Get your Chinese Medical Journal Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine paper right the first time: a ready-made structure with the right abstract and citations, so editors see your science, not formatting slips.
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Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 3 August, 2026
Submitting to Chinese Medical Journal Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Chinese Medical Journal Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine guide for authors before peer review, so formatting, structure, and required statements should be right on the first draft rather than repaired during upload. This template sets that structure up for you.
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Chinese Medical Journal Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. It covers front matter, the abstract the journal expects, a body organized to the journal's article types, and a reference list in the journal's required style. Confirm current scope and article types on the Chinese Medical Journal Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine journal page before you draft.
Prepare the title, authors, affiliations, and ORCID iDs. Write the abstract to the journal's rule and word limit, organize the body to the article type, and apply the required reference style from the first citation. Complete every declaration (ethics, competing interests, funding, data availability) the Chinese Medical Journal Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine guide for authors lists, and cite figures and tables in order.
The common failure modes are formatting or reference style that does not match the guide for authors, missing required statements, and an incomplete portal checklist. Clear all three against the Chinese Medical Journal Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine guide for authors before you submit.
The shell mirrors what editorial staff check first: article-type fit, the abstract rules, required declarations, and the journal's reference style. For more detail see the author resources. When your draft is ready, upload it through the journal's submission system.
| Element | Chin Med J Pulm Crit Care Med requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Abstract requirements vary by article type: Original Article - structured abstract of 300 words including Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusion; Review Article - descriptive abstract, 200-300 words; Systematic Review - structured abstract (350 words) with Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions; Meta Analysis - structured abstract with Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusion; Perspective - abstract about 250 words; General articles - concise and factual abstract not exceeding 250 words; Correspondence - without abstract |
| Main text | Main text word limits by article type: Original Article - about 6,000 words; Editorial - up to 2,000 words; Review Article - about 5,000-6,000 words; Systematic Review - about 5,000 words excluding tables, references and abstract; Meta Analysis - about 5,000 words (not including tables, figures, and references); Perspective - about 1,500-2,000 words; Clinical Guideline - flexible with length; Correspondence - limited to no more than 1,500 words |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | Provide 1 to 6 keywords for indexing purposes. Correspondence articles do not require keywords |
| References | AMA Manual of Style, 11th Edition. References indicated in text by superscript Arabic numerals in order of appearance. Numerals placed outside periods and commas, inside colons and semicolons |
| Peer review | Double anonymized review process (double-blind) |
| Submission | submit.elsevier.com/CMJPCCM |
Read the Chinese Medical Journal Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine guide for authors once before drafting and once before upload. Draft the abstract after results are stable. Set the reference style before adding citations. Keep a cover letter that states your contribution and fit to Chinese Medical Journal Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Chin Med J Pulm Crit Care Med papers to calibrate depth and figure style. Make the novelty clear in the first two pages. Deposit data and code when the policy on the Chinese Medical Journal Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Chinese Medical Journal Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.