Journal of Spleen And Liver Research

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Editorial Policies

The standards that govern peer review, authorship, ethics, corrections and the published record at the Journal of Spleen And Liver Research.

  • Journal of Spleen And Liver Research
  • ISSN 2578-2371
  • Published by Open Access Pub
  • Open access, peer-reviewed

Peer review

Review and editorial decisions

ScreeningAll submissions undergo initial editorial screening. Manuscripts that meet the journal's scope and minimum requirements proceed to independent peer review.
Review modelSingle-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request.
ReviewersManuscripts that proceed to external peer review are normally evaluated by at least two independent subject-matter experts.
DecisionsEditorial decisions are based on scope, scientific quality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, reporting quality, and relevance to the journal.
IndependenceDecisions remain independent of fees, membership, editorial roles and paid services. Editors recuse themselves from decisions on their own submissions, and those manuscripts are handled independently.
AnonymizationWhen double-blind review is requested, editors must ensure that author-identifying information is not shared with reviewers. For double-blind manuscripts, reviewers must not attempt to identify the authors.

Research integrity

What the journal requires of a manuscript

These requirements apply to the claim a manuscript makes and to the evidence offered for it.

AuthorshipEvery listed author must have contributed substantially to the work and must approve the submitted version. Contributions that do not meet authorship criteria are acknowledged instead.
Conflicts of interestAll authors, editors and reviewers disclose financial and non-financial interests that a reader could reasonably consider relevant. Disclosure is made at submission and published with the article.
Ethics approvalResearch involving people, identifiable data or animals must report the approving committee and the approval reference, and must state that informed consent was obtained where it applies.
Trial registrationInterventional clinical trials must be registered in an accepted public trial registry at or before the first participant provides consent for enrollment. The registry name, registration number, and registration date must be reported in the manuscript.
Data availabilityEvery empirical research manuscript must include a data-availability statement. The statement says where the data are and on what terms; privacy, consent, proprietary and ethical restrictions on release are respected and stated plainly.
OriginalityManuscripts must be original and not under consideration elsewhere. Submissions are screened with Crossref Similarity Check, powered by iThenticate, and any report is read by an editor in context rather than against a fixed percentage.
AI useAuthors disclose any use of generative AI in the preparation of a manuscript. AI tools are not authors. Reviewers must obtain journal permission before using AI to assist with a review. Any permitted use must be disclosed, and confidential manuscript content must not be uploaded where confidentiality cannot be assured.

The published record

Corrections, retractions and the version of record

The published version of record is permanent. Where something in it needs to change, the change is made in public and the original remains retrievable.

CorrectionsAn error that affects the interpretation of the work is corrected through a linked correction notice that names what changed.
RetractionsA retraction notice states the reason and who requested it, and the retracted article stays online and clearly labeled.
Complaints and appealsAuthors may ask the editorial office to review a decision or raise a concern about the process. An appeal is handled by an editor who was not responsible for the original decision.
WithdrawalWithdrawal terms are published in full on the Article Processing Charges page.

Withdrawal policyCopyright and License

Rights and availability

Licensing, preservation and commercial separation

Articles are published open access under the Creative Commons Attribution License, CC BY 4.0, and authors retain copyright in their work. Readers may share and adapt the work with attribution.

Preservation, identifier registration and discovery are described on the Indexing page.

Publisher programs such as membership and optional language editing are services. They are run separately from editorial assessment, and participation in them carries no weight in review, in a decision or in the order in which work is published.

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Where to go next

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Aims and Scope

The full remit, the accepted article types and the subject boundary.

Instructions for Authors

Manuscript preparation, reporting requirements and what to submit.

Editorial Policies

Ethics, authorship, corrections, conflicts of interest and review.

Article Processing Charges

What is charged, when it applies and what it covers.

Editorial Board

Every editor, with affiliation and profile.

Submit a Manuscript

The approved submission routes and what the editorial office needs.

Read the Instructions for AuthorsHow these requirements apply to a submission.

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Digital preservation

This journal’s content is committed to Portico, a not-for-profit digital-preservation archive run by ITHAKA (the organization behind JSTOR). As articles are deposited they enter Portico’s permanent archive, so the scholarly record stays available for the long term — even if a title one day ceases to publish. Read our preservation policy.

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