Title page
Use a concise, informative title, normally no more than 30 words. List full author names, affiliations, corresponding-author contact details and a running title of no more than 60 characters.
Manuscript preparation
Instructions for authors
Prepare a complete, ethically documented manuscript whose central question fits JWRH’s women’s reproductive-health scope.
- Primary submissionManuscriptZone
- Peer reviewSingle-blind by default
- LicenseCC BY 4.0
Scope fit and article type
The central contribution must address reproductive biology, a reproductive or sexual-health condition, or related care, experience, rights or access. JWRH covers the lifespan, from pediatric and adolescent gynecology to menopause and later-life health, including contraception and abortion care, pregnancy and maternal health, lactation and breastfeeding. Basic and preclinical studies require explicit reproductive relevance, not demonstrated clinical benefit.
- Original Research
- Basic and preclinical reproductive research, translational studies, clinical trials, cohort and observational studies, qualitative and mixed-methods research, population studies, and health-services or implementation evaluations.
- Reviews and evidence syntheses
- Systematic and scoping reviews, meta-analyses and critical syntheses with explicit questions, methods and implications.
- Case Reports and Case Series
- Clinically significant presentations with appropriate consent and a transferable diagnostic, therapeutic, safety or care-delivery lesson.
- Methods, Protocols and Short Reports
- Research methods, validated measures, study or clinical protocols, and concise reports supported by sufficient evidence.
- Guidelines, Perspectives and Policy Analyses
- Evidence-based guidance, consensus work, scholarly perspectives and policy analyses with a defined reproductive-health purpose.
Prepare the manuscript
Abstract and keywords
Provide a single-paragraph abstract of up to 250 words covering objective, methods, principal results and conclusion. Add 5–12 accurate keywords.
Main text
For original research, use Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusion unless the study design requires another recognized structure.
Cover letter
In no more than 500 words, explain the contribution and JWRH scope fit; confirm originality and disclose related manuscripts, preprints and conflicts.
References
Number references in order of appearance and cite them by number in the text. List the first five authors followed by “et al.” when additional authors are present. Check every citation against the source.
Ethics, consent and reporting
Describe the biological material, model or study population, the applicable approvals, and safeguards for sensitive reproductive and sexual-health information. Identify the research stage and distinguish mechanistic findings, model findings, associations and demonstrated clinical effects.
- Name the approving ethics committee and provide the approval identifier or explain an applicable exemption.
- Describe informed consent and consent for publication where identifiable details or images are included.
- Protect reproductive, sexual, fertility and pregnancy information through appropriate de-identification and access controls.
- Interventional clinical trials must be registered in an accepted public trial registry at or before the first participant provides consent for enrollment. The registry name, registration number, and registration date must be reported in the manuscript.
- Describe participant selection and demographic variables accurately and respectfully.
- Report funding, author contributions and competing interests.
- Every empirical research manuscript must include a data-availability statement.
- Disclose material use of AI for language, analysis or content generation; authors remain responsible for accuracy and originality.
- For animal studies, report institutional approval, applicable welfare standards, model selection and relevant controls. For human-derived cells, tissues, gametes or embryos, describe provenance and the applicable consent, ethics and governance requirements.
Reporting guidelines
Use the guideline appropriate to the design, such as CONSORT for randomized trials, STROBE for observational studies, PRISMA for systematic reviews, CARE for case reports, STARD for diagnostic-accuracy studies, COREQ for qualitative research, or ARRIVE for animal research.
Figures, tables, data and files
Figures
Supply separate, publication-quality files with clear labels and legends. Remove unnecessary identifiers from clinical and reproductive-health images.
Tables
Submit editable tables that complement rather than duplicate the text. Define abbreviations and use consistent units and rounding.
Supplementary files
Label supplementary methods, data or reporting material clearly and confirm that third-party permissions cover every included item.
Statistics
Name statistical tests and software, report effect estimates and uncertainty where applicable, and explain missing-data and outlier handling. For experimental studies, distinguish biological from technical replicates and report controls and model limitations; for qualitative studies, explain sampling, context and analysis.
Submit, revise and review proofs
Peer review: Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request.
For double-blind review, remove author names, affiliations, acknowledgments, funding details, institution names, and other identifying information from the reviewer manuscript. Provide identifying information separately in the title-page file or submission form.
Manuscripts that proceed to external peer review are normally evaluated by at least two independent subject-matter experts.
Submit once
Authors must use only one submission route for the same manuscript.
Respond to review
When revision is invited, provide a point-by-point response and identify changes in the manuscript.
Complete production
After acceptance, review the copyedited proof, answer production queries and verify author, affiliation, funding and data statements.
Primary submission route
ManuscriptZone provides structured submission and manuscript tracking.