Checklist for Authors - Re Productive Medicine

Please have the following ready before submission.
When completed, send files to
editassist@reproductivemedicine.com
or use the online submission form.

Cover Letter

Include a statement verifying that:
1. the manuscript is original;
2. all authors participated and approved the submission;
3. you wish to submit to The Journal of Reproductive Medicine®;
4. the manuscript is not under review elsewhere; and
5. the authors agree to pay $100.00 per typeset page if accepted.
Provide complete financial disclosure information.
Suggest three reviewers (name, affiliation, email) who can offer an independent critical assessment.

Length limits: ~3,000 words (clinical perspectives, original articles); ~1,000 words (case reports, brief clinical communications).
Pagination: number pages consecutively from the title page; order: title page → synopsis → abstract & keywords → body → references → figure legends → tables.
Keywords: provide ≥5 MeSH terms:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/authors.html.
Obtain written permissions for previously published tables/figures.
Cite references, figures (Arabic), and tables (Roman) in numerical order as they appear.
Use generic drug names when possible; capitalize trade names and include manufacturer (city, state/province, country).
Report in metric units.
Use the Oxford comma in series.
Accepted papers incur a charge of $100.00 per typeset page.

Authors’ full names and highest degrees; corresponding author’s postal address, phone, fax, and email.
Author limits: ≤6 (original articles); ≤4 (case reports/brief clinical communications); ≤3 (clinical perspectives).
Acknowledge any meeting presentation and financial support.

Structured abstract, ≤200 words:
- Original articles: Objective; Study Design; Results; Conclusion.
- Case reports: Background; Case; Conclusion.
- Clinical perspectives: Objective; Data Sources; Methods of Study; Results; Conclusion.
If key variables are nonsignificant, address the study’s power.

State that original research had IRB/ethics approval (and consent as applicable).
Describe randomization, blinding, and choice of statistical tests.
Explain dropouts/exclusions and handling of confounders.

Journals: Authors. Title. Abbrev J Name. Year;volume:pages. (Use Index Medicus abbreviations.)
Books: Authors. Chapter. In Book Title. Editors. Place: Publisher; year: pages.
Identify in text with superscript numerals and number consecutively by order of appearance.
Avoid unpublished/personal communications, websites, and non–peer-reviewed sources.

Color in print: $500 per color page; use symbols instead of color where possible.
Each image/part (A, B, etc.) at least 990 px wide.
Submit at ≥300 dpi in TIFF, JPEG, PNG, Photoshop, or EPS; color files in CMYK.
Include original magnification, stain, and mark critical areas of radiographs/photomicrographs.