BMJ Case Reports Template 2026

Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 28 September, 2026

Use this BMJ Case Reports template to prepare your manuscript for this BMJ journal before you upload it.

What is the BMJ Case Reports Template?

It is the writing shell for BMJ Case Reports: title and authors, the abstract, the body, declarations, figures, and the reference list.

What's actually in a BMJ Case Reports submission:

A BMJ Case Reports submission has a title page with authors and affiliations, an abstract, keywords, the main text for your article type, declarations, the reference list, and figures and tables.

What separates a clean submission from one that gets kicked back:

• A file that ignores the abstract rule or uses a different reference style from the one the journal names.
• A missing declaration: ethics approval, competing interests, funding, or data availability.

Open the journal's current author guide before you upload.

About BMJ Case Reports

BMJ Case Reports is published by BMJ. It is listed under online ISSN 1757-790X. Use the ISSN to confirm you have the right journal when several titles look alike.

What does this BMJ Case Reports Template include?

The sections a BMJ Case Reports submission is built from, in order: title page, abstract, keywords, main text, declarations, references, figures, and tables. It does not replace the journal's own checklist. If you also need the publisher's own files, they are on the official BMJ Case Reports template page.

Steps to Use This Template with SciSpace Agent

1. Click Start Writing on this page.
2. Keep the BMJ Case Reports section order. Add your topic and article type in the prompt.
3. Run the prompt and read the draft against the abstract and reference rules on this page.
4. Use View Outputs to confirm required statements are present.
5. Read the abstract and the title once more before you export.
6. Export and submit through the journal's own portal.

BMJ Case Reports Template Structure at a Glance

BMJ Case Reports Author Guidelines in Detail

These rules come from the BMJ Case Reports author instructions. Journals change limits without notice, so check the current guide before you upload.

Peer Review

Single-anonymous peer review.

Before You Open the Portal

Submissions go through ScholarOne. Create the account before the deadline week.

BMJ Case Reports Reference Style with Examples

Reference managers format BMJ Case Reports citations with the BMJ reference style, with numbered citations in the text. Zotero and Mendeley list it as "BMJ Case Reports" in the open Citation Style Language database.

In-text citation: [1] for a two-author article, [2] for a single-author book.

Reference list entries:

• Journal article: 1 Smith JA, Patel R. Seasonal variation in soil microbial activity. Journal of Field Studies. 2021;12:145–59.
• Book: 2 Garcia L. Methods in Applied Research. 2nd edn. London: Academic Press 2019.

These examples show the pattern, not real sources. If the author guide gives a different rule for DOIs or for how many authors to list before et al., follow the guide.

Quick Tips for Using the BMJ Case Reports Template

• Set Zotero or Mendeley to the "BMJ Case Reports" style before you add the first citation.
• Keep declarations with the manuscript, not in a separate note you might forget to upload.

Best Practices

Open the author guide once before you draft and once before you upload. Match a recent BMJ Case Reports paper for depth, headings, and figure style.

Before You Submit: Final Check

• The reference style matches the author guide, and every citation has a matching entry.
• Declarations are included: ethics, competing interests, funding, and data availability.
• Figures are publication-ready and cited in order.

Then submit on the journal's portal, not from this page.