Instructions For Authors
These guidelines help authors prepare clear, ethical, and reproducible manuscripts for Journal of Pancreas (JPAN). Submissions should emphasize mechanistic insight, clinical relevance, and transparent reporting across pancreatic diseases.
Manuscript Types
Formatting
Ethics
Data
Peer Review
Submission
Accepted Article Categories
Manuscript TypesOriginal Research
Mechanistic and clinical studies in pancreatic cancer, pancreatitis, islet biology, and pancreatic surgery with robust experimental or clinical design.
Systematic Reviews
Evidence syntheses, meta-analyses, and guideline updates that inform pancreatic clinical practice and research priorities.
Methods And Protocols
Diagnostic assays, imaging pipelines, surgical techniques, and biomarker workflows relevant to pancreatic disease and care.
Key Sections
Manuscript Structure
Include Title, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions. Provide clear study design, patient cohort details, or experimental models with sufficient detail for replication.
Formatting And Style
Use clear headings and standard units. Figures must be high resolution with scale bars and legible labels. Tables should be editable and include units and definitions.
Methods Transparency
Describe reagents, assays, imaging settings, and statistical methods. Report sample sizes, inclusion criteria, and replicate definitions for clinical or laboratory studies.
Reporting Standards
Follow reporting guidelines such as CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA, or ARRIVE when applicable. Thorough reporting improves reproducibility and clinical translation.
Ethics And Consent
Human and animal studies require documented ethics approvals and informed consent statements. For surgical or interventional studies, include protocol approvals and patient safety measures.
Data Availability
Provide repository links and accession numbers for datasets and images. If data are restricted, describe access procedures and justification.
Authorship And Contributions
List contributions using CRediT roles when possible. All authors must approve the final manuscript and accept responsibility for data integrity.
Conflicts And Funding
Disclose financial relationships, industry support, and grant numbers. Transparency supports reader trust and ethical compliance.
Plagiarism And Originality
All submissions undergo originality checks. Redundant publication or uncredited reuse will be returned. Clearly describe novel contributions.
Peer Review Model
JPAN uses single blind peer review. Reviewers are anonymous to authors and evaluate scientific rigor, clinical relevance, and methodological quality.
Revisions And Appeals
Provide a point-by-point response to reviewer comments and highlight manuscript changes. Appeals must include scientific justification and will be reviewed by senior editors.
After Acceptance
Accepted manuscripts move to copyediting and proof review. Authors must approve proofs for accuracy before publication. APCs are billed only after acceptance.
Authors may submit via ManuscriptZone for full tracking or use the simple submission form for a faster upload. Both routes receive the same editorial review.
Ensure ethics approvals, data availability statements, and accession numbers are included at submission to avoid delays.
Authors review proofs carefully to confirm accuracy before publication. Prompt proof review keeps timelines on track.
Reporting Essentials
Submission QualityStructured Abstracts
Use a structured abstract with background, methods, results, and conclusions to improve clarity and indexing performance.
Statistical Reporting
Describe tests used, effect sizes, and confidence intervals. Provide justification for sample size and multiple comparison handling.
Figure Ethics
Maintain original data files and disclose any adjustments. Image manipulation beyond brightness or contrast correction is not allowed.
Additional Notes
GuidanceSubmission Support
Contact [email protected] with brief questions to avoid delays during submission.
Workflow
Clear documentation and timely responses help keep editorial timelines on track.
Visibility
Well structured manuscripts improve search visibility and long term impact.
Visibility And Impact
DiscoverabilityKeywords
Select keywords that reflect pancreatic disease stage, biomarkers, and clinical approach to improve search performance.
Open Access Reach
Open access enables clinicians and researchers to apply findings rapidly across care settings.
Dissemination
Share accepted work through conferences and institutional channels to expand readership and citation potential.
Editorial Workflow
ProcessInitial Screening
Submissions are screened for scope fit, ethics, and completeness before peer review begins.
Peer Review
Specialist reviewers assess scientific rigor, novelty, and clinical relevance for pancreatic practice.
Production
Accepted manuscripts undergo copyediting, proof review, and DOI assignment before publication.
Manuscript Formatting
PreparationTitle Page
Include full author names, affiliations, ORCID identifiers, and corresponding author contact details.
Figures And Tables
Provide editable figures at publication resolution and ensure tables are self explanatory.
Supplementary Files
Label supplementary items clearly and reference them in the main text.
Ethics And Integrity
Research EthicsConsent
Include consent statements for human studies and document patient privacy protections.
Conflicts
Disclose financial or personal relationships that could influence interpretation.
Originality
Manuscripts must be original and not under consideration elsewhere.
Peer Review Expectations
ReviewResponse Letters
Address reviewer comments point by point and highlight manuscript changes.
Revision Timelines
Submit revisions promptly to maintain editorial timelines.
Proof Review
Check proofs carefully to ensure accuracy before publication.
Ready To Submit To JPAN?
Choose your preferred submission route. For questions, email [email protected].
Study Design Expectations
Scientific RigorMethod Reproducibility
Describe eligibility criteria, enrollment flow, sample handling, and analytical protocol in sufficient detail for independent replication. For pancreatic cohorts, clarify staging framework, diagnostic confirmation approach, and any site level protocol variation that could influence interpretation. Transparent method reporting is central to reviewer confidence and downstream citation value.
Endpoint Clarity
Define primary and secondary endpoints before presenting outcomes. Report clinical relevance alongside statistical significance, and explain how measured endpoints map to treatment decision making, prognosis, or service planning. Manuscripts with precise endpoint logic are more likely to move efficiently through review and to attract meaningful use in practice settings.
Population Context
Include demographic profile, disease severity distribution, and comorbidity context. This information helps readers assess transportability of findings across patient populations. Submissions that clearly frame population context support stronger clinical interpretation and improve discoverability for researchers searching comparable cohort evidence in pancreatic care domains.
Statistical And Reporting Requirements
Data IntegrityAnalysis Transparency
State software versions, threshold definitions, model assumptions, and handling of missing data. If subgroup analyses are presented, clarify whether they were prespecified and how multiplicity risk was addressed. Transparent analytics reduce reviewer uncertainty and strengthen confidence in conclusions for translational and clinical audiences.
Figure And Table Standards
All visual elements should communicate results independently with readable legends, clear units, and defined abbreviations. Complex pancreatic pathway data should be presented with stepwise labeling to avoid ambiguity. Well prepared figures increase editorial efficiency and improve citation performance after publication.
Result Interpretation Discipline
Conclusions must remain proportional to data strength. Distinguish observed evidence from hypotheses and avoid overstatement where causal inference is limited. Balanced interpretation is a high value quality signal for readers, reviewers, and indexing systems that prioritize methodologically credible biomedical literature.
Compliance And Declarations
Editorial ReadinessEthics Documentation
Provide ethics committee approvals, trial registration where applicable, and participant consent statements. Animal studies must include welfare compliance details and protocol oversight information. Complete ethics declarations reduce review interruption and demonstrate governance maturity expected in high trust pancreatic publication channels.
Conflict And Funding Disclosure
Disclose all funding sources and potential conflicts with direct relevance to study design, interpretation, or sponsor influence. Clear declarations protect scientific credibility and help readers contextualize findings. Incomplete or vague disclosure language is a common cause of avoidable revision rounds.
Data Availability Statements
Include a precise data availability statement with repository links, access restrictions, and reuse conditions when applicable. Authors should specify whether code and supplementary protocols are available. Transparent data statements improve indexing quality and support broader reuse across pancreatic research collaborations.
Revision Success Framework
Author ResponsePoint By Point Replies
Address each reviewer comment with direct response language, manuscript location references, and justification for any recommendation not adopted. Structured response letters speed editorial assessment and communicate professionalism during revision cycles.
Version Control
Upload a clean revised manuscript and a tracked change version to simplify re review. Consistent file naming and section referencing reduce handling errors and protect publication timelines.
Publication Readiness
Before final acceptance, verify figure permissions, author order confirmation, affiliation accuracy, and funding metadata. Final stage precision prevents production delays and supports immediate discoverability once the article is published.
Before final submission, perform a full compliance check across ethics language, funding metadata, references, figure permissions, and data statements. Authors who complete a structured readiness review typically receive fewer technical queries and move through editorial screening faster. This improves speed to peer review and reduces avoidable administrative revision loops.
A final pre submission compliance review reduces avoidable technical queries and protects review momentum.
