Dear all,
I would like to share some thoughts as an editor of a journal that “is oriented to serve those at the policy and governance levels within government, healthcare systems or healthcare organizations”.
- In our author guidelines we advise the authors besides “Research implications” also to identify “Practical implications” and “Social implications” and include those sub-headings in the structured abstract of an article.
- We also recommend to add a “plain language summary”.
- Each journal issue provides a review of included articles, which concludes what healthcare practitioners, educators, and managers can learn from that issue and apply to their own areas of practice. Those reviews are in open access.
- As an editor I am constantly working to attract authors and peer-reviewers not only from academia, but from other sectors as well.
I have also found recently specific recommendations for authors how to make their research known to policy-makers. Such guides look to me promising if they are country- and subject-specific.
Helpful hints for sharing research with people in policy (the UK)
https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/opinion-and-blog/helpful-hints-sh...
Connecting research with policy: Guide to writing for policy-makers (Australia, National Environmental Science Program )
https://www.nespthreatenedspecies.edu.au/publications-and-tools/connecti...
Research Engagement with Policy Makers: a practical guide to writing policy briefs (the UK, NIHR Policy Research Unit in Behavioural Science)
https://osf.io/m25qp
Irina Ibragimova, PhD
Co-editor, International Journal for Health Governance
https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/ijhg
Call for papers: Special Issue “Models of Digital Health Governance: Best Practices, Lessons Learned, and Future Priorities”
https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-papers/models-digital-h...
HIFA profile: Irina Ibraghimova is an independent consultant with a PhD. in library sciences and more than 20 years’ international experience in ICT for health projects. She now serves as a Co-editor for the International Journal of Health Governance (Emerald Publishing). Professional interests: Information and health literacy, evidence-based practice, science communication and medical journals editing. http://www.healthconnect-intl.org/ She is a HIFA country representative for Croatia: https://www.hifa.org/support/members/irina
