Surgery Open Science
Submission checklist and article types
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- ISSN (online)
- 2589-8450
- Specialty
- Surgery
- Journal website
- www.sciencedirect.com/journal/surgery-open-science
Article types
| Article type | Reporting guideline | Extra Journal-specific Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Brief Communication | Depends on study design | 6 |
| Images in Surgery | Depends on study design | 5 |
| Letters to the Editor | Depends on study design | 5 |
| Reviews | Depends on study design | 7 |
| Technical Note | Depends on study design | 6 |
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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