JMIR Cancer Template
Get your JMIR Cancer 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 Cancer Template | A Step-by-Step Guide
Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 17 August, 2026
Submitting to JMIR Cancer goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the JMIR Cancer 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 Cancer Template?
It is a manuscript shell aligned to JMIR Cancer. 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 Cancer journal page before you draft.
What's actually in a JMIR Cancer 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 Cancer 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 Cancer guide for authors before you submit.
What does this JMIR Cancer 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 Cancer.
- Edit the prompt with your topic and article type, and note any requirement from the JMIR Cancer 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 Cancer Template Structure at a Glance
| Element | JMIR Cancer requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Structured abstract required for Original Papers and Reviews (maximum 450 words) with the following mandatory headings: Background, Objective, Methods, Results, Conclusions. Viewpoints and Tutorials require unstructured abstracts (maximum 450 words), though Tutorials with evaluative data should use the structured format. Research Letters do not include full abstracts but should have a summary sentence. Commentaries have a maximum of 1000 words total including all text |
| Main text | Original Papers and Reviews: Maximum 10,000 words recommended (not a strict limit but manuscripts exceeding this incur additional editorial/production fees). Research Letters: 1000 words maximum (includes all text in IMRD structure). Commentary: 1000 words maximum (includes all text in manuscript structure). Word count includes title, abstract, keywords, manuscript body text, table/textbox content, captions, abbreviations, acknowledgements, authors' contributions, conflicts of interest, data availability, and funding statements. Excludes: author metadata, figure content, multimedia appendices, and 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 | 5-12 keywords recommended (ideally about a dozen). Authors should choose keywords from MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) complemented by more specific author-generated keywords. No strict limit stated but typically around 12 keywords are used. Keywords are indexed in PubMed and used to match reviewers to articles |
| References | American Medical Association (AMA) Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors, 11th Edition (Oxford University Press; 2020) |
| Peer review | Single-blind/single-anonymized peer review. Reviewers are aware of author names but authors do not know reviewer identities during review. Reviewer names are published at the end of the article after publication. Manuscripts are sent to 2-4 external experts for peer review |
| Submission | cancer.jmir.org/author |
Quick Tips for Using the JMIR Cancer Template
Read the JMIR Cancer 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 Cancer in under a page.
Best Practices
Skim two or three recent JMIR Cancer 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 Cancer 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 Cancer guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.
