Use BCPHR templates and follow these formatting guidelines. Submissions that do not conform will be desk rejected.
The Submission Process
1
Download Your Template
Choose the template that best fits your submission type. Each template includes instructions for both the cover letter and the manuscript or media submission.
2
Conform to Guidelines
Format your document, figures, tables, references, and disclosures to BCPHR standards. Submissions that fall short are desk rejected without review.
3
Submit via Scholastica
Upload your prepared manuscript through Scholastica. Emailed submissions are not accepted under any circumstances.
Step 1
Article and Submission Material Templates
Pick the template that matches your work and build directly on it. Each template contains in-depth preparation instructions, required sections, and sample references specific to that submission type. Links open the official Google Doc.
Step 2
Manuscript Requirements
The six pillars every submission must satisfy before peer review. This is a quick-reference summary; in-depth formatting, section order, and sample references are provided inside each submission template above.
Document Format
- At least 11pt Times New Roman font
- Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx)
- All pages numbered
- Authors secure rights for any reproduced images, tables, or figures
- Do not include line numbers
- Do not submit PDFs or Google Doc links
Language
- Non-discriminatory language required at all times
- No defamatory language toward persons or institutions
- Author biographies of roughly 100 words required at the end of the template
- No sexist, heterosexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, or xenophobic terms
Figures and Images
- Place each figure on a separate page
- At least 300 DPI; JPEG, PNG, EPS, or SVG
- Videos and GIFs accepted, submitted as separate files
- Transparent backgrounds preferred
- Numbered consecutively in order of appearance
- Bold 12pt titles above; single-spaced 12pt legends below
- Text within figures: 10pt Times New Roman, single-spaced
- Poster submissions have unique requirements; read the template carefully
- Titles and legends must not be embedded in the image
Tables
- Created in Word, placed at the end of the submission
- Numbered consecutively in order of citation
- Bold 12pt titles above the table
- 10pt single-spaced body text and data
- 8pt single-spaced legends below
- Do not submit tables as images
References (AMA Style)
- Follow the American Medical Association Style Guide
- Endnotes with superscript Arabic numerals
- Numerals sit outside periods and commas, inside colons and semicolons
- Zotero or Mendeley recommended for citation management
- APA style with in-text citations is not accepted
Disclosures
- Authors contributed to the submission and grant BCPHR permission to review and publish
- No personal, commercial, academic, or financial conflicts of interest
- Photographs of identifiable individuals require written permission or signed waivers (PNG or TIFF, 300 DPI or higher)
- Submission is not under review elsewhere and has not been previously published
Important: Submissions that do not conform to these guidelines will be desk rejected. Review every requirement above before uploading to Scholastica.
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All manuscripts are submitted through Scholastica. Emailed submissions are not accepted.
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Authors retain rights to their work. All BCPHR manuscripts are freely available without charge. Users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to full texts without prior permission from the publisher or author.
BCPHR Aligns with the Following International Publishing Standards. (Click to Open)
What is PIE-J? PIE-J stands for Presentation & Identification of E-Journals, a National Information Standards Organization Recommended Practice (NISO RP-16-2013). It defines how online journals should present title history, ISSN, publication dates, and edition numbering so that librarians, indexing services, and citation databases can unambiguously identify and cite content. BCPHR follows PIE-J for its edition-to-year crosswalk and article-level identifier consistency, as recommended by PubMed Central.
