The scientific remit
Aims and Scope
Peer-reviewed research on the spleen and the liver: cellular and molecular biology, splenic and hepatic immunology, pathology, hepatology and hepatobiliary disease, splenic and hepatic surgery, and clinical and translational investigation in both organs.
- Journal of Spleen And Liver Research
- ISSN 2578-2371
- Published by Open Access Pub
- Open access, peer-reviewed
What fits
What makes a manuscript a fit here
A manuscript belongs in this journal when the spleen, the liver or the hepatobiliary system is the subject of the work rather than a setting mentioned in passing. That test is deliberately about the subject, not about the method: a molecular study, a surgical series, a pathology review, a diagnostic or imaging study and a population analysis can all meet it.
The journal reads laboratory science and clinical investigation side by side, and it treats either organ as a complete subject. Splenic work does not need a hepatic justification, and hepatic work does not need a splenic one.
Requirements follow the question being asked. Methods and reporting requirements should be appropriate to the article type and research question, and evidence standards apply to the specific claim a manuscript makes rather than to every eligible manuscript in the same way.
Subject areas
The spleen and the liver, in equal measure
Both organs carry a full research program in this journal. The areas below show the range the journal reads; they are examples of the remit and not a closed list.
Splenic research
The spleen
Work on the spleen reaches from its immune and hematological roles to the pathology of the organ and the surgery that removes or preserves it.
- Splenic immunology, and the immune state that follows asplenia
- Splenic pathology, morphology and imaging
- Splenectomy, partial splenectomy and operative technique
- Hematological and oncological indications for splenic surgery
- Splenic trauma, rupture and conservative management
- Splenomegaly, hypersplenism and the spleen in systemic disease
Hepatic research
The liver
Work on the liver reaches from cellular and metabolic biology to hepatobiliary disease and the clinical study of populations.
- Cellular, molecular and metabolic liver biology
- Viral, metabolic and alcohol-associated liver disease
- Hepatobiliary pathology and clinical hepatology
- Cirrhosis, portal hypertension and their complications
- Hepatobiliary and transplantation surgery
- Liver injury, regeneration and repair
Where the two meet
Some questions belong to both organs at once, and this is where the journal’s two subjects become one. It publishes work on the portal circulation and portal hypertension, on hypersplenism, on transplantation, and on what follows for the immune system when splenic tissue is lost or preserved.
Work in a neighboring field is in scope when it bears directly on one of these organs — a gastrointestinal, hematological, infectious or oncological study whose subject is splenic or hepatic biology, disease, diagnosis or management.
Article types
What the journal accepts
The journal accepts the following types. A submission is assessed against the standards that suit its own type, and every type is subject to the same editorial criteria.
Editorial and Perspective/Commentary are invitation-only. Preparation requirements for each type are set out in the Instructions for Authors.
Assessment
How a submission is assessed
Scope is judged first, and it is judged on the subject of the work.
Where to go next
Before you prepare a manuscript
The full remit, the accepted article types and the subject boundary.
Manuscript preparation, reporting requirements and what to submit.
Ethics, authorship, corrections, conflicts of interest and review.
What is charged, when it applies and what it covers.
Every editor, with affiliation and profile.
The approved submission routes and what the editorial office needs.
Read the Instructions for AuthorsPreparation requirements by article type.