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Pathologica

Pathologica is a journal website presenting current and past issues, article categories including Review, Original articles, Historical Pathologica, and Letter to the Editor, along with journal information for readers, authors, and librarians and journal metrics such as Impact Factor and Scopus CiteScore.

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Subject Pathology
Impact Factor 2.9
Quartile Q2
Open Access Type Open
ISSN 0031-2983
eISSN 1591-951X
Invitation Only No

Submission Instructions

Pathologica accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.

Original Article

Cover Letter A cover letter must be uploaded with the submission. The cover letter must state the article type, include a statement on authorship, include conflict-of-interest information if not given elsewhere, describe any AI-assisted technologies used, and provide related material if the work substantially overlaps with another published or submitted paper.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 300 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings Objective, Methods, Results, and Conclusions.
Manuscript Text must not exceed 30,000 characters including spaces from the Introduction to the Conflict of Interest Statement, excluding the title page, abstract, and references. Main text must be structured into Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions, and the first page must state the article type and study type when applicable. The manuscript must include no more than five keywords, and any AI use for writing assistance must be described in the acknowledgments while AI use for data collection, analysis, or figure generation must be described in the Methods section.
References References must not exceed 25. References must follow NLM/Citing Medicine style. References must be numbered consecutively in order of citation, cited in the text with numerals, listed in citation order, use Index Medicus journal abbreviations, include DOI and URL when available, and list only the first three authors followed by “et al.” for works with more than three authors.
Figures & Tables Tables are limited to 5 and figures are limited to 5. Tables must be included in the manuscript, while figures must be uploaded as separate files and not embedded in the text file. Tables must be numbered consecutively and have brief titles, and figure legends must appear at the end of the text file or on a separate page.
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Review Article (Meta-Analysis)

Cover Letter A cover letter must be uploaded during submission. The cover letter must state the article type and describe any use of AI-assisted technologies, and it must include a statement on authorship and any conflict-of-interest information not provided elsewhere.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 300 words. The abstract must be structured.
Manuscript Text must not exceed 50,000 characters including spaces. The manuscript should include an introduction outlining the clinical problem and rationale, should not include Materials/Methods or Results sections, and should end with a conclusion summarising key findings. The manuscript must include no more than 5 keywords, and any AI writing assistance should be disclosed in the acknowledgments while AI use for data collection, analysis, or figure generation should be described in the appropriate section.
References References must not exceed 100. References should follow NLM/Citing Medicine style. References must be numbered consecutively in order of first citation, cited in the text with numerals, listed in citation order, use Index Medicus journal abbreviations, include DOI and URL when available, and for works with more than three authors list the first three followed by et al.
Figures & Tables Tables and figures must be limited to 10 in total. Figures must be uploaded as separate files and not included in the text file, while figure legends must be placed at the end of the manuscript. Tables must be cited in the text and numbered consecutively, and figures must be cited in the text with consecutive numerals and accompanied by self-explanatory legends.
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Systematic Reviews

Cover Letter A cover letter must be uploaded with the submission. If AI-assisted technologies were used, the cover letter must describe how they were used.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 300 words. Abstract must be unstructured.
Manuscript Text must not exceed 50,000 characters including spaces. The introduction must outline the clinical problem and rationale, systematic reviews must describe methods for locating, selecting, extracting, and synthesizing data, the discussion must interpret results in light of the total available evidence, and the conclusion must summarize key findings. The manuscript must include no more than 5 keywords, and any use of AI-assisted technologies in the work must be described in the manuscript in the appropriate section or in the acknowledgments if used for writing assistance.
References References must not exceed 100. References must follow NLM/Citing Medicine style. References must be cited consecutively in the text using numbered citations, listed in citation order, and for works with more than three authors only the first three authors should be listed followed by "et al.".
Figures & Tables Tables and/or figures must be limited to 10 in total. Figures must be uploaded as separate files and not included in the text file, while figure legends must be placed at the end of the text file. Tables must be numbered consecutively with Roman numerals and figures must be cited with consecutive Arabic numerals.
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Clinical Trials

Cover Letter A cover letter must be uploaded with the submission. The cover letter must include a statement on authorship, the article type, conflict-of-interest information if not given elsewhere, contact information for the responsible corresponding author if not given elsewhere, and a description of any AI-assisted technologies used.
Abstract A structured abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 300 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings Objective, Methods, Results, and Conclusions.
Manuscript Text must not exceed 30,000 characters including spaces from the Introduction to the Conflict of Interest Statement, excluding the title page, abstract, and references. Main text must be organized as Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions, and the first page must specify the article type and study type when applicable. The manuscript must include no more than 5 keywords, include the trial registration number at the first use of a trial acronym, and contain a data sharing statement.
References References must not exceed 25. References must follow NLM/Citing Medicine style. References must be numbered consecutively in order of first mention, cited in the text with numerals, listed in citation order, use Index Medicus journal abbreviations, list only the first three authors followed by "et al." for works with more than three authors, and include DOI and URL when available.
Figures & Tables A maximum of 5 tables and 5 figures is allowed. Figures must be uploaded as separate files and not included in the text file, while figure legends must be placed at the end of the text file. Tables must be cited in the text and numbered consecutively with titles, and figures must be cited in the text and numbered consecutively with explanatory legends.
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Letter To The Editor

Cover Letter A cover letter must be uploaded with the submission. The cover letter must state the article type, include a statement on authorship, provide contact information for the responsible corresponding author if not in the manuscript, and describe any use of AI-assisted technologies.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 300 words. Abstract structure is not explicitly specified.
Manuscript The main manuscript must include title, abstract, text, acknowledgments, conflict of interest disclosure, references, tables, and figure legends. The manuscript must include no more than 5 keywords, and any use of AI-assisted technologies should be described in the appropriate section of the submitted work, with writing assistance disclosed in the acknowledgments and data collection, analysis, or figure generation disclosed in the Methods section.
References References must follow NLM/Citing Medicine style. References must be numbered consecutively in citation order, cited in the text with numerical callouts, listed in the same order at the end, use Index Medicus journal abbreviations, include only the first three authors followed by "et al." for works with more than three authors, and provide DOI and URL when available.
Figures & Tables Tables must appear in the manuscript, while figures must not be included in the text file and must be uploaded as separate files with legends placed at the end of the text file. Tables must be numbered consecutively with Roman numerals and include a brief title, and figures must be cited in the text with consecutive Arabic numerals.
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Case Report

Cover Letter A cover letter must be uploaded with the submission. The cover letter must include a statement on authorship, the article type, and a description of any AI-assisted technologies used if applicable.
Abstract An unstructured abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 300 words. Abstract must be unstructured. No mandatory abstract headings are specified.
Manuscript Manuscript must not exceed 15,000 characters including spaces. Manuscript must include a title, unstructured abstract, text, acknowledgments, references, tables, and figure legends. Manuscript must include key words, with no more than 5 keywords allowed, and must disclose AI use in the manuscript if applicable.
References References must not exceed 5. References must follow NLM/Citing Medicine style. References must be numbered consecutively in order of citation, cited in the text with numerals, listed in citation order, and for works with more than three authors only the first three authors should be listed followed by et al.
Figures & Tables Figures and tables combined must not exceed 5. Figures must be uploaded as separate files and not included in the text file, while figure legends must be placed at the end of the text file. Figures and tables must be original and quality items.
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Guidelines And Reccomendations

Cover Letter A cover letter must be uploaded with the submission. Cover letter should state the article type, include a statement on authorship, and describe any AI-assisted technologies used if applicable.
Abstract The manuscript must include an abstract. Abstract must not exceed 300 words. Abstract structure type is not explicitly stated. Abstract must state the context or background, purpose, basic procedures, main findings, principal conclusions, important limitations, and new or important aspects of the study or observations.
Manuscript The main manuscript must include title, abstract, text, acknowledgments, conflict of interest disclosure, references, tables, and figure legends. The manuscript must include no more than 5 keywords, and any use of AI-assisted technologies should be described in the appropriate section of the submitted work, including the acknowledgments for writing assistance and the Methods section for data collection, analysis, or figure generation.
References References should follow NLM/Citing Medicine style. References must be numbered consecutively in order of first citation, cited in the text with numerals, listed in citation order, use Index Medicus journal abbreviations, include only the first three authors followed by "et al." when there are more than three authors, and include URLs and DOIs when available.
Figures & Tables Figures must be uploaded as separate files and not included in the text file, while figure legends must be placed at the end of the text file. Tables must be numbered consecutively and include a brief title, and figures must be cited with consecutive Arabic numerals and accompanied by legends that explain all symbols and allow understanding without reference to the text.
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Letter To The Editor-In-Chief

Cover Letter A cover letter must be uploaded with the submission. The cover letter must state the article type and include statements on authorship, any conflicts of interest not reported elsewhere, and any use of AI-assisted technologies.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 300 words.
Manuscript Letter to the Editor-in-Chief must not exceed 8,000 characters including spaces. The main manuscript must include title, abstract, text, acknowledgments, conflict of interest disclosure, references, tables, and figure legends. The manuscript must include no more than 5 keywords, and any AI writing assistance should be described in the acknowledgments while other AI use should be described in the appropriate section if applicable.
References Letter to the Editor-in-Chief must include no more than 10 references. References must follow NLM/Citing Medicine style. References must be numbered consecutively in order of first citation, cited in the text with numerals, list the first three authors followed by "et al." when there are more than three authors, and include DOI and URL when available.
Figures & Tables Letter to the Editor-in-Chief may include only 1 figure and/or table. Figures must be uploaded as separate files and not included in the text file, while figure legends must be placed at the end of the text file. Tables must be numbered consecutively and given a brief title, and figures must be cited in the text with consecutive numerals.
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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

After submission, authors receive a confirmation of receipt via OJS. The editorial staff informs authors via OJS once a decision has been made. The article may be published online first after receipt of the corrected proof.

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Is a cover letter required?

A cover letter is required and should be uploaded in the Cover letter section during online submission.

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