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Manuscript Preparation Guide
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Manuscript Preparation Guide
A practical guide for preparing complete, transparent, technically consistent, and submission-ready manuscripts for the Journal of Digital Health and Advanced Biomaterials — JDHAB.
This guide should be used together with the official JDHAB manuscript template, the Instructions for Authors, the Article Types and Limits page, and the journal’s Publication Ethics policy.
Authors remain responsible for the scientific accuracy, methodological transparency, ethical compliance, authorship information, references, tables, figures, declarations, and supplementary files included in the submission.
Prepare the manuscript directly in the official template corresponding to the selected article type.
Manuscript Preparation Workflow
Select the Article Type
Choose the correct manuscript category and confirm its limits for word count, abstract length, figures, tables, supplementary material, and references.
Download the Correct Template
Use the official template corresponding exactly to Original Research, Review Article, Methods and Validation, or Case Report / Case Series.
Complete the Manuscript
Insert the scientific content, metadata, declarations, references, tables, figures, captions, and supplementary information in the appropriate sections.
Prepare the Review File
When double-anonymized review applies, prepare a blinded version derived from the same official template and remove identifying information.
Perform the Final Audit
Remove all instructional text and unused placeholders, verify consistency among files, and complete the final submission-readiness checklist.
1. Select the Correct Manuscript Template
Each article type has a distinct scientific structure. Authors should not use a generic Word document or adapt a template intended for another category.
Original Research
Original Research Template
For clinical, laboratory, observational, experimental, computational, diagnostic, and other original investigations.
Review Article
Review Article Template
For systematic, scoping, narrative, critical, integrative, and other evidence-synthesis manuscripts.
Methods and Validation
Methods and Validation Template
For methodological studies, validation studies, technical reports, software, protocols, reproducibility studies, and digital workflows.
Case Report / Case Series
Case Report / Case Series Template
For clinically relevant individual cases or case series with appropriate documentation, consent, analysis, and follow-up.
2. General Manuscript Requirements
Language
Manuscripts must be written in clear, formal, and scientifically precise English. Authors are responsible for linguistic accuracy and consistency of terminology.
File Format
Submit the main manuscript as an editable Microsoft Word file. Do not submit a PDF as the only manuscript file.
Template Structure
Retain all required headings and sections. Optional sections may be removed only when they are not applicable to the study design.
Instructional Text
Remove all guidance, explanatory notes, examples, brackets, and unused placeholders before uploading the final manuscript.
Abbreviations
Define non-standard abbreviations at first use and apply them consistently throughout the abstract, main text, tables, figures, and supplementary material.
Units and Nomenclature
Use internationally recognized measurement units, standardized scientific terminology, generic names, and accepted taxonomic or technical nomenclature.
3. Title Page and Author Information
Manuscript Title
Use a concise, informative, and scientifically accurate title. Identify the study design when this improves transparency or is required by the applicable reporting guideline.
Authors
Provide each author’s full name, academic degree, institutional affiliation, and ORCID iD. The author order must be agreed upon before submission.
Affiliations
List the department, institution, city, state or region when applicable, and country. Use numbered affiliations when authors are associated with different institutions.
Corresponding Author
Provide the full name, institutional email address, and complete postal address of the author responsible for editorial correspondence.
4. Abstract and Keywords
Abstract Structure
Follow the headings and organization provided in the selected manuscript template. The abstract must accurately reflect the objective, methods, principal findings, and conclusion.
Numerical Results
When applicable, report the principal numerical findings, effect estimates, precision measures, diagnostic performance, agreement indices, or relevant adverse outcomes.
Conclusion
The abstract conclusion must be directly supported by the reported findings and must not exaggerate causality, clinical relevance, superiority, or generalizability.
Keywords
Provide specific keywords that support discovery and indexing. Prefer recognized controlled vocabulary, including MeSH terminology when appropriate.
5. Main Manuscript
Introduction
Define the scientific problem, summarize the relevant evidence, identify the unresolved gap, and end with a precise objective or research question.
Methods
Provide sufficient information for critical appraisal and independent reproduction. Describe design, setting, participants or specimens, variables, procedures, outcomes, sample-size rationale, and statistical analysis.
Results
Present findings in a logical sequence corresponding to the Methods. Report participant or specimen flow, missing data, numerical estimates, uncertainty, adverse events, and protocol deviations when applicable.
Discussion
Interpret the principal findings in relation to the research question, existing evidence, strengths, limitations, clinical or technical implications, and future research.
Conclusion
Provide a concise answer to the stated objective. Avoid introducing new results or making claims that exceed the evidence presented.
Reporting Guidelines
Follow the applicable EQUATOR Network reporting guideline and submit the completed checklist when required.
6. Tables and Figures
Tables
Tables must be editable, self-explanatory, consecutively numbered, and cited in the main text. Avoid submitting tables as screenshots or flattened images.
Table Titles and Notes
Use a concise title and define all abbreviations, statistical symbols, tests, units, and relevant explanatory information in the table notes.
Figures
Figures must be legible, consecutively numbered, cited in the text, and suitable for publication. Supply separate high-resolution files during submission when required.
Figure Legends
Legends must allow independent interpretation and explain panels, symbols, abbreviations, measurement scales, annotations, and image modifications.
Clinical and Identifiable Images
Remove identifying information and obtain written consent for publication whenever a person may be recognized directly or indirectly.
Image Integrity
Do not perform selective enhancement, deletion, duplication, inappropriate contrast adjustment, or any modification that could misrepresent the original data.
7. References
Vancouver Style
References must follow Vancouver style according to the ICMJE Recommendations and the National Library of Medicine’s Citing Medicine.
Order of Citation
Number references consecutively according to their first appearance in the manuscript. Reuse the original number when the same source is cited again.
Journal Titles
Use official NLM journal abbreviations whenever available. Article titles should be presented in sentence case.
Digital Identifiers
Include the DOI whenever available and verify that every citation corresponds accurately to an item in the reference list.
8. Required Declarations
Ethics Approval
State the approving institution, committee name, approval number, and relevant ethical framework, or explain why formal approval was not required.
Informed Consent
State whether informed consent was obtained from participants or legally authorized representatives when applicable.
Consent for Publication
Provide a specific statement when identifiable clinical information, images, recordings, or case details are included.
Competing Interests
Disclose all financial, professional, institutional, intellectual, or personal relationships that could influence the work.
Funding
Identify all funding sources, grant numbers, and the role of the funder in study design, analysis, interpretation, or publication.
Author Contributions
Describe individual contributions transparently using the CRediT taxonomy when appropriate.
Data and Code Availability
State where supporting data, code, protocols, models, or analytical materials are available and specify any justified access restrictions.
Artificial Intelligence Use
Disclose the use of generative artificial intelligence or automated tools in writing, analysis, image processing, translation, or other relevant stages of the work.
9. Blinded Review File
Remove Identifying Information
Remove author names, affiliations, email addresses, ORCID iDs, acknowledgments, institutional identifiers, and other details that could reveal authorship.
Preserve Scientific Content
Retain the complete manuscript structure, abstract, main text, references, tables, figures, captions, and non-identifying declarations.
Self-Citations
Write self-citations in the third person and do not remove references that are scientifically necessary unless instructed by the editorial office.
File Properties
Inspect document properties, tracked changes, comments, filenames, embedded metadata, and image information for identifying content.
10. Submission File Package
Main Manuscript
Editable Word document prepared with the appropriate official template.
Blinded Manuscript
Double-anonymized version when required by the journal’s review workflow.
Figures
Separate publication-quality files with consistent numbering and captions.
Supplementary Material
Additional methods, protocols, datasets, tables, figures, checklists, or multimedia files when applicable.
Reporting Checklist
Completed reporting-guideline checklist and flow diagram when required.
Permissions and Consent
Documentation for reused material, identifiable information, or third-party copyrighted content when applicable.
Final Submission Checklist
Correct Template
The manuscript uses the official template corresponding to the selected article type.
Complete Structure
All required sections, metadata, declarations, tables, figures, and references are present.
No Template Instructions
All instructional text, brackets, examples, and unused placeholders have been removed.
Consistent Files
Titles, author information, numbering, captions, declarations, and filenames are consistent across all submission files.
References Verified
Every in-text citation corresponds to the reference list, and each reference has been checked for accuracy.
Ethical Compliance
All ethical approvals, consent statements, disclosures, and permissions have been included when applicable.
Related Author Resources
Manuscript Templates
Select and download the official template corresponding to the intended article type.
Instructions for Authors
Review the complete editorial, scientific, technical, ethical, and formatting requirements.
Article Types & Limits
Confirm the accepted categories and the technical limits for each manuscript type.
Publication Ethics
Review authorship, originality, consent, conflicts, research integrity, data, and artificial intelligence policies.
Peer Review Process
Understand editorial assessment, double-anonymized peer review, independent handling, and editorial decisions.
Submit a Paper
Proceed to the submission portal after completing the manuscript and final checklist.
Submission Readiness
A manuscript is ready for submission only when it uses the correct official JDHAB template, follows the selected article-type limits, includes all required declarations, presents complete and verifiable references, and contains no remaining instructional text or unused placeholders.
