Medical Journal of Australia
Submission checklist and article types
- Publisher
- Australasian Medical Publishing Company
- ISSN (online)
- 1326-5377
- ISSN (print)
- 0025-729X
- Specialty
- Internal Medicine, Surgery
- Journal website
- www.mja.com.au
Article types
| Article type | Reporting guideline | Extra Journal-specific Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Comments on published MJA articles | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Ethics and law | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Guidelines and statements | Depends on study design | 4 |
| History | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Lessons from practice | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Letters on new topics | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Narrative review | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Perspectives | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Reflections | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Research article | Depends on study design | 7 |
| Research letter | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Snapshots | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Systematic review | 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.
Check your manuscript against Medical Journal of Australia
Choose Medical Journal of Australiaand your article type, upload your manuscript, and get a scored report on how it meets the journal's requirements and the reporting guideline for your study design, with prioritized fixes before you submit.