Get your Journal of Addiction 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 17 August, 2026
Submitting to Journal of Addiction Medicine goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Journal of Addiction 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 Journal of Addiction 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 Journal of Addiction 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 Journal of Addiction 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 Journal of Addiction 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 | J Addiction Med requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Structured abstract (with headings: Objectives, Methods, Results, and Conclusions) required for Original Research. Maximum 250 words. Do not cite references in abstract. Limit use of abbreviations and acronyms. Brief Reports also require structured abstract. Reviews and Commentaries require brief abstract (max 250 words). Case Reports require abstract |
| Main text | Original Research: maximum 3,500 words (excluding abstract of max 250 words, tables, figures, and references), max 5 tables/figures combined, up to 40 references. Brief Reports: max 1,200 words, max 2 tables/figures, up to 15 references. Reviews: max 3,500 words with abstract max 250 words, max 3 tables/figures, up to 50 references. Commentary and Debate: max 1,500 words, up to 15 references, no figures/tables. Case Reports: max 1,500 words, max 1 table, max 1 figure/image, up to 20 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 | 3-5 keywords required for each article |
| References | American Medical Association (AMA) Manual of Style (most recent edition). Numbered superscript citations in order of appearance. On initial submission only, references can be in any consistent format. Prior to acceptance for publication, authors must revise references to AMA numerical style |
| Peer review | Single-blind (single-anonymous). Identity of peer reviewers is not made known to authors. Identity of authors is not masked to reviewers. All papers undergo peer review except some commentaries, letters, and editorials which may be reviewed only by Editors |
| Submission | jam.edmgr.com/submit |
Read the Journal of Addiction 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 Journal of Addiction Medicine in under a page.
Skim two or three recent J Addiction 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 Journal of Addiction Medicine journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Journal of Addiction Medicine guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.