Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

• The manuscript has not been previously published, is not before another journal for consideration; nor will it be until after such time the manuscript has either been withdrawn from further consideration or it has been decided that the manuscript will not be published in CANDJ or an explanation has been provided to the Editor. Refer to our policies on “Duplicate Submission and Publication”
• The manuscript is original, and neither it nor any illustration, or any part thereof, are in any way in violation of any existing original or derivative copyright. For material that has been previously published, refer to our “Permissions” policy.
• The author(s) hereby agree that the submission adheres to CANDJ policies on Authorship, Plagiarism, Self-Plagiarism, and Screening, declaring Conflicts of Interest, Research Ethics and Informed Consent , Acknowledgements and Funding, which are sourced in turn from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and the Committee on Publication Ethics.
• The author(s) hereby agree that the submission adheres to CANDJ’s editorial policies on the "Use of Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Technologies" as outlined in CANDJ’s Author Guidelines , when applicable.
• The author(s) hereby agree that the submission adheres to CANDJ policies on Indigenous Content and Culturally Appropriate Practices, when applicable.
• The manuscript follows the general structure and specific instructions pertaining to the applicable submission type as outlined in CANDJ’s Author Guidelines, and when applicable, the appropriate reporting guideline has been followed.
• The manuscript follows the instructions for the correct use of Proprietary and Generic Names for Drugs and Natural Health Products as outlined in CANDJ’s Author Guidelines, when applicable.
• The manuscript follows the standardized policy for Referencing Professionals in the Field of Naturopathic Medicine as outlined in CANDJ’s Author Guidelines, when applicable.
• The submission file is in Microsoft Word format with a common typeface used such as Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, or Times in 11 or 12 points, and pages are consecutively numbered. References, figure captions, and tables, in that order, are also included after the text.
• References have been formatted according to the American Medical Association (AMA) reference style (11th edition), and
  
  
  
  1. Have been checked for accuracy and completeness.
  
  
  2. Are numbered consecutively in the order they are cited in the text; all listed references have been cited in the text.
  
  
  3. All in-text citations include superscript numbers, without parentheses.
  
  
  4. When available, the use of the DOI is preferred over URL, and when included is displayed as a full URL link (i.e. https://doi.org/10.xxxx/xxxxx).
  
  
  
• Tables (if applicable) are formatted using the table tool in a word processing program. All tables (including associated title and legend) appear in consecutive numerical order after the references in the main manuscript file. All tables are referred to in the text.
• Figures (if applicable) are uploaded as separate files in an accepted format and not embedded in the manuscript file. All figures are referred to in the text.
• Appendices (if applicable) are placed at the end of the main manuscript file, immediately following the references (or tables). The manuscript includes no more than two appendices, with a combined total length of no more than six pages. Each appendix is labeled numerically (e.g., Appendix 1, Appendix 2) and cited in the text in the correct numerical order.
• Supplemental Material (if applicable) is compiled into a single PDF file, not exceeding 10 pages and 10 MB. Authors acknowledge that supplemental material will be published online exactly as submitted, and will not be checked for accuracy, copyedited, typeset, or proofread. All supplemental material is referred to in the text.
• The “Anonymizing” instructions have been followed if submitting under one of the following categories: Original Research, Short Reports, Reviews, Perspectives, or Case Reports.
• A Title Page, that includes all required details as outlined in the Author Guidelines, is provided as a separate document for anonymizing purposes. For a sample template that can assist you in the proper preparation of the title page, please click here.
• A Cover Letter, that contains ALL required details as outlined in the Author Guidelines is provided in separate file from the manuscript. Failure to include a cover letter with your submission may result in automatic rejection of your manuscript.
• I agree to publish this manuscript under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. If publication under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license is required by my funder or institution, I have noted this in the "Comments for the Editor" section below.