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British Homeopathic Journal

Instructions for authors

The British Homeopathic Journal invites papers for publication. These should be original and not published elsewhere. All contributions are subject to peer review by independent experts and the Editor’s decision concerning publication is final. The British Homeopathic Journal commissions articles in the series “How I treat….” and reviews. A detailed outline is required before we will agree to commission such articles. We also pay a fee for transcriptions of lectures, seminars, debates etc held at teaching centres throughout out the world for the series “From the teaching centres”. All material submitted for publication must include a covering letter, personally signed by all authors, and a statement on sources of funding (if any) and conflicts of interest.

Requirements for papers.
We prefer papers submitted on disk (3.5 inch ASCII format. Alternatively papers may be typewritten, double spaced with wide margins. pages should be numbered with the title, author/s name, degrees and address on a separate page. The names of homeopathic medicines, books and journals appear in italics, this may be indicated in the manuscript by underlining. The binomial system and abbreviations are used for homeopathic medicines eg Nat-m, Kali-ar. Homeopathic potencies are indicated as 6x, 30c, 1M, 10 M (or cH, where the method of dilution is specified.)

Graphs, tables and illustrations must be on separate pages, numbered on the back. Legends should be included for all of these, typed on a separate sheet of paper.

References must be numbered consecutively. The form of references should be:

Journals.
Name of author(s) followed by initials (if more than six authors, give the first three and add et al; full title of the paper;abbreviated title of the journal; year of publication; volume number; page number(s). The abbreviation for the British Homeopathic Journal is Br Hom J.

1 Priestman KG. Adolescent depression. Br Hom J 1978; 67: 248.

2 Almond DC, Whitten, DGA, Rocks, Minerals and Crystals, p 76. London: Hamlyn 1976.

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Last Updated 3 January 2001