Instructions for Authors
- Journal
- Journal of Cervical Cancer
- ISSN
- 2997-2108
- Review
- Single-blind by default
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Before you write
Journal of Cervical Cancer publishes peer-reviewed research across the full course of cervical cancer — biology and pathogenesis, human papillomavirus and other etiologic factors, prevention and vaccination, screening and early detection, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship and outcomes — in laboratory, clinical and population research.
A manuscript is in scope when its question is substantively about cervical cancer or the disease process leading to it. The full statement is on the Aims and Scope page, and the editorial office will comment on fit before a full manuscript is prepared if you describe the study to it.
Choose the type before you draft
Routine submissions are prepared as one of these seven types. A routine submission must meet both tests: its question is substantively about cervical cancer or the disease process leading to it, and it is prepared as one of the seven types the journal accepts.
Research Article
Original studies reporting primary results, from laboratory, clinical, epidemiological, health-services or implementation research.
Review Article
A critical synthesis of published work on a defined question, making clear what the evidence supports and where it is unsettled.
Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
A review conducted to a pre-specified protocol, with an explicit search, selection and appraisal strategy, and a quantitative synthesis where the data allow one.
Methods Article
A method, assay, instrument, model system or analytical approach, reported with the validation that establishes what it can measure.
Data/Resource Article
A dataset, cohort, registry, biobank or other research resource, described so that others can judge its provenance and reuse it.
Short Communication
A concise report of a single finding or observation that stands on its own.
Case Report
An individual case or small series with clinical or diagnostic significance, reported with the consent and ethics documentation the journal requires.
By invitation
Editorial and Perspective/Commentary are published by invitation. They are not routine submission types, and the editorial office commissions them directly.
Editorial
Commissioned by the editors to introduce an issue or address a matter before the field.
Perspective/Commentary
Commissioned discussion of a published article, a method, or a question in the field.
Preparing the file
Structure
Present the work in the order a reader needs it: title, abstract, keywords, introduction, methods, results, discussion, limitations, conclusion, declarations and references. A study design that does not fit that order should follow the structure its own reporting guideline sets out.
Title and abstract
The title should state what was studied and in whom. The abstract should allow a reader from another part of the field to establish the question, the design, the population or system, the principal result and what the study does and does not show.
Methods
Report the design, setting, participants or materials, variables, instruments, analysis and any software with enough detail for the work to be appraised and repeated. State the statistical approach before reporting its results, and report the limitations with the findings rather than after them.
Figures, tables and data
Each figure and table should be interpretable on its own, with a caption that states what is shown and in what units. Images must not be manipulated in a way that changes what they represent; where a figure is assembled from separate acquisitions, say so in the caption.
References
Cite the source that supports each claim, and cite primary literature where the claim rests on primary evidence. Include a DOI for every reference that has one, and check that quoted material matches the cited source.
Reuse of published material
Material reproduced from another source requires written permission from the rights holder, which is supplied at submission, and the source is credited in the caption or text.
The checklist your design calls for
Submit the completed checklist for the guideline that matches the study design, and cite it in the methods. These are reporting frameworks that set out what a study of that design should report; they are not manuscript types, and the type you submit under is chosen from the seven routine types listed on this page.
| Guideline | Applies to |
|---|---|
| CONSORT | Randomized controlled trials |
| STROBE | Observational studies, including cohort, case-control and cross-sectional designs |
| PRISMA | Systematic reviews and meta-analyses |
| STARD | Diagnostic and screening accuracy studies |
| CARE | Case reports |
| ARRIVE | Studies involving laboratory animals |
What must be reported with the work
Ethics. Studies involving human participants report the approving ethics committee or institutional review board and the basis of consent; studies involving animals report the approving body and the welfare standards applied.
Trial registration. Interventional clinical trials must be registered in an accepted public trial registry at or before the first participant provides consent for enrollment. The registry name, registration number, and registration date must be reported in the manuscript.
Data availability. Every empirical research manuscript must include a data-availability statement.
Authorship. Every listed author has contributed substantially to the work, approved the submitted version and accepts accountability for it. Other contributors are acknowledged.
Competing interests and funding. Declare financial and non-financial interests a reader could reasonably consider relevant, and name each funder with its award reference.
Artificial intelligence. Disclose any use of AI tools in producing the manuscript, stating what was used and for what. AI tools cannot be listed as authors, and the authors remain responsible for the whole of the submitted work.
Review, and what happens next
Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request. For double-blind review, remove author names, affiliations, acknowledgments, funding details, institution names, and other identifying information from the reviewer manuscript. Provide identifying information separately in the title-page file or submission form.
All submissions undergo initial editorial screening. Manuscripts that meet the journal’s scope and minimum requirements proceed to independent peer review. Manuscripts that proceed to external peer review are normally evaluated by at least two independent subject-matter experts.
Editorial decisions are based on scope, scientific quality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, reporting quality, and relevance to the journal.
Submit through ManuscriptZone, the JCC simple submission form, or with assistance from the editorial office at [email protected]. Authors must use only one submission route for the same manuscript.
Formatting requirements that depend on manuscript type — word, abstract, keyword, reference, figure and table counts — are confirmed by the editorial office at [email protected], which will give you the current limits for whichever of the seven types you intend to submit.
Where to go next
- Submit PaperThe approved submission routes and what each one is for.
- Aims and ScopeThe full statement of what the journal considers.
- Editorial PoliciesEthics, integrity, corrections and review policy in full.
- Article Processing ChargesPublishing charges and the withdrawal policy.