OFP accepts original articles from clinicians who write succinct, evidence-based, authoritative review articles with an osteopathic component that will assist osteopathic family physicians in patient care.  

OFP is actively seeking review articles, brief reports, and clinical images of general interest to osteopathic family physicians, as well as related to our topics of interest as listed below. Submit an article at https://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/ofp, or view  information about article categories.

Please note that DO authors of articles are eligible for up to 10 AOA 1-B CME credits per article.

Reserve a Topic

If you are interested in writing on one of the suggested article topics below, or if you have another topic in mind, you can reserve the topic by emailing the OFP Editorial Office. Please provide your name and the review title you would like to reserve. Once you reserve a review article topic, you will receive an email confirmation from ACOFP. This will initiate a 3-month deadline for submission. If the paper is not received within 3 months, the system will release the review article topic for other authors to reserve.

2026 Call for Papers

Clinical Images

Clinical image submissions on all topics are welcome. Images must be accompanied by an appropriate patient model release. OFP is particularly interested in clinical images in the following topic areas:

  • Dermatology, especially common skin ailments of people of color
  • Pediatrics
  • Radiology
  • Rheumatology

Review Articles

Summer Issue

Suggested themes:

  • Sports medicine & outdoor activity
  • Travel, vector-borne diseases, and pretravel counseling
  • Preventive care, adolescent physicals
  • OMT for musculoskeletal injuries
  • OMT for common summer sports injuries
  • Water-related injuries
  • How chronic disease and preventive care are affected in summer
  • Patient Education Handouts related to review articles
Fall Issue

Suggested themes:

  • Back-to-school health
  • Vaccinations
  • Mental health and stress: screening tools, seasonal affective disorder, screening and monitoring in pediatric /adolescent populations
  • Chronic disease management resets
  • OMT & Musculoskeletal
  • Patient Education Handouts related to review articles
Winter Issue

Suggested themes:

  • Winter respiratory illness
  • Mental health, stress, burnout
  • Pain management, COPD, depression/seasonal mental health disorders
  • Cold-weather injuries
  • Osteopathic manipulative treatment for common musculoskeletal injuries in the winter
  • Holiday-related health topics (cardiac risk, diet, alcohol, travel)