The Foot and Ankle Online Journal is a peer-review, open access journal. Manuscripts are accepted by electronic submission. Original manuscripts are welcome for publication in this format. The journal adheres to the standards set forth by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals.
Manuscripts are accepted by electronic submission. Original manuscripts are welcome for publication in this format. Manuscripts that are in consideration of publication elsewhere will not be accepted. By submitting your articles to The Foot and Ankle Online Journal, you grant this site copyright to reproduce the work and images in electronic format (via internet, CD-ROM , or paper versions) derived from this site; otherwise, the author retains full copyright to the images and associated written work. All articles must be submitted in English or translated into English before review. The article will be reviewed by two or more members of the editorial staff.
Articles should be sent as a Microsoft Word document for editorial review. Download the file entitled "Guidelines and document format for electronic article submission to the FAOJ" for manuscript submission guidelines at the bottom of this page.
Article content can include the following:
• Case Presentations, case reports or case studies including surgical, dermatological, trauma, surgical complications, vascular, diabetes or any other topic relevant to Foot & Ankle Medicine and Surgery.
• Literary review style articles.
• Surgical techniques.
• Surgical product and instrumentation presentations as they relate to procedures.
• Office procedures of interest.
• Retrospective & Prospective hospital or institutional studies.
• Topics in Podiatry & Foot and Ankle Orthopaedics with round-table discussion options.
Photos: We encourage pictures and illustrations that are original in format. There is no size contraint to your photos. We prefer photos over 1MB in size. Set your digital camera to 1MB minimum when photographing your case presentations. In fact, 1MB to 8MB pictures are encouraged for digital detail. Digital photos will be resized and formated during the editing process.
DO NOT RESIZE YOUR PHOTOS BEFORE EDITING OR SENDING THEM BY EMAIL, THIS WILL GREATLY DECREASE THE QUALITY OF YOUR PHOTOS. DO NOT EMBED YOUR PHOTOS IN YOUR WORD DOCUMENT.
All photos must be sent in JPEG format with high resolution. See the "Guidelines and document format for electronic article submission to the FAOJ" before sending your manuscript.
Reference Example:
Leurs R, Church MK, Taglialatela M. H1-antihistamines: inverse agonism, anti-inflammatory actions and cardiac effects. Clin Exp Allergy 2002 Apr;32(4):489-98
Published Conflict of Interest Statement
Public trust in the peer review process and the credibility of published articles depend in part on how well conflict of interest is handled during writing, peer review, and editorial decision making. Conflict of interest exists when an author (or the author's institution), reviewer, or editor has financial or personal relationships that inappropriately influence (bias) his or her actions (such relationships are also known as dual commitments, competing interests, or competing loyalties). These relationships vary from those with negligible potential to those with great potential to influence judgment, and not all relationships represent true conflict of interest. The potential for conflict of interest can exist whether or not an individual believes that the relationship affects his or her scientific judgment. Financial relationships (such as employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony) are the most easily identifiable conflicts of interest and the most likely to undermine the credibility of the journal, the authors, and of science itself. However, conflicts can occur for other reasons, such as personal relationships, academic competition, and intellectual passion.
- International Committee of Medical Journal Editors ("Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals") -- February 2006
Published Informed Consent
Patients have a right to privacy that should not be infringed without informed consent. Identifying information, including patients' names, initials, or hospital numbers, should not be published in written descriptions, photographs, and pedigrees unless the information is essential for scientific purposes and the patient (or parent or guardian) gives written informed consent for publication. Informed consent for this purpose requires that a patient who is identifiable be shown the manuscript to be published. Authors should identify Individuals who provide writing assistance and disclose the funding source for this assistance.
Identifying details should be omitted if they are not essential. Complete anonymity is difficult to achieve, however, and informed consent should be obtained if there is any doubt. For example, masking the eye region in photographs of patients is inadequate protection of anonymity. If identifying characteristics are altered to protect anonymity, such as in genetic pedigrees, authors should provide assurance that alterations do not distort scientific meaning and editors should so note.
The requirement for informed consent should be included in the journal's instructions for authors. When informed consent has been obtained it should be indicated in the published article.
- International Committee of Medical Journal Editors ("Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals") -- February 2006
Please download or link the following document file and read before submitting your manuscript.
