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SUBMISSION CHECKLIST

As part of the submission process, authors must confirm that their manuscript complies with all of the following requirements. Submissions that do not meet these guidelines may be returned to the authors for revision.

  • The manuscript has not been previously published and is not under consideration by another journal (or an explanation has been provided in the Comments to the Editor).

  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.

  • Where available, URLs for all references have been provided.

  • The text is single-spaced, uses a 12-point font, employs italics rather than underlining (except for URL addresses), and includes all illustrations, figures, and tables embedded within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end of the document.

  • The manuscript adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines found in the “About the Journal” section.

  • If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions for ensuring a blind review have been followed.

  • If submitting a Case Report or Clinical Images, a properly accomplished Affidavit of Consent to Publish is available for upload as a supplementary file in Step 4 of the five-step submission process.

  • If submitting a Research Report, a Research Ethics Committee (REC)/Institutional Review Board (IRB) Certificate of Approval is available for upload as a supplementary file in Step 4 of the five-step submission process

For more information, please read the SPMC JHCS Author Guidelines.