PLOS Medicine
Submission checklist and article types
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science
- ISSN (online)
- 1549-1676
- ISSN (print)
- 1549-1277
- Specialty
- Internal Medicine, Surgery
- Journal website
- journals.plos.org/plosmedicine
Article types
| Article type | Reporting guideline | Extra Journal-specific Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Guidelines and Guidance | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Perspectives | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Policy Forum | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Research Article | 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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