Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Submission checklist and article types
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- ISSN (online)
- 2328-8957
- Specialty
- Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine
- Journal website
- academic.oup.com/ofid/pages/General_Instructions
Article types
| Article type | Reporting guideline | Extra Journal-specific Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Brief Report | Depends on study design | 9 |
| Correspondence | Depends on study design | 9 |
| Editorial Commentary | Depends on study design | 9 |
| ID Learning Units for Non-ID Specialists | Depends on study design | 9 |
| ID on the Web | Depends on study design | 9 |
| Major Article | Depends on study design | 9 |
| Notes from the Epidemic Frontlines | Depends on study design | 9 |
| Novel ID Cases | Depends on study design | 9 |
| Perspective | Depends on study design | 9 |
| Review Article | Depends on study design | 9 |
| Top Questions in ID | Depends on study design | 9 |
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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