PUBLICATION POLICIES

SurgiColl has adopted the publication recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICJME) and follows the ICJME’s recommendations for the conduct, reporting, editing, and publication of scholarly works in medical journals.

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Publishing & Editorial Issues

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• Corrections, Retractions, Republications, and Version Control

• Scientific Misconduct, Expressions of Concern, and Retraction

• Copyright

• Overlapping Publications

• Correspondences

• Fees

• Supplements, Theme Issue, and Special Series

• Sponsorships and Partnerships

• Electronic Publishing

• Advertising

• Journals and the Media

• Clinical Trials

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Manuscript Preparation and Submission

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• Preparing a Manuscript for Submission to a Medical Journal

• Sending the Manuscript to the Journal

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SurgiColl has also adopted the “Core Practices”  developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and follows the recommendations for allegations of misconduct, authorship and contributorship, complaints and appeals, conflicts of interest, data and reproducibility, ethical oversight, intellectual property, the peer review process, post-publication discussion and corrections, and journal management. 

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