Medical Manuscript Title Page Checklist
A practical title page checklist for medical journal submission, including title, authors, affiliations, corresponding author, word count, funding, conflicts, acknowledgments, and trial registration.
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What should be included on a medical manuscript title page?
A medical manuscript title page usually includes the title, running title, author names and affiliations, corresponding author details, word count, number of tables and figures, funding, sponsor role, conflict disclosures, acknowledgments, disclaimers, data availability location, and trial registration when relevant.
Short answer
A medical manuscript title page usually includes the article title, author names and affiliations, corresponding author details, disclaimers, funding or support, conflict disclosures, word count, table and figure counts, acknowledgments, and trial registration when relevant. Exact requirements depend on the journal.
Title page checklist
- Full manuscript title.
- Short running title when required.
- Author names, degrees when required, affiliations, and contribution notes.
- Corresponding author name, address, email, and phone when required.
- Word count for the main text and sometimes abstract.
- Number of tables, figures, references, and supplementary files.
- Funding, grant numbers, and sponsor role.
- Conflict of interest or competing interest statement.
- Acknowledgments and non-author contributors.
- Data availability statement or where it appears.
- Trial registration name and number for clinical trials.
- Prior presentation, preprint, or related submission disclosure when relevant.
Common title page mistakes
- Author order or affiliation differs from the submission system.
- Funding appears in acknowledgments but not the title page.
- Word count includes references or figure legends when the journal excludes them.
- Trial registration is present in the abstract but missing from the title page or submission metadata.
- Disclaimers required by institutions or funders are omitted.
How SciPaperX helps
SciPaperX can compare the title page against journal instructions and flag missing submission metadata before upload.