JMIR Aging Template
Get your JMIR Aging 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 JMIR Aging Template | A Step-by-Step Guide
Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 17 August, 2026
Submitting to JMIR Aging goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the JMIR Aging 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 JMIR Aging Template?
It is a manuscript shell aligned to JMIR Aging. 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 JMIR Aging journal page before you draft.
What's actually in a JMIR Aging 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 JMIR Aging 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 JMIR Aging guide for authors before you submit.
What does this JMIR Aging 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 submission system.
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 JMIR Aging.
- Edit the prompt with your topic and article type, and note any requirement from the JMIR Aging 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 submission system.
JMIR Aging Template Structure at a Glance
| Element | JMIR Aging requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Structured abstract required with maximum 450 words using the BOMRC framework (Background, Objective, Methods, Results, Conclusions). For Original Papers (research articles with original data), the abstract must include: Background (context and significance), Objective (specific aims), Methods (design, sample, data collection, analysis), Results (key findings including statistics - sample sizes, P values, confidence intervals), and Conclusions (main findings and implications). Viewpoints, Editorials, Commentaries, and Tutorials use unstructured abstracts (maximum 450 words). Research Letters do not include full abstracts but should have a sentence summarizing the content |
| Main text | No hard word limit for main text, but 10,000 words is the recommended maximum for the main body (excluding author metadata, references, multimedia appendices, and figure content). Manuscripts exceeding 10,000 words incur additional editorial/production fees. Original Papers must use IMRD structure (Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion) with further subheadings within each section. Research Letters are limited to 1000 words (includes all text in IMRD structure). Viewpoints have a strongly recommended limit of 5000 words. Implementation Reports are limited to 3000 words. Commentaries are limited to 1000 words. Tables should not exceed 1.5 pages in the final PDF (approximately 3 pages in Word) |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | 5-10 keywords or key phrases required, separated by semicolons. MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) terms preferred but should be complemented by more specific author-generated keywords. Authors are advised there is no strict upper limit but typically use about 5-12 keywords. should be specific to the manuscript content and field, include variants of terms readers might use for searching, use full forms of acronyms, and include general terms like 'internet', 'mHealth', 'mobile health', 'digital health', 'eHealth' for discoverability in systematic reviews |
| References | References follow the American Medical Association Manual of Style (AMA Style, 11th Edition). References must be numbered consecutively in the order they are first mentioned in the text using square brackets [1]. Each reference must include PMID, DOI, ISBN, or URL with access date. Titles use sentence case. At initial submission, references can be in any format as long as in-text citations are sequentially numbered with square brackets and references include PMID in the format PMID:123456 |
| Peer review | Single-anonymized (single-blind) peer review. Reviewers are aware of authors' names to avoid potential conflicts of interest when accepting review invitations. Reviewers are not anonymous - their names appear at the end of published articles. Manuscripts are sent to 2-4 external peer reviewers. Authors and reviewers should not contact each other directly to discuss manuscripts or reviews |
| Submission | aging.jmir.org/author |
Quick Tips for Using the JMIR Aging Template
Read the JMIR Aging 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 JMIR Aging in under a page.
Best Practices
Skim two or three recent JMIR Aging 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 JMIR Aging 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 JMIR Aging guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.
