Submissions

Literature Review

☑ Open submission ☑ Indexed ☑ Peer reviewed ☑ Have specific format

Systematic Review articles give a synthesis of past research and employ well-defined methods for identifying, categorizing, analyzing, and reporting pooled information on a certain issue.

Meta-syntheses, meta-analyses, mapping reviews, scoping reviews, systematic reviews, and systematic reviews with a meta-analysis are all included in this article category.

Systematic Review articles are peer-reviewed; a typical Review paper will have 4000-8000 words of text, 8-10 figures, and 50-120 references.

Systematic Reviews must explicitly identify the research topic in terms of population, interventions, comparators, outcomes, and study designs (PICOS), as well as explain which reporting criteria were employed in the study.

Systematic reviews must follow reporting guidelines (e.g., PRISMA, Cochrane, Campbell) and incorporate the PRISMA flow diagram in their design and reporting. (If applicable), as well as financing information (please mention if no specific money is available to carry out the research).

Systematic Reviews should be formatted as follows:

1. Abstract
2. Introduction
3. Methods (including study design, participants, interventions, comparators, systematic review protocol, search strategy, data sources, study sections and data extraction, data analysis)
4. Results (including a flow diagram of the studies retrieved for the review; study selection and characteristics; synthesized findings; risk of bias assessment)
5. Discussion (including summary of main findings, limitations, and conclusions). If unpublished material (unpublished/original data, submitted publications, or personal communications) is discovered in a Systematic Review, it may be rejected in review or reclassified with significant delay.

Original Research

☑ Open submission ☑ Indexed ☑ Peer reviewed ☑ Have specific format

Original research articles present findings from previously unpublished studies. Original research may also include confirming and disconfirming experiments that allow for hypothesis elimination, reformulation, and/or reporting on the non-reproducibility of previously published results.

Original research articles are peer-reviewed; a typical Original Research Article will contain 3000-6000 words of text, 3-5 figures, and 30-50 references.

Original research publications should be formatted as follows:

1. The abstract
2. The introduction
3. The methods
4. The results
5. The discussion

Methods

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Methods articles present either a new or established method, protocol, or technique that is of significant interest in the field.

Methods articles are peer-reviewed, have a maximum word count of 12,000 and may contain no more than 15 Figures/Tables.

Method articles should have the following format:

1. Abstract
2. Introduction (outlining the protocol and its possible applications)
3. Materials and Equipment (including a list of reagents/ materials and/or equipment required; formulation of any solutions where applicable).
4. Methods (including objectives and validation of the method; step-by-step procedures; timing of each step or related series of steps; pause points; example(s) of application and effectiveness; details of precision/ accuracy and limits of detection or quantification, where applicable) 
5. (Anticipated) Results (describing and illustrating with figures, where possible, the expected outcome of the protocol; advantages, limitations, possible pitfalls and artifacts and any troubleshooting measures to counteract them)
6. Discussion. Any analytical methods applied to the data generated by the protocol must be referenced or described. Results must be replicable.

Case Reports

☑ Open submission ☑ Indexed ☑ Peer reviewed ☑ Have specific format

Papers submitted to this section should provide a detailed investigation of one individual, group, or occurrence of unexpected events. A case report investigates virtually every aspect of the subject's life and history in order to identify patterns and reasons of behavior. The purpose of a case report is to warn other scholars to the probability of a specific phenomenon occurring.

Case Reports are peer-reviewed, have a word limit of 3,000, and can include up to four presentation items (figures or tables).

Authors should adhere to the CARE criteria and include a completed CARE checklist as a supplementary file (template available at https://www.care-statement.org/checklist).

Case reports should be written in the following format:

1. Introduction: describe the case's distinctive features and provide references to medical literature.
2. Case description: de-identified patient information, relevant physical examination and other clinical findings, relevant previous interventions and their consequences.
3. A graphic or table displaying a timeline containing pertinent data from the episode of care.
4. Diagnostic evaluation, therapeutic intervention details, follow-up, and outcomes, as stated in the CARE standards.
5. Review: merits and weaknesses of the approach to the issue; review of relevant medical literature (similar and contrasting instances); case takeaways.
6. The patient's point of view. For publication, authors must get written informed consent from patients (or their legal representatives).

Only original Case Reports that significantly advance the field will be considered. All Case Reports should be labeled "Case Report: 'area of focus'". More information on the CARE guidelines can be found here: https://www.care-statement.org/