International Journal of Human Anatomy · ISSN 2577-2279
Instructions for authors
Use this guide to prepare a manuscript whose anatomical question, material, measurements, images, ethics and reporting can be assessed without avoidable clarification.
Current article types and limits
| Article type | Main text | Abstract | Figures and tables | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Research | 3,000–6,000 words | Structured; up to 300 words | Up to 10 combined | Up to 50 |
| Review Article | 4,000–8,000 words | Structured; up to 300 words | Up to 12 combined | Up to 100 |
| Case Report | 1,500–3,000 words | Unstructured; up to 200 words | Up to 6 combined | Up to 25 |
| Technical Note | 1,000–2,000 words | Unstructured; up to 150 words | Up to 4 combined | Up to 15 |
Anatomy-education studies normally use Original Research. A validated teaching, dissection, preservation, imaging or measurement method may use Technical Note. Older archive records may retain historical labels such as Short Communication; that label is not a current submission category.
Manuscript order
Specific title; all author names and affiliations; corresponding-author details; ORCID iDs where available; author contributions; funding and competing-interest declarations.
State the anatomical question, material or population, methods, principal findings and conclusion. Provide three to six precise keywords for structure, region, modality and study design.
Use a structure appropriate to the article type. Original research normally separates introduction, methods, results, discussion, limitations and conclusion.
Include data and materials availability, acknowledgements, funding, conflicts, contributions, ethics and consent statements, references and supplementary-file descriptions.
Files, figures, tables and references
- Manuscript file
- Submit DOC or DOCX, double-spaced in 12-point type, with continuous line numbers, one-inch margins and figures supplied separately rather than embedded in the manuscript.
- Figures
- Supply TIFF, JPEG or PNG files at a minimum of 300 dpi. Cite figures in order and provide a legend, orientation, scale and permissions where required.
- Tables
- Provide editable tables, cite them in order and use concise titles and explanatory footnotes. Do not submit tables as images.
- Supplementary material
- Label and cite each file in the main text, describe its contents and use a commonly readable format.
- References
- Use Vancouver style, numbered in order of first citation. Verify author names, article title, journal, year, volume, pages and DOI where available.
- Statistical reporting
- Describe the analysis plan, software and version, assumptions, effect estimates and uncertainty. Report exact sample sizes and explain missing observations.
Vancouver reference examples
Smith AB, Jones CD. Variations of the brachial plexus. Int J Human Anat. 2025;15(3):245–250. doi:10.xxxx/example.
Johnson PR. Upper limb anatomy. In: Green M, editor. Clinical Anatomy. 3rd ed. New York: Academic Press; 2024. p. 125–142.
The examples illustrate format only. Replace every element with the source's verified bibliographic details.
Anatomy-specific reporting
- Terminology and orientation
- Use Terminologia Anatomica consistently. Define landmarks, planes, sides, levels, variants and abbreviations.
- Specimens and provenance
- Report source, number, demographic information where lawful, inclusion criteria, preservation, dissection, condition and body-donation or procurement framework.
- Measurements and imaging
- Define instruments, calibration, observer training, repeatability, slice or acquisition parameters, reconstruction steps and statistical methods.
- Education studies
- Identify learners, setting, intervention, comparator, outcomes, instrument validity and consent or ethics determination.
- Figures and image integrity
- Define scale and orientation, label structures legibly, disclose processing and preserve the evidentiary relationship among image panels. Do not add, remove, move or selectively obscure anatomical features.
- Reporting guideline
- Use the study-design guideline from the EQUATOR Network where one applies and submit the completed checklist when requested.
Ethics, consent and transparency
Revision, proofs and the published record
A revision should include a clean manuscript, a marked version when requested and a point-by-point response that identifies every change. At proof stage, correct production errors and minor factual errors; do not add unreviewed results. Material post-publication errors should be reported promptly for assessment under the correction or retraction policy.
Authors retain copyright, and accepted articles are published under CC BY 4.0. Publication is conditional on editorial acceptance and completion of production requirements.
Complete before submission
Confirm the article type and limits; manuscript order; editable tables; separate 300 dpi figures; Vancouver references; ethics, consent and trial registration where applicable; data availability; funding, conflicts and contributions; permissions; and the APC terms. The Submit Paper page lists the three supported routes—use only one.