Top 10 reasons for rejecting a manuscript
- Content of the paper not suitable for an international journal of public health.
- Design of the study not appropriate for the question asked.
- Lack of novelty and or timeliness.
- Lack of either or both ethical committee approval and informed consent.
- Lack of an appropriate search strategy.
- Conclusions not justified by the results.
- Lack of a feedback step in descriptions of audit.
- Insufficient sample size.
- Lack of a clear message to the public health community.
- Secondary analyses of demographic surveys or simple prevalence studies that are difficult to generalise.