Journal of Pediatric Surgery (WJPS) strives to become one of the most
credible, authoritative resources publishing significant findings and
cutting-edge results in pediatric surgery. WJPS publishes high-quality
original research, reviews, and perspectives related to all aspects of
pediatric surgery.
The
journal is particularly interested in interdisciplinary studies
including, but not limited to, minimally invasive techniques, robotic
surgery, molecular imaging, precision surgery, 3D printing, artificial
intelligence, new materials and medical instruments.
Editorial policy
World
Journal of Pediatric Surgery adheres to the highest standards
concerning its editorial policies on publication ethics, scientific
misconduct, consent and peer review criteria. The journal follows
guidance produced by bodies that include the Committee on Publication
Ethics (COPE), the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) and the
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).To view all
BMJ Journal policies please refer to the BMJ Author Hub policies page,
including information about our Editors’ roles and responsibilities.
Research ethics and consent
Authors
are required to submit a statement that their study obtained ethics
approval (or a statement that it was not required and why) and that
participants gave informed consent. Our Editors will consider whether
the work is morally acceptable as determined by the World Medical
Association’s Declaration of Helsinki. In addition to this an article
that contains personal medical information about an identifiable living
individual requires patients explicit consent (in the format of a signed
BMJ patient consent form) before we will publish it. Please find
further details on BMJ research ethics policies (human participants and animals) and consent for publication; including a link to the downloadable consent form.
Competing interests
To
make the best decision on how to deal with a manuscript, World Journal
of Pediatric Surgery needs to know about any competing interests authors
may have; this includes any commercial, financial or non financial
associations that may be relevant to the submitted article. Authors must
download and complete a copy of the ICMJE Conflict of Interest
disclosure form. In addition to this World Journal of Pediatric Surgery
ensures that all advertising and sponsorship associated with the journal
does not influence editorial decisions, is immediately distinguishable
from editorial content and meets all other BMJ guidelines. Please find more information about competing interests and a link to the form.
Publication misconduct
We
take seriously all possible misconduct. If an Editor, author or reader
has concerns that a submitted article describes something that might be
considered to constitute misconduct in research, publication or
professional behaviour they should forward their concerns to the
journal. The publisher will deal with allegations appropriately
following ICMJE and COPE guidelines. Corrections and retractions are
considered where an article has already been published; corrections,
expressions of concern or a retraction notices will be published as soon
as possible in line with the BMJ correction and retraction policy.
Large language models
Large
Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, do not currently satisfy the
authorship criteria of World Journal of Pediatric Surgery. The use of an
LLM should be properly documented in the Methods section (and
acknowledgements, if appropriate) of the manuscript. If a Methods
section is not available, the Introduction section (or another
appropriate section) can be used to document the use of the LLM.
Copyright and authors’ rights
As
an open access journal, World Journal of Pediatric Surgery adheres to
the Budapest Open Access Initiative definition of open access. Articles
are published under a Creative Commons licence (CC BY-NC or CC-BY) to
facilitate reuse of the content and authors retain copyright; please
refer to the World Journal of Pediatric Surgery Copyright Author Licence
Statement.
When
publishing in World Journal of Pediatric Surgery, authors choose
between two licence types – CC-BY-NC and CC-BY. As an author, you may
wish to post your article in an institutional or subject repository, or
on a scientific social sharing network. You may also link your published
article to your preprint (if applicable). What you can do with your
article, without seeking permission, depends on the licence you have
chosen and the version of your article. Please refer to the BMJ author
self archiving and permissions policies page for more information.
Preprints
Preprints
foster openness, accessibility and collaboration by allowing authors to
make their findings immediately available to the research community and
receive feedback on an article before it is submitted to a journal for
formal publication.
BMJ
fully supports and encourages the archiving of preprints in any
recognised, not-for-profit server such as medRxiv. BMJ does not consider
the posting of an article in a dedicated preprint repository to be
prior publication.
Preprints
are reports of work that have not been peer-reviewed; Preprints should
therefore not be used to guide clinical practice, health-related
behaviour or health policy. For more information, please refer to our
