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Prepare your manuscript for International Clinical Neuroscience Journal.

Review the checklist, choose your article type, and turn your draft into a cleaner submission package.

Checked 2026-08-06
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Article types

Research Article
Review
Systematic Review
Brief Report
Case Report

Readiness requirements

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Abstract length

  • Provide an author-written abstract of no more than 350 words.
  • Case Report: Provide an author-written abstract of no more than 150 words.
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  • Use a unstructured abstract.
  • An unstructured abstract no longer than 200 words is required for this section.
  • Abstract: Provide a succinct and factual abstract (maximum to 350 words) for your manuscript.
  • Case Report: Case Reports: Case reports should be arranged in accordance with Consensus-based Clinical Case Reporting ( CARE ) as follows: Abstract (unstructured, not exceeding 150 words), Introduction, Case presentation, Discussion, Conclusion, Declarations, References, and Figures.
  • Structured abstract for "Original Article" should consist of four paragraphs including the background, methods, results, and conclusions.
  • Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined when they first mentioned in the abstract itself.
  • The abstract should state briefly, respectively, the problem being addressed in the study, how the study was performed, the salient results, and what the authors conclude from the results.

Keywords

  • Provide up to 7 keywords chosen by the author.
  • Keywords: A maximum of 7 keywords or phrases should be provided; preferably, these should be selected from the body of the text.

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.
  • Manuscripts should be no longer than 8000 words including the references to be considered for publication.
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  • The number of tables and/or figures should be limited to 2 and references to a maximum of 15.
  • Just one table or figure and references to a maximum of 10 are allowed.
  • The layout and style should adhere strictly to the instructions given and in particular, the reference style of International Clinical Neuroscience Journal.
  • Editorials should not include unpublished or original data and the inclusion of references is strongly encouraged.
  • References: The list of references should be arranged and numbered in order of appearance in the text, not alphabetically.

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.
  • The number of figures should be based on sequence of appearance in the text, where they are referred to as Fig. 1, Fig. 2, etc. Figure legends should be concise and clear and should not duplicate the body of the text.
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  • Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text and place in Arabic numerals (Table 1, 2, etc.) and referred to in the text as Table 1, Table 2, etc. The title of the table should appear above it.
  • The Editorial should present the contributing articles of the Research Topic but should not be a mere table of contents.
  • The illustrations should be supplied with a title, an explanatory legend and a number in Arabic numerals.
  • The title should be part of the legend and not be reproduced on the figure itself.
  • The legends should be placed on a separate page at the end of the manuscript and begin with the number of the illustration they refer to.
  • All symbols and abbreviations used in the figure must be explained.
  • A detailed description of its contents and footnotes should be given below the body of the table.
  • Figures: Figures should be sent in a separate file.
  • Descriptions for all figures should be included in the file with the text and should not appear on the figures.
  • Pictures, photos, and figures must be submitted, in the acceptable form of GIF, JPG, PDF, PPT, and TIF files.
  • The correction must detail the reason(s) for the error(s) and include only the elements (e.g. sections, sentence, and figure) of the manuscript being revised or corrected.
  • (vi) the name and complete address of the corresponding author (as well as telephone number, facsimile number and E-mail address, and ORCID ID) to whom correspondence and proofs should be sent.
  • Authors must disclose the use of any AI-based tools (including but not limited to large language models, text generation tools, grammar correction software, or image/data manipulation systems) if such tools were used for: Figure or image generation or modification.
  • Title Page: This page should contain the following items: (i) complete title (preferably no chemical formulas or arbitrary abbreviations).
  • (iii) complete affiliations of all authors where you conducted the research.
  • (iv) the number of text pages of the whole manuscript (including figures and tables) and the number of figures and tables.
  • Please do not imprint the figures in the word text.
  • (ii) full names of all authors.
  • (v) running title.

Funding statement

  • Add or confirm the author-written Funding statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • Conflicts of Interest: Authors must acknowledge and declare any sources of funding and potential conflicting interest, such as receiving funds or fees by, or holding stocks and shares in, an organization that may profit or lose through publication of your paper.

Competing interests

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

Ethics statement

  • Add or confirm the author-written Ethics statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • Include the name of the appropriate institutional review board that approved the project.

Cover letter

  • Provide the claims and editor-specific context for the cover letter; Articlo creates an editable companion without inventing content.

Title page and author information

  • Running title: A maximum of 7 characters with spaces should be provided.
  • Authors are required to provide their ORCID numbers at submission.
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  • The Corresponding Author: The corresponding author should be the one and only person who is willing and able to manage all correspondence with the journal editor, including responding to reviewers’ comments and proofreading the final version.
  • Any addition, deletion or rearrangement of author names in the authorship list should be made only before the manuscript has been accepted and only if approved by the journal Editor.

Article structure and word limits

  • The appropriate number should be inserted as superscript in the text.
  • The length should not exceed 700 words.
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  • When reporting experiments on human subjects, authors should indicate whether the procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional or regional) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 1983.
  • All manuscripts must adhere to our guidelines.
  • Text files (double-spaced) of the manuscript should be supplied in Microsoft Word format.
  • Researchers who would like to publish their clinical trial reports in this journal must register their studies in a registry of clinical trials.
  • All articles and data sources should include information about the specific types of study or analysis, population, intervention, exposure and tests or outcomes.
  • Authors of review articles should be expert and have contributions in the field of the addressed subject.
  • As the final contributing article to the Research Topic, Editorials should be submitted once all expected articles have been accepted and published.
  • Submissions are required to have the title Editorial: "Title of Research Topic".
  • The contribution to the field statement should be used to clearly state the reason for the Correction.
  • Depending on the extent of the correction required, corrections may require peer review.
  • The full titles of the quoted publications should be listed.
  • If they are in MS Word format, they should be included in the manuscript file.
  • Corrections should be marked clearly and sent immediately to the Journal office.
  • This means that the authors must make a clear statement that the laws which apply to them in their own country were followed.
  • Ethical considerations must be addressed in a separate paragraph at the end of the paper.
  • Financial and material support should also be recognized in the acknowledgments.
  • Reviews: Review articles should be composed of systematic critical assessments of literature and data sources pertaining to clinical topics, emphasizing factors such as cause, diagnosis, prognosis, therapy, or prevention.
  • They should have unstructured abstracts.
  • Correction: Corrigendum/Addendum: should author’s notice errors that affect the scholarly record or the integrity of the paper, authors are encouraged submitting a correction online.
  • If accepted, the article shall not be published elsewhere, without the consent of the Editors and Publisher.
  • In addition, reports of limited research or clinical experiences can be submitted in the form of a letter.
  • Authors are informed that requests for changes beyond that described here may not be accepted for publication.

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

  • Include or confirm the preprints and prior publication 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.
  • AI tools must not be listed as authors under any circumstances, as they cannot take responsibility for the work or meet authorship criteria.
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  • To ensure transparency, accountability, and integrity of the scholarly record, authors are required to explicitly declare any use of AI-assisted technologies during the preparation of their manuscript.
  • If no AI tools were used, authors must explicitly state: “The authors declare that no artificial intelligence–assisted tools were used in the preparation of this manuscript.”.
  • If AI-assisted tools were used, authors must include a statement in the manuscript (preferably in the Acknowledgements or a separate “AI Declaration” section) using wording similar to the following: “Artificial intelligence–assisted tools were used in the preparation of this manuscript for language refinement and/or structural editing.

Language and text style

  • Articles should be written in English, and double spaced with wide margins.
  • The full term for which an abbreviation stands should precede its first use in the text unless it is a standard unit of measurement.
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  • Authors must disclose the use of any AI-based tools (including but not limited to large language models, text generation tools, grammar correction software, or image/data manipulation systems) if such tools were used for: Text generation or rewriting.
  • Authors must disclose the use of any AI-based tools (including but not limited to large language models, text generation tools, grammar correction software, or image/data manipulation systems) if such tools were used for: Language editing or stylistic refinement.
  • Authors must disclose the use of any AI-based tools (including but not limited to large language models, text generation tools, grammar correction software, or image/data manipulation systems) if such tools were used for: Summarization or paraphrasing of content.
  • Authors must disclose the use of any AI-based tools (including but not limited to large language models, text generation tools, grammar correction software, or image/data manipulation systems) if such tools were used for: Data interpretation or analysis support.

Manuscript structure

  • The body of the manuscript should not exceed 2000 words and no heading or subheading should be used.
  • The author(s) must consider the ethical consideration for studies with human subject or animal subject that described above and declare the related statement accordingly in the Method section of their manuscript.

Article type and manuscript length

  • Abstracts should not exceed 350 words and the main text (excluding abstract and references) should not exceed 4500 words for original papers.
  • Abstract should not exceed 350 words and the main text (excluding abstract and references) should not exceed 5000 words.
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  • Abstract should not exceed 150 words and the main text (excluding abstract and references) should not exceed 1000 words.
  • The word limit can be increased for each additional article in the Topic, up to a maximum of 5,000 words for 50 articles or more.
  • Submission items include Cover Letter, Reviewer Suggestions (at least 3), Manuscript including Title Page, Abstract, Main text (Original Paper: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, and Discussion), Acknowledgements, References and Tables/Figure Legends, Tables and Figures.
  • Main text: In general, the main text of the manuscript should be organized as follows: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, and References.

Study reporting guidelines

  • Research papers that report a randomized controlled trial, should comply with the guidelines provided by the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials ( CONSORT ) group.
  • Original Articles: Observational studies (including cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional studies) should be arranged based on the STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology ( STROBE ) statement and checklist.
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  • Systematic Review: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses on clinical trials and observational studies should be prepared based on Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses ( PRISMA ) and Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology ( MOOSE ), respectively.
  • Ethical guidelines: When reporting experiments on animals, authors should indicate whether the institutions or a national research council's guide for, or any national law on, the care and use of laboratory animals was followed.

Authorship and originality

  • Acknowledgements: All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship according to ICMJE Criteria, such as a person who provided purely technical help, writing assistance, or a department chair who provided only general support should be listed in the acknowledgments.
  • All authors of the original paper need to agree to the request for changes.
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What your package checks

Abstract: 350 words
Paper: 8,000 words
Keywords: Up to 7 keywords
Cover letter: requested
Declarations: Funding, Ethics, Acknowledgements, Artificial intelligence
Format: double spacing

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