Slovak Journal of Health Sciences

The work must contain a statement that it has not been, and in case of acceptance will not be submitted for publication in another journal, it must be signed by all authors as a sign of their agreement with the content of the manuscript. Accepted works become the permanent property of the journal and no part of the accepted work may be reproduced without the written consent of the publisher. Each work is professionally assessed by two anonymous reviewers. Acceptance is conditional on the significance, originality and validity of the presented work, as well as the level of formal processing. The editorial board reserves the right to make minor adjustments, possibly shortening the manuscript. The author is responsible for processing the manuscript. Manuscripts that do not comply with the above instructions will be returned to the authors without prior review.

In addition to the original, a copy must be sent in electronic form, in the text editor MS Word. The left margin must be 35 mm, the font Times New Roman must be used, and the line spacing must be 1.5. Abbreviations must be explained the first time an abbreviated term is used (abbreviations must not be used in the title and abstract). The manuscript should contain an introduction to the issue, material and methodology, results, discussion, and summary.

The title page should contain the title of the work, the full name, surname, and titles of all authors, the exact name of the workplace(s) of the authors participating in the publication, with their addresses. The complete correspondence address with the postal code, telephone number, and e-mail address of the author with whom the editorial office will communicate must be provided.

A structured abstract contains at least 300 words. It consists of the aim, methods, results and conclusions of the work. It contains the full title of the work, the names and surnames of all authors. All data in the abstract is also given in the text, tables or figures.v

An unstructured abstract is suitable for review articles. At the end of the abstract, it is necessary to indicate the number of tables, figures, citations and a maximum of 6 keywords.

The abstract must be submitted in the original and in two copies.

The cited literature is listed and numbered so that all authors cited in the text are listed in the reference list. The full form of citations is used, i.e. first the surname is given and then the abbreviation of the first name of the authors is given alphabetically. If there are more than three authors, the abbreviation "et al" is given for the third author.

Example of a journal citation:

Ištoňová, M. - Palát, M. - Kociová, K. 2009. Prosocial risk factors in cardiac rehabilitation. Rehabilitation and physical medicine.2009, vol. 16, Ċ. 1, pp. 26-32. ISSN 1211-2658

Example of a book citation:

Komačeková, D. - Baloghová, M. - Čechová, Ľ. et al.. 2006. Physical therapy. 2nd edition. Martin Publishing House: Osveta, 2006, 363 pp. ISBN 80-8063-230-8

Špišák, L. 2010. Clinical Balneology. Publ. Prague: Karolinum, 2010, 287 pp. ISBN 978-80-246-1654-4

The title and number of the table are written above the table (e.g. Table No. 1), the title and number of the illustration are written below the figure itself (e.g. Figure 1, Scheme 1, Graph 1, Photo 1).