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[[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 1 Types of Articles (9)
- 1.1 Reports of Original Data. (1)
- 1.2 Review Articles. (1)
- 1.3 Descriptive Articles. (1)
- 1.4 Consensus Statements and Clinical Practice Guidelines. (1)
- 1.5 Articles of Opinion. (1)
- 1.6 Correspondence. (1)
- 1.7 Reviews of Books, Journals, and Other Media. (1)
- 1.8 Other Types of Articles. (1)
[[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 2 Manuscript Preparation (50)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 2.1 Titles and Subtitles. (8)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 2.2 Bylines and End-of-Text Signatures. (5)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 2.3 Footnotes to Title Page. (4)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 2.4 Running Foot. (3)
  - 2.4.1 Name of the Publication. (1)
  - 2.4.2 Title of the Article. (1)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 2.5 Abstract. (4)
- 2.6 Keywords. (1)
- 2.7 Epigraphs. (1)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 2.8 Parts of a Manuscript, Headings, Subheadings, and Side Headings. (4)
- 2.9 Addenda. (1)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 2.10 Acknowledgment Section. (16)
- 2.11 Appendixes. (1)
- 2.12 Online-Only (Supplementary) Material. (1)
[[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 3 References (72)
- 3.1 Reference Style and the Uniform Requirements. (1)
- 3.2 Reference List. (1)
- 3.3 References Given in Text. (1)
- 3.4 Minimum Acceptable Data for References. (1)
- 3.5 Numbering. (1)
- 3.6 Citation. (1)
- 3.7 Authors. (1)
- 3.8 Prefixes and Particles. (1)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 3.9 Titles. (5)
- 3.10 Subtitles. (1)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 3.11 References to Print Journals. (15)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 3.12 References to Print Books. (11)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 3.13 Special Print Materials. (12)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 3.14 Other Media. (2)
  - 3.14.1 Audiotapes, Videotapes, DVDs (Digital Video Disks). (1)
  - 3.14.2 Transcript of Television or Radio Broadcast. (1)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 3.15 Electronic References. (13)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 3.16 US Legal References. (4)
[[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 4 Visual Presentation of Data (26)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 4.1 Tables. (10)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 4.2 Figures. (12)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 4.3 Nontabular Material. (3)
  - 4.3.1 Boxes. (1)
  - 4.3.2 Sidebars. (1)
[[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 5 Ethical and Legal Considerations (108)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 5.1 Authorship Responsibility. (8)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 5.2 Acknowledgments. (10)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 5.3 Duplicate Publication. (3)
  - 5.3.1 Secondary Publication. (1)
  - 5.3.2 Editorial Policy for Preventing and Handling Allegations of Duplicate Publication. (1)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 5.4 Scientific Misconduct. (8)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 5.5 Conflicts of Interest. (9)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 5.6 Intellectual Property: Ownership, Access, Rights, and Management. (17)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 5.7 Confidentiality. (5)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 5.8 Protecting Research Participants' and Patients' Rights in Scientific Publication. (5)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 5.9 Defamation, Libel. (11)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 5.10 Editorial Freedom and Integrity. (3)
  - 5.10.1 Maintaining Editorial Freedom: Cases of Editorial Interference and the Rationale for Mission, Trust, and Effective Oversight and Governance. (1)
  - 5.10.2 Ensuring a Trust Relationship Between Journal Editors, Publishers, and Owners (1)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 5.11 Editorial Responsibilities, Roles, Procedures, and Policies. (14)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 5.12 Advertisements, Advertorials, Sponsorship, Supplements, Reprints, and E-prints. (8)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 5.13 Release of Information to the Public and Journal/Author Relations With the News Media. (6)
[[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 6 Editorial Assessment and Processing (20)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 6.1 Editorial Assessment. (10)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 6.2 Editorial Processing. (9)
[[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 7 Grammar (43)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 7.1 Nouns. (4)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 7.2 Pronouns. (4)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 7.3 Verbs. (7)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 7.4 Modifiers. (3)
  - 7.4.1 Misplaced Modifiers. (1)
  - 7.4.2 Verbal Phrase Danglers. (1)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 7.5 Diction. (5)
- 7.6 Sentence Fragments. (1)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 7.7 Parallel Construction. (5)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 7.8 Subject-Verb Agreement. (12)
- 7.9 The Paragraph. (1)
[[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 8 Punctuation (53)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 8.1 Period, Question Mark, Exclamation Point. (4)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 8.2 Comma, Semicolon, Colon. (4)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 8.3 Hyphens and Dashes. (3)
  - 8.3.1 Hyphen. (1)
  - 8.3.2 Dashes. (1)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 8.4 Forward Slash (Virgule, Solidus). (7)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 8.5 Parentheses and Brackets. (3)
  - 8.5.1 Parentheses (1)
  - 8.5.2 Brackets (1)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 8.6 Quotation Marks. (15)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 8.7 Apostrophe (7)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 8.8 Ellipses. (9)
[[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 9 Plurals (9)
- 9.1 How Plurals Are Formed. (1)
- 9.2 Collective Nouns. (1)
- 9.3 Latin and Greek vs English. (1)
- 9.4 Microorganisms. (1)
- 9.5 Abbreviations. (1)
- 9.6 Plurals of Symbols, Letters, Numbers, and Years. (1)
- 9.7 When Not to Use Plurals. (1)
- 9.8 False Singulars. (1)
[[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 10 Capitalization (21)
- 10.1 First Word of Sentences, Statements, Quotations, Titles, Subtitles, and Table Headings. (1)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 10.2 Titles and Headings. (3)
  - 10.2.1 Titles of Medical Articles. (1)
  - 10.2.2 Hyphenated Compounds. (1)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 10.3 Proper Nouns. (11)
- 10.4 Designators. (1)
- 10.5 Types and Sections of Articles. (1)
- 10.6 Acronyms and Initialisms. (1)
- 10.7 Capitalized Computer Terms. (1)
- 10.8 “Intercapped” Compounds. (1)
[[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 11 Correct and Preferred Usage (19)
- 11.1 Correct and Preferred Usage of Common Words and Phrases. (1)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 11.2 Redundant, Expendable, and Incomparable Words and Phrases (4)
- 11.3 Back-formations. (1)
- 11.4 Jargon. (1)
- 11.5 Age and Sex Referents. (1)
- 11.6 Anatomy. (1)
- 11.7 Clock Referents. (1)
- 11.8 Laboratory Values. (1)
- 11.9 Articles. (1)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 11.10 Inclusive Language. (6)
[[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 12 Non-English Words, Phrases, and Accent Marks (5)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 12.1 Non-English Words, Phrases, and Titles. (3)
- 12.2 Accent Marks (Diacritics). (1)
[[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 13 Medical Indexes (19)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 13.1 Index Style. (8)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 13.2 Features of Indexes. (7)
- 13.3 Periodical Indexing. (1)
- 13.4 Controlled Vocabulary Indexing. (1)
- 13.5 Online and Electronic Indexes. (1)
[[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 14 Abbreviations (17)
- 14.1 Academic Degrees, Certifications, and Honors. (1)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 14.2 US Military Services and Titles. (3)
  - 14.2.1 US Military Services (1)
  - 14.2.2 US Military Officer Titles (Grades/Ranks) (1)
- 14.3 Days of the Week, Months, Eras. (1)
- 14.4 Local Addresses. (1)
- 14.5 Cities, States, Counties, Territories, Possessions; Provinces; Countries. (1)
- 14.6 Names and Titles of Persons. (1)
- 14.7 Business Firms. (1)
- 14.8 Agencies and Organizations. (1)
- 14.9 Collaborative Groups. (1)
- 14.10 Names of Journals. (1)
- 14.11 Clinical, Technical, and Other Common Terms. (1)
- 14.12 Units of Measure. (1)
- 14.13 Elements and Chemicals. (1)
- 14.14 Radioactive Isotopes. (1)
[[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 15 Nomenclature (94)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 15.1 Blood Groups, Platelet Antigens, and Granulocyte Antigens (4)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 15.2 Cancer (5)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 15.3 Cardiology. (13)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 15.4 Drugs. (16)
- 15.5 Equipment, Devices, and Reagents. (1)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 15.6 Genetics. (7)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 15.7 Hemostasis. (5)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 15.8 Immunology. (7)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 15.9 Isotopes. (8)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 15.10 Molecular Medicine. (4)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 15.11 Neurology (5)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 15.12 Obstetric Terms. (4)
- 15.13 Ophthalmology Terms. (1)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 15.14 Organisms and Pathogens (5)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 15.15 Psychiatric Terminology. (2)
  - 15.15.1 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). (1)
  - 15.15.2 Other Psychiatric Terminology. (1)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 15.16 Pulmonary, Respiratory, and Blood Gas Terminology. (4)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 15.17 Radiology Terms (2)
  - 15.17.1 Resources. (1)
  - 15.17.2 Terms. (1)
[[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 16 Eponyms (3)
- 16.1 Eponymous vs Noneponymous Terms. (1)
- 16.2 Nonpossessive Form. (1)
[[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 17 Greek Letters (5)
- 17.1 Greek Letter vs Word. (1)
- 17.2 Capitalization After a Greek Letter. (1)
- 17.3 Greek Alphabet. (1)
- 17.4 Page Composition and Electronic Formats. (1)
[[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 18 Units of Measure (35)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 18.1 SI Units. (4)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 18.2 Expressing Unit Names and Symbols. (3)
  - 18.2.1 Capitalization. (1)
  - 18.2.2 Products and Quotients of Unit Symbols. (1)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 18.3 Format, Style, and Punctuation. (9)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 18.4 Use of Numerals With Units. (5)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 18.5 Conventional Units and SI Units in JAMA and the Archives Journals. (13)
[[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 19 Numbers and Percentages (24)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 19.1 Use of Numerals. (6)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 19.2 Spelling Out Numbers. (6)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 19.3 Combining Numerals and Words. (3)
  - 19.3.1 Rounded Large Numbers. (1)
  - 19.3.2 Consecutive Numerical Expressions. (1)
- 19.4 Use of Digit Spans and Hyphens. (1)
- 19.5 Enumerations. (1)
- 19.6 Abbreviating Number. (1)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 19.7 Forms of Numbers. (5)
[[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 20 Study Design and Statistics (23)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 20.1 The Manuscript: Presenting Study Design, Rationale, and Statistical Analysis. (5)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 20.2 Randomized Controlled Trials. (4)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 20.3 Observational Studies. (4)
- 20.4 Meta-analysis. (1)
- 20.5 Cost-effectiveness Analysis, Cost-Benefit Analysis. (1)
- 20.6 Studies of Diagnostic Tests. (1)
- 20.7 Survey Studies. (1)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 20.8 Significant Digits and Rounding Numbers. (3)
  - 20.8.1 Significant Digits (1)
  - 20.8.2 Rounding (1)
- 20.9 Glossary of Statistical Terms. (1)
- 20.10 Statistical Symbols and Abbreviations. (1)
[[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 21 Mathematical Composition (13)
- 21.1 Copy Marking. (1)
- 21.2 Displayed vs Run-In. (1)
- 21.3 Stacked vs Unstacked. (1)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 21.4 Exponents (3)
- 21.5 Long Formulas. (1)
- 21.6 Expressing Multiplication and Division. (1)
- 21.7 Commonly Used Symbols. (1)
- 21.8 Typography and Capitalization. (1)
- 21.9 Punctuation. (1)
- 21.10 Spacing With Mathematical Symbols. (1)
[[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 22 Typography (13)
- 22.1 Basic Elements of Design. (1)
- 22.2 Typefaces, Fonts, and Sizes. (1)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 22.3 Spacing. (4)
- 22.4 Layout. (1)
- [[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 22.5 Specific Uses of Fonts. (5)
[[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 23 Manuscript Editing and Proofreading (4)
- 23.1 Editing and Proofreading Marks. (1)
- 23.2 Proofreading Sample. (1)
- 23.3 Electronic Text Editing. (1)
24 Glossary of Publishing Terms (1)
[[missing key: search-facet.tree.open-section]] 25 Resources (12)
- 25.1 General Dictionaries (1)
- 25.2 Medical and Scientific Dictionaries (1)
- 25.3 General Style and Usage (1)
- 25.4 Medical/Scientific Style and Usage (1)
- 25.5 Writing (1)
- 25.6 Ethical and Legal Concerns (1)
- 25.7 Peer Review (1)
- 25.8 Illustrations/Displaying Data (1)
- 25.9 Databases (1)
- 25.10 Guidelines (1)
- 25.11 Professional Scientific Writing, Editing, and Communications Organizations and Groups (1)

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