Most journals require the same general information on the title page, but check each journal’s specific instructions.

Title

  • Keep it short and simple
  • Use key terms and active voice
  • Avoid abbreviations
  • Adhere to journal instructions for word or character count

Authors

  • Make sure all authors agree on order and who will be corresponding author
  • Use full names; check with coauthors for their preferences, including middle initial
  • Check journal instructions about whether or not authors’ higher degrees are to be included

Author Affiliations

  • Use superscript letters, numbers, or symbols to note institutional affiliations for all authors per journal instructions
  • Affiliations are where each author was when the work was done
  • Always list full and legal/correct institution/department/division names
    • e.g., Iowa City VA Health Care System, not VAMC or Veterans Hospital
  • Use “University of Iowa,” “University of Iowa Health Care,” or “Carver College of Medicine”
  • Corresponding author
    • List contact info per journal instructions, but include email at a minimum; note “current address” if the corresponding author is no longer at the institution where the work was done
  • Any other required information according to journal instructions; may include:
    • Word, figure, table counts
    • Disclosures, conflicts of interest
    • Funding sources
    • Abbreviations
    • Running head/title
    • Previous presentation of the current work at a conference

Example

Angiotensin II-induced Hypertension and Cardiac Hypertrophy are Differentially Mediated by TLR3- and TLR4-dependent Pathways

Madhu V. Singh1, Michael Z. Cicha1, Sarah Nunez1, David K. Meyerholz2, Mark W. Chapleau1,3,4, Francois M. Abboud1,3

University of Iowa 1Department of Internal Medicine, Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center, 2Department of Pathology, 3Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, and 4Iowa City VA Health Care System

Please address all correspondence to:

            Madhu V. Singh, PhD
            University of Iowa
            Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology
            200 Hawkins Dr., 610 MRC
            Iowa City, IA 52242
            phone: 319-335-7706
            madhu-singh@uiowa.edu