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Submission Checklist & How to Submit

A pre-submission checklist and step-by-step instructions for the online system.

Submission checklist

Before you submit, confirm that:

the manuscript fits the Aims & Scope and is original, unpublished and not under consideration elsewhere;
you have selected the correct article type and followed the relevant reporting guideline, with its checklist completed;
the manuscript uses the BJHMR template and is supplied as an editable file, with line and page numbers;
the title page lists all authors, affiliations, ORCID iDs, the corresponding author’s email and, for trials, the registration details;
a structured abstract and 4–6 keywords (MeSH where possible) are included;
ethics approval, consent to participate and consent to publish (including for identifiable images) are documented;
units are SI, drugs are named by INN, and citations follow the required style with DOIs/PMIDs where available;
all declarations are present: Ethics; Consent; Trial Registration; Data Availability; Funding; Conflicts of Interest; Author Contributions (CRediT); Use of Generative AI;
figures and tables are numbered, captioned, de-identified and permission-cleared where needed; and
all co-authors have read and approved the submission, and you have read the Ethics and Disclosures page.

How to submit

All submissions are made through the journal’s online system (Open Journal Systems). First-time authors register for a free account; returning authors log in. The corresponding author submits on behalf of all co-authors.

1Log in and start a new submission.
2Confirm the submission-preparation requirements and select the article type and section.
3Upload the manuscript, the reporting-guideline checklist and any supplementary material.
4Enter the metadata (title, abstract, keywords, all authors and ORCID iDs).
5Review and complete the submission; the corresponding author receives an acknowledgement.

After submission, the manuscript is checked for suitability and screened for originality before being sent for peer review.

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