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Submission Guidelines

Acceptance of papers in JACIS constitutes posting of the paper and author affiliations on jacis.usacs.com. As of Oct. 2025, papers accepted to JACIS are NOT citable on PubMed. There is no cost to authors for accepted papers.

Acceptance Criteria

Acceptance of papers will be guided by attention to the following:

  • The purpose of JACIS is to publish studies that test clinical solutions in Acute Care specialties; JACIS 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
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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 1,500 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

  • If AI was utilized in the creation or editing of the manuscript, please provide a description of the AI generated content and include the name of the model or tool used, version and extension numbers, and manufacturer in the methods section of the manuscript

     

Policy Statement

JACIS 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.

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