Annals of Internal Medicine Submission Requirements

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Updated June 16, 2026

What Annals of Internal Medicine requires

Annals of Internal Medicine, published by the American College of Physicians, is a leading internal-medicine journal. It uses a structured abstract and is notable for requiring a reproducible research statement (covering availability of the protocol, statistical code, and data) and an explicit role-of-the-funding-source statement. It also expects trial registration, conflict-of-interest disclosures, and reporting-guideline compliance (CONSORT, PRISMA, STROBE). CheckMyManuscript flags the presence and structure of these elements before submission.

Annals requirements, and what CMM checks

These reflect Annals of Internal Medicine's own author instructions.

Structured abstract

✓ CMM checks this

A structured abstract appropriate to the article type.

Source: acpjournals.org · verified Jun 16, 2026

Reproducible research statement

✓ CMM checks this

Statement on the availability of the study protocol, statistical code, and data.

Flag: no reproducible research statement, a distinctive Annals requirement.

Source: acpjournals.org · verified Jun 16, 2026

Role of the funding source

✓ CMM checks this

An explicit statement of the funder's role in the study.

Source: acpjournals.org · verified Jun 16, 2026

Trial registration & disclosures

✓ CMM checks this

Trial registration number for trials and conflict-of-interest disclosures for all authors.

Source: acpjournals.org · verified Jun 16, 2026

Reporting guideline

✓ CMM checks this

CONSORT (trials), PRISMA (reviews), or STROBE (observational), with the completed checklist.

Source: equator-network.org · verified Jun 16, 2026

Importance to internal medicine

Editorial, not auto-checkable

Whether the findings are important for an internal-medicine readership.

Editorial judgement, not auto-checkable.

Source: acpjournals.org · verified Jun 16, 2026

Annals of Internal Medicine commonly follows ICMJE-style expectations, but this page is based on its own author instructions. CheckMyManuscript checks presence and structure, not methodological quality. Verify the live author instructions before submitting, last checked 16 June 2026.

Annals of Internal Medicine is a leading internal-medicine journal from the American College of Physicians. It is notable for its reproducible research statement and explicit role-of-the-funding-source statement, alongside a structured abstract, trial registration, disclosures, and reporting-guideline compliance. CheckMyManuscript screens your manuscript for the presence and structure of these elements before submission.

What CheckMyManuscript checks, and what it does not

CheckMyManuscript flags structural signals: a missing reproducible research statement, no role-of-funding-source statement, an absent trial registration number, or a missing reporting-guideline checklist. It does not judge importance or methodological quality. Use the checker as a pre-submission completeness screen, not a compliance certificate.

Also see: The Lancet checker | JAMA checker | STROBE checklist checker

What gets returned before review at Annals of Internal Medicine

Common structural reasons internal-medicine manuscripts are returned at the editorial screen, each maps to a signal CMM can flag.

1.

No reproducible research statement

A research article without the protocol/code/data availability statement.

CMM checks for: Reproducible research statement

2.

Role of funding source missing

No explicit statement of the funder's role.

CMM checks for: Role of the funding source

3.

Trial registration missing

A randomised trial with no registration number.

CMM checks for: Trial registration

4.

Wrong reporting guideline

A study submitted without the matching checklist.

CMM checks for: Reporting guideline

Annals checks

Structured abstract

Flags an abstract not structured for the article type.

Reproducible research statement

Flags a missing protocol/code/data availability statement.

Role of funding source

Flags a missing role-of-the-funding-source statement.

Trial registration

Flags a missing trial registration number.

Reporting guideline

Flags a missing CONSORT/PRISMA/STROBE checklist.

Checks relevant to this topic

Part of our 80+ automated checks

Structured abstract

Structured abstract present.

Reproducible research statement

Protocol/code/data availability stated.

Role of funding source

Funder-role statement present.

Trial registration

Trial registration number present.

Reporting guideline

Design-appropriate checklist present.

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Frequently asked questions

Annals of Internal Medicine asks authors to state the availability of the study protocol, statistical code, and data, for example whether each is available, from whom, and how. It is a distinctive Annals requirement and a common reason for queries when missing.

Yes. Annals asks for an explicit statement describing the role of the funder in the design, conduct, analysis, and reporting of the study, or that the funder had no such role.

No. CheckMyManuscript checks the presence and structure of required elements such as the reproducible research and funding-role statements. It does not judge importance or methodological quality, and it does not replace peer review.