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Author Guidelines

Authors are invited to make a submission to this journal. All submissions will be assessed by an editor to determine whether they meet the aims and scope of this journal. Those considered to be a good fit will be sent for peer review before determining whether they will be accepted or rejected.

Before making a submission, authors are responsible for obtaining permission to publish any material included with the submission, such as photos, documents and datasets. All authors identified on the submission must consent to be identified as an author. Where appropriate, research should be approved by an appropriate ethics committee in accordance with the legal requirements of the study's country.

An editor may reject a submission if it does not meet minimum standards of quality. Before submitting, please ensure that the study design and research argument are structured and articulated properly. The title should be concise and the abstract should be able to stand on its own. This will increase the likelihood of reviewers agreeing to review the paper. When you're satisfied that your submission meets this standard, please follow the checklist below to prepare your submission.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • This submission meets the requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • This submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
  • All references have been checked for accuracy and completeness.  If the article is accepted for publication, then at that time (before publication) references will be formatted according to the reference style outlined by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), also referred to as “Vancouver Style” or National Library of Medicine (NLM). 
  • All tables and figures have been numbered and labeled.
  • A title page, that includes all required details as outlined in the Author Guidelines, is provided as the first page of the manuscript file. This is not required for invited commentary or letters to the editor. 
  • A cover letter, uploaded as a separate file. This is not required if you are submitting an invited commentary or letters to the editor. 
  • Permission has been obtained to publish all photos, datasets and other material provided with this submission.
  • The article submission fee is $25 USD, and is nonrefundable, regardless of whether the article is accepted or rejected. You can pay this during submission or follow the instructions provided in the email you receive after submission. The exception is for "Invited Commentaries" or "Letters to the Editor" in which there is no submission fee.
  • It is understood there is an Article Processing Charge (APC) payable for articles accepted for publication in JRRM as outlined in the Author Guidelines.  The author will be requested to pay the fee upon notification of article acceptance.  Invited Commentaries and Letters to the Editor are exempt from paying this fee, as are the first 12 articles accepted for publication in the journal.
  • The author(s) agree that the submission adheres to JRRM policies on Authorship, declaring Conflicts of Interest, Research Ethics and Informed Consent, Acknowledgements and Funding.

Original Research

Investigations and original research that represent new and significant contributions and advances to the field. Includes clinical trials.

Reviews

Includes scoping, systematic reviews and meta-analyses. 

Scoping reviews provide an overview of the available research evidence without generating definitive clinical recommendations.

Systematic reviews (with or without meta-analyses) focus on specific clinical topics and adhere to established methodologies.

RRM Guidelines

Includes clinical practice guidelines and consensus statements that are intended to guide RRM clinical practice and patient care. Guidelines are based on high-level evidence and consensus statements are based on expert opinion and the best available research evidence for which consensus is sought.

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