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Prepare your manuscript for European Journal of General Practice.

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Checked 2026-08-01
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Article types

Review
Research Article
Systematic Review
Case Report
Review Article
Protocol
Letter
Clinical Trial
Research Letter
Editorial
Lectio
Original Article
Letter to the Editor

Readiness requirements

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

Abstract length

  • Use a structured abstract.
  • Trial registration numbers should be included in the abstract, with full details in the methods section.
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  • There are no strict formatting requirements, but all manuscripts must contain the essential elements needed to evaluate a manuscript: abstract, author affiliation, figures, tables, funder information, references.
  • Abstract: not required.
  • Submission - information required Before submission, you need to prepare the following items to be entered in ScholarOne: Abstract text: a structured abstract should cover (in the following order): the background, objectives, methods, results and conclusion.
  • Letter: Upload a short summary of the Letter in the 'Abstract' field on ScholarOne Manuscripts.

Keywords

  • Provide up to 5 keywords chosen by the author.
  • Submission - information required Before submission, you need to prepare the following items to be entered in ScholarOne: Keywords: up to 5 keywords.

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.
  • In quantitative studies, tables (placed after the references) should be self-explanatory.
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  • For manuscripts submitted in LaTeX format a.bib reference file must be included.
  • All bibliographic entries must contain a corresponding in-text citation.
  • Readers should be able to interpret the table without reference to the text.
  • Where applicable, this should include the hyperlink, DOI or other persistent identifier associated with the data set(s).
  • Tables and text boxes should be included in the main document, after the References, each on a separate page; tables should be made using the 'insert table' function in Word.
  • 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.

Figure and table rules

  • Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript. Keep figures embedded; Articlo also extracts numbered source files for the package.
  • Figures should be high quality (1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour, at the correct size).
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  • Include Summary tables and follow the PRISMA statement when appropriate.
  • Provide a flow diagram showing the selection process of the included papers as a figure.
  • Include Summary tables and follow the PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) when appropriate.
  • Figures should be of sufficient resolution to enable refereeing.
  • Tables should present new information rather than duplicating what is in the text.
  • Figures should be supplied in one of our preferred file formats: PS, JPEG, GIF, or Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX).
  • Figures should be saved in separate files.
  • Submission - information required Before submission, you need to prepare the following items to be entered in ScholarOne: Number of Tables.
  • Submission - information required Before submission, you need to prepare the following items to be entered in ScholarOne: Number of Figures.
  • Submission - information required Before submission, you need to prepare the following items to be entered in ScholarOne: Number of colour figures.

Funding statement

  • Add or confirm the author-written Funding statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • 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].
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  • Submission - information required Before submission, you need to prepare the following items to be entered in ScholarOne: Funding details.

Competing interests

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

Data availability statement

  • Add or confirm the author-written Data availability statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • Submission - information required Before submission, you need to prepare the following items to be entered in ScholarOne: Data availability statement.

Ethics statement

  • Add or confirm the author-written Ethics statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • Subjects must have given their informed consent.
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  • The Methods should describe the design and setting, sampling strategy, estimated number of participants, data collection methods, planned analyses, and ethics.
  • In settings where ethics approval for non-interventional studies (e.g. surveys) is not required, authors must include a statement to explain this.
  • Authors should familiarise themselves with our policy on participant/patient privacy and informed consent.
  • Review: All original research papers involving humans, animals, plants, biological material, protected or non-public datasets, collections or sites, must include a written statement in the Methods section, confirming ethical approval has been obtained from the appropriate local ethics committee or Institutional Review Board and that where relevant, informed consent has been obtained.
  • Editorial: Consent All authors are required to follow the ICMJE requirements and Taylor & Francis Editorial Policies on privacy and informed consent from patients and study participants.
  • Authors must include a statement to confirm that any patient, service user, or participant (or that person’s parent or legal guardian) in any type of qualitative or quantitative research, has given informed consent to participate in the research.
  • Case Report: a clinical case report detailing their medical history, identifiable images or media content, etc), authors must include a statement to confirm that they have obtained written informed consent to publish the details from the affected individual (or their parents/guardians if the participant in not an adult or unable to give informed consent; or next of kin if the participant is deceased).
  • Submission - information required Before submission, you need to prepare the following items to be entered in ScholarOne: Statements on authorship, research ethics and publication ethics.
  • Case Report: For submissions where patients or participants can be potentially identified (e.g.

Blinded manuscript

  • The PDF should be uploaded as the “Manuscript - with author details”/“Manuscript - anonymous” file.

Cover letter

  • Letter: Provide the claims and editor-specific context for the cover letter; Articlo creates an editable companion without inventing content.
  • Letter: Provide an explicit statement in the article and the cover letter.
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  • Using Third-Party Material in your Paper You must obtain the necessary permission to reuse third-party material in your article.
  • Review: The use of short extracts of text and some other types of material is usually permitted, on a limited basis, for the purposes of criticism and review without securing formal permission.
  • If you wish to include any material in your paper for which you do not hold copyright, and which is not covered by this informal agreement, you will need to obtain written permission from the copyright owner prior to submission.
  • Letter: Submission - information required Before submission, you need to prepare the following items to be entered in ScholarOne: Cover letter text.
  • Submission - information required Before submission, you need to prepare the following items to be entered in ScholarOne: Copyright.

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.
  • Submission - information required Before submission, you need to prepare the following items to be entered in ScholarOne: CRediT Roles.

Supplementary files

  • Lectio: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Letter: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
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  • Protocol: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Editorial: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Case Report: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Clinical Trial: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Review Article: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Original Article: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Research Article: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Systematic Review: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Letter to the Editor: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Embed or attach the author-supplied supplementary material so Articlo can extract and label it for the package.
  • Review: These should be uploaded as "supplementary material - for review" or "supplementary material - not for review", as appropriate.
  • Upload the completed PRISMA checklist (Word) as supplementary material.
  • Upload the completed PRISMA-ScR checklist (Word) as supplementary material.

Title page and author information

  • Include full names, affiliations, ORCiDs and social media handles (Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn) of all authors on the cover page.

Article structure and word limits

  • It should have a maximum width of 525 pixels.
  • Research Article: Research article (full/short) The main manuscript document consists of: 3 bulleted Key messages (highlight implications for clinical practice or future research in max.50 words) should be uploaded using the "point of interest" file designation.
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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.
  • Many funders require open access publication of research they have funded; you can check open access funder policies and mandates here.
  • Please note that discounts must be applied at the Charges stage of the submission process when the APC quote is confirmed and may not be considered after submission.
  • Please contact Barbara Toplek to find out how to obtain this discount before you submit your article.
  • The title should summarise the main finding and preferably state the study population or setting and the study design.
  • Review / Systematic Review: In case of an RCT, systematic review or qualitative study, the study design should be mentioned explicitly in the (sub) title.
  • For other types of papers, the title should be a concise description of the main message of the article.
  • A detailed description of one (or more) Case(s) should follow.
  • The authors should also describe how they selected the literature they use.
  • Letter: Include a statement to which published EJGP article the letter refers ('Comment on …').
  • You will also need to upload your LaTeX source files, which should be uploaded as a single zip file alongside your submission and marked as “LaTeX Source Files”.
  • Note that, regardless of the file format of the original submission, an editable version of the article must be supplied at the revision stage.
  • Papers must be submitted in the following format: Word, calibri 12 pt font; aligned left, double line spacing.
  • For all NIH/Wellcome-funded papers, the grant number(s) must be included in the declaration of interest statement.
  • Clinical Trial: Clinical trials should be registered prospectively – i.e. before participant recruitment.
  • Editorial: Authors of retrospectively registered trials must be prepared to provide further information to the journal editorial office if requested.
  • Clinical Trial: The clinical trial registry should be publicly accessible (at no charge), open to all prospective registrants, and managed by a not-for-profit organization.
  • All research studies on humans (individuals, samples, or data) must have been performed in accordance with the principles stated in the Declaration of Helsinki.
  • Please include all relevant safety precautions; and cite any accepted standard or code of practice.
  • Queries Should you have any queries, please visit our Author Services website or contact us here.
  • 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.
  • Submission - information required.
  • Use grid lines.
  • Key messages: not required.
  • Submission - information required Before submission, you need to prepare the following items to be entered in ScholarOne: Key message: 1-3 bulleted 'take home' messages (max).
  • Clinical Trial: Clinical Trials Registry In order to be published in a Taylor & Francis journal, all clinical trials must have been registered in a public repository, ideally at the beginning of the research process (prior to participant recruitment).
  • The process of obtaining consent to publish should include sharing the article with the individual (or whoever is consenting on their behalf), so that they are fully aware of the content of the article before it is published.
  • Submission - information required Before submission, you need to prepare the following items to be entered in ScholarOne: APC/waiver options.
  • Submission - information required Before submission, you need to prepare the following items to be entered in ScholarOne: Title.
  • Submission - information required Before submission, you need to prepare the following items to be entered in ScholarOne: Running head.
  • Submission - information required Before submission, you need to prepare the following items to be entered in ScholarOne: Disclosure statement.
  • Submission - information required Before submission, you need to prepare the following items to be entered in ScholarOne: Data deposition.
  • Please do not embed it in the manuscript file but save it as a separate file, labelled GraphicalAbstract1.
  • Submission - information required Before submission, you need to prepare the following items to be entered in ScholarOne: Full Author details, e-mail address, Institution details.
  • Keep in mind that this journal publishes articles for an international readership.
  • The arguments need to be based on published evidence.
  • 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.

Reporting guidelines

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

Preprints and prior publication

  • If you have shared an earlier version of your Author’s Original Manuscript on a preprint server, please be aware that anonymity cannot be guaranteed.

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.

Language and text style

  • Discount codes must be presented at quotation and cannot be applied retrospectively.

Manuscript structure

  • The Introduction is followed by various paragraphs with a heading; the paper should end with a clear recommendation for research, practice, or policy.
  • Use appropriate sub-headings.
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  • 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.
  • Clinical Trial: However, for clinical trials that have not been registered prospectively, Taylor & Francis journals requires retrospective registration to ensure the transparent and complete dissemination of all clinical trial results which ultimately impact human health.

Article type and manuscript length

  • The Abstract should be structured, according to the sections in the main text, i.e. Introduction, Case(s), Discussion, and Conclusion (ICDC).
  • Review: 'Other' review articles follow a logical structure, and the Abstract should represent the main elements of the main text.
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  • Opinion papers follow a logical structure, and the Abstract should represent the main elements of the main text.
  • Submission - information required Before submission, you need to prepare the following items to be entered in ScholarOne: Word count of main text (excluding abstract, keywords, key messages, references, boxes and tables).

Authorship and originality

  • Preparing Your Paper Authorship: ICMJE recommendations All authors submitting to medicine, biomedicine, health sciences, allied and public health journals should conform to the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, prepared by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).

Study reporting guidelines

  • For animal studies, approval must have been obtained from the local or institutional animal use and care committee.
  • 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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What your package checks

Keywords: Up to 5 keywords
Declarations: Data availability, Funding, Ethics, Artificial intelligence
Format: Calibri

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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