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Author Guidelines

To submit a new paper to our journal:

  1. Register on the Journal website; we encourage you to register also as a Reviewer at the same time;
  2. Follow the Guidelines for Authors for preparation of your manuscript;
  3. Read our Editorial Policies and our Competing Interest policies.
  4. Log in;
  5. Click on the "NEW SUBMISSION" button to start the online procedure.

To submit a revised version:

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  2. Click on the title of your paper;
  3. Next to the heading "REVISIONS", upload your revised paper by using the "UPLOAD FILE" button;
  4. Inform the Editors that a revised version has been uploaded.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • 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). While the manuscript is undergoing the peer review phase, the authors will not submit the manuscript to another journal without notifying the Editor.
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or PDF document file format.
  • We fight plagiarism: please understand that your article will be checked with available tools for discovering plagiarism.
  • The text is DOUBLE-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • Authorship and Contributorship: All persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship according to the ICMJE criteria. Authors must disclose whether they used artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted technologies (such as Large Language Models [LLMs], chatbots, or image creators) in the creation of submitted work. Authors who use such technology must explain how they used it in both the cover letter and the submitted work, and they must guarantee that their paper, including text and images generated by the AI, is free of plagiarism. Changes in Authorship: If authors request removal or addition of an author after manuscript submission or during the peer-review process, the journal editors should receive a letter clearly explaining the reason for the change. Please note that if your manuscript is accepted you will not be able to make any changes to the authors, or order of authors.
  • Please read this advice and download associated files. The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors has recently published in all ICMJE journals an editorial introducing a new “Disclosure Form for Potential Conflict of Interest”, with the aim to establish uniform reporting system, which can go over the existing differences in current formats or editors’ requests. We at PAGEPress Publications welcome this initiative as a possible uniforming, standardizing way to have this important disclosure authorizing the publications of manuscripts. We are therefore asking you to duly fill in the “Uniform Format for Disclosure of Competing Interests in ICMJE Journals” and upload it on the Web site of the PAGEPress journal your work is involved with or email it back to us, in mind to allow PAGEPress to peer-reviewing your work. The document is in Adobe format, it includes instructions to help authors provide the requested information and the completion procedure is user-friendly. Kindly note that the format have to be completed and signed by each author of the work. We remain waiting for the completed form to proceed with publication. Please be informed that if this Disclosure Form is missing, we will not be able to publish your work.
  • Authors are kindly required to suggest at least two potential reviewers (name, affiliation and e-mail) for their manuscript in the "Comments to the Editor" field (Step 1. Submission Process).
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • By submitting their paper to CREST, Authors understand and confirm that the Article Processing Charge for publication in this Journal is EUR 250.00 (plus VAT 4%, if applicable). Further information is available here: https://crest-journal.net/site/fee

Case Reports

Case reports highlight unique cases of human patients in acute care surgery and trauma, who have an unexpected diagnosis, treatment outcomes, or clinical history. Peer-reviewed case reports have a word limit of 2,000 and a maximum of 4 display elements (figures or tables). Abstract should be 150 words max.  A maximum of 10 authors is allowed: additional authors may be listed in the acknowledgements. The CAse REport (CARE) Guidelines (https://www.care-statement.org/writing-a-case-report) should be followed and authors should include a completed CARE checklist as a supplementary file (found at https://www.care-statement.org/checklist). This 13-item checklist includes indications regarding title, keywords, abstract, introduction, patient information, clinical findings, timeline, diagnostic assessment, therapeutic interventions, follow-up and outcomes, discussion, patient perspective and informed consent. More information on CARE guidelines here: https://www.care-statement.org/. CARE-writer (found at https://care-writer.com/) is an online application that helps authors organize and format the information necessary to write systematic and transparent case reports while following the CARE guidelines.

Case reports should be formatted as follows:

  1. Abstract (150 words max);
  2. Introduction: describe the case's distinctive features and provide references to relevant medical literature;
  3. Case description: describe de-identified patient information, relevant physical examination, diagnostic assessment, details on the therapeutic intervention, follow-up and outcomes as specified in the CARE guidelines. A figure or table displaying a timeline with pertinent information from the medical episode could be useful
  4. Discussion: report strengths and limitations of the approach to the case, discussion of the relevant medical literature (similar and contrasting cases), take-home lessons from the case;
  5. Conclusion: summarize the most important findings from the case;
  6. References.

Authors are required to obtain written informed consent from the patients (or their legal representatives) for the publication. Only Case Reports that are original and significantly advance the field will be considered.

Case Series

A Case Series is a group of patients in acute care surgery and trauma with similar diagnoses or undergoing the same procedure followed over time. The case series may be used for initial reports of a new diagnosis or innovative treatment, for describing the natural history of a condition or the recovery and complication rates after a treatment or procedure. Peer-reviewed case series have a word limit of 3000 and a maximum of 4 display elements (figures or tables). Abstract should be 150 words max. A maximum of 10 authors is allowed: additional authors may be listed in the acknowledgements.  The CAse REport (CARE) Guidelines (https://www.care-statement.org/writing-a-case-report) should be followed and authors should include a completed CARE checklist as a supplementary file (found at https://www.care-statement.org/checklist). This 13-item checklist includes indications regarding title, keywords, abstract, introduction, patient information, clinical findings, timeline, diagnostic assessment, therapeutic interventions, follow-up and outcomes, discussion, patient perspective and informed consent. More information on CARE guidelines here: https://www.care-statement.org/. CARE-writer (found at https://care-writer.com/) is an online application that helps authors organize and format the information necessary to write systematic and transparent case reports and series while following the CARE guidelines.

Case series should be formatted as follows:

    1. Abstract (150 words max);
    2. Introduction: clearly define questions and what is the unifying theme among cases [disease, exposure, treatment outcome, etc.], describe methods (only if applicable: e.g. a specific surgical intervention conducted on all patients), mention anything unique about this series and provide references to relevant medical literature;
    3. Case series description:
      • Well-described study population (de-identified demographic and other patient information, potential risk factors, main concerns with relation to the unifying theme, medical, family, psychosocial history);
      • Methods [if applicable, e.g. retrospective patient-file analysis]: describe setting & time period, data collection and analysis and any criteria or categories used for case inclusion;
      • Clinical Findings & Diagnostic assessment: relevant clinical findings, diagnosis methods and diagnosing reasoning including differential diagnosis;
      • Therapeutic intervention: when a medication intervention or surgical procedure is performed, there should be a clear description of the procedure or treatment;
      • Outcome: outcomes and adverse events;
    4. Discussion: report strengths and limitations, discussion of the relevant medical literature (similar and contrasting cases), take-home lessons from the case;
    5. Conclusion: summarize the most important findings from the case series;
    6. Patient perspective: When available/relevant, it can be valuable to add the patient’s perspective The patient should share their perspective on the treatment(s) they received in one to two paragraphs;
    7. References.

Authors are required to obtain written informed consent from the patients (or their legal representatives) for the publication. Only Case Series that are original and significantly advance the field will be considered.

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