, its object, applied methods and prior coverage of the issue.
- The main text of the article - the analysis of scholarly research. It is recommended to divide the text into parts and subparts (e.g. 1.2.1., 2.2.1., etc.). Article form with remarks Article form to fill
- The article should be finalized with conclusions summarizing considerations or solutions – substantiated results of the research and recommendations should be provided;.
- All sources referred to in the article should be provided in the list of bibliography at the end of the article. The bibliography should follow the conclusions in an alphabetical order. References in the main text should be made in footnotes, numbered consecutively in Arabic numbers, at the bottom of each page providing the bibliographic references of the cited source. It is advisable that the authors use newest scholarly sources (published in last five years) and at least five of them should be published in publications included in recognized international data bases. The bibliography and inclusion of references in the main text should be made according to these rules .
- If an article is published in Lithuanian, it should be followed by a detailed summary (2200 symbols, i.e. at least one page long) and keywords in English. If an article is published in English, it should be followed by a detailed summary (2200 symbols, i.e. at least one page long) and keywords in Lithuanian. If an article is published in German and French, it should be followed by a detailed summary (2200 symbols, i.e. at least one page long) and keywords in Lithuanian and English. The summary must reflect all issues analyzed in an article, its conclusions and recommendations.
- The information about the author(s) is provided in Lithuanian and English: the name and surname of the author, scholarly names and degrees, an institution the author represents, position, and research fields.

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