Annals of Internal Medicine
Submission checklist and article types
- Publisher
- American College of Physicians
- ISSN (online)
- 1539-3704
- ISSN (print)
- 0003-4819
- Specialty
- Internal Medicine
- Journal website
- www.acpjournals.org/journal/aim
Article types
| Article type | Reporting guideline | Extra Journal-specific Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Academia and the Profession | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Clinical Guidelines | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Editorials(invitation only) | Depends on study design | 4 |
| History of Medicine | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Ideas and Opinions | Depends on study design | 4 |
| In the Balance | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Medicine and Public Issues | Depends on study design | 4 |
| On Being a Doctor | Depends on study design | 4 |
| On Being a Patient | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Original Research | Depends on study design | 5 |
| Position Papers | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Rapid Reviews, Living Reviews, and Living Guidelines | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Research and Reporting Methods | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Reviews: Narrative | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Reviews: Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses | PRISMA | 4 |
The guideline shown is the one that usually applies to that article type. For original research it depends on the design: see the reporting guidelines. Every review also covers about 80 general content checks; the requirement counts above are the additional checks specific to this journal.
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