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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format.
  • The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; and all illustrations, figures, and tables with legends are placed within the text at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • All manuscripts should be submitted with good English and clear phrasing for the benefit of editors and reviewers.
  • Journal of Surgery and Medicine (JOSAM) imposes high English language and scientific medical writing standards. JOSAM editors strongly encourage contributors whose English is not excellent to have their manuscripts edited by a professional translator or native English speaker before submission. For manuscripts with less than optimal English language, authors must provide the corrected manuscript and a certificate of professional language editing. Otherwise, authors may choose to arrange the paid JOSAM language editing service provided by American Manuscript Editors.

Copyright Notice

Copyright & Open Access Licensing
Authors who publish with the Journal of Surgery and Medicine (JOSAM) agree to the following terms:

  1. Copyright Retention: Authors retain unconditional copyright of their published work while granting JOSAM the non-exclusive right of first publication.
  2. Licensing: All articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
  3. Third-Party Material: If the manuscript contains material (e.g., figures, illustrations, charts) protected by third-party copyright, authors are responsible for obtaining written reproduction permission prior to publication.

Author Warranties & Originality
The author(s) represent and warrant that:

  • The manuscript is an original work, has not been published previously, is not under consideration elsewhere, and does not infringe upon any copyright, trademark, patent, or privacy right.
  • All statements presented as facts are true or based on rigorous scientific research.
  • No protocol, drug dosage, or medical intervention described in the article will cause harm if implemented according to standard medical safety guidelines.
  • Upon request by the Editorial Board, authors will supply raw research data or relevant institutional approvals for verification.

Authorship Criteria & Mandatory Declarations
All designated authors must satisfy all four ICMJE criteria:

  1. Substantial contributions to conception, design, acquisition of data, or data analysis and interpretation;
  2. Drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content;
  3. Final approval of the version to be published;
  4. Accountability for all aspects of the study.

Note: Acquisition of funding, general supervision, data collection alone, or holding a department chair does not justify authorship.

Mandatory Title Page Declarations:
To ensure strict compliance with international publication ethics (COPE / ICMJE), all ethical statements must be placed exclusively within the separate Title Page file, including:

  • CRediT Taxonomy Statement: Explicit individual author roles.
  • Institutional Review Board (IRB) / Ethics Committee Approval: Committee name, date, and protocol number.
  • Informed Consent Statement: Patient or participant consent.
  • Conflict of Interest & Financial Disclosures: Full transparency of commercial ties or external funding (or statement declaring no conflicts).
  • Use of AI Statement: Explicit declaration detailing any generative AI or LLM tools utilized in study execution, coding, or writing.

Plagiarism & Academic Integrity
JOSAM enforces a zero-tolerance policy regarding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate submissions, and data fabrication. All manuscripts are screened via iThenticate / Turnitin (similarity index must not exceed 15%, excluding references). Authors certify that their work contains no uncredited or unacknowledged sources.

Downloadable Templates & Forms:
Please download, review, and complete the required documents prior to final submission:

Privacy Statement

The Journal of Surgery and Medicine (JOSAM) is committed to protecting the privacy, confidentiality, and security of the personal data of its authors, reviewers, editors, and readers in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and international data privacy standards.

1. Collection and Use of Personal Information

The personal information collected through this journal website (including full names, institutional affiliations, email addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses, and ORCID identifiers) is used exclusively for the stated purposes of scholarly publishing:

  • Processing manuscript submissions, editorial management, and double-blind peer review.
  • Communicating editorial decisions, revision requests, and galley proofs.
  • Publishing accepted articles with proper metadata (author names, affiliations, and ORCIDs) in full-text PDFs and international indexing repositories.
  • Notifying registered users about newly published issues, calls for papers, or critical journal announcements.

2. Data Confidentiality & Third-Party Disclosure

Personal data registered in this journal will never be sold, rented, leased, or disclosed to any commercial third parties or external marketing organizations. Data is accessible solely to authorized editorial staff and system administrators necessary for journal operations.

3. Peer Review Confidentiality

To maintain the integrity of our double-blind peer review process, reviewer identities are strictly protected and never disclosed to authors or public third parties. Reviewer reports are treated with strict confidentiality.

4. Data Retention & Author Rights

Published academic articles and author metadata form a permanent public scholarly record and will be retained in accordance with international digital archiving standards (Crossref, PKP PN, LOCKSS). Registered users retain the right to:

  • Access and review their personal account information.
  • Request corrections or updates to their registered profile.
  • Request the deletion of their user account, provided that published scholarly records and completed review history remain intact for audit and integrity purposes.

For any privacy-related questions or data requests, please contact the editorial office at josam@jsurgmed.com.