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Prepare your manuscript for Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care.

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Article types

Review
Clinical Trial
Research Article
Review Article
Case Report
Perspective
Research Letter
Commentary
Editorial
Systematic Review
Lectio
Protocol

Readiness requirements

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Abstract length

  • Provide an author-written abstract of no more than 250 words.
  • 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, and references.

Keywords

  • Provide 5-7 keywords chosen by the author.
  • Should contain between 5 and 7 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.
  • Reference Limits and format Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care recommends a maximum of 30 references that are most relevant for the paper.
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  • Article commentaries are limited to 500 words and must contain relevant and appropriate references, one of which should be the paper.
  • Review Article: As a general guideline, research articles with a quantitative method, case reports and perspective articles should not exceed approximately 3000 words, whereas research articles with a qualitative method and review articles should not exceed approximately 5000 words. (Introduction–Conclusion, figures and tables and reference list not included).
  • For manuscripts submitted in LaTeX format a.bib reference file must be included.
  • All bibliographic entries must contain a corresponding in-text citation.
  • Where applicable, this should include the hyperlink, DOI or other persistent identifier associated with the data set(s).
  • Readers should be able to interpret the table without reference to the text.
  • 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.
  • Authors do not need to reformat the manuscript to the Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care journal reference style if it has been prepared for another journal.

Figure and table rules

  • Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript.
  • 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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  • 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, TIFF, or Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX) files are acceptable for figures that have been drawn in Word.

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.

Data availability statement

  • Include or confirm the data availability statement 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.
  • In settings where ethics approval for non-interventional studies (e.g. surveys) is not required, authors must include a statement to explain this.
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  • Authors should familiarise themselves with our policy on participant/patient privacy and informed consent.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • Case Report: For submissions where patients or participants can be potentially identified (e.g.

Cover letter

  • Provide the claims and editor-specific context for the cover letter; Articlo creates an editable companion without inventing content.
  • Provide an explicit statement in the article and the cover letter.
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  • Using Third-Party Material You must obtain the necessary permission to reuse third-party material in your article.
  • 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.

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.

Supplementary files

  • Lectio: Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Review: 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.
  • Commentary: 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.
  • Perspective: 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.
  • Research Article: 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.
  • Systematic Review: For authors of systematic reviews, a supplementary file, linked from the Methods section, should reproduce all details concerning the search strategy.

Title page and author information

  • Provide the author, affiliation, and correspondence details for the separate title page; Articlo creates the editable companion file.
  • All authors of a manuscript should include their full name and affiliation on the cover page of the manuscript.
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  • One author will need to be identified as the corresponding author, with their email address normally displayed in the article PDF (depending on the journal) and the online article.

Article structure and word limits

  • Research Letter: Research letters should not exceed 2000 words.
  • There should be no more than 3 authors and in general no more than 2 article commentaries should be submitted per journal per year.
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  • All material submitted for publication is assumed to be submitted exclusively to the journal and should conform to the uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals (see for instance BMJ 1991;302:338–41 or www.icmje.org ).
  • These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
  • 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.
  • For an example of how a search strategy should be presented, see the Cochrane Reviewers’ Handbook.
  • A detailed description of one (or more) Case(s) should follow.
  • Research Article / Research Letter: A Research Letter is a concise article presenting important preliminary data, novel observations, or short studies that do not require a full-length research article.
  • Research Letter: Research Letters should be focused, clearly written, and provide valuable information to the field.
  • They should provide a useful and objective critique of the paper, usually warranting a response from the original authors.
  • Note that, regardless of the file format of the original submission, an editable version of the article must be supplied at the revision stage.
  • For all NIH/Welcome-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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Please use SI units (non-italicized).
  • 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.
  • 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.

Article type and manuscript length

  • Research Letter: The abstract should not exceed 250 words, except for Research letters, where the limit is 150 words; Table and Figure Limits Submitted articles should include no more than 7 tables and figures in total, with the exception of Research letters, which have a maximum of 2 tables and/or figures combined.
  • A Perspective follows a logical structure, and the Abstract should represent the main elements of the main text.
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  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Abstract (preferably maximum 150 words); Keywords; Main text including Introduction, Materials and methods, Results and Discussion (IMRD); Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Declaration of interest statement; References; Appendices (as appropriate); Tables with captions (on individual pages); Figures; Figure captions (as a list) - (maximum of 2 tables and/or figures combined).
  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Title page; Main text; Acknowledgments; Declaration of interest statement; References.
  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Title page; Abstract; Keywords; Main text including Introduction, Materials and methods, Results and Discussion (IMRD); Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Declaration of interest statement; References; Appendices (as appropriate); Tables with captions (on individual pages); Figures; Figure captions (as a list).
  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Title page; Abstract; Keywords; Main text including Introduction, Materials and methods, Results and Discussion (IMRD); Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Declaration of interest statement; References; Appendices (as appropriate); Tables with captions (on individual pages); Table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); Figures; Figure captions (as a list).
  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Title page; Abstract; Keywords; Main text including Introduction, Case(s), Discussion, and Conclusion (ICDC); Acknowledgments; Declaration of interest statement; References; Appendices (as appropriate); Tables with captions (on individual pages); Figures; Figure captions (as a list).
  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Title page; Abstract; Keywords; Main text; Acknowledgments; Declaration of interest statement; References; Appendices (as appropriate); Tables with captions (on individual pages); Figures; Figure captions (as a list).

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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  • Publication in the Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care requires payment of an Article Processing Charge (APC).

Manuscript structure

  • To receive the discount, the discount code must be provided during submission process under the charges section.
  • The Introduction is followed by various paragraphs with a heading; the paper should end with a clear recommendation for research, practice, or policy.
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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.

Authorship and originality

  • Preparing Your Paper 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).
  • Reporting Guidelines 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).
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What your package checks

Abstract: 250 words
Paper: 500 words
Keywords: 5-7 keywords
Title page: separate file
Cover letter: requested
Declarations: Ethics, Artificial intelligence

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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