Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

OPUS 12 Scientist, is a quarterly peer-reviewed electronic journal covering all areas of OPUS 12 Foundation’s research activities and related topics. We offer fast-track peer review and publication of manuscripts that we judge of importance to clinical practice, research, or training. Contributions should be written clearly so that they are understandable to readers in other disciplines. Articles are original reports whose conclusions represent a substantial advance in the understanding of an important problem.

OPUS 12 Scientist seeks original articles, editorials, historical and current reviews, letters and case reports, and descriptions of clinical care, medical equipment, and various procedural techniques as they relate to the areas of OPUS 12 Foundation’s scope or research activities. Such articles can be evidence-based and can include pharmacology of drugs and therapies as well as the cellular and molecular mechanisms of disease states. Scientific reports of original research in such areas as economic policy, ethics, law, and health care delivery are also welcome. The Journal has not introduced specific space constraints, or placed a limit on the number of figures. However, authors are encouraged to present their work succinctly.

All review articles undergo the same peer-review and editorial process as original research reports. They can be written for the general physician or specialists. All articles and data sources reviewed should include information about the specific type of study or analysis, population, intervention, exposure, and test or outcomes.

Editorials usually provide commentary and are nearly always solicited, although unsolicited editorials may occasionally be considered.

Letters to the editor provide a forum for readers to comment about articles recently published, and serve as a place to publish concise correspondence, such as reports of novel cases and research.

Case reports are well-researched cases that are unique or contain an educational message that is valuable to our readership.

Additional sections of the journal may also be published from time to time. These include: (a) Image of the month, (b) ABSITE corner, (c) Critical Care corner, and (d) other sub-sections as deemed appropriate by the Editorial Board.

Section Policies

COVER AND TABLE OF CONTENTS

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Original articles are published online in PDF format after successful peer-review and acceptance by the Editorial Board.

Each ORIGINAL ARTICLE, REVIEW, and CASE REPORT will be reviewed by at least two referees. The submitting author will then be notified of one of the three possible courses of action for the submission:

(1) Acceptance
(2) Revisions needed
(3) Rejection

For manuscripts marked as "Revisions needed" further options include:

(a) Publish after revision without further re-review
(b) Need for re-review and re-evaluation

All decisions by the Editorial Board and Principal Editors are final. Disputes and complaints should be directed to the following email: editor@journal.opus12.org.

Publication Frequency

OPUS 12 Scientist, is a quarterly peer-reviewed electronic journal covering all areas of OPUS 12 Foundation’s research activities and related topics. The schedule of issue releases is as follows: March 30th, June 30th, September 30th, December 30th.

We offer fast-track peer review and publication of manuscripts that we judge of importance to clinical practice, research, or training. Contributions should be written clearly so that they are understandable to readers in other disciplines. Articles are original reports whose conclusions represent a substantial advance in the understanding of an important problem.

OPUS 12 Scientist seeks original articles, editorials, historical and current reviews, letters and case reports, and descriptions of clinical care, medical equipment, and various procedural techniques as they relate to the areas of OPUS 12 Foundation’s scope or research activities. Such articles can be evidence-based and can include pharmacology of drugs and therapies as well as the cellular and molecular mechanisms of disease states. Scientific reports of original research in such areas as economic policy, ethics, law, and health care delivery are also welcome. The Journal has not introduced specific space constraints, or placed a limit on the number of figures. However, authors are encouraged to present their work succinctly.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...