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 ===== Find Submission Guidelines ===== ===== Find Submission Guidelines =====
  
-  * Once you choose your journal and write your manuscript, you will want to look carefully at submission guidelines.  +  * Once you choose your journal and write the manuscript, you will want to look carefully at submission guidelines. 
-  * Failure to follow the rules regarding font, tables, figures, and references could cause your manuscript to be sent back to you. +  * Failure to follow the guidelines could cause your manuscript to be sent back to you. 
-  * Pay close attention to limits on the number of words in the abstract and text as well as limits on the numbers of tables, figures, and references. +  * Pay particular attention to limits on the number of words in the abstract and text as well as limits on the numbers of tables, figures, and references.
  
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 ===== Start Collecting Necessary Information ===== ===== Start Collecting Necessary Information =====
  
-  * Determine if any submission forms, checklists, copyright agreements, patient consent forms, or conflict of interest forms need to be submitted with the article.+  * Determine if any submission forms, checklists, copyright agreements, patient consent forms, or conflict of interest forms need to be submitted with the manuscript. 
 +  * [[https://www.equator-network.org|EQUATOR]] has checklists that you can download for different types of studies (for instance, observational studies, systematic reviews, and randomized trials).
   * You will want to obtain the emails, academic credentials, and addresses of every author.   * You will want to obtain the emails, academic credentials, and addresses of every author.
-  * Some journals will also require that the individual submitting the article have an ORCID account. Researchers can apply for an ORCID free of charge using a registration form on the orcid.org website.+  * Some journals will also require that the individual submitting the article have an ORCID account. Researchers can apply for an account free of charge on the [[https://orcid.org|ORCID website]].
  
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 ===== Tips for Writing Your Cover Letter ===== ===== Tips for Writing Your Cover Letter =====
  
-  * You will need a cover letter that is addressed to the journal editor. +  * You will need to write a cover letter from the corresponding author that is addressed to the journal editor.
  
-Here is a {{:wiki:guide:cover_letter.docx|cover letter template}} that you can use+Here is a {{:wiki:guide:cover_letter.docx|cover letter template}}  that you can use.
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-===== Determine Who Will Submit ===== +
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-  * If you are an author, create an account for yourself on the journal submission site. If you are not the corresponding author, determine whether the corresponding author is required to submit. In this case, you will need to log in to the journal submission site via the client’s account. +
-  * If you are not an author, determine whether the journal allows non-authors to submit (many do not). In this case, you will need to log in to the journal submission site via the client’s account.+
  
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   * A blinded copy should not have any information in it that would allow you to identify authors or institutions.   * A blinded copy should not have any information in it that would allow you to identify authors or institutions.
   * From the title page, you will want to remove author names and institutions and replace them with the words “redacted.”   * From the title page, you will want to remove author names and institutions and replace them with the words “redacted.”
-  * At the end of the manuscript, you will also want to delete acknowledgments, contributions, disclosures, funding, and any specific details about institutional review boards and replace this with the word “redacted.”+  * At the end of the manuscript, you will also want to delete acknowledgments, contributions, disclosures, funding, and any specific details about institutional review boards and replace them with the word “redacted.”
  
- +{{:wiki:guide:redacted4.png?400}}
-{{:wiki:guide:redacted4.png?400|}}+
  
 //What a blinded cover page should look like.// //What a blinded cover page should look like.//
  
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 ===== Getting Materials Ready to Upload ===== ===== Getting Materials Ready to Upload =====
  
-  * Before submitting your manuscript, you will want to accept all track changes. To do this in Word, go to Review > Accept > Accept All Changes and Stop Tracking.+  * Before submitting your manuscript, be sure to accept any track changes. To do this in Word, go to Review > Accept > Accept All Changes and Stop Tracking.
   * The submission guidelines may also ask for line numbers. In Word, go to Layout > Line Numbers.   * The submission guidelines may also ask for line numbers. In Word, go to Layout > Line Numbers.
  
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   * You will want to proofread the entire manuscript within 2 to 3 days. Follow the instructions carefully and answer all author queries. Be sure to double-check the accuracy of author names and affiliations.   * You will want to proofread the entire manuscript within 2 to 3 days. Follow the instructions carefully and answer all author queries. Be sure to double-check the accuracy of author names and affiliations.
  
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