Article Guidelines
Article Guidelines
Researchcor publishes a number of different articles types. We intend to make it easy for authors and researchers and, where possible, offer some flexibility in terms of formats and structure. Specific requirements do apply to some article types, however; please choose from the article type-specific instructions listed below. Please note that professional reviewers and editorials are by invitation only and guidelines are provided by the Researchcor.com
Note:
Manuscripts can be submitted as Word (DOC or DOCX) or rich text format (RTF) files, or as ZIP files in appropriate format. If you have any questions about suitable file formats, please contact us.
Registered Reports:
Registered Reports are a form of empirical article in which the methods and proposed analyses are published and reviewed prior to research being conducted. This format of article seeks to neutralise a variety of inappropriate research practices, including inadequate statistical power, and selective reporting of results.
Reviews:
Reviews should provide a balanced and comprehensive overview of the latest discoveries in a particular field.
Note that Faculty Reviews are by invitation only.
Systematic Reviews:
Systematic Reviews should usually be based on medical interventions or animal model studies. Systematic Reviews should deal with a clearly formulated question and use systematic and explicit methods to identify, select, and critically assess the relevant research.
Research Articles:
Research Articles should present originality in findings and insights and offer theoretical, experimental and/or methodological advances to their respective fields of research. Null and negative findings and reanalyzes of previous studies leading to new results, as well as confirmatory results, are also encouraged.
Brief Reports:
Brief Reports (previously called Research Notes) include single-finding papers that can be reported with one or two illustrations (figures/tables), descriptions of unexpected observations, and lab protocols. Posters from conferences or internal meetings may be summarized as Brief Reports. In many cases, some additional detail, particularly in the methods, description of the results, and/or discussion/conclusions will be required to make sure that readers (and reviewers) have enough information to understand the description of the work.
Correspondence:
Correspondence articles are short, peer reviewed comments directly relating to one or more articles published in F1000Research or elsewhere. Correspondence articles must provide scholarly discussion, supported by evidence from the published literature.
Editorials
Editorials are short personal perspectives about topics relevant to Researchcor’s aims and its gateways. They are usually commissioned from authors closely associated with Researchcor, e.g. Gateway Consultants.
Data Notes:
Data Notes are brief descriptions of datasets that promote the potential reuse of research data and include details of why and how the data were created; they do not include any analyses or conclusions.
Case Reports:
A medical Case Report should be original and provide adequate detail of a single patient case. It does not need to describe an especially novel or unusual case as there is benefit from collecting details of many standard cases.
Clinical Practice Articles:
Clinical Practice Articles describe case series (i.e. group or series of case reports involving patients who were given similar treatment), but should not be based on a single case (single cases are published as Case Reports).
Antibody Validation Articles:
Antibody Validation Articles report the reliability and reproducibility of antibodies in scientific research, including assessments of new antibodies, new applications for existing antibodies, more thorough validations of previously tested antibodies, replication studies that confirm or disagree with previously published validations, and more.
Software Tool Articles:
A Software Tool Article should include the rationale for the development of the tool and details of the code used for its construction. The article should provide examples of suitable input data sets and include an example of the output that can be expected from the tool and how this output should be interpreted.
Method Articles:
Method Articles describe new and well tested experimental, observational, theoretical or computational methods or procedures, either quantitative or qualitative. This includes new study methods, substantive modifications to existing methods or innovative applications of existing methods to new models or scientific questions. We welcome technical articles that describe tools that facilitate the design or performance of experiments, provide data analysis features or assist medical treatment.
Study Protocols:
We welcome protocols for any study design, including (but not limited to) epidemiological studies and systematic reviews. All protocols for randomised clinical trials must be registered and follow the SPIRIT guidelines. Study pre-protocols (i.e. discussing provisional study designs) may also be submitted and will be clearly labelled as such when published. Study Protocols for pilot and feasibility studies may also be considered.
Opinion Articles:
Opinion Articles give the authors’ perspective on a topical issue. Where appropriate, authors should provide a balanced view of different opinions in the field, and make it clear where they are expressing their own personal views and why.