Reporting Guidelines
Authors are recommended, or in some cases required, to adhere to the applicable study design and reporting guidance for their study in preparing manuscripts for submission to JMIR Publications journals.
When reporting guideline checklists are required, authors must upload their completed checklists as multimedia appendix when submitting a manuscript to a JMIR Publications journal. See: How do I add/upload a Multimedia Appendix? Also, see the table below for more information on checklists that are required or recommended based on the study design.
- For example: Before submission, authors of RCTs involving eHealth interventions must fill in the electronic CONSORT-EHEALTH questionnaire with quotes from their manuscript; if authors wish to comment on the importance of the items from the checklist for reporting, please also rate each item on a scale between 1-5. Then, authors may generate a PDF of the form containing the responses and upload this file as a multimedia appendix entitled CONSORT-EHEALTH V1.6.
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:
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Study Design |
Reporting Guidance |
Required/Recommended* |
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Systematic literature review |
PRISMA (formerly called QUORUM) |
Required** |
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Scoping literature review |
Required** |
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Umbrella review |
Recommended |
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Narrative review |
PRISMA-P or equivalent |
Recommended |
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Randomized trial (non-eHealth/mHealth) |
Required*** |
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Randomized trial (eHealth/mHealth) |
Required*** |
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Prediction model for individual prognosis or diagnosis |
Recommended |
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Web-based and e-survey |
Recommended |
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| Protocol (e.g., for JMIR Res Protoc) | SPIRIT | Recommended |
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Machine learning predictive models in Biomedical Research |
Guidelines for Developing and Reporting Machine Learning Predictive Models |
Recommended |
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Digital health implementation |
iCHECK-DH: Guidelines and Checklist for the Reporting on Digital Health Implementations |
Required |
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Clinical case report |
Recommended |
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Animal studies (only JMIRx Bio - What is JMIRx?) |
Recommended |
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Early-stage clinical VR/XR studies |
Recommended (since Dec 2024) |
*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) per items 16a and 16b in the PRISMA checklist.
***A CONSORT flow diagram is also required and should be included in the Results section as a figure (rather than a multimedia appendix) per items 13a and 13b in the CONSORT checklist.
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?
See also:
Guidelines for Reporting Statistics
Does my trial (RCT) have to be registered?
How do I cite my trial registration?
For editorial and production staff:
(for staff) Publishing-Reporting-Guidelines