Guide for authors
This guide explains what JCAII publishes, which reporting standards apply, and what to include in your manuscript.
Draft for editorial approval. Requirements on this page may change before submissions open.
Submitting your article
Our online submission system is being set up and will be announced here. Until it opens, please send a short pre-submission enquiry to the editorial office with a working title, the article type and a 250-word summary. We will tell you whether the work is likely to be in scope.
Editorial office: email address to be announced
Article types
| Type | What it is |
|---|---|
| Original research | Empirical studies of AI implementation, evaluation or governance, including trials, prospective cohorts, quasi-experimental designs, qualitative and mixed-methods studies, and economic evaluations. |
| Implementation report | A structured account of a real deployment: context, the AI system, how it was integrated, what was measured, and what did and did not work. Negative and mixed experiences are welcome. |
| Review | Systematic, scoping and narrative reviews on implementation, evaluation or governance of clinical AI. |
| Perspective | Argued commentary on policy, practice or method. Usually invited; unsolicited proposals are welcome. |
Reporting guidelines
Please follow the reporting guideline that matches your study design and upload the completed checklist with your submission. Most are available from the EQUATOR Network; the AI-specific ones are summarised in our guidelines hub.
| Study type | Guideline |
|---|---|
| Randomised trial of an AI intervention | CONSORT-AI |
| Trial protocol with an AI intervention | SPIRIT-AI |
| Prediction model development or validation | TRIPOD+AI |
| Early-stage live clinical evaluation of AI decision support | DECIDE-AI |
| AI in medical imaging | CLAIM |
| Diagnostic accuracy study | STARD 2015 |
| Implementation study | StaRI |
| Quality improvement study | SQUIRE 2.0 |
| Observational study | STROBE |
| Qualitative study | SRQR or COREQ |
| Economic evaluation | CHEERS 2022 |
| Systematic review | PRISMA 2020 |
Preparing your manuscript
Alongside the usual title page, structured abstract, main text and references, every research article and implementation report should describe:
- The AI system: name, version, developer, intended use, input data, output, and regulatory status (for example CE marking class or FDA clearance).
- The setting: the institution type, country, care pathway and patient population.
- Integration: how the output reached clinicians, what actions it was meant to prompt, training provided, and who was responsible for the system.
- Monitoring: how performance, safety and usage were tracked after deployment, and any changes made to the model or its thresholds.
Declarations
Please include the following statements at the end of the manuscript:
- Author contributions, using the CRediT taxonomy
- Funding, including the role of any funder
- Competing interests, including financial or advisory relationships with AI developers or vendors (see our conflicts of interest policy)
- Ethics approval and consent, or the reason they were not required
- Data and code availability (see our data policy)
- Use of generative AI in preparing the manuscript (see our AI use policy)
Open access and fees
All articles are published open access under CC BY 4.0, and authors keep their copyright. An article processing charge applies; the amount will be announced before the first articles are accepted. You will never be asked to pay before your article has been accepted.