Ochsner Journal Submission Checklist

__ Cover letter listing the specific contributions of each author and providing the reasons why the paper should be considered for publication

• If any portion of the work has been presented at a meeting or published elsewhere, details of the presentation/publication are provided.
• It the paper has been deposited with a preprint server, details and the digital object identified (DOI) are provided.

__ Title page

• Title of the manuscript.
• Running title (less than 10 words).
• Three to six medical subject heading (MeSH) keywords for indexing purposes; search for MeSH keywords here.
• Identification of ANY financial or proprietary interest related to the submitted manuscript, no matter how small.
  • If none, include the following disclaimer: The authors have no financial or proprietary interest in the subject matter of this article.
• For each author: full name, academic degrees, role/position (eg, senior staff, resident, medical student), departmental and institutional affiliation, and email address.
• For corresponding (lead) author: full name, academic degrees, department and institutional affiliation, business mailing address, email address, and business telephone number.
  • The corresponding author must be a staff physician or permanent senior staff member. Residents, fellows, and medical students cannot be identified as the corresponding author on papers submitted to Ochsner Journal.

__ Structured Abstract of no more than 250 words included as the first page of the manuscript

• Abstracts for original research articles systematic literature reviews with meta-analysis, quality improvement studies, and innovative program articles include the following sections: Background, Methods, Results, Conclusion.
• Abstracts for case reports include the following sections: Background, Case Report, Conclusion.
• Editorials do not require abstracts.

__ Manuscript as a Microsoft Word .docx or .doc file (not PDF)

• Formatted in 12-point type and double-spaced.
• No line numbers.
• No right justification.
• Subheadings:
  • For research articles, systematic literature reviews with meta-analysis, quality improvement studies, and innovative program articles: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion
  • For case reports: Introduction, Case Report, Discussion, and Conclusion
• All figures and tables cited with Arabic numerals in the appropriate places in the text.
• References cited with superscript numerals consecutively in the text, and the reference list included at the end of the text.
• Figures and photographs (in color if possible) uploaded as separate TIFF, JPEG, or PNG files, not embedded in the text, and not pasted into Microsoft Word.

__ References list with references formatted according to any style after the manuscript text

• A DOI (preferred), PubMed ID, or URL provided for every reference.

__ Legends for figures on a separate page in the manuscript after the reference list

__ Tables constructed in Microsoft Word (each table--with all borders and no shading--on a separate page) after the figure legend page

__ Author Attestation, License for Publishing CC BY, Financial Disclosure, and Permissions for Acknowledgements form signed by all authors. Machine signatures and image files are not acceptable.

__ Patient Consent Form. signed and dated by the patient or the patient's guardian for all case report submissions (unelss the patient is deceased).