Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it currently with another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- Informed Consent: Any manuscript dealing with human subjects must include a statement that proper disclosure was given and patient consent was received.
- Disclosure Statement: As part of the online submission process, corresponding authors are required to confirm whether they or their co-authors have any conflicts of interest to declare, and to provide details of these. This statement can be included within the submission or a copy of our Disclosure Statement form can be downloaded to your computer, filled out by each author and submitted to the Editorial Office (editors@reconstructivereview.org). It is the Corresponding author’s responsibility to ensure that all authors adhere to this policy.
- Levels of Evidence: Reconstructive Review has adopted the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Levels of Evidence for Primary Research Question. These guidelines will now be part of the review process for manuscript submission. Please refer to our levels of evidence page to determine the appropriate level for your submission and include this information within your submission.
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