Gut's Guidelines for Authors and Reviewers

Guidelines for authors and reviewers

Welcome to Gut's guidelines for authors and reviewers. These guidelines have been compiled to provide maximum support and assistance for authors and reviewers throughout all stages of the publication process.

More information about the articles we publish, our peer review and publication lead times, can be found on our Aims and Scope and Editorial Policy pages.

Gut uses an online submission and review system (Bench>Press) and manuscripts must be submitted via Bench>Press. Please register with Bench>Press or contact the editorial office if you are unable to submit in this way.

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All papers must be submitted through Bench>Press, our online submission and review system.

Gut welcomes:
Original papers
Leading articles
Commentaries
Case reports
Letters to the Editor
GI Snapshots
Supplements

Author Guidelines:
Authors are recommended to consult the guidelines to authors since research shows that studies adhering to the recommended guidelines are of improved quality and scientific validity. Reviewers are encouraged to consider whether manuscripts meet the guidelines and those that do not will be accorded a lower priority.

The BMJ follows guidelines on editorial independence produced by the World Association of Medical Editors (www.wame.org/wamestmt.htm#independence), the code on good publication practice produced by the Committee on Publication Ethics (www.publicationethics.org.uk/guidelines/), and the EQUATOR network resource centre (http://www.equator-network.org/) for good research reporting.

Editors reserve the right to return manuscripts that do not meet these guidelines within these instructions.

Submit a manuscript

step 1: manuscript preparation
step 2: submission checklist
step 3: online submission

Review a manuscript

step 1: guidance
step 2: the process
step 3: hints and tips