JACS is among the many medical journals endorsing the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals as set forth by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).ДЇor more information on the Uniform Requirements, please visit: Before You BeginДЄs the last step when you are ready to approve your submission and 'Submit to Journal Office' you must read and agree to theД®thics in Publishing Statement by checking off the box on the far right of the submission approval page. Multimedia submissions are encouraged (see Figures and Video Submission for technical specifications). They are referenced in the table of contents with an 'e-page' number. Surgeon at Work articles are published online only. Unique information about an operation or a procedure that has an impact on clinical practice of surgeons, presented in a 'how to do it' fashion. Letters should include a title and author name, degree, and location (city, state, country). Only highly selected and timely submissions will be accepted Include a 1-paragraph summary for reviewers a structured abstract is not required. JACS reserves the right to designate any figures as online-only, for space reasons. The maximum number of figures is 4 for Education, Ethics, and History articles. Include a 1-paragraph summary for reviewers a structured abstract is not required.ДЎ5 double-spaced pages (including double-spaced references). The review must be no more thanДў5 double-spaced pages (including double-spaced references but not including tables and figures), rarely longer, with Editor approval. Submissions must relate to important clinical subjects and be accompanied by author analysis leading to conclusions. Submissions should be state-of-the-art science confined mostly to Level I reporting (randomized trials with low false-positive and low false-negative errors, meta-analysis of multiple, well designed controlled studies) or Level II reporting (randomized trials with high false-positive or high false-negative errors or both, at least one well-designed experimental study). If the article is accepted, the precis will appear in the table of contents.ДЄ comprehensive, scholarly, balanced, systematic review of evidence-based literature mentioning all findings these are not opinion submissions. There is no word limit for the rest of the manuscript. Authors must provide a brief 1- to 3-sentence precis, not to exceedДҐ0 words, summarizing the findings of their manuscript. Surgeon at Work articles are published online only.ДЄ full-length report of original basic or clinical investigation, divided into 5 sections: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions. JACS publishes Original Scientific Articles, Collective Reviews, Education, Ethics, and History Articles, Letters, and, periodically, other specialty articles. All manuscripts are peer reviewed and a statistician reviews manuscripts as required. Manuscripts are reviewed with the understanding that the work has not been published by and is not under consideration at any other journal.

JACS is a monthly scientific publication that considers original articles in all surgical disciplines. The submission fee only applies if none of the authors are Fellows of the College. A non-refundable submission fee of $75 per manuscript is due at the time of submission for authors who are not a current Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

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