Clinical Relevance
Does the theme address unresolved decisions in osteoarthritis care pathways?
Special Issue Proposal
Proposed Special Issue
Proposed Special Issue
Journal of Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
Design a focused JOC collection with strong clinical relevance, clear governance, and measurable publication value.
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Proposal Strategy
Proposed Special Issue for JOC
JOC welcomes focused special issue proposals that address high-priority clinical and translational questions.
A strong proposal should define scope boundaries, intended contribution types, and measurable reader value for the osteoarthritis field.
Guest editor teams are expected to demonstrate subject depth, process discipline, and conflict governance readiness.
Proposals are evaluated on scientific coherence, feasibility, and potential contribution to practice and policy dialogue.
Submission Requirements
What to Include in the Proposal
Complete proposals improve decision speed and planning quality.
- Working title and focused thematic rationale.
- Named guest editor team with expertise alignment details.
- Indicative manuscript categories and expected volume.
- Contributor outreach strategy and timeline assumptions.
- Milestone schedule for call launch, review, and release.
- Conflict disclosure and governance controls.
Quality signal: tightly scoped proposals with practical relevance generally perform best.
Editorial Criteria
How Proposals Are Assessed
Approval balances topic merit and operational feasibility.
Scientific Coherence
Will accepted manuscripts form a meaningful and integrated collection?
Leadership Quality
Can guest editors maintain quality, fairness, and timeline reliability?
Pipeline Realism
Is there a credible contributor pipeline for high-value submissions?
Strong proposals define measurable goals, scope boundaries, and contributor strategy.
Guest editor teams should present complementary expertise and conflict governance readiness.
Feasible timeline and outreach plans are critical for editorial approval confidence.
Focused themes with practical relevance typically achieve stronger collection coherence.
Quality controls should be explicit before launch to preserve methodological standards.
Strong proposals define measurable goals, scope boundaries, and contributor strategy.
Guest editor teams should present complementary expertise and conflict governance readiness.
Feasible timeline and outreach plans are critical for editorial approval confidence.
Focused themes with practical relevance typically achieve stronger collection coherence.
Quality controls should be explicit before launch to preserve methodological standards.
Strong proposals define measurable goals, scope boundaries, and contributor strategy.
Guest editor teams should present complementary expertise and conflict governance readiness.
Feasible timeline and outreach plans are critical for editorial approval confidence.
Focused themes with practical relevance typically achieve stronger collection coherence.
Quality controls should be explicit before launch to preserve methodological standards.
Strong proposals define measurable goals, scope boundaries, and contributor strategy.
Guest editor teams should present complementary expertise and conflict governance readiness.
Feasible timeline and outreach plans are critical for editorial approval confidence.
Focused themes with practical relevance typically achieve stronger collection coherence.
Quality controls should be explicit before launch to preserve methodological standards.
Strong proposals define measurable goals, scope boundaries, and contributor strategy.
Guest editor teams should present complementary expertise and conflict governance readiness.
Feasible timeline and outreach plans are critical for editorial approval confidence.
Propose a JOC Special Issue
Submit your concept and the editorial team will evaluate fit, feasibility, and strategic impact.
Editorial office: [email protected]
