For authors

This Journal operates on a traditional publishing model, where authors do not pay an article processing charge (APC). The content is available immediately via SASOM, SAIOH, MMPA, or SASOHN subscription, and is freely available three months after publication.

PLEASE NOTE
Manuscripts that are not correctly formatted, including the references, will be rejected and authors will be required to pay a fee of ZAR 500 to resubmit the manuscript. Upon resubmission authors will be charged.
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Before you submit your manuscript, please ensure that it complies with Occupational Health Southern Africa's instructions and policies below:

Publication misconduct policy

Guidelines for authors

Manuscript template

Referencing guide

AI policy for authors

Please preview the Statement of acceptance of conditions and responsibilities pertaining to the publication of a manuscript, which must be completed before your manuscript can be finalised for publication. The Editor will e-mail this form to authors for completion at the appropriate stage in the publication process.

MANUSCRIPT PRE-SUBMISSION DECLARATION
To submit your manuscript, please confirm that you have met the following requirements by ticking each box:

The manuscript does not contravene the Publication misconduct policy. The manuscript has not been previously published, nor submitted to another journal for consideration. The manuscript conforms to all the requirements outlined in the Guidelines for authors. The text conforms to the Manuscript template. The submitted manuscript is anonymised. Referencing conforms to the detailed guidelines provided in the Referencing guide. AI was not used in preparation of the manuscript. AI was used in preparation of the manuscript and the Declaration of use of AI form has been completed and submitted.