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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
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General Requirements
- ✓ Language
- English
- ✓ Word Count
- Original Research: 3,000 words; Letters: 500 words; Commentaries: 2,500 words
- ✓ Reference Limit
- Original Research: 100 references; Commentaries: 25 references
- — Figure Count
- Original Research: 5 figures; Commentaries: 2 figures
- — Table Count
- Original Research: 5 tables; Commentaries: 2 tables
Abstract
- — Format
- Structured abstract with specific sections
- — Word Limit
- Maximum 350 words
- — Required Sections
- Introduction/Background, Methods, Results, Discussion
- — Highlights
- 3-5 bullet points required, maximum 85 characters each
- — Keywords
- 1-7 keywords required
Text Formatting
- — Font and Size
- 12-point font, double-spaced
- — Line Numbering
- Continuous line numbering required
- — Abbreviations
- Define at first use; avoid in title and abstract
- — Units
- Follow SI units
References
- — Style
- Numbered square brackets in order of appearance
- ✓ Citation Order
- References must be numbered in order of first citation
- — Author Limits
- List all authors up to 6; for 7+ use first 3 followed by et al.
- — DOIs
- Include DOIs when available
Figures and Images
- — Resolution
- Minimum 300 dpi for photographs; 1000 dpi for line drawings
- — Image Formats
- TIFF, EPS, or high-resolution PDF preferred
Reporting Guidelines
- — RCTs
- CONSORT statement required
- — Systematic Reviews
- PRISMA checklist and flow diagram required
- — Observational Studies
- STROBE checklist required
- — Prediction Models
- TRIPOD statement