期刊名称：SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Description
The average turnaround time from submission of manuscript to final acceptance in Surgical Endoscopy is 62 days.
The average turnaround time from manuscript receipt at Springer to Online First publication is 30 days.
Surgical Endoscopy represents the surgical aspects of interventional endoscopy, ultrasound, and other techniques in the fields of gastroenterology, obstetrics, gynecology, and urology, as well as in gastroenterologic, thoracic, traumatic, orthopedic, and pediatric surgery. It offers a worldwide forum for discussion of aspects of interventional endoscopy and ultrasound as integral elements of surgical practice. It also affords the international surgical community a focal point for the exchange of information on practice, theory, and research in various medical and surgical disciplines.
This is the official journal of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) and European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES).
Impact Factor: 2.242 (2007) *
Subject category "Surgery": Rank 32 of 139
* Journal Citation Reports? Thomson Reuters
Abstracted/Indexed in:
Abstracts in Anthropology, Academic Search Alumni Edition, Academic Search Complete, Academic Search Premier, Current Abstracts, EMBASE, EMCare, Ergonomics Abstracts, Google Scholar, Health Reference Center Academic, IBIDS, OCLC ArticleFirst Database, OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online, PASCAL, PubMed/Medline, SCOPUS, Summon by Serial Solutions, TOC Premier
Instructions to Authors
Instructions for Authors
For Information on the Consort and to download the Consort E-Checklist and the E-flowchart, go to: www.consort-statement.org.
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS
All manuscripts submitted to Surgical Endoscopy must be original; i.e. not published elsewhere (except in abstract form) and not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Surgical Endoscopy accepts manuscripts prepared according to the instructions below.
PEER REVIEW:
All manuscripts submitted to Surgical Endoscopy are subject to peer review and editing. Each substantive manuscript is reviewed by at least two experts in the field, who may also be members of the Editorial Board. The decision of the Editors-in-Chief is final. The Corresponding Author is notified of the decision by e-mail, with reviewer comments, if applicable. The reviewers of the journal are recruited from the various disciplines related to endoscopic surgery and allied technologies and interventions and also from members of the two affiliated societies, EAES and SAGES.
SUBMISSIONS:
The editors invite submissions that fall into the following categories of manuscripts:
1. Randomized controlled clinical studies
2. Prospective case-controlled studies
3. Retrospective case-controlled studies
4. Substantive retrospective series
5. Technology papers: describing new technologies and their evaluation. Any such manuscripts must have data on the benefits, efficacy and or safety of the technology, experimental or clinical as appropriate
6. Review articles: based on exhaustive literature search with description of the methods used in the literature search.
7. Meta-analysis of published RCTs ?These manuscripts must clearly indicate that statistical expertise was available to the authors.
8. Technical notes: concern descriptions of new surgical techniques relating to laparoscopic or flexible endoscopic surgery. These short reports must contain a brief clinical or experimental account of their use.
9. Multi-media articles (on-line publishing only)
10. Letters to the Editors (not peer reviewed)
N.B. Surgical Endoscopy does not currently accept case reports and all retrospective series submitted to the journal must be on a cohort of 10 or more patients.
COPYRIGHT AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
A Copyright Transfer Statement signed by the corresponding author on behalf of all authors must be mailed or faxed to the editorial office upon submission of the manuscript. The manuscript number must appear on all pages of the form. Submissions received without a signed copyright transfer statement will be delayed in peer-review. Copyright Transfer Statement forms are available on this Web site.
Copyright on all accepted manuscripts will be held by the Publisher (Springer). A copyright transfer statement signed by the corresponding author expressly transfers copyright to the Publisher and must be included with the submission in the event the paper is accepted for publication in Surgical Endoscopy.
If any of the authors are or were US Government employees and wrote the work as part of their official duties, it must be indicated on the copyright transfer form. To download the form, please go to www.springer.com/00464 and click on “Copyright Transfer Statement? Or, click on the "Copyright Transfer Statement" link below.
All persons designated as authors attest to their role as described in the Authorship Responsibility section of the Copyright form.
All authors will disclose any financial involvement in any organization with a direct financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript.
PERMISSIONS:
If a figure or a table has previously appeared in copyrighted material, or if extensive material is quoted, the author must obtain written permission from the copyright holder (usually the publisher, not the author, of the original work) to reprint it in both the print and the online format. Full credit to the original publication must be included in the legend of the figure or footnote to the table. Provide all letters granting permission at the time of submission of the manuscript. The author is responsible for payment of applicable fees for reprinting previously published material. Please be aware that some publishers do not grant electronic rights for free (an example is Thieme Publishers). In these cases we kindly ask you to use figures from other sources. The use of photographs that identify patients requires a written release form from the patient (or guardian) to do so. Obtaining this release is the author’s responsibility and a copy of the release must accompany the manuscript at the time of submission.
EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS/ANIMALS:
All authors are expected to abide by accepted ethical standards. In investigations that involve human subjects or laboratory animals, authors should provide an explicit statement in Materials and Methods that the experimental protocols were approved by the appropriate institutional review committee and meet the guidelines of their responsible governmental agency. In the case of human subjects, informed consent is essential. All randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) should conform to the CONSORT criteria (http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/1/2). The corresponding author should indicate whether the RCT has been registered or not.
CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION:
All trials must be registered in a public trials registry that is acceptable to the International Committee of Medical Journals Editors (ICMJE). (http://www.icmje.org/faq.pdf).
Copyright Transfer Statement
ONLINE SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS VIA MANUSCRIPT CENTRAL
Manuscripts are submitted online to Surgical Endoscopy via Manuscript Central. Please log directly onto the site at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/surgendosc and upload your manuscripts following the instructions given on the screen.
System Requirements:
Authors will need the following in order to use Manuscript Central:
Netscape 4.x or MS Internet Explorer 4.x/5.x
Adobe Acrobat browser plug-in
Electronic files of the manuscript text Electronic files of the manuscript figures, illustrations, and tables (scanned or exported)
User Accounts:
Authors entering the Manuscript Central site can either create a new account or use an existing one. When you have an existing account, use it for all your submissions and track the status on the same page. Please note: if you are unsure about whether or not you have an existing account, or have forgotten your password, enter your e-mail address into the area labeled “Password Help?located on the right side of the homepage. If you do not have an existing account, click on link “Create Account?located on the top right side of the homepage and follow the instructions given on the screen.
Getting Started:
Once you have logged into your account, Manuscript Central will lead you through the submission process in a step-by-step orderly process. If you cannot finish your submission in one visit, you can save a draft and re-enter the process at the same point for that manuscript. While submitting your manuscript online, you will be required to enter data about your manuscript in the system. These include title, names of all authors, institutions with full address, and address of authors to whom correspondence should be sent, and so forth as listed below under “MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION? Support for special characters is available. At any point during this process, there are help buttons available to see common questions and a support link to ask a specific question via e-mail.
Preparing Electronic Files for Submission:
After entering all the information about manuscript title, abstract, authors and other details, you will be prompted for uploading files. Please, follow the instructions below for preparation of suitable electronic files. For review purposes, your text and figure file(s) will be converted into HTML so that they can be easily viewed with a browser on the Internet. They will also be converted into a PDF document so it can be viewed and printed with Adobe Acrobat Reader. The files in the PDF document will be presented in the order specified.
The main document with manuscript text and tables should be prepared with an electronic word processing program. Please, do NOT include figures or illustrations within the manuscript text file. If you use Microsoft Word, the system can directly convert the Word formatted file, including all special characters. If you use other word processing software, such as WordPerfect, files should be saved in RTF (Rich Text Format). RTF is a common export property of most popular word processors. Check your word processor to see if it can export or "Save As" your file in RTF. Microsoft Word and WordPerfect both contain this function.
Save each figure as a single image file in either uncompressed TIFF (Tag Image File Format) or EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) format. Please refer to the “GUIDELINES FOR ELECTRONICALLY PRODUCED FIGURES?below for details on how to produce high quality electronic figures. Most image editing programs (e.g., Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Deneba Canvas, Corel Draw, etc.) can produce TIFF or EPS file formats. The JPEG format is acceptable if the image is saved at the highest quality (without or with lossless compression). Images created in slide presentation programs, such as Microsoft PowerPoint, are low resolution and NOT acceptable. Charts created with Microsoft Excel are NOT acceptable in any circumstances. Please verify your uploaded files before proceeding with your submission. You will also be notified by email that your submission was successful.
Keep copies of your word-processing and figure files. If you are submitting figures that you have scanned, be prepared to send the hard copy originals upon request. Your scanned files may not be of sufficient quality for printing.
Keeping Track of the Manuscript Status :
After submission, you may return periodically and monitor the progress of your submission through the review process.
If you are unable to submit your manuscript via Manuscript Central, please contact the coordinating editorial office:
Bernadine Richey
Coordinating Editorial Office, Surgical Endoscopy
117 Lexow Avenue
South Nyack, NY 10960, USA
Tel: (845) 353-3106
Fax: (845) 348-3948
E-mail: surgendosc@optonline.net
MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
Manuscripts must be clearly and concisely written in English, and authors are urged to aim for clarity, brevity, and accuracy of information and language. Authors whose first language is not English should enlist the help of colleagues who are proficient in scientific English. Manuscripts should be submitted in their final form. The position of figures and tables should be indicated in the text.
Manuscripts that do not follow the instructions listed here will be returned for correction before being reviewed.
All manuscripts should be prepared as follows:
TITLE PAGE:
Full title of manuscript
A short running head of not more than 40 characters
The first and last names of each author with highest academic degree, and the department and institutional affiliation for each author
The name, address, telephone, fax, and email of the author to whom correspondence should be addressed
ABSTRACT AND KEY WORDS:
Structured Abstract of not more than 300 words stating Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions
List up to six key words.
TEXT:
Text should be arranged in the order of Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgments
REFERENCES:
The author is responsible for the accuracy of the references. Citations in the text should be identified by numbers in brackets, and the list of the references at the end of the manuscript should be numbered consecutively in the order they are first mentioned in the draft. Only published works and/or already accepted manuscripts for publication can be included. Authors should use the form of references adopted by the United States National Library of Medicine as indicated below. Please see the following samples on how to list the references correctly:
a) Articles from journals:
Name(s) and initials of ALL author(s), year in parentheses, full title, journal name as abbreviated in Index Medicus, volume followed by a colon, first and last page numbers.
Berci G, Paz-Paltrow M (1988) Electronic imaging in endoscopy. Surg Endosc 2:227-233
b) Articles from electronic publications:
Name(s) and initials of ALL author(s), year in parentheses, full title, journal name as abbreviated in Index Medicus, DOI number, and publication date.
With DOI number:
Duffy PE, Awad ZT, Filipi CJ (2003) The laparoscopic reoperation of failed Heller myotomy. Surg Endosc, DOI: 10.1007/s00464?02?570-y, May 7, 2003.
Without DOI number:
Bates D (2002) The quality case for information technology in healthcare. Available at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/ 1472?947/2/7. October 2002; Accessed 19 December 2002.
c) Books:
Name(s) and initials of ALL author(s), year in parentheses, title, edition, publisher, place of publication.
Roy C (1988) Ultrasound of the abdomen (exercises in radiological diagnosis) Springer, Berlin
d) Multiauthor books:
Name(s) and initials of ALL author(s), year in parentheses, title of the paper. In: name(s) and initials of all editor(s), title of book, publisher, places of publication, first and last page numbers.
White, ME, Choyke PL (1988) Duplex sonography of the abdomen. In: Grant EG, White EM (eds) Duplex sonography, Springer, New York, pp 129-190
e) Multimedia Manuscripts:
Holcomb III GW. (2003) Laparoscopic fundoplication in an infant. Surg Endosc, DOI: 10. 1007/s 00464?03?000-y 17: 1319
TABLES:
Each table must have a concise heading and uploaded in the form of typewritten copy. All tables must be cited within the text.
FIGURES:
Figures should be limited to those essential for the text. The same results should be presented as either graphs or tables, not as both. Color can be used without charge for the online version of the journal but will appear in the printed version of the journal at the author’s expense at USD $1150 per article (send a completed Color Agreement Form to the Editorial Office when you submit the manuscript). All figures, whether photographs, graphs, or diagrams, should be numbered consecutively and cited within the text, and uploaded into Manuscript Central as individual figures separately from the text. Please see the “GUIDELINES FOR ELECTRONICALLY PRODUCED FIGURES?below for acceptable figure format. All figures submitted should allow for high quality reproduction. The publisher reserves the right to reduce or enlarge figures. Arrows, letters, and numbers should be inserted professionally. Micrographs should have an internal magnification marker; the magnification should also be stated in the legend.
LEGENDS:
Legends must be brief, self-sufficient explanations of the tables and figures in no more than four or five lines. Remarks such as “For explanation, see text?should be avoided. Legends are considered text and should appear in your main document.
REPRINTS:
Reprints are available in lots of 100, provided the order is received with the corrected proofs. Invited commentaries pertaining to an article are automatically included in the reprints of that paper.
GUIDELINES FOR ELECTONICALLY PRODUCED FIGURES
For production of the figures of an accepted manuscript, the Springer production department requires electronically produced figures to be saved in either EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) or TIFF (Tag Image File Format) format. Most drawing programs (e.g. Adobe Illustrator, Deneba Canvas, CorelDraw) have a save-as-EPS option in their Save dialog box. Other information about EPS can be found at the Adobe website.
General :
Upload figures separately from the text (i.e. files should not be integrated with the text files).
Unless the authors have specified they wish to pay for color and have submitted a color payment form, color figures will be converted to grey scale for the print edition.
Vector (Line) Graphics :
Vector graphics exported from a drawing program should be stored in EPS format only.
Suitable drawing program: Adobe Illustrator. For simple line art the following drawing programs are also acceptable: Corel Draw, Freehand, Canvas.
No rules narrower than .25 pt.
No grey screens paler than 15% or darker than 60%.
Screens meant to be differentiated from one another must differ by at least 15%.
Spreadsheet/Presentation Graphics :
Most presentation programs (Excel, PowerPoint, Freelance) produce data that cannot be stored in an EPS or TIFF format. Therefore graphics produced by these programs cannot be used for reproduction.
Halftone Illustrations :
Black & white and color figures and illustrations should be saved in EPS or TIFF format.
Figures and Illustrations should be created using Adobe Photoshop whenever possible.
Scans :
Scanned reproductions of black and white photographs should be provided as 300 ppi EPS or TIFF files.
Scanned color illustrations should be provided as EPS or TIFF files scanned at a minimum of 300 ppi with a 24-bit color depth.
Line art should be provided as EPS or TIFF files at 600 ppi.
MULTIMEDIA ARTICLE AND DYNAMIC MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS (I.E. STREAMING VIDEOS)
Multimedia articles are papers where the heart of the article is the video and, generally, only an abstract and references are included. Dynamic articles are regular articles with video(s) included as electronically supplementary material.
Upon submission of multimedia or dynamic articles, the author(s) will be required to submit the video in the following format:
For multimedia articles, video clips should not exceed 9 minutes. For dynamic articles, video clips should not exceed 3 minutes and each manuscript should not contain more than 3 video clips.
Multimedia file for review and submission: MPEG-1 file with the largest frame size (usually 320 x 240 pixels) that will fit on a CD and will be playable on a Windows-based computer.
The content of these files must be identical to that reviewed and accepted by the editors of Surgical Endoscopy.
All narration should be in English.
There should be a “manuscript?submitted with the video that includes a title page, abstract and key words, as well as references if needed.
DYNAMIC MANUSCRIPT:
A dynamic manuscript is a print article with imbedded video material. Up to 3 (one minute maximum each) videos per manuscript submission will be accepted. Make sure to note in your manuscript the placement of the video clips. All standard instructions for manuscript and video submission should be followed for a dynamic manuscript submission.
AFTER ACCEPTANCE
Upon acceptance of your article you will receive a link to the special Springer web page with questions related to:
Offprints/Reprints: can be ordered.
Online First Publication: The article will be published online after receipt of the corrected proofs. This is the official first publication citable with the DOI. After release of the printed version, the paper can also be cited by issue and page numbers.
Open Choice: In addition to the normal publication process (whereby an article is submitted to the journal and access to that article is granted to customers who have purchased a subscription), Springer now provides an alternative publishing option: Springer Open Choice. A Springer Open Choice article receives all the benefits of a regular subscription-based article, but in addition is made available publicly through Springer’s online platform SpringerLink. We regret that Springer Open Choice cannot be ordered for published articles. Please go to: http://springer.com/openchoice or click on the below link for more information
Open Choice
ONLINE FIRST PRODUCTION WORKFLOW
All articles published in Surgical Endoscopy will follow the Springer Online First production workflow, enabling publication on the SpringerLink website soon after receipt of author corrections to the pdf proofs. Once an article has been accepted and received by the Publisher in a complete form (with all figures, tables, references, finalized manuscript, signed copyright transfer statement, and valid e-mail address), pdf proofs will be available electronically for author proofreading. The corresponding author will receive an e-mail which will provide a link to the electronic version of the article and a user id and password that will enable access to the article. A file containing the forms for Reprint Orders, Proofreader’s Marks and a Fax Cover Sheet will also be available for downloading at this time. The corresponding author is requested to print out the article, make all corrections clearly on the pages, and fax or (via overnight courier) the corrected proofs to the production editor:
Raymond Ramonas
Springer
233 Spring St.
New York, NY 10013
Phone: 212 620-8093
Fax: 212 627-4331
E-Mail: raymond.ramonas@springer.com
CONSENSUS STATEMENT ON SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION OF MANUSCRIPTS
(Published in the June 2001 issue of Surgical Endoscopy, page 537)
Increasing problems of duplicate and fraudulent submissions and publications have prompted the editors of surgical journals, including Surgical Endoscopy, to support these overall principles of publication:
Duplicate Submission and Publication:
In general, if a manuscript has been peer-reviewed and published, any subsequent publication is duplication. Exceptions to this general rule may be:
a) Prior publication in meeting program abstract booklets or expanded abstracts such as those published by the Surgical Forum of the American College of Surgeons or Transplantation Proceedings. However, these must be referenced in the final manuscript.
b) A manuscript which extends an original database (a good rule might be expansion by 50% or more) or which analyzes the original database in a different way in order to prove or disprove a different hypothesis. Previous manuscripts reporting the original database must, however, be referenced.
c) Manuscripts which have been published originally in non-English language journals, provided that the prior publication is clearly indicated on the English language submission and referenced in the manuscript. In some circumstances, permission to publish may need to be obtained from the non-English language journal.
For example, any submission duplicating material previously published in full in "Proceedings" or book chapters is considered duplicate unless the exceptions in (a) above apply. Similarly, manuscripts dealing with subgroups of data (i.e., patients) that have previously been analyzed, discussed and published as a larger group are considered duplicate unless (b) above applies.
The Internet raises special concerns. If data have previously appeared on the Internet, submission of those data for publication is considered duplication. If Internet publication follows journal publication, the journal publication should be clearly referenced. Some journals may provide early Internet publication of accepted peer reviewed papers which are subsequently published in that journal. This does not constitute duplication if both manuscripts are identical and covered by the same single copyright.
Fraudulent Publication:
The following activities are examples of fraudulent publication practices:
a) Willful and knowing submissions of false data for publication.
b) Submission of data from sources not the author's (or authors') own.
c) Falsely certifying that the submitted work is original and has not been submitted to, or accepted by, another journal.
d) Sponsoring or vouching for a manuscript containing data over which the sponsor has no control or knowledge.
e) Allowing one's name to appear as an author without having contributed significantly to the study.
f) Adding an author's name to a manuscript to which he/she has not contributed, or reviewed or agreed to in its current form.
g) Flagrant omission of reference to the work of other investigators which established their priority.
h) Falsification of any item on the copyright form.
i.)Failure to disclose potential conflict of interest with a sponsoring agency.
While not intended as an all-inclusive document, these examples and guidelines should alert authors to potential problems that should be avoided when they are considering submission of a manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal.
American Journal of Surgery–Kirby Bland M.D.
American Surgeon–Talmadge A. Bowden, Jr., M.D.
Annals of Surgery–Layton F. Rikkers, M.D.
Annals of Surgical Oncology–Charles M. Balch, M.D.
Archives of Surgery ?Julie Frieschlag, MD
Current Surgery–Walter J. Pories, M.D.
Digestive Surgery–Eduard H. Farthmann, M.D., Markus W. Büchler, M.D.
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum–Victor Fazio, M.D.
Journal of the American College of Surgeons–Seymour Schwartz, M.D.
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery–John L. Cameron, M.D., Keith A. Kelly, M.D.
Journal of Japan Medical Association–Yasuo Idezuki, M.D.
Journal of Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery–Yasuo Idezuki, M.D.
Journal of Japan Surgical Association–Yasuo Idezuki, M.D.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery–Jay Grosfeld, M.D.
Journal of Surgical Research–Wiley W. Souba, M.D., David W. McFadden, M.D.
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery–Andrew S. Wechsler, M.D.
Journal of Vascular Surgery–Robert B. Rutherford, M.D., K. Wayne Johnston, M.D.
Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition–Danny O. Jacobs, M.D.
Journal of Trauma–Basil A. Pruitt, Jr., M.D.
Surgery–Andrew L. Warshaw, M.D., Michael Sarr, M.D.
Surgical Endoscopy–Bruce V. MacFadyen, Jr., MD, Sir Alfred Cuschieri, M.D.
Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques–Carol E.H. Scott-Conner, M.D., Ph.D., Maurice Arregui, M.D.
World Journal of Surgery–John G. Hunter, M.D.
Zentralblatt für Chirurgie–Albrecht Encke, M.D.
Consensus Statement on Surgery Journal Authorship ?2006
In the majority of clinical and research studies submitted to surgery journals for possible publication, many individuals participate in the conception, execution, and documentation of each of those works. However, recognition of work in the form of authorship has varied widely. This consensus statement is being issued to clarify and define the criteria for surgical journal authorship.
The following guidelines should be used to identify individuals whose work qualifies them as authors as distinct from those who are contributors to the work under consideration. All persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship, and all those who qualify should be so credited.
A. Authorship Criteria
Individuals claiming authorship should meet all of the following 3 conditions:
1) Authors make substantial contributions to conception and design, and/or acquisition of data, and/or analysis and interpretation of data;
2) Authors participate in drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and
3) Authors give final approval of the version to be submitted and any revised version to be published.
Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content. Allowing one’s name to appear as an author without having contributed significantly to the study or adding the name of an individual who has not contributed or who has not agreed to the work in its current form is considered a breach of appropriate authorship.
Acquisition of funding, collection of data, contributing cases, or general supervision of the research group, of itself, or just being the Chair of the department does not justify authorship if the above criteria are not fulfilled.
B. Order of Authors
The order of authorship on the byline should be a joint decision of the co-authors. Authors should be prepared to explain the order in which authors are listed.
C. Multi-Center Studies
When a large, multi-center 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 defined above and editors will ask these individuals to complete journal-specific author and conflict of interest disclosure forms. When submitting a group-author manuscript, the corresponding author should clearly indicate the preferred citation and should clearly identify all individual authors as well as the group name.
D. Contributors Listed in Acknowledgments
All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an acknowledgments section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include: individuals who allowed their clinical experience (i.e. cases) to be included, a person who provided purely technical help, writing assistance, or a department Chair who provided only general support. Financial and material support should also be acknowledged.
Groups of persons who have contributed materially to the paper but whose contributions do not justify authorship may be listed under a heading such as "clinical investigators" or "participating investigators," and their function or contribution should be described - for example, "served as scientific advisors," "critically reviewed the study proposal," "collected data," or "provided and cared for study patients."
Because readers may infer their endorsement of the data and conclusions, all persons listed as contributors must give written permission to be acknowledged.
E. In Conclusion
This consensus statement is intended as a basic guide for authors. In the interest of promoting the highest ethics in surgical publishing and the surgical sciences, we ask that authors take these criteria into careful consideration when submitting a manuscript to a peer-reviewed surgical journal.
Members of the Surgical Journal Editors Group
American Journal of Surgery……………………..……………………Kirby I. Bland, MD
The American Surgeon…………………………………….Talmadge A. Bowden Jr, MD
Annals of Surgery…………………………………….?……?..Layton F. Rikkers, MD
Annals of Surgical Oncology……?..…………..…….………….Charles M. Balch. MD
Annals of Thoracic Surgery……………………?.……?.L. Henry Edmunds, Jr., MD
Archives of Surgery…………………………………………?.……Julie Freischlag, MD
British Journal of Surgery…………………………?.…….…………?John Murie, MD
Canadian Journal of Surgery ……?.Garth L. Warnock, MD , James P. Waddell, MD
Current Surgery……………………?.…………?.………………..John A. Weigelt, MD
Digestive Surgery…………………………?.?........…………?..Markus Büchler, MD
Diseases of the Colon and Rectum……………………………………?Victor Fazio, MD
Journal of the American College of Surgeons…………??.…Timothy J. Eberlein, MD
Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation…………………………..?Richard Gamelli, MD
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery……?……..?John Cameron, MD, Keith Kelly, MD
Journal of the Japan Medical Surgical Assoc…………………………..Yasuo Idezuki, MD
Journal of Laparoendoscopic
& Advanced Surgical Techniques…………………………??Mark Talamini, MD
Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition …………?...……..Charles Van Way, III, MD
Journal of Pediatric Surgery…………………………………….……?..…Jay Grosfeld, MD
Pediatric Surgery International………………?…………??..……Arnold G. Coran, MD
Journal of Pelvic Medicine and Surgery
Journal of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery………………………….?Rod J. Rohrich, MD
Journal of Surgical Research?.…………?.David McFadden, MD, Wiley W. Souba, MD
Journal of Trauma……………………………………………….?.……Basil A. Pruitt, Jr, MD
Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery…………………….Andrew S. Wechsler, MD
Journal of Vascular Surgery………………Jack L. Cronenwett, MD, James M. Seeger, MD
Surgery……………………………………………Andrew L. Warshaw, MD, Michael Sarr, MD
Surgical Endoscopy……………………Bruce V. MacFadyen, Jr, MD, Alfred Cuschieri, MD
Surgical Laparoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques?BR>………….…Maurice E. Arregui, MD, Carol Scott-Conner, MD
World Journal of Surgery………………………………..………………?.John G. Hunter, MD
Zentralblatt für Chirurgie ……………………?................................…….Hans Lippert,
Editorial Board
Editorial Board
Editors-in-Chief
Bruce V. MacFadyen, Jr., Augusta (Coordinating)
Sir Alfred Cuschieri, Dundee
Associate Editors
D. Birkett, Burlington
J. Jakimowicz, Eindhoven
A.M. Lacy, Barcelona
B. Millat, Montpellier
J.H. Peters, Los Angeles
J.L. Ponsky, Cleveland
Technical Editors
G. Berci, Los Angeles
D. Meijer, Rotterdam
Multimedia Editor
S.D. Schwaitzberg, Cambridge
Editorial Board
D. Arvidsson, Stockholm
M.E. Bailey, Guilford
N.M.A. Bax, Rotterdam
H.J. Bonjer, Rotterdam
L.M. Brunt, St. Louis
G.F. Buess, Tübingen
G.B. Cadiere, Brussels
M.P. Callery, Boston
J. Cervantes, Mexico City
S.C. Chung, Hong Kong
R. Clayman, St. Louis
E. Croce, Monza
M.A. Cuesta, Amsterdam
B. Dallemagne, Liege
A. Darzi, London
M. Edye, New York
A. Fingerhut, Poissy
D. Fletcher, Melbourne
K.H. Fuchs, Würzburg
J. F. Gigot, Brussels
D. Gossot, Paris
F.L. Greene, Charlotte
J.K. Gupta, Birmingham
G.W. Holcombe, Kansas City
J. Hunter, Portland
N. Katkhouda, Los Angeles
F. Köckerling, Hannover
R. Kolvenbach, Dusseldorf
E. Laporte Rosella, Barcelona
G. Larson, Louisville
E. Lezoche, Ancona
T. Lobe, Memphis
J. Marescaux, Strasbourg
J. Marks, Wynnewood
J.M. Marks, Mayfield Heights
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