JAMA
Submission checklist and article types
- Publisher
- American Medical Association
- ISSN (online)
- 1538-3598
- ISSN (print)
- 0098-7484
- Specialty
- Internal Medicine, Surgery
- Journal website
- jamanetwork.com/journals/jama
Article types
| Article type | Reporting guideline | Extra Journal-specific Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| A Piece of My Mind | Depends on study design | 5 |
| Brief Report | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Caring for the Critically Ill Patient | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Clinical Challenge | Depends on study design | 5 |
| Diagnostic Test Interpretation | STARD | 5 |
| Letter to the Editor | Depends on study design | 5 |
| Narrative Review | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Original Investigation | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Perspective | Depends on study design | 5 |
| Research Letter | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Special Communication | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Systematic Review (without Meta-analysis) | PRISMA | 4 |
| Viewpoint | Depends on study design | 5 |
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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