Purpose: This page provides a neutral structure for the separate title page submitted to the International Journal of Nutrology (IJN). It is a preparation guide and must not be submitted with placeholder text.

The IJN uses double-blind peer review. This file contains the complete author and institutional information and must be uploaded separately from the anonymous manuscript. Do not copy author-identifying information into the manuscript file sent for peer review.

Suggested filename: IJN_Title_Page.docx

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1. Manuscript information

Full article title: [Insert the complete title in English and/or Portuguese, as applicable]

Running title: [Insert a concise running title]

Article type: [Original Article / Review Article / Short Article / Experimental Research / Case Report / Case Series / Letter to the Editor / Other permitted category]

Manuscript language: [English / Portuguese / Both, as applicable]

Word count: [Main text excluding references and tables]

Abstract word count: [Number]

Number of tables: [Number]

Number of figures: [Number]

Number of supplementary files: [Number]

Applicable reporting guideline: [CONSORT / PRISMA / STROBE / STARD / CARE / ARRIVE / COREQ / SQUIRE / CHEERS / Other / Not applicable with justification]

2. Authors

List authors in the exact order in which they should appear in the published article. Each person listed as an author must satisfy the journal's authorship criteria and approve the submitted version.

Author 1

Full name: [Given name(s) and family name]

Academic or professional degree: [Degree]

Affiliation number(s): [1, 2, etc.]

ORCID: [https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000]

E-mail: [Institutional or professional e-mail]

Author 2

Full name: [Given name(s) and family name]

Academic or professional degree: [Degree]

Affiliation number(s): [1, 2, etc.]

ORCID: [https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000]

E-mail: [Institutional or professional e-mail]

[Repeat the author block for every additional author. Do not add a person who does not meet the authorship criteria; identify other contributors in the acknowledgments.]

3. Affiliations

1. [Department or unit, institution, city, state or province, postal code, country]

2. [Department or unit, institution, city, state or province, postal code, country]

[Add further numbered affiliations as necessary. Use official institutional names.]

4. Corresponding author

Full name: [Name]

Academic or professional degree: [Degree]

Institution and department: [Complete information]

Postal address: [Street, number, additional information, city, state or province, postal code, country]

E-mail: [E-mail]

Telephone: [Country code and number]

ORCID: [https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000]

5. Author contributions — CRediT

Identify the contribution of every author using the applicable CRediT roles. More than one role may be assigned to each author, and the same role may be assigned to more than one author.

CRediT role	Author name(s)
Conceptualization	[Name(s)]
Data curation	[Name(s)]
Formal analysis	[Name(s)]
Funding acquisition	[Name(s)]
Investigation	[Name(s)]
Methodology	[Name(s)]
Project administration	[Name(s)]
Resources	[Name(s)]
Software	[Name(s)]
Supervision	[Name(s)]
Validation	[Name(s)]
Visualization	[Name(s)]
Writing – original draft	[Name(s)]
Writing – review & editing	[Name(s)]

Responsibility statement: All authors reviewed and approved the submitted version and agree to be accountable for their own contributions and for the integrity of the work.

Guarantor, when required: [Full name]

6. Acknowledgments

[Identify people, professional writing or translation assistance, technical support, institutions, and other contributions that do not meet authorship criteria. Obtain permission from named individuals before submission. If there are no acknowledgments, state “None.”]

7. Funding and role of the funder

Funding source(s): [Official funder name(s)]

Grant or award number(s): [Number(s)]

Recipient(s): [Author name(s)]

Role of the funder: [Describe any role in study design; data collection, analysis, or interpretation; manuscript preparation; decision to submit; or state that the funder had no such role.]

[If the work received no external funding, state: “This research received no external funding.”]

8. Competing interests and disclosure forms

Competing-interest statement: [Disclose all relevant financial and non-financial relationships or activities for every author, or state that the authors declare no competing interests.]

ICMJE Disclosure Forms: [Confirm that one completed form for each author has been uploaded.]

9. Research ethics

Ethics committee or institutional review board: [Official name]

Approval, protocol, or reference number: [Identifier]

Approval date: [Date]

Waiver or exemption, if applicable: [Identify the responsible body and explain the formal basis. Do not use “not applicable” when prior review was required.]

Consent to participate

[State whether informed consent was obtained, formally waived, or was not applicable, with an explanation. For minors, report parent or legal-guardian permission and child or adolescent assent whenever applicable.]

Consent for publication

[State whether written consent for publication was obtained when an individual may be identifiable in text, photographs, images, pedigrees, or other material.]

Animal research

[For animal studies, identify the approving authority, protocol number, approval date, and applicable animal-welfare standard. Otherwise state “Not applicable — the study did not involve animals.”]

10. Research registration

Registry name: [Registry]

Registration number: [Identifier]

Registration date: [Date]

Public URL: [Persistent link]

[If registration is not applicable, explain why.]

11. Data, code, protocol, and material availability

[State where and under what conditions supporting data, code, protocol, statistical analysis plan, or materials are available. Include repository name, persistent identifier, accession number, embargo, access restrictions, or a justified statement when sharing is not possible.]

12. Use of artificial intelligence

[If generative AI or AI-assisted technology was used, identify the tool and version, describe its purpose and the affected content, and confirm human review and responsibility. AI tools cannot be listed as authors. If none was used, state this clearly.]

13. Previous dissemination and related material

Preprint: [Citation and URL, or “None”]

Conference presentation or abstract: [Event, place, date, citation, or “None”]

Related manuscripts or overlapping publications: [Identify and explain, or “None”]

14. Author declarations

• The manuscript is original and is not simultaneously under consideration by another journal.
• All authors satisfy the journal's authorship criteria, approved the submitted version, and approved the order of authors.
• All sources of support and all relevant competing interests have been disclosed.
• Required ethical approval, consent, registration, permissions, and reporting checklists have been obtained and supplied.
• The authors understand that complete identifying information must appear only in this title-page file during double-blind review.

Submission package checklist

File	Required content	Identity status
Separate title page	Complete authorship, affiliations, contact details, contributions, acknowledgments, and full declarations	Identifiable — not sent as the anonymous manuscript
Anonymous manuscript	Title, abstract, keywords, main text, references, tables, and figure legends	Fully anonymized
Figures and supplementary files	Files required for evaluation	Anonymized when shared with reviewers
Reporting checklist	Applicable completed checklist and flow diagram	Anonymized when shared with reviewers
ICMJE Disclosure Forms	One form per author	Identifiable — handled confidentially by the Editorial Office

Before uploading, consult the IJN Instructions to Authors, the Authorship and Contributorship Policy, and the Peer Review and Publication Policies.

Last updated: August 2026.