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Brief Report Template

This document provides a Word template for submitting Brief Reports to F1000Research, outlining mandatory sections such as title, author list, abstract, and ethical considerations. It specifies the structure and content requirements for each section, including the main body and back matter, as well as compliance with reporting guidelines. Additionally, it emphasizes the need for data availability statements, declaration of competing interests, and proper referencing.

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Brief Report Template

This document provides a Word template for submitting Brief Reports to F1000Research, outlining mandatory sections such as title, author list, abstract, and ethical considerations. It specifies the structure and content requirements for each section, including the main body and back matter, as well as compliance with reporting guidelines. Additionally, it emphasizes the need for data availability statements, declaration of competing interests, and proper referencing.

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F1000Research – Brief Report | https://f1000research.com | research@f1000.

com

This Word template contains the sections required for Brief Reports.

Please add the required text under each subheading. Mandatory sections are highlighted with a *.
For the main text, a brief report should be no more than 2,500 words. Please see our guidelines for brief
reports for detailed information on what each of the sections contain.

Front matter

Title*

Author list and affiliations*

Abstract*

Divided into Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions.

Limit of 300 words.

Keywords*

Up to 8, separated by commas.

Main body

Introduction

This section should include the aim and objectives of this study in the context of the wider subject area.

Methods

We advise using subheadings in this section to improve the readability of the article. (For example, study
design, data collection, data analysis).

This section must include enough detail on the data sources and processes so that others can reproduce
your research.

Results

The full results of the study must be presented in this section.

Discussion

This section should include discussion of the results, with limitations, implications of this study, and
recommendations for further research.

Ethical considerations*

This is mandatory if the article concerns human participants or animals. See our ethical policies for more
information.

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Back matter

Data availability* Every submission must include a data availability statement. More information about
this mandatory section can be found in our data guidelines.

Reporting guidelines*

Articles in F1000Research must comply with consensus-based minimum reporting guidelines for research.
Comprehensive lists of available reporting guidelines can be found on the EQUATOR network website for
health research. Main study types are as follows:

 Articles reporting clinical trials should follow the CONSORT guidelines. A


completed CONSORT checklist and flowchart should be uploaded to an online repository and details
provided in the template below.
 Articles reporting animal studies should follow the ARRIVE guidelines. A completed ARRIVE checklist
should be uploaded to an online repository and details provided in the template below.
 Articles reporting observational studies should follow the STROBE guidelines.
 Articles reporting qualitative research should follow COREQ or SRQR guidelines.

Statement template for CONSORT and ARRIVE checklists:

Repository name: 'Guideline’ checklist and flowchart for ‘<title of article>’. DOI. License.

Competing interests*

Any competing interests must be declared. See our policy for more information.

Grant information*

Any grants that supported the work must be listed here, including the grant number.

Acknowledgements

References*

We accept any style of referencing if it is consistent.

Figure legends

Figures must be uploaded to the submission as separate TIFF or JPEG files at >300dpi.

Ensure any abbreviations/acronyms in the tables are explained in the legend.

Tables

Tables should be formatted using the ‘insert table’ function in Word at the end of
the manuscript or provided as separate Excel files.

Ensure any abbreviations/acronyms in the tables are explained in the legend.


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