Guidelines for Authors:
News & Views articles

How to write a News & Views:

1. To attract the readers’ attention, please begin with a sentence stating the key novel finding from a big-picture perspective (the ‘news’).

2. Follow with 1-3 introductory sentences to set the scene and explain the background to the research for the non-specialist.

3. Describe the key findings of the paper. It is not necessary to cover everything, just the standout results and any aspects about the approach that are novel or noteworthy.

4. Next, give your expert insight on how the study advances the field and discuss new questions, next steps, and any real-world applications. As this is an opinion piece, we encourage you to speculate and give your personal viewpoint. We are particularly keen for the discussion to focus on therapeutic potential for this Insight. This portion should form the bulk of the piece.

Please ensure:

• The News & Views article does not exceed 1,500 words.

• You provide a short abstract of 40 words and a catchy title which does not exceed 25 characters.

• You should not have references in your abstract.

• The Insight does not contain more than 1-2 figures/images.

• If you use any figures adapted from previous publications, please obtain copyright permission before submitting your work.

• You do not exceed the limit of 16 references (1 will be the article you are writing about + 15 additional references). In your reference list do not include titles within the reference citations. References should be cited in Harvard style.

• JHI News & Views can only accommodate two authors per piece.

• Your name, institution, and email address are listed at the end of the article.

• You supply a high-resolution headshot photo (for each author) at least 2 inches square at 300 dpi.