Formatting and Style Guidelines

In addition to the formatting guidelines outlined for specific article types, all manuscripts submitted to the Kansas Journal of Medicine should follow these formatting and style guidelines. If a manuscript does not follow these guidelines, it will be returned to the authors until these requirements are met. 

• Do not use double space between sentences.

• All pharmaceutical names should be generic. 

• Always use the oxford comma when listing.

  • Data collected included patient demographics, length of stay, and adverse effects. 
• Do not use multiple parentheses to separate data; use semicolons to separate components/data. 
  • (ED; p = 0.010; Table 1) not (ED) (p = 0.010) (Table 1)
• Use the following prepositions with date ranges.
  • between January and December; from June to September; from April through July
• Place punctuation inside quotation marks.
  • “Thank you for your time.”
• Methods should always be in past tense. Past events should use past tense verbs; this includes aims statements.
  • “Statistical analysis was performed on data.”
• Remove words between verb phrases.
  • “Something was then transitioned,” remove “then.”
  • “This method was quickly adopted,” should be “this method was adopted quickly.”
• Use copyright and registered trademark symbols where appropriate. Superscript with no space between symbol and proper noun.
  • REDCap^®
• i.e. vs. e.g.
  • i.e.: “that is” – clarify a statement or word that came before it.
    • Ex: “The questionnaire collected basic demographics (i.e., age, gender, height, and weight)
  • e.g.: “for example” – used before an item or list of items that serves as example
    • Ex: “The questionnaire collected useful information (e.g., demographics to describe the study population).”
• Healthcare vs. health care 

  Healthcare is used when describing the business, institution, or activity offering medical services.  Health care is used when describing the act of giving medical treatment.