Acceptance Criteria
Acceptance of papers will be guided by attention to the following:
- The purpose of JACI is to publish studies that test clinical solutions in acute care specialties. JACI will not publish any study that merely identifies problems without testing solutions.
- Prospective studies preferred over retrospective studies, but high-quality, practical retrospective studies will be considered
- Practical, simple, and high-quality methods
- Specific and clinically relevant outcomes
- Mandatory: English language, one or more members of the research team must hold MD or DO degree (or equivalent)
- All studies must describe institutional review board approval or exemption
Restrictions
The following research studies will NOT be accepted for publication:
- Basic science research
- Non-clinically focused research
- Research outside the scope of acute care medical practice
- Research that identifies problems without testing solutions
- Case reports, case series, commentaries, clinical practice reviews, clinical updates, editorials
Formatting Requirements
A 250-word abstract with the sections: Objective, Methods, Results, Conclusion (that includes suggestion for clinical practice change).
- The main article must contain the following sections: Introduction, Methods, Results, Implications for Practice, Limitations, References
- Each paper may contain up to four (4) Tables and Figures total
- Maximum article length: up to 2,000 words (not including the 250-word abstract)
- A supplemental appendix can also be included
- References should be numbered at the end of the manuscript and submitted in AMA format
Policy Statement
JACI reserves the right to review the authors’ primary data and will keep such data confidential. Failure to provide this data in a timely fashion will result in non-acceptance of research.
- AI-generated/assisted content must be described, specifically in the Methods section
- Authors, not JACI, are responsible for all content in research papers
- Reviewers at JACI are not blinded to author list
- JACI follows the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors’ policy on overlapping and duplicate publications; duplicate publication is grounds for removal of acceptance and publication at JACI
- Papers accepted to JACI may NOT be posted elsewhere without the written permission of the JACI Editorial Board