Author Guidelines

Authors should read the aims and scope before submission. Manuscripts must be original, clearly written and not under review elsewhere.

Article types

• Original clinical or biomedical research
• Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
• Translational and laboratory studies
• Diagnostic, prognostic and epidemiological studies
• Case reports or case series with publication consent
• Methods, protocols and short communications

Reporting standards

Use the reporting guideline appropriate to the study, including CONSORT for randomized trials, STROBE for observational research, PRISMA for systematic reviews, STARD for diagnostic accuracy, CARE for case reports, TRIPOD for prediction models and ARRIVE for animal research where applicable. Submit the relevant checklist when requested.

Ethics and consent

Human research must identify the approving ethics committee and approval number where available, and report informed consent or an approved waiver. Clinical trials must be registered prospectively in a recognized public registry. Case reports and identifiable images require specific consent for publication. Animal research must document ethical approval, welfare safeguards and applicable reporting standards.

Methods and evidence

Describe participants, eligibility, interventions, comparators, outcomes, sample-size reasoning, laboratory procedures and statistical methods transparently. Report effect estimates with uncertainty, adverse events, missing data, protocol deviations and limitations. Avoid causal or clinical claims unsupported by the design.

Data and declarations

Include statements on data availability, funding, competing interests, author contributions and material use of generative AI. Protect confidential patient and participant information.

Review files

Provide a separate title page and anonymized manuscript for double-blind review.

Submission status

Online submissions are temporarily closed while GMD completes its editorial setup.