JAMA Journal Submission Checker
Validate your manuscript against JAMA Network requirements: structured abstract format, authorship criteria, ethics declarations, statistical reporting, and JAMA instructions for authors.
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JAMA submission requirements
JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) and the JAMA Network include JAMA Internal Medicine, JAMA Oncology, JAMA Cardiology, JAMA Psychiatry, and others. JAMA journals have among the most rigorous submission requirements of any medical publisher. They require structured abstracts, ICMJE authorship statements, institutional ethics approval, trial registration for all clinical trials, statistical verification, and strict limitations on the number of authors and references. Our checker validates JAMA's specific manuscript requirements.
JAMA journal checks
Structured abstract
Validate JAMA-required structured abstract subheadings (Importance, Objective, Design, etc.).
Trial registration
Verify clinical trial registration number is included for all trials.
Authorship (ICMJE)
Check that authorship meets all four ICMJE criteria.
Statistical reporting
Validate confidence intervals and exact p-values are reported (not just <0.05).
Ethics and consent
Confirm IRB approval and patient consent statements.
Reference limit
Flag manuscripts exceeding JAMA's reference count limits.
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JAMA abstract format
Importance, Objective, Design, Setting, Participants, Results, Conclusions.
Trial registration
Registration number in ICMJE-approved registry.
Exact p-values
Exact p-values reported, not just significance thresholds.
IRB approval
Institutional review board approval statement present.
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Professor in Mechanical Engineering, ÉTS Montréal
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Manon
Master's Student in Speech Therapy
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Afonso
PhD Candidate, UFPE
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Félix
Postdoc Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
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Oleg
Professor, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University
Frequently asked questions
JAMA original research structured abstracts require: Importance (why this study matters), Objective, Design, Setting and Participants, Interventions (for trials), Main Outcomes and Measures, Results, and Conclusions and Relevance.
Yes: JAMA requires registration of all clinical trials in an ICMJE-approved public registry (ClinicalTrials.gov, EU Clinical Trials Register, etc.) before enrollment of the first participant. The registration number must appear in the abstract.
Very strict: JAMA requires reporting of exact p-values (e.g., P=.023, not P<.05), 95% confidence intervals for all primary outcomes, and pre-specified analysis plans. Post-hoc analyses must be clearly labeled as exploratory.