2012 Editorial Guidelines

Content

The mission of the American College of Health Care Administrators is to advance excellence in long term care leadership.  To that end, articles submitted to The College should focus on issues related to leadership development and/or the effective management of long term care and senior living operations.  Editorial submissions will also be reviewed for accuracy, clarity and timeliness.  If accepted, articles will be edited for grammar, organization and style.  If extensive editing is done, the final edited version will be forwarded to the author for approval.  Copyright of all published articles will be held by the American College of Health Care Administrators.

Submission Parameters
•	Electronic submission
•	750-1,500 words in length 
•	Leadership/management focus 
•	May not be a product promotion
•	Scholarly presentation of original work
Email your article as a Microsoft Word attachment to mberry@achca.org

•	Include your full contact information (name, company, mailing address, email, phone and fax)
•	Provide your basic biographical information (academic degrees, professional credentials, title, company, affiliations, etc.). 
•	Include any graphic elements as individual file attachments.  Do not imbed graphics in the text of your article.  

Graphics 

Each graphic element should be saved as a high resolution (300 dpi) tiff, eps or jpeg and attached to your emailed article submission individually.  Please give each a distinct file name, referencing these file names in your article, so that our editors can arrange them correctly.  Color is welcomed!

Photographs: At the end of your article, please provide a detailed caption for any photographs, identifying each by file name.  The caption should include the names of people shown, location (if pertinent) and any further explanation required for clarity.  If the photograph is copyrighted, the photographer/photography firm’s name must also be included.  It is the author’s responsibility to secure appropriate consent from people shown in photographs and permission to reprint copyrighted photos.

Tables:  Please use tables only when they contain information not included in the text of your article.  Double space and provide a brief title for each table.  Number each table consecutively (in the order in which they are referenced in your article).  Please limit table size to a maximum of one printed page (2 to 3 typed pages).

Figures/Graphs: Please number figures and graphs consecutively, in the order in which they are referenced in your article, and provide a caption or legend for each.  As with tables, information in figures/graphs should enhance your article, rather than repeat what is in the text. 

References 

A list of references or a suggested reading list (bibliography) may be included with your article, using standard formats.

Examples:
Periodical: Davis B, Brown T. Leading strategies in healthcare. Leadership Journal 2007;12:27-34.
Book: Davis B, Brown T. Leading the Way. Chicago: LTC Press, Inc., 2005:102-113.

Please cite references by number in the text and list them at the end of the article in numerical order.  Suggested reading lists do not need to be referenced in the text and should appear at the end of the article in alphabetical order by authors’ last names.