Submission Checklist

General Checklist for All Submissions
Specific Checklist for Regular and Special Issue Submissions
Specific Checklist for Challenge Papers
Specific Checklist for Review Papers
Specific Checklist for Resubmission/Revision

The IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (TMI) provides detailed instructions and checklists for authors to ensure compliance with submission standards. Below is a comprehensive checklist that includes general guidelines and specific requirements for various types of papers.

Submissions that do not meet these criteria will be returned for correction (unsubmitted). Frequently encountered issues are highlighted in yellow.

General Checklist for All Submissions

Ensure that the manuscript is neither unpublished nor under consideration elsewhere (if its earlier version was published in a conference, it is required to disclose this in your cover letter and to highlight the differences; see below for more details).

Verify that all co-authors’ email addresses and affiliations are accurate and up to date (refrain from using personal email addresses). Check the cover page of the PDF proof generated by ScholarOne Manuscripts in the final submission step.

If the manuscript has six or more authors, describe each author’s contributions in the Cover Letter, ensuring compliance with IEEE’s Authorship Requirements. Authorship-qualifying contributions should be listed separately for each individual. Contributors who do not meet these criteria should be included in the Acknowledgment section. Misattribution of authorship is considered a breach of publishing ethics.

Confirm that no co-authors appear on IEEE TMI’s Prohibited Author List (PAL).

Do not suggest reviewers in the cover letter.

Include sponsor and financial support acknowledgments, as well as authors’ affiliations and email addresses, in a footnote on the first page, as specified in the Manuscript Templates.

Format references using the author-name format (first initial, last name) as demonstrated in the Manuscript Templates (Word, LaTeX).

Ensure that no supplemental documents (see Section 2.4) is an extension of the manuscript with additional text, figures or tables. Allowed supplemental document types are 1) graphical abstract, 2) video, 3) media, 4) dataset, 5) code, and 6) published conference paper which your manuscript is extended from.

Place all figures and tables within the main text.

Do not include author biographies in the manuscript.

Adhere strictly to TMI’s formatting: double-column, single-spaced pages with figures integrated into the text, following the Manuscript Templates.

Do not include superscript tags next to author names.

Ensure that the manuscript is written in clear, concise, and grammatically correct English. Non-native English speakers are encouraged to use professional scientific manuscript editing services. If necessary, a language editing certificate may be required upon resubmission.

Do not submit individual high-resolution figure files during initial submission. Files assigned as High-Res Image are not accessible to reviewers.

Ensure the PDF file is smaller than 40 MB.

If the manuscript was previously rejected by another journal, authors must disclose this at the time of submission to TMI. Failure to disclose will be considered a breach of ethical standards. The Cover Letter must include:

An executive summary outlining the manuscript’s significance and the modifications to address the concerns from any previous reviews

The original decision letter from the previous journal.

Specific Checklist for Regular and Special Issue Submissions

Limit initial submissions to 10 pages (10 point font size or larger), including references. This requirement does not apply to resubmissions and revisions.

Verify that the selected Special Issue is still open to new submissions. If closed, submit as a Regular Paper instead.

If the manuscript extends a previously published conference paper, adhere to the following requirements:

Clearly reference the conference paper and describe the new extensions in the manuscript.

Provide a detailed explanation in a cover letter (PDF) as to what new and substantial extensions the paper describes.

Upload the original conference paper as a Supporting Document.

Ensure the manuscript has less than 20% overlap (based on CrossCheck) with the conference paper.

Specific Checklist for Challenge Papers

Limit initial submissions to 14 pages (10 points font size or larger), including references. Resubmissions and revisions are exempt from this requirement.

Submit the challenge paper checklist as a Supporting Document.

Ensure that the submitting and corresponding author is the challenge organizer.

Include at least one author from each participating group.

Provide the following details about the challenge:

A link to the challenge website with further information and results.

The challenge objective, stated as in the original call for participation.

A description of the review process used to select participants.

Details on the evaluation/validation/testing approach, including gold standard establishment.

A web link to the challenge proceedings where all challenge papers can be accessed.

A brief description of each participating method.

Provide proper permissions:

Each participating group must verify the manuscript’s content via a signed letter submitted as a Supporting Document.

The corresponding author must secure copyright permissions for figures, tables, or quotations used in the manuscript, if applicable.

Specific Checklist for Review Papers

Review paper submissions are by invitation only from the Editor-in-Chief. Authors must first submit a paper proposal, which requires review and approval by TMI’s Scientific Advisory Committee.

Specific Checklist for Resubmission/Revision

Submit the following files as the manuscript files, ensuring they appear in order and are included in the system-generated final PDF:

Clean copy of the revised manuscript – Changes should not be highlighted. Name the file starting with 'clean-copy-' and upload it as the 'Main Body.'

Response to reviewers – A document containing point-by-point responses to all reviewer concerns. Name the file starting with 'response-to-reviewers-' and include the previous manuscript ID. Reviewer comments should be indexed, followed by the authors’ responses.

Marked-up copy of the manuscript – All changes should be clearly marked using sidebars, different text colors, or similar tools. Name the file starting with 'marked-up-' and upload it as an 'Optional Source File – Main Document.'