RMD Open
Submission checklist and article types
- Publisher
- BMJ Publishing Group
- ISSN (online)
- 2056-5933
- Specialty
- Internal Medicine, Rheumatology
- Journal website
- rmdopen.bmj.com/pages/authors
Article types
| Article type | Reporting guideline | Extra Journal-specific Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Critical Case | Depends on study design | 8 |
| Editorial or Viewpoint | Depends on study design | 8 |
| Letter | Depends on study design | 8 |
| Original Research | Depends on study design | 8 |
| Review | Depends on study design | 8 |
| Short Report | Depends on study design | 8 |
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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