Advances in Pediatric Surgery (Adv Pediatr Surg, APS) is an official journal of the Korean Association of Pediatric Surgeons published two times a year June 30th, December 31th. Submitted manuscripts should not have been previously published or under consideration elsewhere. Manuscripts containing same or similar contents should not be submitted for publication to other journals. Redundant or duplicate publication of a paper can be considered acceptable under specific circumstances according to the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (http://www.icmje.org). All manuscripts dealing with human subjects must include a statement that the study was approved by an Institutional Review Board (IRB). All manuscripts containing animal experiments must include a statement that the study has been approved by an animal utilization committee or a similar committee. Statement of human and/or animal rights should be included (if applicable) stating that the study was approved by the appropriate institution and/or national research ethics committee in the Material and Methods.
Manuscripts should be written in English using correct medical terminology. English abbreviations should be minimized. When necessary, spell out the full term the first time it appears in the text, add the abbreviation in parentheses, and the abbreviation thereafter. Use a normal, plain font (e.g., 10 point Times Roman or Arial) for text.
For the policies on research and publication ethics, follow the policies established by the ‘Good Publication Practice Guidelines for Medical Journals 3rd’ (https://www.kamje.or.kr/board/lists?b_name=bo_publication) or the ‘Ethical Guidelines on Good Publication’ (http://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines) or Ethical Considerations in ICMJE (http://www.icmje.org/index.html), especially those on the disclosure of conflicts of interest, statement of informed consent, statement of human and animal rights, Institutional Review Board, authorship, originality, duplicate publication, and clinical trials registry. For the policies on the research and publication ethics not stated in this instructions, International standards for editors and authors (http://publicationethics.org/resources/international-standards-for-editors-and-authors) can be applied.
Any attempt to duplicate publication or any plagiarism will lead to automatic rejection, may prejudice the acceptance of future submissions, and may be highlighted within the pages of the journal. The journal follows the Code of Conduct (http://publicationethics.org/resources/code-conduct) of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (http://publicationethics.org/), and follows the COPE Flowcharts (http://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts) for resolving cases of suspected misconduct.
An author is considered as an individual who has made substantive intellectual contributions to a published study and whose authorship continues to have important academic, social, and financial implications. The ICMJE has recommended the following criteria for authorship: (1) substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of data; (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; (3) final approval of the version to be published; and (4) agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. Authors should meet criteria 1, 2, 3, and 4. These criteria are applicable to those journals that distinguish the authors from other contributors.
Advances in Pediatric Surgery mandates ORCID IDs for the submitting author at the time of article submission.
Manuscripts are only accepted for publication in journals if they have not been published elsewhere. Manuscripts published in this journal should not be submitted for publication elsewhere. If the author(s) wishes to obtain a duplicate or secondary publication for various other reasons, such as for readers of a different language, he/she should obtain approval from the editors-in-chief of both the first and second journal. The APS editorial committee subjects all submitted manuscripts to screening through Turnitin (https://www.turnitin.com/) for plagiarism prior to publication.
Conflicts of interest exists when an author (or the author's institution), reviewer, or editor has financial or personal relationships that inappropriately influence his/her actions (such relationships are also known as dual commitments, competing interests, or competing loyalties). All authors should disclose their conflicts of interest, i.e., (1) financial relationships (such as employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony), (2) personal relationship, (3) academic competition, and (4) intellectual passion. These conflicts of interest must be included as a footnote on the title page or in the acknowledgement section. Each author should certify the disclosure of any conflicts of interest with his/her signature.
The ICMJE has recommended the following statement for the protection of privacy, confidentiality, and written informed consent: The rights of patients should not be infringed without written informed consent. Identifying details should not be published in written descriptions, photographs, and pedigrees unless it is essential for scientific purposes and the patient (or his/her parents or guardian) provides written informed consent for publication. However, complete patient anonymity is difficult to achieve; therefore, informed consent should be obtained in the event that anonymity of the patient is not assured. For example, masking the eye region of patients in photographs is not adequate to ensure anonymity. If identifying characteristics are changed to protect anonymity, authors should provide assurance that alterations do not distort scientific meaning and editors should take note of this. When informed consent has been obtained, it should be indicated in the published article.
While reporting experiments that involve human subjects, it should be stated that the study was performed according to the Helsinki Declaration (http://www.wma.net/en/30publications/10policies/b3/index.html) and approved by the Research Ethics Committee (REC) or the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the institution where the experiment was performed. A written informed consent should be obtained from all subjects. In the case of an animal study, a statement should be provided indicating that the experiment process, such as the breeding and the use of laboratory animals, was approved by the REC of the institution where the experiment was performed or that it does not violate the rules of the REC of the institution or the NIH Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council, http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/labrats/index.html). The authors should preserve raw experimental study data for at least 1 year after the publication of the paper and should present this data if required by the editorial board.
Any research that deals with clinical trial should be registered to the primary national clinical trial registration site such as http://cris.nih.go.kr/cris/index.jsp, or other sites accredited by World Health Organization or ICMJE.
The person using APS online may use, reproduce, disseminate, or display the open access version of content from this journal for non-commercial purposes. Any use of the open access version of this journal in whole or in part must include the customary bibliographic citation, including author and publisher attribution, date, article title, APS and the URL and must include a copy of the copyright notice. If an original work is subsequently reproduced or disseminated not in its entirety but only in part or as a derivative work this must be clearly indicated for any commercial use of material from the open access version of the journal, permission must be obtained from Korean Association of Pediatric Surgeons (E-mail: journal@kaps1985.org).
Articles in the following categories are published: original articles, case reports, review articles, letters to the editor.
Original articles: These include basic or clinical studies that are scientifically sound and original. The content should be helpful for the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric surgical diseases.
Case reports: These are clinical cases that are rarely reported or make a significant contribution to diagnosis and treatment.
Review articles: Review articles are usually invited and limited to those requested by the Editorial Board.
Letters to the editor: These submissions include comments on published articles or opinions on hot issues in pediatric surgery.
All manuscripts should be submitted through the online manuscript management system available at https://submit.aps-journal.org/. Once you have logged into your account, the online system will lead you through the submission process in a step-by-step process. After entering all of the checklist items and information on the authors, manuscript title, abstract, keywords, and other details, you will be prompted to upload your files. Please attach any other related material with the submitted manuscript, so that the reviewers are aware of any potential overlap. Please contact the editorial office if you have difficulty in submitting a manuscript.
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The Editors assumes that all authors listed in a manuscript have agreed with the following policy of the Advances in Pediatric Surgery on submission of manuscript. Except for the negotiated secondary publication, manuscript submitted to the Journal must be previously unpublished and not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Under any circumstance, the identities of the referees will not be revealed. If a new author should be added or an author should be deleted after the submission, it is the responsibility of the corresponding author to ensure that all of the authors concerned are aware of and agree to the change in authorship. The Advances in Pediatric Surgery has no responsibility for such changes.
All published manuscripts become the permanent property of the Korean Association of Pediatric Surgeons and must not be published elsewhere without written permission..
All papers are subject to peer review. The If the manuscript does not fit the aims and scope of the Advances in Pediatric Surgery or does not adhere to the Instructions for Authors, it may be returned to the author immediately after submission without review. Submitted manuscripts are screened for possible plagiarism or duplicate publication by Similarity Check upon arrival.
After screening, a manuscript is sent to the most three relevant reviewers of the field. In addition, if deemed necessary, a review of statistics may be requested. Acceptance of the manuscript is decided based on the critiques and recommended decision of the reviewers. An initial decision will normally be made within 4 weeks of receipt of a manuscript, and reviewers’ comments are sent to the first or corresponding authors by e-mail.
Revised manuscripts must be submitted online by the first or corresponding author who must indicate the alterations that have been made in response to the reviewers’ comments item by item. Failure to resubmit the revised manuscript within 4 weeks of the editorial decision is regarded as a withdrawal. A final decision on acceptance for publication or rejection for publication is forwarded to the first or corresponding author from the Editorial Office..
The manuscripts for original articles should be organized in the following order: title page, abstract, main text, conflicts of interest, acknowledgement, references, tables, figure legends, and figures. Pages are numbered consecutively, beginning with the abstract as page 1.
Preferred file formats
Preferred file formats for the main text and tables are .doc, .docx or .rtf. The file format of figures should be .ppt, .jpg or .tif. The manuscript should be double spaced on 21.0×29.7 cm (A4) paper with 3.0-cm margins at the top, bottom, and left. Standard font size is 10 pt.
Title page
Please state the title of the article, full name of each author, authors' affiliations. Also include the name, postal address, telephone, Fax, and e-mail of the corresponding author, and the place and date of any scientific meetings where the material may have been presented.
Abstract
The word count should not exceed 300 words in a structured format (see below). Neither the authors' names nor their affiliations should appear on the Abstract page.
Main text
The main text of the manuscripts should have pages for the INTRODUCTION, METHODS, RESULTS, DISCUSSION sections. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST and ACKNOWLEDGMENTS paragraphs may be included following DISCUSSION.
References
The journal reference follows the description below. Otherwise, it follows Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/citingmedicine). The journal title should be abbreviated according to the NLM Catalog: Journals referenced in the NCBI Databases (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/journals). The reference number should be cited in the main text in square brackets, e.g., [1]. All authors' names are listed when there are six or fewer authors. When there are more than six authors, only the first six authors' names are given, followed by ‘et al.’ Limit the number of references to 30 for original articles.
Tables
Tables are to be numbered in the order in which they are cited in the text. A table title should concisely describe the content of the table so that the reader can understand the table without referring to the text. Each table must be simple and typed on a separate page with its heading above it. Explanatory matter is placed in footnotes below the tabular matter and not included in the heading. All nonstandard abbreviations are explained in the footnotes. Footnotes should be indicated by a), b), c) as superscripts. Statistical measures, such as the standard deviation (SD) or standard error of the mean (SEM), should be identified. Vertical and horizontal rules between entries should be omitted.
Figures
Figures contain graphs, line drawings, photographs or video files etc. Each figure should be supplied as a single file. For figures with multiple panels, use an uppercase letter after the numeral to indicate the order of the panels, e.g., Fig. 1A, Fig. 1B. Illustrations in color are encouraged and will be printed at the authors' cost. Label each illustration with the figure number. Indicate the scale of size for photomicrographs. Include brief, but comprehensive, footnotes. The resolution of figure files should be at least 600 dpi. Refer to the Guidelines for Digital Art (http://art.cadmus.com/da/guidelines.jsp). Written permission should be obtained for the use of all published illustrations and copies of permission letters should be included.
Appendix/Supplementary materials
Video clips related to surgery and advanced surgical technique can be submitted for placement on the Journal website. The video may be up to 1 minute in duration. The available video formats are Windows Media Player (.WMV), MPEG (.MPG, .MPEG), Audio Video Interleave (.AVI), and Quicktime (.MOV). The video must also be in the NTSC format.
These should be organized in the following order: title page, unstructured abstract less than 250 words in English, main text, references, tables, figure legends, and figures. The main text consists of the INTRODUCTION, CASE REPORT, DISCUSSION sections. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST and ACKNOWLEDGMENTS paragraphs may be included following DISCUSSION. Limit the number of references to 20. Otherwise, it follows the style and format of original articles.
These are organized as follows: title page, unstructured abstract less than 300 words, main text, references, tables, figure legends, and figures. The main text consists of the INTRODUCTION, MAIN BODY, CONCLUSION sections. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST and ACKNOWLEDGMENTS paragraphs may be included following CONCLUSION. The number of references should be limited to 80. Otherwise, it keeps the style and format of original articles.
It is organized as follows: title page, main text, and references. The word count should not exceed 1,000.
Verb tense: Authors should use the past tense to describe past events and data. Use the present tense for authors' opinion and generally accepted facts.
Description of localities: The names and locations (city, [state], nation) of manufacturers of equipment and non-generic drugs should be given. For Korean localities, refer to the Guidelines for the Romanization of Korean localities available at http://www.korean.go.kr/09_new/dic/rule/rule_roman.jsp.
Units: SI units should be used for measurements. The unit of temperature is degrees Celsius (℃).
Abbreviations: Any abbreviation must be used consistently and must be defined at the first use. Commonly used abbreviations would be described in article without explanation. Refer to ‘Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Unit’.
Numbers: In the text, numbers equal to or less than nine should be written as text. Numbers larger than nine should be Arabic numerals, except when beginning a sentence.
