Information for authors
The “Journal of the National Institute of Public Health” ( JNIPH) is published 6 times a year to promptly cover up-to-date
topics in the field of public health; including health, health care, social care and environmental health, and to transmit evidence-based accurate knowledge and information to healthcare professionals.
There are no restrictions on the eligibility to submit “JNIPH”.

Submission guidelines
1. Research fields covered by the “Journal of the National Institute of Public Health”
The “Journal of the National Institute of Public Health” publishes articles on subjects in the field of public health, including health, health care, welfare and living environment.
The intended readers are the staff of local governments, universities and research institutions, such as professional
engineers and researchers engaged in health, health care, welfare, living environment, etc., and those who expect to beengaged in these occupations in the future.
2. Qualifications for submission
Anyone can submit an article.
3. Content of articles
The contents of the articles should be related to research fields covered by the “Journal of the National Institute of Public Health,” and articles should not have been published or been submitted to other academic journals.
4. Language of articles
Manuscripts can be written in Japanese and English. If your manuscript has been written in Japanese, you should provide a title, author names, affiliations, abstract, keywords and references in English. If your manuscript has been written
in a English, you should provide a title, author names, affiliations, abstract and keywords in Japanese.
5. Types and categories of articles
The dissertation is divided into two categories: articles requested by the editorial board and articles submitted freely.
The following 9 types of articles are published.
(1) Original Articles (peer-reviewed)
Articles on surveys/studies in research fields covered by the “Journal of the National Institute of Public Health,”which should have originality/novelty, and contain scientifically valuable findings or conclusions [up to 10 printedpages](2) Research Data (peer-reviewed)
Articles written in free format describing significant surveys/statistics from the standpoint of public health [up to 8
printed pages](3) Reviews (peer-reviewed)
Articles that summarize and systematize or interpret previous findings and research results in the fields coveredby the “Journal of the National Institute of Public Health” [up to 12 printed pages](4) Brief Reports (peer-reviewed)
Articles briefer than original articles, with some new findings, such as preliminary reports [up to 5 printed pages](5) Practice Reports (peer-reviewed)
Articles with findings obtained through practice, education, research or other activities related to the research
fields covered by the “Journal of the National Institute of Public Health” conducted in Japan or other countries,
which are helpful when other communities or organizations perform similar activities [up to 5 printed pages](6) Commentaries (peer-reviewed)
Expertsʼ opinions, proposals or suggestions on activities, policies or trends in research fields covered by the “Journalof the National Institute of Public Health” [up to 5 printed pages]

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(7) Notes (non-peer-reviewed)
Comprehensive commentaries on the activities, policy trends, advances, problems, perspectives, etc., in the research fields covered by the “Journal of the National Institute of Public Health,” with references [up to 12 printedpages](8) Letters (non-peer-reviewed)
Opinions on published articles and timely reports in research fields covered by the “Journal of the National Institute of Public Health” in Japan or other countries [up to 2 printed pages](9) Book Reviews (non-peer-reviewed)
Articles describing impressions/opinions about books in research fields covered by the “Journal of the National
Institute of Public Health” from the standpoint of experts; articles considered to serve as advertisements to boost
the booksʼ sales shall not be published. [up to 1 printed page]*One printed page basically corresponds to 2600 characters or 850 English words.
Manuscripts exceeding the maximum number of pages may be published.
6. Manuscript submission instructions(1) Research involving human subjects should be conducted in compliance with scientific and ethical standards according
to the Declaration of Helsinki, “guidelines for medical and biological research involving human subjects” etc. If you
had obtained approval from the ethics committee or a similar body of your institution, this should be described.
(2) Research articles involving animals should describe that the research was conducted according to the guidelines forthe management and use of experimental animals prescribed by your institution.
(3) The format of the articles should conform to the Instructions for Authors below. Articles not conforming to the instructions shall not be accepted, in principle.
7. Copyright and internet publication(1) Copyright of all submitted articles shall belong to the National Institute of Public Health. When all or a part of an article is to be used in other journals, etc., in a manner of more than mere citation, approval must be obtained from theeditorial board of the journal.
(2) If the content of an article published in the journal is found to infringe the copyright of a third party, the responsibility shall fall on the authors.
(3) The full texts of articles published in the journal are digitized and published on the website of the National Instituteof Public Health and J-Stage.
8. Review for publication
The acceptance of manuscripts for publication shall be determined by the editorial board through peer review by 2 ormore experts. If your manuscript is returned for revision or other reasons by the editorial board, you should send therevised manuscript back to the editorial board within 1 month, in principle. If the revised manuscript is returned after
the 1-month period, it may be considered as a new submission. For articles in categories (7), (8) and (9) shown in 5, theacceptance of manuscripts shall be determined by the editorial board.
9. Fee for publication
There is no fee for submission or publication. Regarding reprint fees, after acceptance of your manuscript, you should
contact the secretariat of the editorial board of the “Journal of the National Institute of Public Health” and directly pay
the fees to the printer.
〇 Please refer to the following website for the full text of the Submission guidelines / instructions for authors.
（English Version）
Submission guidelines/instructions for authors for “Journal of the National Institute of Public Health”
https://www.niph.go.jp/journal/toukoukitei_en.pdf

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