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Submission Instructions
Recent Publications
Frequently Asked Questions
Research Topics
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npj Digital Medicine is part of the npj Series, published in partnership with Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, and publishes open access research in digital medicine.
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Impact Factor
15.1
Quartile
Q1
Open Access Type
Open
ISSN
2398-6352
eISSN
2398-6352
Invitation Only
No
Cost Range
Article processing charges apply; current APCs and waiver information are available via the journal's open access section.
Submission Instructions
npj Digital Medicine accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.
Article
Cover Letter
A cover letter is required with the submission. The cover letter must include the corresponding author's affiliation and contact information.
Abstract
An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 150 words. Abstract must be unstructured and contain no subheadings.
Manuscript
Manuscript must include an Introduction without subheadings, Results with subheadings, a Discussion without subheadings or separate limitations or conclusions sections, and a Methods section with subheadings, with all Methods reported in the main manuscript file. The manuscript must include Data availability, Author contributions, and Competing Interests sections, and must document any use of a large language model in the Methods section or another suitable section if no Methods section is available.
References
References are limited to 60. References must use Nature referencing style. References must be numbered sequentially in order of appearance, list all authors unless there are more than five authors in which case only the first author followed by 'et al.' should be given, and include only one publication per reference number.
Figures & Tables
At initial submission, figures should be incorporated into the main article file, while tables must be submitted at the end of the text document and figure legends must be placed in the main manuscript after the references. Figure legends must be no more than 350 words per figure, and multi-panel figures must be presented as a single page or file with panels labeled a), b), c).
Review
Cover Letter
A cover letter is required. The cover letter must include the corresponding author’s affiliation and contact information.
Abstract
An abstract is required. Abstract must be no more than 70 words. Abstract must be unstructured and contain no subheadings.
Manuscript
Main text is typically 3,000–4,000 words in length. Main text may include subheadings. An Author contributions statement naming all authors by initials and a Competing Interests statement declaring each author’s financial and non-financial interests must be included, and any use of a large language model must be documented in the Methods section or another suitable section if no Methods section is available.
References
References are limited to 60. References must use standard Nature referencing style. References must be numbered sequentially in order of appearance, list all authors unless there are more than five authors in which case the first author is followed by 'et al.', and include only one publication per reference number.
Figures & Tables
At initial submission, figures should be incorporated into the main article file and tables should be submitted at the end of the text document, while figure legends must appear in the main manuscript after the references. Figure legends are limited to 350 words per figure, and multi-panel figures must be presented on a single page with panels labeled a), b), c), and so on.
Brief Communication
Cover Letter
A cover letter is required. Cover letter should include the corresponding author's affiliation and contact information.
Abstract
An abstract is required. Abstract must be no longer than 70 words. Abstract must be unstructured and contain no subheadings.
Manuscript
Main text should be 1,000-1,500 words excluding the abstract, methods, references, and figure legends. Main text must not contain subheadings, while the Methods section should use subheadings and all Methods must appear in the main manuscript file. A Data availability section and an Author contributions statement are mandatory, a Code availability section should be included where applicable, competing interests must be declared, funding should be declared in the Acknowledgments, and use of a large language model must be documented in the Methods section or a suitable alternative section.
References
Brief Communications should include around 20 references. References must use Nature style. References must be numbered sequentially in order of appearance, use one publication per reference number, and list all authors unless there are more than five, in which case the first author should be followed by 'et al.'.
Figures & Tables
At initial submission, figures should be incorporated into the main article file and tables should be placed at the end of the text document, while for final submission each complete figure must be uploaded as a separate file. Figure legends are limited to 350 words per figure, and multi-panel figures must be presented as a single file on one page with panels labeled a), b), c), and so on.
Matters Arising
Cover Letter
A cover letter must accompany the submission. The cover letter must include the corresponding author's affiliation and contact information and indicate if attempts to contact the original authors were unsuccessful.
Abstract
An abstract is required and is provided by the opening summary paragraph. The abstract must not exceed 70 words. The abstract must be unstructured.
Manuscript
The main text must not exceed 1,200 words. The contribution must begin with a brief non-specialist summary paragraph that serves as the abstract for submission purposes. An Author contributions statement naming all authors by initials, a Competing Interests statement for each author, and disclosure of large language model use in the manuscript are required.
References
The contribution may include up to 15 references. References must use Nature article style. The original research article under discussion must be the first citation, references must be numbered sequentially, and all authors should be listed unless there are more than five, in which case the first author is followed by 'et al.'.
Figures & Tables
The article should ideally require only one or two small figures or tables. At submission, figures should be included in the main article file and supplied separately if they cannot be shown clearly there. Figure legends are limited to 350 words per figure, multi-panel figures must be presented on a single page, and panels must be labeled a), b), c).
Comment
Cover Letter
A cover letter is required. Cover letter should include the corresponding author's affiliation and contact information.
Abstract
An abstract is required. Abstract must be no longer than 70 words. Abstract must be unstructured and contain no subheadings.
Manuscript
Main text is typically 1,000–2,000 words in length. Subheadings are permitted in the main text. Manuscript must include an Author contributions statement naming all authors by their initials, a Competing Interests statement for each author including financial and non-financial interests or a statement of none, and documentation of any large language model use in the manuscript.
References
References typically do not exceed 25. References must use standard Nature referencing style. References must be numbered sequentially as they appear, list all authors unless there are more than five in which case the first author is followed by 'et al.', and include only one publication per reference number.
Figures & Tables
At initial submission, figures should be incorporated into the main article file and tables must be placed at the end of the text document, while separate figure files are required for final submission. Figure legends are limited to 350 words per figure, and multi-panel figures should appear on a single page with panels labeled a), b), c).
Editorial
Cover Letter
A cover letter must accompany the submission. Cover letter must include the corresponding author's affiliation and contact information.
Abstract
An abstract is required. Abstract must be no longer than 70 words. Abstract must be unstructured and contain no subheadings.
Manuscript
Main text may use subheadings. Manuscript must include an Author contributions statement identifying each author by initials, a Competing Interests statement declaring financial and non-financial interests for each author or stating none, and documentation of any large language model use in a suitable section of the manuscript.
References
References are limited to 60. References must use standard Nature referencing style. References must be numbered sequentially in order of appearance, use one publication per reference number, and list all authors unless there are more than five, in which case the first author is followed by 'et al.'.
Figures & Tables
At initial submission, figures may be incorporated into the main article file, while tables must be placed at the end of the text document. Figure legends must not exceed 350 words per figure, and multi-panel figures must appear on a single page with panels labeled a), b), c).
Recent Publications
Federated generative prompt learning with vision foundation models: universal efficient multi-center medical image analysis
Xi Lin, Yuliang Chen, Jun Wu, Chang Xu, Jianhua Li, Xiu Su
10.1038/s41746-026-02866-1
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Forecasting Alzheimer’s disease progression via identity-preserved denoising diffusion generative adversarial network
Zhuangzhuang Li, Tongtong Che, Shaozhen Yan, Dong Wang, Yong Liu, Kun Zhao
10.1038/s41746-026-02865-2
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Improving structural heart disease screening: AI-ECG and novice AI-guided focused cardiac ultrasound
Méabh M. Killalea, Jordan Borgeson, Conor J. Kane, Jude Kovac, Christie Greason, Mayari A. Gulati, Daniel A. Schonfeld, Maria M. Crestanello, Jessica Zacher, Gal Tsaban, Eunjung Lee, Jeffrey G. Malins, Jwan A. Naser, Timothy J. Poterucha, Paul A. Friedman, Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, Garvan C. Kane, Zachi I. Attia, Jeremy J. Thaden, Sorin V. Pislaru, Jared G. Bird
10.1038/s41746-026-02856-3
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Data and knowledge-driven imaging biomarkers for lumbar aging and degenerative risk stratification monitoring
Anlin Luo, Nuo Tong, Shuiping Gou, Ningtao Liu, Yulin Yang, Xiaorong Chen, Jianyun Yu, Tiangang Zhou, Wenbo Liu, Bingwu Wang, Licheng Jiao, Shenghong Cui, Yongliang Dai, Tan Ding
10.1038/s41746-026-02848-3
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Federated orthogonal learning for detection of liver lesions from multi-phase contrast-enhanced CT images
Lei Wu, Hui Lin, Fengling Hu, Kaiying Shen, Wenjie Liang, Liwei Hu, Weilin Wang, Jiajun Bu, Haishuai Wang
10.1038/s41746-026-02767-3
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Frequently asked questions
How long does it take to publish?
Median time from submission to first editorial decision is 10 days. Median time from submission to acceptance is 144 days.
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A cover letter is required for all submissions.
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The journal is fully Open Access.
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