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Prepare your manuscript for CHANCE.

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Article types

Review
Editorial
Clinical Trial
Protocol
Systematic Review
Letter
Lectio

Readiness requirements

Review the key details below, or download the complete checklist with every stored source-backed requirement.

Abstract length

  • Include or confirm the abstract length required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Reference style

  • Articlo formats your supplied references to the journal's stored style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
  • Ordinarily, only extremely noteworthy references should appear in the body of the article, and then they should be incorporated into the text (e.g., One of the earliest research papers applying probability and statistics to sports is Fred Mosteller’s 1952 work on the World Series in the Journal of the American Statistical Association).
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  • References to the literature should not appear scattered throughout the text as they would in a journal article.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Confirmation the authors take full responsibility for the integrity of the whole content, including accuracy of references.
  • At the end of the article, under the heading Additional Reading, a limited number of references or related works can be given.

Figure and table rules

  • Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript.
  • Figures and tables should be numbered, consecutively titled, labeled, and referred to in the article text.

Funding statement

  • You should declare only the acquired funds and grants that are directly relevant to the work reported in your article; for example, This work was supported by the [Funding Agency #1] under Grant [number xxxx]; [Funding Agency #2] under Grant [number xxxx]; and [Funding Agency #3] under Grant [number xxxx].

Competing interests

  • Include or confirm the competing interests required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Cover letter

  • We require every author to receive permission from the holder of the rights for all material.

Author contributions

  • Submitting authors should be prepared to submit CRediT roles for themselves and their co-authors (where applicable) as part of the submission process.

Article structure and word limits

  • If a graph or other line art is stored in this format, it should be saved at a very high resolution: 1200 dpi.
  • If line art is saved as a TIF, it must be saved at a high resolution (800-1,200 dots per inch).
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  • Review: These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
  • As a rule, there should be no more than five formulas in an article, though you should strive for zero or one.
  • This list should contain approximately five items.
  • Authors are encouraged to write in a relaxed, expository style; opinion, humor, and historical comments can (and should) be intermingled to make lively reading.
  • Consequently, this file format should not be used for print, but is suited to the web.
  • It is a useful format for the web, but with limited contrast and resolution size, it should not be used for print.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Originality and accuracy of content has been confirmed by the authors.
  • Authors must provide full methodological details and adhere to relevant reporting guidelines where applicable.
  • Authors must retain the original and revised versions which must be shared upon request.
  • The PLSP guidelines for authors must be followed at all times.
  • It should be avoided for print and web.
  • Please make sure the material is at least 300 dpi (dots per inch) or as large as 8.5 x 11 at 150 dpi.
  • Graphics should not be saved in the following formats: (BMP) Windows Bitmap.
  • Graphics should not be saved in the following formats: (WMF) Windows metafile.
  • Graphics should not be saved in the following formats: Compuserve (GIF) Graphical interchange format.
  • Graphics should not be saved in the following formats: PICT (short for "pict"ure).
  • This journal requires image descriptions (alternative text, alt text), to be provided for all images conveying information necessary for an understanding of your work.
  • This file is poorly supported by other operating systems and has limited support for color.
  • Image descriptions are typically used by systems such as pronouncing screen readers to make images accessible to people that cannot read or see the object due to a visual disability.
  • CHANCE articles do not have abstracts.

Reporting guidelines

  • Include or confirm the reporting guidelines required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Artificial intelligence disclosure

  • Add or confirm the author-written Artificial intelligence statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • Please include a statement disclosing whether and how generative AI has been used in the research and manuscript preparation process.
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  • Use of AI tools as part of ethical research studies is permitted.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: The name and version number of the AI tool used.
  • Systematic Review: Use of AI tools as part of ethically conducted literature reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analysis and bibliometrics studies is permitted.
  • Use of AI tool assisted plain language summaries (PLS) of authors own work is permitted.
  • Please read our guidance on using AI tools in your research and manuscript preparation to understand scenarios where their use may be permissible, and the required information that must be disclosed.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Confirmation the authors have checked terms of use for the specific AI tool used, and therefore confirm suitability for publication.

Statistical reporting

  • If a particular statistical technique is crucial to the article (e.g., logistic regression, Bayesian modeling), then it should be described in a sidebar.

Manuscript structure

  • Please do not use footnotes.
  • Authors must retain full records of the methods undertaken, including full descriptions and records of the prompts used, which must be shared with the journal upon request.

Study reporting guidelines

  • Authors must provide full methodological details and adhere to relevant reporting guidelines where applicable (e.g. CONSORT-AI, STARD-AI, GAMER, TRIPOD-AI, etc).
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Source transparency

This preparation guide uses published journal-specific author requirements. Journal instructions can change, so authors should complete a final review before submission.

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