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manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned.
Only manuscripts of sufficient quality that meet the aims and scope of
Scandinavian Journal of Surgery will be reviewed.
As part of the submission process you will be required to warrant that you are
submitting your original work, that you have the rights in the work, that you
are submitting the work for first publication in the Journal and that it is not
being considered for publication elsewhere and has not already been published
elsewhere, and that you have obtained and can supply all necessary permissions
for the reproduction of any copyright works not owned by you.
Please note that Scandinavian Journal of Surgery does not accept submissions of
papers that have been posted on pre-print servers.
1. Open Access
2. Article processing charge (APC)
3. What do we publish?
3.1 Aims & Scope
3.2 Article types
3.3 Writing your paper
4. Editorial policies
4.1 Peer review policy
4.2 Authorship
4.3 Acknowledgements
4.4 Funding
4.5 Declaration of conflicting interests
4.6 Research ethics and patient consent
4.7 Clinical trials
4.8 Reporting guidelines
4.9 Data
5. Publishing policies
5.1 Publication ethics
5.2 Contributor's publishing agreement
5.3 Open access and author archiving
6. Preparing your manuscript
6.1 Formatting
6.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
6.3 Supplementary material
6.4 Reference style
6.5 English language editing services
7. Submitting your manuscript
7.1 ORCID
7.2 Information required for completing your submission
7.3 Permissions
7.4 Revisions
8. On acceptance and publication
8.1 SAGE Production
8.2 Online First publication
8.3 Access to your published article
8.4 Promoting your article
9. Further information
1. Open Access
Scandinavian Journal of Surgery is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. Each
article accepted by peer review is made freely available online immediately upon
publication, is published under a Creative Commons license and will be hosted
online in perpetuity. Publication costs of the journal are covered by the
collection of article processing charges which are paid by the funder,
institution or author of each manuscript upon acceptance. There is no charge for
submitting a paper to the journal.
For general information on open access at SAGE please visit the Open Access
page or view our Open Access FAQs.
2. Article processing charge (APC)
Since January 2022, SJS is a full open access journal. This means that all
articles submitted in 2022 will be charged an introductory APC of $1,000,
discounted from the full rate of $2,000. Many institutions have an agreement
with SAGE about a partial or full reduction of APC’s, we advise all authors to
examine this prior to submission.
The APC is payable when a manuscript is accepted after peer review, before it is
published. The APC is subject to taxes where applicable. Please see further
details here.
3. What do we publish
3.1 Aims & Scope
Before submitting your manuscript to Scandinavian Journal of Surgery, please
ensure you have read the Aims & Scope.
3.2 Article Types
Please see below for the article types. SJS does not publish case reports, pure
laboratory based research, or animal research.
1. Original Articles:
a. Original investigation: max 3000 words and up 40 references (for RCTs max
3500 words). Up to a total of 7 tables or figures.
b. Systematic reviews and meta-analysis: max 5000 words and up to 70 references.
Up to a total of 7 tables or figures.
2. Review Articles: max 5000 words and up to 70 references
a. Narrative reviews with a concise descriptive abstract (max 300 words, no
headings)
b. Systematic reviews with or without a meta-analysis.
3. Guidelines: The Scandinavian Journal of Surgery encourages the publication of
summaries of different guidelines. The format of a guideline summary follows the
one of narrative reviews (max 5000 words and up to 70 references). Authors of a
guideline summary are to guarantee that the entire guideline group supports the
submission of the guideline summary by adding a statement of this at the end of
the main document. The title needs to include both the information of the
endorsing society and whether it is a summary.
4. Research letter: Max 650 words, up to 7 authors, 6 references, and one table
or figure. Focused report of original research, the title does not include
“Research letter”.
5. Letters:
a. Invited commentary: A viewpoint on a relevant topic commissioned by the
Editor-in-Chief, includes editorials. Max 400 words, up to 3 authors and 6
references.
b. Letter to the editor: Correspondence to the journal on a recently published
article. Max 300 words, up to 3 authors and 6 references.
6. Viewpoint: Max 650 words, up to 7 authors, 6 references, and one table or
figure. An author viewpoint relevant to the readers of Scandinavian Journal of
Surgery.
Context and relevance:
For original articles and reviews, please include a separate section called
"Context and relevance" in the manuscript before the Abstract. This feature
provides a quick summary of the key findings of your manuscript highlighting all
of the three aspects: the evidence before your study with the focus on the added
value of this study, and the implications of all the available evidence. Limit
this section to 100-120 words, no subheadings and no references.
A structured abstract for all original articles and systematic reviews:
The abstract is of high importance to Scandinavian Journal of Surgery. Authors
are therefore encouraged to provide a concise abstract reporting the relevant
information.
Max 300 words with the following headings
* Background and Aims
* Methods
* Results
* Conclusions
Provide clinical trial registration number at the end of the abstract, if
applicable. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be
included at the end of the abstract. Scandinavian Journal of Surgery expects
that clinical trials are registered in one of the recognized clinical trial
registries at or before the time of first patient enrolment as a condition of
consideration for publication. All manuscripts on clinical trials not confirming
to these instructions will be returned to the authors for inclusion of the
clinical trial registration information before proceeding to peer-review. The
trial study protocol will be required as online only supplementary material for
clinical trials, if the manuscript is accepted.
Title page:
1) Title of article: Short, specific, and informative. Please limit the length
of titles to 150 characters for reports of research and reviews and 150
characters for Research letters and letters. For reports of clinical trials,
cohort studies, meta-analyses, and systematic reviews, include the type of study
in the title according to the appropriate guidelines. The editorial team has a
strong focus on a short and concise title.
2) Short descriptive running head based on the title of the article (max 70
characters with spaces).
3) The full names, highest academic degrees, and affiliations of all authors.
5) Name and complete contact information for corresponding author.
6) Manuscript word count (not including title, abstract, acknowledgments,
references, tables and figures legends).
7) Twitter handles and summary: We encourage to submit the Twitter handle of
both the corresponding author and all other authors with a Twitter account.
Regardless of the available Twitter handles, authors are required to provide a
200 character summary for the study to be used in Twitter, if your manuscript is
accepted. The Scandinavian Journal of Surgery reserves the right to edit the
summary prior to using it for promoting your article on Twitter.
After the title page, please provide the “Context and Relevance” (for original
articles and reviews) before the structured abstract. The main text should be
organised in the following sections: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion,
References followed by Acknowledgements, Authors contributions, Declaration of
conflict of interest, Funding statement and Figure Legends.
3.3 Writing your paper
The SAGE Author Gateway has some general advice and on how to get published,
plus links to further resources.
3.3.1 Make your article discoverable
When writing up your paper, think about how you can make it discoverable. The
title, keywords and abstract are key to ensuring readers find your article
through search engines such as Google. For information and guidance on how best
to title your article, write your abstract and select your keywords, have a look
at this page on the Gateway: How to Help Readers Find Your Article Online.
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4. Editorial policies
4.1 Peer review policy
Independent reviews are obtained for each suitable submission. We use a
single-blind reviewing process in which reviewers’ identities are concealed. Our
reviewers are encouraged to provide substantive, constructive reviews that
provide suggestions for improving the work. The editors do not perform
linguistic revisions and submitted articles that do not comply with the
submission guidelines, or are not written in good Standard American English,
will be returned to the authors before initiating the review process. Articles
that are clearly outside of the scope of the journal or otherwise considered
unsuitable by the editors will be immediately rejected and authors will be
notified as soon as the decision is made.
As part of the submission process you will be asked to provide the names of
peers who could be called upon to review your manuscript. Recommended reviewers
should be experts in their fields and should be able to provide an objective
assessment of the manuscript. Please be aware of any conflicts of interest when
recommending reviewers. Examples of conflicts of interest include (but are not
limited to) the below:
o The reviewer should have no prior knowledge of your submission
o The reviewer should not have recently collaborated with any of the authors
o Reviewer nominees from the same institution as any of the authors are not
permitted
Please note that the Editors are not obliged to invite any recommended/opposed
reviewers to assess your manuscript.
Scandinavian Journal of Surgery is committed to delivering high quality, fast
peer-review for your paper, and as such has partnered with Publons. Publons is a
third party service that seeks to track, verify and give credit for peer review.
Reviewers for Scandinavian Journal of Surgery can opt in to Publons in order to
claim their reviews or have them automatically verified and added to their
reviewer profile. Reviewers claiming credit for their review will be associated
with the relevant journal, but the article name, reviewer’s decision and the
content of their review is not published on the site. For more information visit
the Publons website.
The Editor or members of the Editorial Board may occasionally submit their own
manuscripts for possible publication in the journal. In these cases, the peer
review process will be managed by alternative members of the Board and the
submitting Editor/Board member will have no involvement in the decision-making
process.
4.2 Authorship
Papers should only be submitted for consideration once consent is given by all
contributing authors. Those submitting papers should carefully check that all
those whose work contributed to the paper are acknowledged as contributing
authors.
The list of authors should include all those who can legitimately claim
authorship. This is all those who:
1. Made a substantial contribution to the concept or design of the work; or
acquisition, analysis or interpretation of data,
2. Drafted the article or revised it critically for important intellectual
content,
3. Approved the version to be published,
4. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public
responsibility for appropriate portions of the content.
Authors should meet the conditions of all of the points above. When a large,
multicentre group has conducted the work, the group should identify the
individuals who accept direct responsibility for the manuscript. These
individuals should fully meet the criteria for authorship. In case of authors
not meeting the ICMJE authorship criteria, collaborative authorships are
accepted at Scandinavian Journal of Surgery.
Acquisition of funding, collection of data, or general supervision of the
research group alone does not constitute authorship, although all contributors
who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in the
Acknowledgments section. Please refer to the International Committee of Medical
Journal Editors (ICMJE) authorship guidelines for more information on
authorship.
4.3 Acknowledgements
All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in
an Acknowledgements section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include
a person who provided purely technical help, or a department chair who provided
only general support.
Any acknowledgements should appear first at the end of your article prior to
your Declaration of Conflicting Interests (if applicable), any notes and your
References.
4.3.1 Third party submissions
Where an individual who is not listed as an author submits a manuscript on
behalf of the author(s), a statement must be included in the Acknowledgements
section of the manuscript and in the accompanying cover letter. The statements
must:
* Disclose this type of editorial assistance – including the individual’s name,
company and level of input
* Identify any entities that paid for this assistance
* Confirm that the listed authors have authorized the submission of their
manuscript via third party and approved any statements or declarations, e.g.
conflicting interests, funding, etc.
Where appropriate, SAGE reserves the right to deny consideration to manuscripts
submitted by a third party rather than by the authors themselves.
4.3.2 Writing assistance
Individuals who provided writing assistance, e.g. from a specialist
communications company, do not qualify as authors and so should be included in
the Acknowledgements section. Authors must disclose any writing assistance –
including the individual’s name, company and level of input – and identify the
entity that paid for this assistance. It is not necessary to disclose use of
language polishing services.
4.4 Funding
Scandinavian Journal of Surgery requires all authors to acknowledge their
funding in a consistent fashion under a separate heading. Please visit the
Funding Acknowledgements page on the SAGE Journal Author Gateway to confirm the
format of the acknowledgment text in the event of funding, or state that: This
research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public,
commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
4.5 Declaration of conflicting interests
It is the policy of Scandinavian Journal of Surgery to require a declaration of
conflicting interests from all authors enabling a statement to be carried within
the paginated pages of all published articles.
Please ensure that a ‘Declaration of Conflicting Interests’ statement is
included at the end of your manuscript, after any acknowledgements and prior to
the references. If no conflict exists, please state that ‘The Author(s)
declare(s) that there is no conflict of interest’. For guidance on conflict of
interest statements, please see the ICMJE recommendations here.
4.6 Research ethics and patient consent
Medical research involving human subjects must be conducted according to
the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki.
Submitted manuscripts should conform to the ICMJE Recommendations for the
Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical
Journals, and all papers reporting animal and/or human studies must state in the
methods section that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board
provided (or waived) approval. Please ensure that you have provided the full
name and institution of the review committee, in addition to the approval
number.
For research articles, authors are also required to state in the methods section
whether participants provided informed consent and whether the consent was
written or verbal.
Information on informed consent to report individual cases or case series should
be included in the manuscript text. A statement is required regarding whether
written informed consent for patient information and images to be published was
provided by the patient(s) or a legally authorized representative.
Please also refer to the ICMJE Recommendations for the Protection of Research
Participants
All research involving animals submitted for publication must be approved by an
ethics committee with oversight of the facility in which the studies were
conducted. The Journal has adopted the ARRIVE guidelines.
4.7 Clinical trials
Scandinavian Journal of Surgery expects that clinical trials are registered in
one of the recognized clinical trial registries at or before the time of first
patient enrolment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial
registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of
the abstract. In general, all publications should follow publications guidelines
available at the Equator website
(https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/).
4.8 Reporting guidelines
The relevant EQUATOR Network reporting guidelines should be followed depending
on the type of study:
* All randomized controlled trials submitted for publication should include a
completed CONSORT flow chart as a cited figure and the completed CONSORT
checklist should be uploaded with your submission as a supplementary file.
* Systematic reviews and meta-analyses should include the completed PRISMA flow
chart as a cited figure and the completed PRISMA checklist should be uploaded
with your submission as a supplementary file.
* Observational studies should include the completed STROBE checklist.
* The EQUATOR wizard can help you identify the appropriate guideline.
Other resources can be found at NLM’s Research Reporting Guidelines and
Initiatives
4.9 Data
At SAGE we are committed to facilitating openness, transparency and
reproducibility of research. Where relevant, Scandinavian Journal of Surgery
encourages authors to share their research data in a suitable public repository
subject to ethical considerations and where data is included, to add a data
accessibility statement in their manuscript file. Authors should also follow
data citation principles. For more information, please visit the SAGE Author
Gateway, which includes information about SAGE’s partnership with the data
repository Figshare.
Scandinavian Journal of Surgery requests all authors submitting any primary data
used in their research articles if the articles are accepted to be published in
the online version of the journal, or provide detailed information in their
articles on how the data can be obtained. This information should include links
to third-party data repositories or detailed contact information for third-party
data sources. Data available only on an author-maintained website will need to
be loaded onto either the journal’s platform or a third-party platform to ensure
continuing accessibility. Examples of data types include but are not limited to
statistical data files, replication code, text files, audio files, images,
videos, appendices, and additional charts and graphs necessary to understand the
original research. The editor may consider limited embargoes on proprietary
data. The editor can also grant exceptions for data that cannot legally or
ethically be released. All data submitted should comply with Institutional or
Ethical Review Board requirements and applicable government regulations. For
further information, please contact the editorial office.
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5. Publishing Policies
5.1 Publication ethics
SAGE is committed to upholding the integrity of the academic record. We
encourage authors to refer to the Committee on Publication Ethics’ International
Standards for Authors and view the Publication Ethics page on the SAGE Author
Gateway
5.1.1 Plagiarism
Scandinavian Journal of Surgery and SAGE take issues of copyright infringement,
plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We
seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of
plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, we seek to protect the
reputation of the journal against malpractice. Submitted articles may be checked
with duplication-checking software. Where an article, for example, is found to
have plagiarised other work or included third-party copyright material without
permission or with insufficient acknowledgement, or where the authorship of the
article is contested, we reserve the right to take action including, but not
limited to: publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction); retracting the
article; taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the
author's institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; or taking
appropriate legal action.
5.1.2 Prior publication
If material has been previously published it is not generally acceptable for
publication in a SAGE journal. However, there are certain circumstances where
previously published material can be considered for publication. Please refer to
the guidance on the SAGE Author Gateway or if in doubt, contact the Editor at
the address given below.
5.2 Contributor's publishing agreement
Before publication, SAGE requires the author as the rights holder to sign a
Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement. SAGE’s Journal Contributor’s
Publishing Agreement is an exclusive licence agreement which means that the
author retains copyright in the work but grants SAGE the sole and exclusive
right and licence to publish for the full legal term of copyright. Exceptions
may exist where an assignment of copyright is required or preferred by a
proprietor other than SAGE. In this case copyright in the work will be assigned
from the author to the society. For more information please visit the SAGE
Author Gateway.
5.3 Open access and author archiving
Scandinavian Journal of Surgery offers optional open access publishing via the
SAGE Choice programme. For more information on Open Access publishing options at
SAGE please visit SAGE Open Access. For information on funding body compliance,
and depositing your article in repositories, please visit SAGE’s Author
Archiving and Re-Use Guidelines and Publishing Policies.
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6. Preparing your manuscript for submission
6.1 Formatting
The preferred format for your manuscript is Word. LaTeX files are also accepted.
Word and (La)Tex templates are available on the Manuscript Submission
Guidelines page of our Author Gateway.
6.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
For guidance on the preparation of illustrations, pictures and graphs in
electronic format, please visit SAGE’s Manuscript Submission Guidelines.
Figures supplied in colour will appear in colour online regardless of whether or
not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version. For
specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive
information regarding the costs from SAGE after receipt of your accepted
article.
6.3 Supplementary material
This journal is able to host additional materials online (e.g. datasets,
podcasts, videos, images etc) alongside the full-text of the article. For more
information please refer to our guidelines on submitting supplementary files.
6.4 Reference style
Scandinavian Journal of Surgery adheres to the Vancouver reference style.
The accuracy of references is the responsibility of the authors. Limit citations
to those that are pertinent and essential to your study. References should be
numbered in order of appearance in the text using numbers in carved parentheses
placed on the writing line.
View the SAGE Vancouver guidelines to ensure your manuscript conforms to this
reference style.
If you use EndNote to manage references, you can download the SAGE Vancouver
EndNote output file.
The following example illustrates the form to be used:
1. Impact of screening on short-term mortality and morbidity following treatment
for colorectal cancer. Wilhelmsen M, Njor SH, Roikjær O, Rasmussen M, Gögenur I.
Scand J Surg. 2021 Dec;110:465-471.
Other example references:
Book chapter:
Philip Sandblom: Relationship between illness and creativity. In: Philip
Sandblom. Creativity and Disease. How Illness Affects Literature, Art and Music.
Bohusläningens Boktryckeri AB, Uddevalla, 1991: 15–33
Entire book:
A. Hirshberg, K. Mattox. Top Knife. The Art and Craft of Trauma Surgery. tfm
Publishing Ldt, Harley, 2005
Online journal:
Boone J, Livestro DP, Elias SG, Borel Rinkes IH, van Hillegersberg R.
International survey on esophageal cancer: part I surgical techniques. Dis
Esophagus 2009 Jan 23. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.sciencegateway.org/rank/index.html [date accessed}
6.5 English language editing services
Authors seeking assistance with English language editing, translation, or figure
and manuscript formatting to fit the journal’s specifications should consider
using SAGE Language Services. Visit SAGE Language Services on our Journal Author
Gateway for further information.
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7. Submitting your manuscript
Scandinavian Journal of Surgery is hosted on SAGE Track, a web based online
submission and peer review system powered by ScholarOne™ Manuscripts. Visit
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/sjos to login and submit your article online.
IMPORTANT: Please check whether you already have an account in the system before
trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for the journal in
the past year it is likely that you will have had an account created. For
further guidance on submitting your manuscript online please visit ScholarOne
Online Help.
All papers must be submitted via the online system. If you would like to discuss
your paper prior to submission, please refer to the contact details below.
7.1 ORCID
As part of our commitment to ensuring an ethical, transparent and fair peer
review process SAGE is a supporting member of ORCID, the Open Researcher and
Contributor ID. ORCID provides a unique and persistent digital identifier that
distinguishes researchers from every other researcher, even those who share the
same name, and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript
and grant submission, supports automated linkages between researchers and their
professional activities, ensuring that their work is recognised.
The collection of ORCID IDs from corresponding authors is now part of the
submission process of this journal. If you already have an ORCID ID you will be
asked to associate that to your submission during the online submission process.
We also strongly encourage all co-authors to link their ORCID ID to their
accounts in our online peer review platforms. It takes seconds to do: click the
link when prompted, sign into your ORCID account and our systems are
automatically updated. Your ORCID ID will become part of your accepted
publication’s metadata, making your work attributable to you and only you. Your
ORCID ID is published with your article so that fellow researchers reading your
work can link to your ORCID profile and from there link to your other
publications.
If you do not already have an ORCID ID please follow this link to create one or
visit our ORCID homepage to learn more.
7.2 Information required for completing your submission
You will be asked to provide contact details and academic affiliations for all
co-authors via the submission system and identify who is to be the corresponding
author. These details must match what appears on your manuscript. At this stage
please ensure you have included all the required statements and declarations and
uploaded any additional supplementary files (including reporting guidelines
where relevant).
7.3 Permissions
Please also ensure that you have obtained any necessary permission from
copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy
quotations previously published elsewhere. For further information including
guidance on fair dealing for criticism and review, please see the Copyright and
Permissions page on the SAGE Author Gateway.
7.4 Revisions
Any revised submission of an article should be in accordance with the
suggestions of the editor and reviewers. A revised submission is done using the
“track changes” function in Word, and the submission should include both a
document including the tracked changes as well as “clean version”.
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8. On acceptance and publication
8.1 SAGE Production
Your SAGE Production Editor will keep you informed as to your article’s progress
throughout the production process. Proofs will be sent by PDF to the
corresponding author and should be returned promptly. Authors are reminded to
check their proofs carefully to confirm that all author information, including
names, affiliations, sequence and contact details are correct, and that Funding
and Conflict of Interest statements, if any, are accurate. Please note that if
there are any changes to the author list at this stage all authors will be
required to complete and sign a form authorising the change.
8.2 Online First publication
Online First allows final articles (completed and approved articles awaiting
assignment to a future issue) to be published online prior to their inclusion in
a journal issue, which significantly reduces the lead time between submission
and publication. Visit the SAGE Journals help page for more details, including
how to cite Online First articles.
8.3 Access to your published article
SAGE provides authors with online access to their final article.
8.4 Promoting your article
Publication is not the end of the process! You can help disseminate your paper
and ensure it is as widely read and cited as possible. The SAGE Author Gateway
has numerous resources to help you promote your work. Visit the Promote Your
Article page on the Gateway for tips and advice.
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9. Further information
Any correspondence, queries or additional requests for information on the
manuscript submission process should be sent to the Scandinavian Journal of
Surgery editorial office as follows:
sjs@sagepub.com
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