Join an Active Special Issue
Contribute to focused thematic collections currently open in Journal of Surgery Proceedings.
How to Submit to Active Themes
Match your manuscript to theme objectives and timeline expectations.
Active special issues are designed to consolidate emerging evidence in focused surgical domains. Authors should confirm scope fit before submission and highlight issue relevance in the cover letter.
All submissions to ongoing special issues follow full peer-review standards. Topic fit does not replace methodological rigor, reporting transparency, or compliance requirements.
Submission and Revision Planning
Prepared teams meet issue deadlines without compromising quality.
Authors submitting close to issue deadlines should reserve revision capacity in advance. Delays in reviewer response handling can shift accepted papers out of scheduled issue windows.
Submit complete declarations and publication-ready files at first upload to reduce technical screening cycles and preserve schedule certainty.
Need Theme Fit Confirmation?
Get scope guidance before full submission.
Send your title, abstract, and target special issue name to [email protected] for pre-submission alignment support.
How to Join Ongoing Themes Effectively
Active issue submission success depends on fit precision and timeline discipline.
Authors should map manuscript objectives directly to issue scope language before submission. Clear mapping improves editorial routing and reduces reclassification delays that can push manuscripts beyond issue windows.
For deadline-sensitive issues, prepare revision capacity before submission. Teams that reserve time for structured reviewer response are more likely to complete decision cycles within thematic publication timelines.
Maintain full policy compliance even for accelerated timelines. Incomplete declarations and inconsistent supplementary files remain common causes of delay in active issue pipelines.
Use presubmission questions strategically when fit is uncertain. Early clarification helps prevent scope mismatch and protects issue coherence for all contributors.
Improve Inclusion in Scheduled Issue Release
Submission discipline protects issue timeline eligibility.
Authors should submit complete, policy-ready files and maintain rapid response capacity for revision requests. In active issue workflows, delayed responses can move otherwise accepted papers beyond planned publication windows. Clear workflow planning and early file completeness significantly increase the likelihood of inclusion in the scheduled release.
If timing is uncertain, request pre-submission guidance early to prevent avoidable scheduling conflict.
For active themes, authors should track issue milestones and plan coauthor response windows in advance. Revision bottlenecks often occur because contributor availability was not mapped to issue deadlines. Proactive scheduling helps protect inclusion eligibility in final release planning.
This discipline is particularly important for multicenter submissions with distributed approval pathways.
If your study is not fully aligned, request fit guidance before submission rather than relying on post-submission reclassification. Proactive fit control improves schedule reliability for both authors and issue editors.
Consistent deadline awareness and rapid revision readiness are the most reliable predictors of on-time issue inclusion.
Early fit checks improve schedule confidence.
Prepared teams meet issue schedules more reliably.
Submit to Ongoing Issues
Contribute high-quality surgery research to active thematic collections.
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