Instructions for Authors

For guidelines on JAMIA journals policy and submission please click on the links below.

Introduction

The JAMIA guidelines extend the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts (URM) Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication" composed by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), as accessed October 2009 at URL: http://www.icmje.org. All JAMIA submissions must comply with the current version of the ICMJE URM, unless explicitly exempted below. General topics covered in the ICMJE URM document include:

Statement of URM Purpose
Ethical Considerations
Publishing & Editorial Issues
Manuscript Preparation
References

Specific topics in the ICMJE URM include (see http://www.icmje.org/ for complete list):

Obligation to Register Clinical Trials
Authorship and Contributorship
Conflicts of Interest
Editorship
Peer Review
Overlapping Publications
Protection of Human Subjects and Animals in Research
Obligation to Publish Negative Studies
Privacy and Confidentiality
Copyright
Corrections
Advertising

In addition to the ICMJE guidelines, JAMIA requires authors to follow principles detailed in "On Exemplary Scientific Conduct Regarding Submission of Manuscripts to Biomedical Journals," which is available free-of-charge at http://www.jamia.org/cgi/content/full/13/1/113. Authors may also find useful materials prepared by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) at http://publicationethics.org.

Access policy for JAMIA

All content published in JAMIA is deposited with PubMedCentral by the publisher but with varying embargo times. Authors/funders may pay an Unlocked fee of $2,000 to make the article free on the JAMIA website and PMC immediately on publication. Research funded by government and other recognised agencies is deposited with a 12 month embargo. All other content is deposited with a 36 month embargo.