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Instructions for Authors
How to prepare a manuscript for the Journal of Skin Cancer Epidemiology and submit it for editorial screening and peer review.
At a glance
The essentials, each set out in full below.
- Article types
- Ten types, listed below
- Length
- There are no fixed length limits for any article type; manuscripts should be concise and proportionate to their content.
- Peer review
- Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request.
- Reporting
- Follow the guideline that matches the study design.
- Data
- A data-availability statement is required for every empirical research manuscript.
- Submission
- ManuscriptZone, the submission form, or the editorial office. Use one route per manuscript.
Instructions for Authors in full
Article types
JSCE considers the article types below. All are peer reviewed.
- 01Original Research
- 02Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- 03Methods
- 04Short Communication
- 05Data Note
- 06Policy Analysis
- 07Surveillance Report
- 08Case Report
- 09Commentary
- 10Letter
There are no fixed length limits for any article type; manuscripts should be concise and proportionate to their content.
Before you submit
Confirm that the work addresses skin cancer in populations or, for clinical-outcome studies, that it informs population-level questions (see Aims and Scope). The work must be original, not published elsewhere and not under consideration by another journal. Read the Editorial Policies and prepare the ethics, consent, funding and conflict-of-interest statements.
Manuscript structure
Original Research, Methods and Short Communication manuscripts are normally organized as: title page; structured abstract (Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions); keywords; Introduction; Methods; Results; Discussion, including strengths and limitations; Conclusions; declarations (ethics, consent, funding, conflicts of interest, author contributions, data availability, AI-use disclosure); and references.
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis manuscripts follow PRISMA and state the protocol registration, where one exists. Other article types follow a structure suited to their content, with an abstract and keywords.
Files and formats
Submit the manuscript as an editable Word or LaTeX file with a PDF for reference. Number the pages and lines. Submit figures as separate high-resolution files in TIFF, PNG or JPEG format, with legends in the manuscript. Tables are editable text, not images, with a title and footnotes. Supplementary material is submitted as separate files, cited in the text and described in a short legend.
Reporting guidelines and statistics
Follow the guideline that matches the study design and submit the completed checklist where applicable.
| Study design | Reporting guideline |
|---|---|
| Observational studies (cohort, case-control, cross-sectional) | STROBE |
| Studies using routinely collected health data, including registries | RECORD, with STROBE |
| Systematic reviews and meta-analyses | PRISMA; MOOSE for meta-analyses of observational studies |
| Randomized trials | CONSORT |
| Diagnostic accuracy studies | STARD |
| Health estimates, burden and surveillance reports | GATHER, where applicable |
| Case reports | CARE |
| Animal studies | ARRIVE |
Statistical methods are described in enough detail for the analysis to be reproduced. Report effect sizes with confidence intervals, state how missing data were handled, and name the software used.
Ethics, consent and registration
Research involving human participants requires approval from an appropriate research ethics committee or institutional review board, where applicable, and informed consent or a documented waiver. Studies of registry or other secondary data state whether ethics review was required. Case Reports require consent for publication.
Interventional clinical trials must be registered in an accepted public trial registry at or before the first participant provides consent for enrollment. The registry name, registration number, and registration date must be reported in the manuscript.
Data, code and permissions
Every empirical research manuscript must include a data-availability statement. Authors obtain written permission for any reused figure, table or text and supply it at submission. See Data Archiving and Permissions.
Use of artificial intelligence
AI tools are not listed as authors. Authors disclose any use of AI in preparing the manuscript, analyzing data or producing figures, naming the tool and describing its use, and remain responsible for the work.
References
Number references in the order of first citation. Cite published work, preprints, datasets and registered trials, and include DOIs where they exist. Examples:
- Journal article: Author A, Author B. Title of the article. Journal Abbreviation. Year;Volume(Issue):Pages. doi:xx
- Book: Author A. Title of the Book. Edition. Publisher; Year.
- Web page: Organization. Title of the page. Publisher. Published date. Accessed date. URL
- Dataset: Author A. Title of the dataset. Repository; Year. Version. doi:xx
- Preprint: Author A. Title of the preprint. Preprint server. Posted date. doi:xx
- Trial registration: Registry name. Trial title. Registration number. Registration date. URL
Peer review
Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request.
For double-blind review, remove author names, affiliations, acknowledgments, funding details, institution names, and other identifying information from the reviewer manuscript. Provide identifying information separately in the title-page file or submission form.
All submissions undergo initial editorial screening. Manuscripts that meet the journal's scope and minimum requirements proceed to independent peer review.
Manuscripts that proceed to external peer review are normally evaluated by at least two independent subject-matter experts.
Final checklist
- Article type and scope confirmed
- Title page, abstract and keywords complete
- Reporting-guideline checklist attached, where applicable
- Ethics approval, consent and trial registration stated, where applicable
- Funding, conflicts of interest, author contributions, data availability and AI-use statements included
- Permissions for reused material attached
- Figures, tables and supplementary files uploaded
- Only one submission route used for this manuscript
How to submit
Authors may submit through any one of the following approved routes.
Authors must use only one submission route for the same manuscript.
If a charge applies after acceptance, see Article Processing Charges.