Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Journal of Anaesthesia and Pain is a peer-reviewed and open-access journal that focuses on anesthesia, intensive care, and pain. Journal of Anaesthesia and Pain published by Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy Specialist Program of Medicine Faculty, Brawijaya University. This journal publishes original articles, case reports, and reviews. The mission of the Journal is to offer the latest scientific information on anesthesiology and pain management by providing a forum for clinical researchers, scientists, clinicians, and other health professionals. This journal publishes three times a year.  Subjects suitable for the Journal of Anaesthesia and Pain are all subjects related to anesthesiology and pain management. 

 

 

Section Policies

Research Articles

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Case Report

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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...

 

Publication Ethics

Journal of Anaesthesia and Pain (JAP) expect the highest ethical standards from their authors, reviewers and editors when conducting research, submitting papers and throughout the peer-review process. 

 Publication decisions

The editor of the Journal of Anaesthesia and Pain is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

In dealing with cases in research and publication, Journal of Anaesthesia and Pain (JAP) uses guidelines issued by the Committee on Publication Ethics (Commission of Publication Ethics/COPE) in all aspects of publication ethics, in particular, protocols of research and publication misconduct. Journal of Anaesthesia and Pain (JAP) requires all articles involving human subjects to respect the principles of research ethics as stated in the Declaration of Helsinki. Research involving animals as subjects are also required to comply with the International Principles for Biomedical Research issued by the International Council of Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS).

For a research manuscript involving experiments on live vertebrates and/or higher invertebrates, the corresponding authors must confirm that all experiments were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. The manuscript must include a statement identifying the institute and/or licensing committee approving the experiments, including any relevant details. Manuscripts that lack proper ethical consideration for human or animal subjects will not be accepted for publication.

For experiments that involve human subjects, the authors must identify the committee which approved the experiments and their submission must include a statement confirming that informed consent was obtained from all subjects. Authors using phase II and phase III randomized controlled trials in their study should refer to the CONSORT Statement for recommendations which facilitates complete and transparent reporting of trial findings.

All animal experiments must adhere to institutional and national guidelines for the care and use of animal subjects, and this should be clearly stated within the manuscript. Manuscripts should contain a statement that advises all efforts were made to minimise animal suffering and reduce the number of animals used, and if available, efforts to utilise alternatives to in vivo techniques.

As an important issue, the ethical publication should be clear in order to improve the quality of research. Journal of Anaesthesia and Pain (JAP) adjust to meet the ethical standards both for publishers, editors, authors, and reviewers. In order to uphold these ethical standards, the publisher does not have the rights to interfere with the integrity of the contents and the only support to publish in a timely manner.

Below are the ethical standards for editors, authors, and reviewers.

Duties of Editors

  1. An editor at any time evaluates manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
  2. The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.
  3. Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.
  4. If there is a suspicion of error or dispute in writing, Editor solves it by using the COPE as a guide.
  1. The editor board journal is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Duties of Reviewers

  1. Reviewers comment on the possibility of errors in ethical research and publications.
  2. Reviewers should complete the job on time and notify the Editor if they cannot finish the job.
  3. Reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of the manuscript.
  4. Reviewers should not be receiving and reviewing the manuscript if there is a potential conflict of interest between them and the authors.

Duties of Author

  1. The author ensures that the material to be published have not been published and sent to another place simultaneously
  2. Authors must ensure the authenticity of their research and they have cited the other's opinions correctly in accordance with the reference format.
  3. The author is not involved in plagiarism.
  4. Authors must follow the criteria described in the writing guideline for the authors of Journal of Anaesthesia and Pain
  5. Authors are not advised to publish any personal information that may make the identity of the patient recognizable in the form of the description section, photograph or genealogy. If photographs of patients are very important and indispensable as scientific information, the authors should have received approval in written form and has clearly stated it.
  6. In the case of experiments on humans, the authors state that the study was in accordance with the ethical standards of the Helsinki declaration, which leads the human experiment. If there are doubts raised whether the study took place in accordance with the declaration, the author should explain it. In the case of experiments on animals, the author has certified that the author has followed the guidelines and abroad with regard to animal experiments in the laboratory.
  7. Authors must submit the data and details to the editor if suspected of falsification or fabrication of data.
  8. The authors should explain everything that can give rise to a conflict of interest such as employment, research costs, consulting fees, and intellectual property on guidelines Journal of Anaesthesia and Pain authors.

Patient consent form 

Journal of Anaesthesia and Pain gives protection of a patient's right and privacy. Please collect and keep copies of patients’ consent forms on which patients or other subjects of your experiments clearly grant permission for the publication of photographs or other material that might identify them. A statement of obtaining consent must be included in the ‘Methods’ section. If necessary the Editors may request a copy of any consent forms. 

Ethical approval

  1. When reporting on research that involves human subjects, human material, human tissues, or human data, authors must declare that the investigations were carried out following the rules of the Declaration of Helsinki of 1975 (https://www.wma.net/what-we-do/medical-ethics/declaration-of-helsinki/), revised in 2008.
  2. The ethical statement should be cited in the Methodology Section of the article. 
  3. Example of an ethical statement: "All subjects gave their informed consent for inclusion before they participated in the study. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and the protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of XXX. 

 

Plagiarism

All submissions to the journal will be scanned for possible duplicate or prior publication using the Turnitin plagiarism detection system. 

 

Copyright Transfer Form

The author must complete and return the Copyright Transfer Form to the editorial office by email to [email protected]

 

Article Processing Fee

Journal of Anaesthesia and Pain charge no fees for publishing an article (APCs)

 

Repository Policy

The journal allows free access to its contents and permits authors to self-archive the final accepted version of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional / subject-based repository.