Definition:

• Short manuscripts definitively documenting either experimental results or informative clinical observations will be considered for publication in this category.
• Brief Reports are not intended to allow publication of incomplete or preliminary findings.
• The review process is equally rigorous as for Regular Articles and the acceptance rate is lower.
• Another name of this type is "Brief communication"

Abstract:

Abstracts must not exceed 200 words and should be a single paragraph with no subheadings. 

Full text:

Brief Reports may not exceed 1,200 words of text -counting only:

• Introduction
• Methods
• A combined Results and Discussion section
• Acknowledgments
• Authorship Contributions
• Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
• References
   
• In a brief report, the maximum number of:
  • Tables or figures: 2
  • References: 20

Word Count: 

For more information about the standard word count of this article type, please refer here.