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Philosophy of The Journal of Integrative Physiology

The primary philosophy of The Journal of Integrative Physiology is to engage young, emerging physiologists in scholarly activity as researchers, authors, and reviewers of scholarly work, the JIP Editorial Board has established the following policies.

Who Can Submit?

It is required that at least one author was a student (either undergraduate or graduate) at the time of data collection, and that the student author(s) played a prominent role in the study. All authors should have made substantive intellectual contributions to the overall project (e.g., conception and design of the study, data acquisition or analysis , statistical testing, etc.), and should take public responsibility for the content. Contributors who do not meet these criteria for authorship may be listed in the acknowledgments section.

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General Submission Rules

Submitted articles cannot have been previously published, nor be forthcoming in an archival journal or book (print or electronic). Please note: "publication" in a working-paper series does not constitute prior publication. In addition, by submitting material to The Journal of Integrative Physiology, the author is stipulating that the material is not currently under review at another journal (electronic or print) and that he or she will not submit the material to another journal (electronic or print) until the completion of the editorial decision process at The Journal of Integrative Physiology. If you have concerns about the submission terms for The Journal of Integrative Physiology, please contact the editors.

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Types of Submissions

JIP will consider original research articles, methodological updates, case studies, and systematic literature review articles. Original research articles must be derived from well-developed research questions or hypotheses. They must be conducted in accordance with and with approval of the appropriate institutional review policies regarding human and/or animal ethical conduct. Research studies that replicate a previously conducted study may be acceptable as long as the techniques and methods used to conduct the research are sound and the results help to verify or clarify some unique aspect of the original research that remained ambiguous. Systematic literature review articles are expected to be thorough and offer an important evaluation of published literature through comparison and analysis, and provide suggestions for future research. Consult the Instruction for Authors for detailed directions regarding each of the types of submissions.

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Formatting Requirements

The Journal of Integrative Physiology has no general rules about the formatting of articles upon initial submission. There are, however, rules governing the formatting of the final submission. See Final Manuscript Preparation Guidelines for details. Although bepress can provide limited technical support, it is ultimately the responsibility of the author to produce an electronic version of the article as a high-quality PDF (Adobe's Portable Document Format) file, or a Microsoft Word, WordPerfect or RTF file that can be converted to a PDF file.

It is understood that the current state of technology of Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) is such that there are no, and can be no, guarantees that documents in PDF will work perfectly with all possible hardware and software configurations that readers may have.

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Language

The required language for manuscript submissions will be English. All reviews and interactions with reviewers and Editorial Board members will be conducted in English. Manuscripts are expected to follow acceptable standards for language, sentence structure, and grammar. Manuscript submissions should follow the guidelines outlined in the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.

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References

JIP limits the number of references for a primary research papers to a maximum of forty (40). If the work proceeds to peer review, exceptions can be requested from the Manuscript Editor. Systematic literature reviews are exempt from this policy.

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Submission Fees

There are no submission fees associated with JIP.

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Rights for Authors and Alma College Digital Commons

As further described in our submission agreement (the Submission Agreement), in consideration for publication of the article, the authors assign to Alma College Digital Commons all copyright in the article, subject to the expansive personal--use exceptions described below.

Attribution and Usage Policies

Reproduction, posting, transmission or other distribution or use of the article or any material therein, in any medium as permitted by a personal-use exemption or by written agreement of Alma College Digital Commons, requires credit to Alma College Digital Commons as copyright holder (e.g., Alma College Digital Commons © 2024).

Personal-use Exceptions

The following uses are always permitted to the author(s) and do not require further permission from Alma College Digital Commons provided the author does not alter the format or content of the articles, including the copyright notification:

  • Storage and back-up of the article on the author's computer(s) and digital media (e.g., diskettes, back-up servers, Zip disks, etc.), provided that the article stored on these computers and media is not readily accessible by persons other than the author(s);
  • Posting of the article on the author(s) personal website, provided that the website is non-commercial;
  • Posting of the article on the internet as part of a non-commercial open access institutional repository or other non-commercial open access publication site affiliated with the author(s)'s place of employment (e.g., a Phrenology professor at the University of Southern North Dakota can have her article appear in the University of Southern North Dakota's Department of Phrenology online publication series); and
  • Posting of the article on a non-commercial course website for a course being taught by the author at the university or college employing the author.

People seeking an exception, or who have questions about use, should contact the editors.

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General Terms and Conditions of Use

Users of the Alma College Digital Commons website and/or software agree not to misuse the Alma College Digital Commons service or software in any way.

The failure of Alma College Digital Commons to exercise or enforce any right or provision in the policies or the Submission Agreement does not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any term of the Submission Agreement or these policies is found to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Submission Agreement and these policies remain in full force and effect. These policies and the Submission Agreement constitute the entire agreement between Alma College Digital Commons and the Author(s) regarding submission of the Article.

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