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FULGME Journal · Author Guide

Your first FULGME submission

Seven steps from idea to submitted manuscript, written for GME professionals preparing their first article. Work through them in order and mark each one done.

Start with step 1 Full author guidelines

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Choose your article type

FULGME publishes the operational and administrative scholarship of GME. If your work makes a program run better, it belongs here. Pick the sentence that sounds most like your work.

Every type has the same 2,000-word limit. The title page, abstract, references, tables, and figure captions do not count toward it.

Draft each section

Use clear section headings throughout. The guide below fits research-style articles most closely, so take what applies to your type.

Introduction

State why the work matters. Summarize what is already known, name the gap your work addresses, and end with a clear statement of your objective.

Methods

Justify the approach or framework you chose. Describe the setting, participants, intervention, outcome measures, and how you analyzed the data. Give enough detail that another institution could repeat what you did.

Results

Report what happened, objectively. Include participant demographics, whether the work proved feasible, response rates, and the numbers behind any percentage. Report findings that went against you as well as those that went your way.

Discussion

Summarize the significant findings and put them in context. Address how far the results apply beyond your setting and anything in the study that could have influenced them. Consider other explanations. Close with what you would recommend to others.

Conclusion

A short summary of the key takeaways. No new material.

Paste the body of your article only. Leave out the title page, abstract, references, tables, and figure captions. Nothing you paste leaves this page.

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Settle authorship early

Decide who is an author before you write the title page. Names and affiliations become part of a permanent, citable record, and changing them after publication requires a formal correction notice.

Did this person take an active part in the research, the writing, or the editing of the manuscript?

Choose an answer for each person who contributed.

  • Every listed author is accountable for the content and has approved the version you submit.
  • No one who helped is left out of both the author list and the acknowledgements.
  • List each author's full name, credentials, institutional affiliation, and role exactly as they want them to appear permanently.
  • Any individual you name in the article needs to give written consent.

Cite every number

Every factual or quantitative claim needs a reference. If you state a percentage, a count, or a finding from a survey or dataset, cite the source. This lets another coordinator check your numbers, build on your work, and cite you with confidence.

AMA style, the short version

  • Number references in the order they first appear in the text, tables, or legends.
  • Cite them in the text with superscript numerals.
  • Abbreviate journal names using the MEDLINE format.
  • List up to six authors, then et al.
  • Use superscript letters for footnotes on tables and figures.

The full rules are in the AMA Manual of Style.

Assemble the package

Gather everything in one place before you open the submission form.

Front matter

  • Cover letter, one or two paragraphs
  • Title
  • Each author's name, credentials, affiliation, and role
  • Corresponding author's name and email

Article

  • Abstract: structured for research-style types, a short unstructured summary for Perspectives, Personal Essays, and Letters
  • Body with section headings, up to 2,000 words
  • Reference list
  • Figures and tables with captions and the underlying numbers

Statements

  • Conflict of interest statement, even if you have none to declare
  • Acknowledgements, if any
  • Where else the work has been published or submitted, if anywhere

Run the final check

Tick each item when it is true of your manuscript.

    Submit, then know what comes next

    Submit through the FULGME Call for Submissions form. Submissions are accepted year-round, and there are no fees at any stage.

    Open the submission form

    After you submit

    1. AcknowledgementThe editors confirm receipt and check that your submission is in scope and complete.
    2. ReviewFour independent reviewers read your work. Reviewers see your name; you do not see theirs. No one with a relationship to your work reviews it.
    3. DecisionThe Editor in Chief decides, based on all four reviews: accept, accept with revisions, revise and resubmit, or decline. Expect roughly 90 days from submission to decision.
    4. RevisionIf revisions are requested, you receive the reviewer comments and a date to return your revised manuscript.
    5. PublicationAccepted articles appear in the next issue.

    Once published

    • Your article gets a Crossref DOI and its own permanent web address, ready for your CV or promotion file.
    • It is free to read in HTML and PDF.
    • You keep the copyright. FULGME publishes under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, so you can deposit it in an institutional repository and share it with colleagues.

    This guide summarizes the For Authors page, last reviewed 29 October 2026. Where the two differ, the For Authors page governs.

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