Manuscript Submission

Standard Operating Procedure for Processing Manuscript Submissions

Uploaded manuscripts are vetted by the editorial office staff for their compliance with the Instructions to Authors. Manuscripts that do not comply are unsubmitted and the authors have the opportunity to correct their manuscript and submit again while maintaining the same manuscript ID. Manuscripts that involve clinical trials are also vetted for clinical trials registration (e.g. http://www.clinicaltrials.gov) and compliance with CONSORT guidelines (http://www.consort-statement.org).

Once the manuscript checklist has been completed by the editorial office staff, the Editor-in-Chief is notified that a manuscript is ready for assignment. The Editor-in-Chief assigns the manuscript to both a Deputy Editor and an Associate Editor. The Associate Editor is responsible for assigning and inviting the referees. Assignment of the referees is made with acknowledgement of the authors' preferences, although there is no guarantee that the authors' preferences will be used.

Once the referees' opinions are complete, the Associate Editor makes a recommendation. The recommendation is forwarded to the Deputy Editor who reviews the material and adds their own recommendation/decision. These recommendations provide the basis for the composition of the final decision letter by the Editor-in-Chief.

The Editor-in-Chief ordinarily prepares all decision letters, with the exception of those manuscripts on which the Editor-in-Chief is an author, or for which the Editor-in-Chief recuses himself due to a conflict of interest. The conflict of interest guidelines are outlined separately in the Instructions to Authors and on our website. In most cases the Editor-in-Chief is merely overseeing that the editorial processes have been completed and that the manuscript has been properly vetted. The Editor-in-Chief ensures that the issues are properly formulated to a decision level about whether or not resubmission will be permitted. Resubmission is normally permitted for those manuscripts where the issues can be resolved by the author without major changes in the manuscript. The Editor-in-Chief also resolves differences of opinion between the Deputy and Associate Editors.

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