Author Guidelines

Journal of Surgery Medicine and Biomedical Engineering

The Journal of Surgical Medicine and Biomedical Engineering (JSurgMe) is committed to maintaining the highest standards of guidelines and research integrity. All authors, reviewers, editors, and other parties involved in the publication process are expected to adhere to internationally recognized principles of responsible research and publication.

The journal follows the principles of transparency, integrity, accountability, and originality throughout the submission, peer-review, editorial, and publication processes.

1. Originality and Plagiarism

Authors must ensure that submitted manuscripts represent original work and have not been published previously, in whole or in substantial part, or simultaneously submitted to another journal.

All manuscripts may be screened for plagiarism, duplicate publication, text recycling, and other forms of inappropriate content reuse. Manuscripts containing substantial plagiarism or unethical duplication may be rejected, and appropriate action may be taken against the authors.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that all sources, ideas, data, figures, tables, and other materials obtained from other works are appropriately acknowledged and cited.

2. Research Integrity and Data Fabrication

Authors must provide an accurate and transparent representation of their research methods, data, analyses, and findings.

Fabrication, falsification, manipulation, selective reporting, inappropriate exclusion of data, or any other practice intended to misrepresent research findings is strictly prohibited.

Authors must retain the original research data and supporting materials and should be able to provide them to the editorial office when requested for purposes of research verification, peer review, or investigation of potential misconduct.

3. Data Availability and Supplementary Materials

For studies in which verification of the reported results requires access to underlying research data, supplementary materials must be submitted together with the manuscript for editorial and peer-review purposes.

Supplementary research data are submitted for verification and review purposes and will not be published as part of the publicly available article unless otherwise determined by the editorial office.

For systematic reviews and meta-analyses, the supplementary materials must contain the datasets used for analysis and verification of the reported results. Where applicable, the supplementary data should be submitted in .rm5 format or as a ZIP archive containing the relevant research and analysis files.

For each statistical analysis, authors are required to provide the corresponding SPSS project/data file as part of the supplementary materials, where SPSS is used for the analysis. Submission of only the resulting tables or figures is not sufficient when the underlying analysis file is required for verification.

The editorial office reserves the right to request additional raw data, analysis files, coding files, or other supporting materials when necessary to verify the validity and reproducibility of the reported findings.

4. Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses must comply with appropriate reporting standards, including PRISMA where applicable.

Authors of systematic reviews and meta-analyses must provide sufficient information to allow the literature search and analytical process to be independently assessed.

The Boolean search strategy/search terms must be submitted as a separate Microsoft Word file for each database searched. The search strategy should accurately reflect the search performed and must not be retrospectively altered to improve the apparent comprehensiveness of the search.

The supplementary dataset used for meta-analysis must also be provided in accordance with the journal's supplementary data requirements.

5. Statistical Analysis and Reproducibility

Authors are responsible for ensuring that all statistical analyses are appropriate for the study design, research question, and characteristics of the data.

Statistical methods must be described sufficiently to allow readers and reviewers to understand how the reported results were obtained.

Where statistical software is used, the software and relevant version should be reported in the manuscript when appropriate. Authors may be requested to provide the original statistical analysis files for verification.

Use of artificial intelligence (AI) or generative AI systems for data tabulation, statistical analysis, data interpretation, or generation/manipulation of research results is strictly prohibited.

This restriction is intended to prevent alteration, distortion, or unintended bias in the analysis of research data, which may potentially skew the true effect estimates or reported results of a study.

6. Use of Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI

The use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) must be disclosed transparently when used during manuscript preparation.

Generative AI tools may be used for language-related purposes, including improving grammar, spelling, readability, fluency, and general language expression, provided that the authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and scientific content of the manuscript.

AI tools must not be used to generate, fabricate, manipulate, or alter research data, statistical results, figures, images, tables, or scientific conclusions.

The use of AI or generative language models for data tabulation, statistical analysis, data interpretation, or other research-data processing is strictly prohibited, as such use may potentially introduce bias or distort the true effect or results of the study.

Authors must carefully verify all AI-assisted content before submission. AI-generated statements, references, citations, factual claims, or other content that cannot be independently verified remain the responsibility of the authors.

7. AI Authorship

Artificial intelligence systems, generative AI tools, large language models, or other non-human entities cannot be listed as authors or co-authors of manuscripts submitted to JSurgMe.

Authorship is restricted to individuals who have made substantial intellectual contributions to the research and who are able to take responsibility for the integrity and accuracy of the work.

AI tools do not satisfy the requirements for authorship and therefore must not be included in the author list, author contribution statement, or corresponding author designation.

Any use of AI or generative AI during manuscript preparation should be disclosed in an appropriate section of the manuscript when applicable.

8. References and Citation Integrity

Authors are responsible for ensuring that all references cited in the manuscript are accurate, authentic, relevant, and verifiable.

Authors are strongly encouraged to manage references using established reference-management software such as Mendeley Desktop, Zotero, or EndNote. Proper reference management helps ensure consistency, completeness, and accuracy of citations.

Failure to provide complete and verifiable references may result in delays during the pre-review evaluation process, as the editorial team may need to perform additional verification before the manuscript can proceed to peer review.

9. Fabricated, Non-existent, or AI-Hallucinated References

The use of fabricated, non-existent, unverifiable, or misleading references is considered a serious breach of publication ethics.

Authors must verify every reference before submission, particularly when AI-assisted tools have been used during manuscript preparation.

If the editorial office identifies one or more references that do not exist, cannot be verified, or are determined to be fabricated or generated through AI hallucination, the manuscript may be rejected immediately without proceeding to peer review.

In cases involving deliberate or repeated submission of fabricated references, the editorial office may impose further sanctions, including blacklisting the author(s) from future submissions to JSurgMe, subject to editorial investigation and due process.

Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy and authenticity of all references included in their manuscripts, regardless of whether those references were obtained manually, through reference-management software, or with the assistance of AI tools.

10. Authorship and Author Contributions

All listed authors must have made substantial contributions to the conception, design, execution, analysis, or interpretation of the research and must participate sufficiently in drafting or critically revising the manuscript.

All authors must approve the final version of the manuscript and agree to be accountable for the work.

Individuals who do not meet authorship criteria should be appropriately acknowledged rather than listed as authors.

The corresponding author is responsible for communication with the journal and for ensuring that all listed authors have approved the submitted manuscript and agree with its submission.

11. Conflicts of Interest

Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose any financial, professional, personal, or other relationships that could reasonably be perceived as influencing the research, review, or editorial decision.

All relevant conflicts of interest must be disclosed at the time of submission.

Failure to disclose a relevant conflict of interest may constitute a breach of publication ethics.

12. Ethical Approval and Informed Consent

Research involving human participants must comply with applicable ethical standards and must receive approval from an appropriate research ethics committee or institutional review board when required.

The manuscript should provide relevant information regarding ethical approval, including the name of the approving institution and approval/reference number where applicable.

Where required, informed consent must be obtained from participants or their legally authorized representatives.

For case reports or identifiable clinical information, appropriate consent for publication must be obtained in accordance with applicable ethical requirements.

13. Animal Research

Research involving animals must comply with applicable institutional, national, and international standards for the ethical treatment and welfare of research animals.

Authors must provide information regarding ethical approval and the standards or guidelines followed.

14. Duplicate Submission and Redundant Publication

Manuscripts must not be submitted simultaneously to more than one journal.

Authors must disclose any closely related manuscripts, previously published work, preprints, conference abstracts, datasets, or other publications that may overlap substantially with the submitted manuscript.

Redundant or duplicate publication may result in rejection or other editorial action.

15. Peer Review Integrity

JSurgMe uses a peer-review process designed to provide objective and constructive evaluation of submitted manuscripts.

Reviewers must maintain confidentiality regarding all manuscript materials and must not use unpublished information obtained through the review process for personal advantage.

Reviewers should disclose potential conflicts of interest and decline review assignments where their impartiality may reasonably be compromised.

16. Editorial Independence and Confidentiality

Editors are responsible for making publication decisions based on the scientific quality, originality, relevance, methodological rigor, and ethical standards of the manuscript.

Editorial decisions must not be influenced by authors' institutional affiliation, nationality, gender, personal characteristics, or commercial interests.

Editors and editorial staff must maintain the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts and related information.

17. Corrections, Retractions, and Post-Publication Issues

JSurgMe is committed to correcting the scientific record when errors or misconduct are identified after publication.

Corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions may be issued when necessary, depending on the nature and severity of the identified problem.

Authors are expected to cooperate fully with the editorial office in investigations concerning potential errors, research misconduct, data integrity, authorship disputes, or other ethical concerns.

18. Editorial Action in Cases of Misconduct

When potential publication or research misconduct is identified, JSurgMe may conduct an editorial investigation and may request clarification, original data, analysis files, ethical approval documents, or other supporting evidence from the authors or their affiliated institutions.

Depending on the severity of the violation, possible actions include:

  • rejection of the submitted manuscript;

  • suspension or withdrawal of the manuscript from the review process;

  • correction or retraction of a published article;

  • notification of the authors' affiliated institution or relevant authority;

  • restriction of future submissions;

  • or other appropriate editorial sanctions.

The journal reserves the right to take appropriate action to protect the integrity of the scientific record.

19. Authors' Responsibility

Submission of a manuscript to JSurgMe constitutes confirmation that the authors have read and understood the journal's publication ethics requirements and agree to comply with them.

Authors are ultimately responsible for the accuracy, originality, authenticity, ethical conduct, data integrity, statistical validity, and citation integrity of their submitted work.

Failure to comply with these policies may result in rejection, withdrawal, correction, retraction, or other appropriate editorial action.