Cureus Guides
Navigate the fundamental aspects of contributing to Cureus with our collection of reviewer, author and editor guides. Whether you’re submitting an article, accepting a peer review invitation or looking to learn more about channels and collections, we have the essential information you need.
Author Guide
Refer to our author guide to learn what types of medical research articles we accept and familiarize yourself with our rules and requirements.
Media Guide
Find detailed instructions on effectively incorporating figures, tables, videos, and interactive models into your article with our media guide.
Reviewer Guide
Is this the first time you’re reviewing with Cureus? Find out what to expect with our reviewer guide.
Cureus Channels Guide
Read a detailed overview of how channels are organized and operated in our Cureus channels guide.
Guest Editor Guide
This guest editor guide is for established authors and academics who want to oversee their own collection of medical research articles.
Author Guide pages
- Introduction
- Free publication
- Accepted article types
- Non-accepted article types
- Step-by-step overview
- Author roles
- Submitting an article
- Managing peer review
- References
- SEO tips
- Promoting your research
- Peer review
- ICMJE authorship requirements
- Plagiarism, misconduct and ethics
- Conflicts of interest
- Human & animal subjects
- Race and ethnicity
- Artificial intelligence
- Data citation and transparency
- Preregistration
- Replication studies
- Discipline specific standards
- Confidentiality
- Commenting policies
- Copyright and licensing
- Retraction & correction policies
- Business model
Media Guide pages
- Adding media to your article
- Titles, legends and numbering
- Mentioning media in your article
- Figure requirements
- Adding figures
- Unacceptable figure examples
- Generative AI images
- Table requirements
- Adding tables
- Unacceptable table examples
- Adding videos
- Adding interactive models
- Privacy and permission issues
Reviewer Guide pages
- Why review with Cureus?
- Introduction
- Step-by-step overview
- Rereview process
- What if I suspect plagiarism?