Writing for Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics? This template gives you a submission-ready structure—sections, abstract, and references—so you focus on the research, not the formatting.
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Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 25 July, 2026
Submitting to Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics 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 Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. 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 Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics 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 Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics 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 Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics 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 IEEE Author Portal.
| Element | BHI requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Unstructured abstract with a maximum of 250 words. Must indicate the objective of the study, methods, major results, conclusions, and one sentence on significance to biomedical research. Should be without abbreviations, footnotes, references, or mathematical equations. Same requirements apply to regular papers, review papers, and dataset papers. |
| Main text | Section order and length per article type |
| Declarations | Ethics, competing interests, funding, data as required |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | 3-5 keywords or index terms are required (standard IEEE requirement). Should use standardized terms from the IEEE Thesaurus where possible, with any abbreviations clearly defined, listed in alphabetical order. While not explicitly detailed in the J-BHI specific guidelines, this is the standard IEEE format requirement for all IEEE journal articles. |
| References | IEEE style with numbered references in square brackets. For papers: Author(s) (first initials followed by last name), title, periodical, volume, inclusive page numbers, month, year. For books: Author(s), title, location, publisher, year, chapter, page numbers. |
| Peer review | Single-blind / single-anonymous peer review. The identities of the reviewers are not known to the authors, but the reviewers know the identities of the authors. Minimum of three independent reviewers for regular and special issue papers; five independent reviewers for review papers. |
| Submission | ieee.atyponrex.com |
Read the Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics 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 Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics in under a page.
Skim two or three recent BHI 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 Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the IEEE Author Portal.