Journal for geographical variation in health services research addresses emerging researchers
"Research in Health Services and Regions" grants award of 1,000 Euros for emerging scientists // Focus on regional differences in health care
Berlin, May 22, 2023 – Early Career Researchers (ECRs) face many challenges in their career path. Publishing is key to establishing themselves in their respective fields and being recognized by their peers. Publications are vital not only for scientific communication but also instrumental for Ph.D. candidates to achieve their degrees. In spite of an increasing number of journals, finding the appropriate one to publish might be difficult.
In the field of variations in health care services, there are few specialized journals.
“Research in Health Services and Regions” (RHSR), published by Springer Nature attempts to close this gap. RHSR has now an Open Call for a collection dedicated to ECRs: "Designing the Future through Understanding the Past and the Present: Emerging Researchers Take on Regional Variation in Health Care." The Journal is fully funded by the Central Research Institute for Ambulatory Care (Zi). Zi is a tax-exempt foundation based in Berlin, Germany, and also looks into geographical variation. Through its funding open source publications on RHSR can be free of charge for the authors during the initial years of the Journal.
“With this series, we want to acknowledge the research efforts of the ECRs by providing a publication platform. To stimulate a little competition we award a prize for the best paper. Through our peer-review process, we aim to provide valuable and constructive feedback, supporting the improvement of the manuscripts. Also, we want to stimulate the dialogue, positioning emerging researchers as important players in the knowledge exchange”, says Zi’s CEO, Dominik von Stillfried.
Submission guidelines for this collection:
- This is a call for Original Articles.
- The article should address one of our main themes: https://www.springer.com/journal/43999/aims-and-scope
- Methods studies may both be based on quantitative or qualitative methods.
- The article must be previously unpublished.
- The article must be connected to the Master’s Degree, the Ph.D. Thesis or the Post-Doc work of the researcher.
- The main author should not have previously published more than three articles in peer-reviewed journals. The published articles must be disclosed in the author’s cover letter.
- Co-authorship is allowed.
- Brief communications will be accepted for publishing, but will not be considered for the prize.
- Deadline for Submission: July 15, 2023
We will publish up to 10 peer-reviewed articles in the collection without any costs to the authors. The best published article, chosen by our Editors-in-Chief and Editorial Board Members, will receive a EUR 1000,- Prize from the ZI as well as a EUR 150,- e-book coupon from Springer Nature.
About the journal
“Research in Health Services and Regions” is an e-only open access journal with a focus on variation in health care, published by Springer Nature. All publications in RHSR are open access, published under a Creative Commons license in which authors retain the copyright of their papers. The journal is sponsored by the Central Research Institute for Ambulatory Health Care in the Federal Republic of Germany (Zi), a not-for-profit tax-exempt research foundation devoted to research in support of universal access to health care. Zi covers the article processing charges, and no article processing charges or fees apply. All published papers are made freely and permanently accessible online, without subscription fees or registration barriers, providing immediate and equitable access to information.
For advice on articles categories we accept, please visit: https://www.springer.com/journal/43999/updates/19914164
Submission can be made via Editorial Manager: https://www.editorialmanager.com/rhsr/default1.aspx
For further questions, please write an email to our Managing Editor Camila Gonzatto da Silva: cgonzattodasilva@zi.de
Press Contact
Daniel Wosnitzka
Head of Communications / Press Officer
Phone: 030 – 4005 2449
presse@zi.de
Zentralinstitut für die kassenärztliche Versorgung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Zi)
Salzufer 8, 10587 Berlin
Tel: 030 – 4005 2450, Fax: 030 – 4005 2490
www.zi.de
Wissenschaftlicher Ansprechpartner:
Camila Gonzatto da Silva: cgonzattodasilva@zi.de
Weitere Informationen:
https://link.springer.com/collections/ddhbchaijj