Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences
Instructions for authors
Submission Instructions
Manuscript categories that will be considered for publication by CJNS include the following:
Original Articles
Review Articles
Brief Communications
Neuroimaging Highlights
Editorials
Letters to the Editor: New Observations
Letters to the Editor: Published Article
Reflections
Obituaries
Commentaries
Historical Reviews
Clinical Neuropathological Conference
Clinical Case Conference
Practice Pearls
Manuscript type
Length requirements (excluding references, tables and/or figures)
Abstract
Max. Refs
Additional comments
Original Articles
Maximum 6,000 words.
Structured abstract that consists of four sections: Background or Objective, Methods, Results, Conclusion. Maximum of 250 words in English or French. The Journal will provide translation to the other language if required.
No
Original articles reports high quality, original research. Please note that if your article is a Systematic Review, it should be submitted to the journal as an “Original Article.”
Case reports, including case report with Review of the Literature, should be submitted as Letters to the Editor (please see below).
Review Articles
Maximum 6,000 words.
Unstructured abstract of 250 words or less in English or French. The Journal will provide translation to the other language if required.
No
Review Articles should provide systematic, comprehensive review of a topic of interest to CJNS readers.
Brief Communications
Maximum 1,500 words.
Unstructured abstract of 100 words or less in English or French. The Journal will provide translation to the other language if required.
10
Brief Communications manuscripts include preliminary observations. They should report novel observations. There should be no section headings.
Please note that case reports should be submitted as Letters to the Editor (please see below), not Brief Communications.
Neuroimaging Highlights
Maximum 500 words.
No
10
Neuroimaging Highlights either make an original contribution or serve an educational purpose in demonstrating neuroimages. They may include up to two (2) figures. There should be no section headings.
Editorials
Maximum 1,000 words.
No
15
Editorials are opinion articles from the editor or an invited author, which relate to and expand upon an article in the same issue of the Journal. They should be brief and focused.
Letters to the Editor: New Observations
Maximum 1,000 words
No
8
Letters to the Editor: New Observations may present results of research, or describe a case or cases with novel findings. At the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief, Letters to the Editor: New Observations may include up to two (2) figures and tables. There should be no section headings.
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