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Please see Instructions for Submitting A New Manuscript
for information on how to prepare a manuscript for submission to the Journal.
Exceptions to these instructions are noted below. The peer-review process
is applied to all submissions.
ORIGINAL
RESEARCH
- Original Articles are scientific reports of the results of
original clinical research. The text is limited to 2700 words, with
an abstract, a maximum of 5 tables and figures (total), and up to 40
references.
- Special Articles are scientific reports of original research in such areas
as economic policy, ethics, law, and health care delivery. The text
is limited to 2700 words, with an abstract, a maximum of 5 tables and
figures (total), and up to 40 references.
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CLINICAL
CASES
- Brief Reports usually describe one to three patients or a single
family. The text is limited to 2000 words, a maximum of 3 tables and
figures (total), and up to 25 references. They begin with a brief summary of no more than 100 words.
- Clinical Problem-Solving manuscripts consider the step-by-step
process of clinical decision making. Information about a patient is
presented to an expert clinician or clinicians in stages (indicated
by boldface type in the manuscript) to simulate the way such
information emerges in clinical practice. The clinician responds (in
regular type) as new information is presented, sharing his or her reasoning
with the reader. The text should not exceed 2500 words, and there should
be no more than 20 references. The use of clinical illustrative materials,
such as x-ray films, is encouraged. An example of a Clinical Problem-Solving
article can be viewed by clicking
here.
- Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital are solicited
by the Case Records editors.
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REVIEW
ARTICLES
Review articles are usually solicited by the editors, but we will consider
unsolicited material. Please contact the editorial office before writing
a review article for the Journal. All review articles undergo the
same peer-review and editorial process as original research reports. They
should be written for the general physician, not specialists. Consequently,
they may include material that might be considered too introductory for
specialists in the field being covered.
Conflicts of Interest: Because the essence of review articles
is selection and interpretation of the literature, the Journal
expects that the authors of such articles will not have significant financial
associations with a company (or its competitor) that makes a product discussed
in the article.
- Clinical Practice articles are evidence-based reviews of topics relevant to practicing physicians, both primary care providers and specialists. Articles in this series should include the following sections: the clinical problem, strategies and evidence, areas of uncertainty, guidelines from professional societies, and the authors' conclusions and recommendations. The text is limited to 2500 words and a small number of figures and tables. These articles do not include an abstract.
- Clinical Therapeutics articles are evidence-based reviews of topics relevant to practicing physicians. The series focuses on clinically oriented information about specific forms of therapy, including drugs, devices, and procedures. Each article in the series begins with a clinical vignette describing a patient with a specified condition for whom the treatment under discussion has been recommended. This vignette is followed by a definition of the clinical problem, a description of the pathphysiology and how the therapy works, clinical evidence, clinical use (including costs), adverse effects, areas of uncertainty, guidelines, and recommendations. The text is limited to 2500 words. These articles do not include an abstract.
- Current Concepts articles focus on clinical topics, including
those in specialty areas but of wide interest. The text is limited to
2400 words, with a maximum of 4 figures and tables (total), and up to
50 references. These articles do not include an abstract.
- Drug Therapy articles detail the pharmacology and use of specific
drugs or classes of drugs, or the various drugs used to treat particular
diseases. The text is limited to 4000 words, with a maximum of 6 figures
and tables (total), and up to 120 references. These articles do not include an
abstract.
- Mechanisms of Disease articles discuss the cellular and molecular
mechanisms of diseases or categories of diseases. The text is limited
to 3500 words, with a maximum of 6 figures and tables (total), and up
to 100 references. These articles do not include an abstract.
- Medical Progress articles provide comprehensive, scholarly
overviews of important clinical subjects, with the principal (but not
exclusive) focus on developments during the past five years. Each article
details how the perception of a disease, disease category, diagnostic
approach, or therapeutic intervention has evolved in recent years. The
text is limited to 3500 words, with a maximum of 6 tables and figures
(total), and up to 100 references. These articles do not include an abstract.
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OTHER SUBMISSIONS
- Editorials usually provide commentary and analysis concerning
an article in the issue of the Journal in which they appear.
They may include 1 figure or table. They are nearly always solicited,
although unsolicited editorials may occasionally be considered. Editorials
are limited to 1200 words, with up to 15 references.
- Perspective articles cover a wide variety of topics of current interest
in health care, medicine, and the intersection between medicine and society.
We welcome submissions and proposals. Perspective articles are limited to 1000
to 1200 words and usually include one figure. There is a maximum of 5 references.
- Sounding Board articles are opinion essays. They are similar
to editorials but are not tied to a particular article. They often present
opinions on health policy issues and are normally unsolicited. The text
is limited to 2000 words.
- Clinical Implications of Basic Research articles discuss single
papers from preclinical journals. The purpose is to explain the findings
and comment on their possible clinical applications in fewer than 1000
words. There may be 1 figure and up to 4 references. We do not consider
unsolicited manuscripts in this category.
- Special Reports are miscellaneous articles of special interest
to the medical community. They are limited to 2700 words.
- Health Law, Ethics, and Human Rights are nearly always solicited, but we
are willing to consider unsolicited manuscripts or proposals for manuscripts.
Please contact the Editorial Office
before submitting a manuscript.
- Health Policy Reports are nearly always solicited, but we are
willing to consider unsolicited manuscripts or proposals for manuscripts.
Please contact the Editorial Office
before submitting a manuscript.
- Occasional Notes are accounts of personal experiences or descriptions
of material from outside the usual areas of medical research and analysis.
- Letters to the Editor provide a forum
for readers to comment about articles recently published in the Journal,
and they are a place to publish concise articles, such as reports of
novel cases. Please see specific instructions
for Letters to the Editor.
- Book Reviews are generally solicited. We are willing to consider
proposals for book reviews, but please contact
the Editorial Office before submitting a review.
- Images in Clinical Medicine are classic images of common medical
conditions. Images are an important part of much of what we do
and learn in medicine. This feature is intended to capture the sense
of visual discovery and variety that physicians experience. Images in
Clinical Medicine are not intended as a vehicle for case reports. Please
see specific instructions for Images in Clinical
Medicine.
- Filler Photographs are unsolicited photographs, unrelated to the content of the Journal, that are published as space allows. There are no restrictions on subject matter, but we generally do not publish photographs of recognizable people.
Actual photographs at least 5 by 7 inches but no larger than 8 by 10 inches should be submitted for review and color match purposes. If a photograph was taken with a digital camera please include an electronic file (.EPS, .TIF, or .JPG at 266 dpi or higher). All electronic photographs must be submitted along with a print of the photograph. Electronic files can be submitted by e-mail to photofillers@nejm.org or can be sent by mail along with the hard copy of the photograph on a floppy disk, CD, or zip disk.
Photographs cannot be returned. Please do not send originals or negatives.
Please include your name as you would like it to appear under the photograph and a suggested title for each photograph.
Please submit your photos to:
New England Journal of Medicine
Attention: Photo Fillers
10 Shattuck Street
Boston, MA 02115
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