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Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

The Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes (JPRO) is an international, open-access, fully peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal publishing original manuscripts in the field of patient-reported outcomes. It considers original research and review articles, brief communications, commentaries, editorials, and reviews of recent books and software advances relevant to PROs in clinical trials, clinical practice, engagement, qualitative studies, and social and behavioural determinants of health using PRO measures.

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Subject Health Care Sciences & Services, Health Policy & Services
Impact Factor 2.9
Quartile Q2
Open Access Type Open
eISSN 2509-8020
Invitation Only No
Cost Range £1490.00 GBP / $2090.00 USD / €1790.00 EUR APC

Submission Instructions

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.

Research

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. The cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, explain any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings Background, Methodology, Results, and Conclusions.
Manuscript Research articles have a 4,500-word limit for the text, excluding the title page, references, tables, figures, and supplementary material. The manuscript must exclude the title page from the main file and include sections for Background, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, and a Declarations heading. The manuscript must include three to ten keywords and, under the Declarations heading, sections for Availability of data and material, Funding, Competing interests, Authors' contributions, and Acknowledgements, with 'Not applicable' used for any nonrelevant declaration section.
References Only published or in-press articles, clinical trial registration records, abstracts, and public e-print/preprint items may be cited; unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list; web links and URLs must be numbered and included in the reference list in full; and journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE.
Figures & Tables Each individual figure file must not exceed 10 MB, and each additional file must not exceed 20 MB. Figure titles and legends must appear in the main manuscript rather than in graphic files, tables should be included in the main manuscript file, and tables must not be submitted as figures. Multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file, figures must be numbered in first-citation order, and tables must be numbered in sequence using Arabic numerals without color or shading.
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Review

Cover Letter A cover letter is required and must include why the manuscript should be published, any issues relating to journal policies, any potential competing interests, confirmation that all authors approved submission, and confirmation that the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere. The cover letter must include the title page, competing interests, authors’ contributions, acknowledgements, and authors’ information, along with the required publication rationale, policy issues, competing interest declaration, and author approval confirmation.
Abstract An abstract is required. The abstract should be unstructured, briefly summarizing the aim, findings, or purpose of the article.
Manuscript The main text should contain the body of the article and may be divided into subsections with short, informative headings, and the manuscript must contain a Declarations heading with the specified sections. The manuscript must include three to ten keywords, an Availability of data and materials statement, a Declarations section with the required subsections using 'Not applicable' where appropriate, a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, and documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or another suitable section.
References Journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE, URLs must be included in the reference list and given a reference number, footnotes must not be used for citations, and unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list.
Figures & Tables Tables must be included in the main manuscript file, with shorter tables placed in the manuscript and larger tables allowed at the end of the text file, while figures must be uploaded separately in the order first mentioned in the text. Tables must not be submitted as figures and must use the word processor’s Table object, and multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file with titles and legends provided in the main manuscript rather than in the graphic files.
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Short Report

Cover Letter A cover letter is required, and for Short Reports it must include the manuscript word count. The cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and include the word count.
Abstract Abstract requirements are not specified.
Manuscript Short Reports must not exceed 2000 words. The manuscript must include a 'Declarations' heading with sections for 'Ethics approval and consent to participate,' 'Consent for publication,' 'Availability of data and material,' 'Competing interests,' 'Funding,' 'Authors' contributions,' and 'Acknowledgements,' with an optional 'Authors' information' section, and sections that are not relevant must be labeled 'Not applicable.' A list of abbreviations must be provided if abbreviations are used, abbreviations must be defined at first use, and any use of a Large Language Model must be documented in the Methods section or another suitable part of the manuscript.
References Short Reports may include up to 25 references. Only published, in-press, or publicly available preprint articles, clinical trial registration records, and abstracts may be cited, web links and URLs must appear as numbered references in the reference list, journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE, unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not be included in the reference list, and dataset identifiers including DOIs should be expressed as full URLs.
Figures & Tables Short Reports may include up to 2 figures and up to 3 tables. Tables must be included in the main manuscript file, with tables shorter than one page placed within the manuscript and larger tables allowed at the end of the document text file, while figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript and figures uploaded separately in the order first cited. Tables must not be submitted as figures and must be created using the word processor's Table object function, and multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file.
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Recent Publications

Gaps in patient-reported outcome measures integration into the management of lower urinary tract symptoms attributed to benign prostatic hyperplasia (LUTS/BPH): qualitative insights for implementation strategies

Rowida Mohamed, Grace Bardwick, Padraig Carolan, Dacey Maglaque, Pooja Talaty, Francesca R. Farina, Abigail R. Smith, Alexander P. Glaser, James W. Griffith

10.1186/s41687-026-01114-0
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Expanding the experimental EuroQol toddler and infant populations (EQ-TIPS) descriptive system: comparing 3-level and 5-level performance for infants and toddlers with chronic conditions

Janine Verstraete, Marco Zampoli, Alan Davidson, Marc Hendricks, Helder de Quintal, Yasmin Goga, Jo M. Wilmshurst, Alvin Ndondo, Gill Riordan, Ronalda De Lacy, Mignon McCulloch, Deveshni Reddy, Lasse Herdien

10.1186/s41687-026-01113-1
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Translation and cultural adaptation of the health literacy questionnaire (HLQ) in Morocco

Karima Boumendil, Younes Iderdar, Nadia Al Wachami, Maryem Arraji, Salwa Najmi, Melanie Hawkins, Richard Osborne, Mohamed Chahboune

10.1186/s41687-026-01111-3
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Mediating role of family and workplace support on health-related quality of life among self-reported young adult cancer survivors: a cross-sectional observational study

Takafumi Soejima, Mari Kitao

10.1186/s41687-026-01120-2
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Concept elicitation and development of a patient-centric conceptual disease model in chronic pruritus of unknown origin

Michael Acquadro, Efstathios Zikos, Carla Dias Barbosa, Karen Bailey, Ariane Dubost-Brama, Eilish McCann, Ashish Bansal, Donia Bahloul, Ella Brookes

10.1186/s41687-026-01092-3
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Frequently asked questions

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Is a cover letter required?

A cover letter is required. It should explain why the manuscript should be published in the journal, note any issues relating to journal policies, declare potential competing interests, confirm author approval, confirm the work has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and identify any special issue if applicable. Authors may also suggest preferred and non-preferred peer reviewers in the cover letter.

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What are the publication costs?

An article processing charge applies for each accepted article. The current APC is £1490.00 GBP / $2090.00 USD / €1790.00 EUR, subject to VAT or local taxes where applicable.

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Research Topics

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