Manuscripts are usually published within 16 to 18 weeks of acceptance. Editorial Fellow Alison Sinclair CMAJ is organized around the following main headings. After publication Research Research articles report original clinical findings of interest to a general medical audience. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses also fall into this category. Articles should be no more than 2500 words long, excluding the abstract, figures, tables and references.
Excessive length presents difficulties for peer reviewers, editors and readers.
However, we do try to be flexible and are willing to discuss problems of manuscript preparation with authors. Research letters focus on singular themes and do not require extensive elaboration with respect to methods and results. Submissions should be limited to 500 words of text with an accompanying table or figure and 6 to 8 references. Research Letters are processed in a manner similar to that for full-length Research articles. Fast tracking .