CMAJ
Submission checklist and article types
- Publisher
- Canadian Medical Association
- ISSN (online)
- 1488-2329
- ISSN (print)
- 0820-3946
- Specialty
- Internal Medicine, Surgery
- Journal website
- www.cmaj.ca
Article types
| Article type | Reporting guideline | Extra Journal-specific Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Analysis | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Commentary | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Humanities - Encounters | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Humanities - Medicine and society | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Humanities - Trust in health care | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Practice - 360 Cases | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Practice - Cases | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Practice - Clinical images | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Practice - Decisions | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Practice - Five things to know about | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Practice - Five ways to support | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Practice - Innovations in Practice | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Practice - What is your call? | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Research | Depends on study design | 6 |
| Review | Depends on study design | 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.
Check your manuscript against CMAJ
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