Submission
Submit Manuscript
Submissions to the Journal of Medical Informatics and Decision Making are accepted throughout the year. This page covers the routes available, what to have ready before you start, the declarations required with every submission, and what happens once a manuscript reaches the editorial office.
ISSN 2641-5526Open accessCC BY 4.0Single-blind by default
01 · Before you start
Two things are worth settling before a submission is prepared, because both are assessed at screening and both are decided by the manuscript rather than by the covering letter.
Does the work sit within the journal's scope?
The journal publishes research in medical and health informatics and healthcare decision science. Clinical, population, consumer and research informatics are included; a substantive decision-science contribution need not involve new software. Methods work requires appropriate evaluation, not universal deployment. See the Aims and Scope.
Is the manuscript prepared to the journal's requirements?
Article types, word and reference limits, abstract structure, figure preparation, reporting requirements and the final checklist are in the Instructions for Authors. A manuscript that meets them moves through screening without avoidable delay.
02 · Submission routes
Three routes reach the same editorial office. Use the one that suits how you work.
Primary route — ManuscriptZone
The journal's submission system. It carries the manuscript, the files and the declarations, and it is where correspondence about the submission takes place. Open ManuscriptZone (opens in a new tab)
Alternative route — simple manuscript submission form
A short web form for authors who prefer not to create a system account. The journal is preselected on the linked form. Open the submission form
Assisted route — editorial office
Where a submission cannot be completed by either route, the editorial office will accept the manuscript by email and enter it for you. [email protected]
Authors must use only one submission route for the same manuscript.
03 · What to have ready
| File | What it contains |
|---|---|
| Title page | Title, all authors with affiliations and ORCID iDs, the corresponding author's contact details, and the declarations listed in section 04. |
| Main manuscript | The manuscript itself in an editable format, with continuous line numbers and no author-identifying information where double-blind review has been requested. |
| Figures | One file per figure, at publication resolution, with legends in the manuscript rather than embedded in the image. |
| Tables | Editable tables, not images of tables. |
| Supplementary files | Additional material referenced in the manuscript: protocols, questionnaires, model cards, extended results. |
| Data and code | The repository link, identifier and version, or the access process where the data cannot be shared openly. |
| Reporting checklist | The completed checklist for the applicable reporting guideline, where one applies to the study design. |
Formats, limits and figure specifications are in the Instructions for Authors; they are not repeated here so that one page states them.
04 · Declarations required at submission
Every submission carries these. They are part of the record, and a missing one is the most common reason a manuscript is returned before review.
- Article type
- The category the manuscript is submitted under.
- Ethics approval
- The committee or IRB, and the approval reference, for any study involving patient data. Where a retrospective analysis proceeded under a waiver, the waiver and the body that granted it.
- Consent
- How consent was obtained, or the basis on which it was waived. Written consent for publication where any individual could be identifiable.
- Patient data
- How data were de-identified, and the regulatory framework the handling complies with.
- Trial registration
- Registry name, registration number and registration date, for any interventional trial.
- Data availability
- Where the data are, on what terms, and how a reader obtains them.
- Code availability
- The repository and version for custom algorithms and models, or why they cannot be released.
- Funding
- All sources with grant numbers, and the role of the funder in the work.
- Competing interests
- Financial and non-financial interests for every author, including relationships with health IT, EHR, device and AI companies whose products are discussed.
- AI use
- Any generative AI tool used in preparing the manuscript or conducting the analysis, and what it was used for.
- Review model
- Whether double-blind review is requested.
What each declaration must establish is set out in the Editorial Policies.
05 · After you submit
Acknowledgment
The editorial office confirms receipt and assigns the manuscript a reference. Use it in any correspondence about the submission.
Editorial screening
All submissions undergo initial editorial screening. Manuscripts that meet the journal's scope and minimum requirements proceed to independent peer review. A manuscript may be returned at this stage for preparation, or declined as outside scope.
Peer review
Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request. Manuscripts that proceed to external peer review are normally evaluated by at least two independent subject-matter experts.
Decision
Editorial decisions are based on scope, scientific quality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, reporting quality, and relevance to the journal. The handling editor sends the reviews with the decision.
Revision
Where revision is invited, authors respond point by point to each review. Revised manuscripts usually return to the same reviewers.
Acceptance and production
After acceptance the article processing charge is raised, and the article moves through copyediting and typesetting to publication under CC BY 4.0 with a registered DOI.
Nothing in this sequence depends on payment. The charge, the rates and the withdrawal terms are on the Article Processing Charges page.
Related pages
JMID · Editorial office
Unsure whether the work fits?
A short description of the study, the data it uses and the decision or information problem it addresses is enough for the editorial office to say whether it sits within scope. Write to [email protected] before preparing a full submission.
Journal of Medical Informatics and Decision Making · ISSN 2641-5526 · Crossref DOI prefix 10.14302 · published open access by Open Access Pub under CC BY 4.0. Editorial decisions are independent of any fee, service, membership or role.