What reporting guidelines should I follow for my article?

Reporting Guidelines

Authors are recommended to adhere to the applicable study design and reporting guidance for their study in preparing manuscripts for submission to JMIR Publications journals.

We ask authors to upload their completed checklists as multimedia appendix (supplementary) files when submitting a JMIR manuscript. Please see the table below for more information on checklists that are required or recommended per the study design.

Preparing a Manuscript for Submission

Before submitting an article, please check for reporting guidelines and/or checklists matching your methodology. Suggested resources include:

Guidelines that are particularly relevant for JMIR Publications journals include but are not limited only to:

Study Design	Reporting Guidance	Required/Recommended*
Systematic literature review	PRISMA (formerly called QUORUM)	Required**
Scoping literature review	PRISMA-ScR	Required**
Narrative review	PRISMA-P or equivalent	Not Required
Randomized trial (non-eHealth/mHealth)	CONSORT	Required***
Randomized trial (eHealth/mHealth)	CONSORT-EHEALTH	Required***
Prediction model for individual prognosis or diagnosis	TRIPOD (Transparent reporting of a multivariable	Recommended
Web-based and e-survey	CHERRIES	Recommended
Protocol (e.g., for JMIR Res Protoc)	SPIRIT	Recommended
Machine learning predictive models in Biomedical Research	Guidelines for Developing and Reporting Machine Learning Predictive Models Consolidated Reporting Guidelines for Prognostic and Diagnostic Machine Learning Modeling Studies: Development and Validation	Recommended
Digital health implementation	iCHECK-DH: Guidelines and Checkli st for the Reporting on Digital Health Imp lementations	Required
Clinical case report	CARE Checklist	Recommended
Animal studies (only JMIRx Bio - What is JMIRx?)	ARRIVE Guidelines	Recommended

*Required/Recommended guidelines in effect since September 2023.

**A PRISMA flow diagram is also required and should be included in the Results section as a figure (rather than a multimedia appendix).

***A CONSORT flow diagram is also required and should be included in the Results section as a figure (rather than a multimedia appendix).

Please also always follow our guidelines for article titles, which are compatible with the checklists above, see What are JMIR's guidelines for article titles?

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