Article Types

  • Article
  • Review
  • Case Report
  • Letter
  • Perspective Editorial
  • Letter to the Editor

Word Count & Figures Guidelines

The following table provides recommended word counts (excluding abstract, references, and figures) and figure/table limits for each article type:

Article Type Recommended Word Count Flexible Range Figures/Tables Limit
Article 3,500 1,500–8,000 ≤8
Review 3,500 1,500–7,000 ≤10
Guideline 6,000 2,500–15,000 ≤5
Case Report 1,000 800–1,500 ≤6
Perspective 2,500 1,500–8,000 ≤3
White Paper 4,000 2,000–10,000 ≤5
Letter 1,500 800–2,500 ≤2
Editorial 1,200 800–2,000 ≤1
Commentary 1,200 800–2,000 ≤1

Manuscript Structure

Original Articles should include:

  1. Title
  2. Abstract
  3. Keywords
  4. Introduction
  5. Methods
  6. Results
  7. Discussion
  8. Conclusion
  9. References
  10. Ethics Approval

Ethics Approval

Human and animal studies must provide ethics approval information.