Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A 1,500-word brief report in Annals of Internal Medicine describing the validation of a new clinical score in 300 patients
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A case report on a single patient is not a brief report (it is a case report)
Editorial commentary
Brief reports are closely related to short communications and research letters; usage varies by journal. The format is common in clinical journals (Annals of Internal Medicine, JAMA Internal Medicine) for single-finding clinical studies. Distinct from a case report by reporting aggregate or systematic findings rather than a single case.
References
- Annals of Internal Medicine Brief Report Instructions
- JAMA Internal Medicine Brief Report guidelines
Also known as
Brief paper · Short report
Machine-readable encodings
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