Articles presenting important new research results. Included in this category will be single-subject experimental designs.
Brief manuscripts presenting pilot, preliminary, and/or exploratory findings or a new method for the collection or analysis of data.
Articles of primary clinical interest that serve to identify future research directions. Evidence-informed descriptions of clinical programs, and innovative clinical services and activities are among the possibilities.
Articles that aim to answer a specific clinical question related to a case, by using an evidence-based approach to support clinical reasoning.
Articles explaining/illustrating a clinical or scientific approach relevant to research and/or clinical approach in audiology and/or speech-language pathology.
A comprehensive overview of an area of speech, language, social communication, feeding/swallowing, hearing, or balance/vestibular sciences and/or disorders (i.e., systematic review or scoping review). Reviews should be prepared with the same rigour as research articles reporting experimental results and should be accessible to knowledgeable readers not expert in the subject area.
Research articles, clinical focuses, tutorials and review articles are generally limited to 40 manuscript pages including abstract, references, tables, figures, and appendices. A possible exception are review articles where summary tables may justify going beyond this page limit . This will be determined on a case-by case-basis.
Research notes and case studies are typically limited to 20 manuscript pages including abstract, references, tables, figures, and appendices.
Most manuscript types (other than tutorials) include an abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, and relevant citations.
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