Health Reports Template
Get your Health Reports 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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How to Use the Health Reports Template | A Step-by-Step Guide
Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 13 August, 2026
Submitting to Health Reports goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Health Reports 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.
What is the Health Reports Template?
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Health Reports. 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 Health Reports journal page before you draft.
What's actually in a Health Reports submission:
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 Health Reports guide for authors lists, and cite figures and tables in order.
What separates a clean submission from one that gets kicked back:
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 Health Reports guide for authors before you submit.
What does this Health Reports Template include?
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 editorial office.
Steps to Use This Template with SciSpace Agent
- Click Start Writing on this page. The SciSpace Agent prompt screen opens with the template loaded.
- Use the loaded template, or upload a version your group already uses for Health Reports.
- Edit the prompt with your topic and article type, and note any requirement from the Health Reports guide for authors.
- Run the prompt. The agent drafts into the correct structure and reference style.
- Use View Outputs to verify required statements and formatting are present.
- Export and submit through the journal's editorial office.
Health Reports Template Structure at a Glance
| Element | Health Reports requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Research Articles and Methodological Insights: Structured abstract with 250 words (English) or 300 words (French) maximum, with the mandatory headings: Background, Data and methods, Results, and Interpretation. Health Briefs: Structured abstract with 250 words (English) or 300 words (French) maximum, with the mandatory headings: Background, Data and methods, Results, and Interpretation. Statistics Canada Data Resource Profile: Unstructured abstract with 250 words (English) or 300 words (French) maximum |
| Main text | Research Articles, Methodological Insights, and Statistics Canada Data Resource Profile: 3,500 words maximum for English submissions or 4,100 words maximum for French submissions (not including Abstract, Keywords, tables/charts, references). Health Briefs: 2,000 words maximum for English submissions or 2,350 words maximum for French submissions (not including Keywords, tables/figures, references) |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | 3 to 10 keywords required. Terms from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) could be used for Research Articles, Methodological Insights, and Data Resource Profiles; MeSH terms should be used for Health Briefs |
| References | Vancouver style of referencing (using a superscripted number system). Maximum of 50 references for Research Articles, Methodological Insights, and Data Resource Profiles; maximum of 30 references for Health Briefs |
| Peer review | Research Articles and Methodological Insights: double-blind external peer review and institutional review. Statistics Canada Data Resource Profile and Health Briefs: peer and institutional review (type of peer review anonymization not explicitly stated for these article types) |
| Submission | Email: statcan.healthreports-rapportssante.statcan@statcan.gc.ca |
Quick Tips for Using the Health Reports Template
Read the Health Reports 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 Health Reports in under a page.
Best Practices
Skim two or three recent Health Reports 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 Health Reports journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Before You Submit: Final Check
Do one focused pass against the Health Reports guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's editorial office.
