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 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:
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Study Design |
Reporting Guidance |
Required/Recommened* |
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Systematic literature review |
PRISMA (formerly called QUORUM) |
Required |
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Scoping literature review |
Required |
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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) |
TRIPOD (Transparent reporting of a multivariable |
Recommended |
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Web-based and e-survey |
Recommended |
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Protocol (e.g., for JMIR Res Protoc) |
Recommended |
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Machine learning predictive models in Biomedical Research |
Recommended | |
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Digital health implementation |
iCHECK-DH: Guidelines and Checklist for the Reporting on Digital Health Implementations |
Required |
*Required/Recommended guidelines in effect since September 2023.
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?