Frontiers in Surgery
Submission checklist and article types
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media S.A.
- ISSN (online)
- 2296-875X
- Specialty
- Surgery
- Journal website
- www.frontiersin.org/journals/surgery
Article types
| Article type | Reporting guideline | Extra Journal-specific Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Brief Research Report | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Case Report | CARE | 4 |
| Classification | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Clinical Trial | CONSORT | 4 |
| Curriculum, Instruction, and Pedagogy | Depends on study design | 4 |
| FAIR² Data | Depends on study design | 4 |
| General Commentary | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Hypothesis and Theory | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Methods | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Mini Review | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Opinion | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Original Research | Depends on study design | 8 |
| Perspective | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Policy and Practice Reviews | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Review | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Study Protocol | Depends on study design | 4 |
| Systematic Review | PRISMA | 4 |
| Technology and Code | Depends on study design | 4 |
The guideline shown is the one that usually applies to that article type. For original research it depends on the design: see the reporting guidelines. Every review also covers about 80 general content checks; the requirement counts above are the additional checks specific to this journal.
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