Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Submission checklist and article types
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer
- ISSN (online)
- 1879-1190
- ISSN (print)
- 1072-7515
- Specialty
- Surgery
- Journal website
- www.facs.org
Article types
| Article type | Reporting guideline | Extra Journal-specific Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| AI/ML Studies | Depends on study design | 5 |
| Clinical Practice Guidelines | Depends on study design | 5 |
| Expert Consensus Documents | Depends on study design | 5 |
| Expert Opinions/White Papers | Depends on study design | 5 |
| Original Scientific Articles | Depends on study design | 5 |
| Research Letters | Depends on study design | 5 |
| Scoping Reviews/State-of-the-Art Reviews | Depends on study design | 5 |
| Surgical Innovations | Depends on study design | 5 |
| Surgical Viewpoints | Depends on study design | 5 |
| Systematic Reviews/Meta-Analyses | PRISMA | 5 |
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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