Editorial Guidelines

Editorial Policies

The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science is published under the guidance of executive Board of Wound and Ostomy Care Society of India, Inc., which appoints the chief editor, executive editor and Editorial board oversees the publication and chooses all content for publication. The Executive Board and the Editors disclaim all liability for the opinions stated by the authors.

According to the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals" published by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (http://www.icmje.org), submission guidelines for The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science are complying. Although material generated and submitted in accordance with these specifications will be accepted by the WOCSI suite journals, the editorial office has the right to make any changes to the manuscripts required to meet the editorial standards of journal. The editors of The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science rely on their honesty and integrity to publish the finest article that complies with moral standards and fulfils all criteria set out by the journal's goal.

The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science encourage to editor adheres to the standards set out by the Council of Science Editors (CSE), the Committee on Publications Ethics (COPE), and the NISO Presentation and Identification of E-Journals (PIE-J). The principles outlined below were developed in accordance with these standards.

Plagiarism policy

The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science is rigorously against any exploitative demonstration of replicating or plagiarism in any structure research work. Plagiarism is said to have happened when a creator uses huge pieces of previously published research with next to no references.

All Manuscript submitted for publication to are cross-checked for plagiarism theft utilizing iThenticate / Turnitin programming. If a manuscript is found to be plagiarized during the initial stages of review, it will not be consider published in the journal.

The Editor-in-Chief will conduct a preliminary investigation, possibly with the assistance of a suitable committee established for the purpose, if a manuscript is discovered to be plagiarized after it has been published.

The journal will get in touch with the author's institute, college, or university, as well as their funding agency, if any, if the manuscript is found to be plagiarized beyond what is considered acceptable. If misconduct is found, The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science will run a statement online linking to and from the original paper in both directions to note the plagiarism and provide a reference to the copied material.

On each page of the PDF, the paper that contains the plagiarism will also be marked. Endless supply of the degree of copyright infringement, the paper may likewise be officially withdrawn.

Peer review

All research articles published in The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science undergo thorough peer review. The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science employs very strict rigorous peer-review process to evaluate manuscripts for scientific accuracy, novelty, and importance. Peer review frequently improves research while keeping academicians from seeing overstatements of findings. IJ The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science meticulous editing procedure frequently necessitates lengthy revisions and entails meticulous accuracy checking. Each Original manuscript that is published by The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science is edited by at least two to three independent, expert peer reviewers. The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science has a different peer review process.

Peer review policy

Every manuscript submitted to The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science is evaluated by an editor, who determines if it is appropriate for peer review. The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science has the right to swiftly reject publications without external review that the editors deem to be unsuitable or of insufficient general interest. If manuscript is, consider that situation our Editorial Board will be assigned for overseeing peer review. Submissions felt to be suitable for consideration will be sent for peer review by appropriate independent experts identified by the Handling Editor. Manuscripts judged to be of potential interest to our readership are sent for formal review, typically to two or three reviewers, but sometimes more if special advice is needed (for example on statistics or a particular technique). The editors then select one option from a range of options depending on the reviewer’s recommendations.

Our peer review procedure aims to enhance research papers while preventing academicians from seeing exaggerated findings. Editors, statistical experts, document editors, illustrators, and proof-readers spend hundreds of hours making sure every paper complies with high standards before it is published in The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science.

Peer reviewers

Authors are free to recommend possible reviewers, but the Editor will decide whether or not to take their suggestions into account. Authors should not recommend recent coworkers or colleagues who are employed by the same institution. The peer review process may be hampered if authors exclude too many people. The Editor may decide to invite excluded peer reviewers, so please be aware of that. The article will be rejected for willful falsification of information, such as suggesting reviewers with a bogus name or email address, and may result in further investigation in accordance with our misconduct policy.

Review process flow

After submission, the author typically receives the reviewers' comments in 3 weeks. The FINAL decision (accepted or accepted with minor change, accepted with substantial revision, or rejected) will be sent to the associated author using the reviewers' remarks. Reviewers are questioned about their interest in reviewing the amended text. Regardless of a reviewer's response, the editorial office may ask for a re-review to make sure an objective and comprehensive assessment is made. Reviewers who may have offered an opinion not in accordance with the FINAL decision should not feel that their recommendation was not duly considered, and their service not properly appreciated. Experts often disagree, and it is the job of the editorial team to make a FINAL decision.

In the case of minor modifications, authors are advised to submit the updated paper within 7–15 days of receiving reviewer comments. However, to uphold the goal of this journal's speedy publishing, the amended manuscript submission should not take longer than 8 weeks (unless in cases of major revision requiring additional experiment, analysis, etc.). Authors of the revised article must also submit a completed "review comment form" along with any arguments they may have in opposition to the reviewers' points. During the peer review process, the Editor of the journal will have the exclusive authority to decide whether to accept or reject a submission. The journal is determined to promote integrity in research publication. In case of any suspected misconduct, journal management will reserve the right to re-review any manuscript at any stages before final publication.

Review Appeal

Papers that have been rejected have a formal appeal option available to them. Requests for appeals must be made in writing, not over the phone, and must include the term "appeal" in the subject line. They should be sent to wocsijournal@gmail.com. Authors who are still not pleased may write to the Editorial Office referencing the manuscript reference number. All of these situations involve the possibility that some time may pass before the journal can react, and during this period the manuscript cannot be submitted to another publication venue. Authors must include thorough justifications for their appeals as well as point-by-point responses to the reviewers' and/or Academic Editor's criticisms. Authors should also be aware that priority is given to new submissions to the journal and so the processing of the appeal may well take longer than the processing of the original submission. If an appeal is rejected, further appeals of the decision will not be considered and the paper may not be resubmitted.

Authorship

Authorship provides credit for a researcher’s contributions to a study and carries accountability. The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science definition of authorship is creation depends on that of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. (http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html) and encompasses the following 4 criteria:

Significant contributions to the article's conception and design, or to the data analysis and interpretation, AND
Article drafting or critical revision for key intellectual substance, AND
Final approval of the published version AND
Assumption of responsibility for the article's whole, including the investigation and resolution of any issues relating to the article's veracity or integrity.

To be considered an author, a person must satisfy all of conditions 1, 2, 3, and 4, and each author must be willing to accept responsibility for the item in the public eye.

SAGER GUIDELINES

The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science encourage our authors to follow the ‘Sex and Gender Equity in Research – SAGER – guidelines’ and to include sex and gender considerations where relevant. To avoid conflating the terms sex (a biological characteristic) and gender (a social and cultural construct), authors should use them carefully. What sex(es) the study applies to should be made explicit in the article title and/or abstract. Additionally, authors should explain in the background whether sex and/or gender differences might be anticipated; detail how sex and/or gender were taken into consideration in the study's design; present data that has been broken down by sex and/or gender, when applicable; and analyse the results. If no analysis of gender or sex was done, the explanation should be stated in the Discussion. We suggest that our authors consult the full guidelines before submission.

Trial registration

Trial registration creates a public record of all clinical trials that researchers are planning and what they intend to do, e.g. which intervention(s) they will be testing, the comparator(s) they will use, and what outcomes they will be measuring. See the WHO Trial Registration Data Set for a list of the minimum amount of data that should be included for a trial to be considered fully registered. A clinical trial is any study which meets the World Health Organisation (WHO) definition: "any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes". You can find more information about trial registration and what counts as a “health-related intervention” and a “health outcome” on the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) website.

Before enrolling the first patient in a clinical trial, the trial must be registered with an authorised clinical trial registry. The key registries in the WHO network as well as clinicatrial.gov are among the appropriate registries that are described in detail on the ICMJE website. Any articles that present the findings of that clinical study should include the trial registration number (also known as a clinical trial number) in the abstract.

Registration of systematic reviews

It's also best practice to register a systematic review if you're doing one. The only public register for systematic reviews at the moment is PROSPERO . When writing your manuscript, remember to mention the registration number in your abstract much like with clinical trials. Retrospective registration is not permitted with PROSPERO.

Standard of systematic reviews reporting

The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) checklist is heavily cited in the guidelines. To make sure that the final report

fully covers all the actions and decisions required by the standards in the earlier chapters, and

emphasises informed patient and clinical decision making.

The committee suggests several reporting items in addition to the PRISMA requirements. The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science follow that Standards for Systematic Reviews. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/13059.

Authorship

The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science follow The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (ICMJE Recommendations 2018) recommend that authorship be based on the following four criteria:

Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; AND
• Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; AND
• Final approval of the version to be published; AND
• Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

In addition to being accountable for the parts of the work he or she has done, an author should be able to identify which co-authors are responsible for specific other parts of the work. In addition, authors should have confidence in the integrity of the contributions of their co-authors.

We include only one corresponding author per article. Any further contribution details (eg, equal contribution) must be included in the contributors or acknowledgement sections at the end of the article.

The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science requires that all those designated as authors should meet all four ICMJE criteria for authorship, and all who meet the four criteria should be identified as authors. We only accept contributors who are natural people over the age of 18. The purpose of these authorship requirements is to only provide authorship status to individuals who merit it and are capable of accepting responsibility for the work. The criteria are not meant to be used as a way to deny coworkers who otherwise satisfy the authorship criteria the chance to satisfy criteria #2 or #3, excluding them from authorship. As a result, the chance to take part in the manuscript's assessment, drafting, and final approval should be given to everyone who satisfies the first requirement.

CITATION

Research manuscript must cite appropriate and relevant literature in support of the claims made. Any type of citation manipulation, including excessive self-citation, coordinated efforts by numerous authors to collectively self-cite, needless and pointless citation of works that have already been published in the journal to which the paper has been submitted, and others, is unacceptable.

The manuscript will be rejected if the citations are manipulated, and the authors' institutions may receive a report. Authors should inform the publication of any attempts by peer reviewers or editors to promote such behaviours.

Authors should consider the following The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science guidelines when preparing their manuscript:

Authors' last names and initials.
The names of all authors should be given unless there are more than 6, in which case the names of the first 3 authors are used followed by “et al.”
Title of article and subtitle
Use sentence-style capitalization: capitalize only

The first letter of the first word,
Proper names,
Names of clinical trials or study groups (eg, Community health worker home visits for adults with uncontrolled asthma: the Home BASE Trial randomized clinical trial), and
Abbreviations that are ordinarily capitalized (eg, DNA, EEG, VDRL).

Abbreviated name of journal
Year (or online publication date [month, day, year] if article is published online first and has yet to appear in a paginated issue or is published in an online-only journal)
Volume number Issue number
Part or supplement number, when pertinent
Page numbers (or e-locator if electronic or pre-published)
DOI (Electronic articles only)
URL (Electronic articles only; if DOI not present)
Accessed date (Electronic articles only; if DOI not present)

Misconduct

The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science takes seriously all allegations of potential misconduct and follow the COPE guidelines outlining how to deal with cases of suspected misconduct. In cases of suspected research or publication misconduct, it may be necessary for the Editor to contact and share manuscripts with third parties, for example, author, institution, and ethics committee. A notice of suspected transgression of ethical standards in the peer review system may be included as part of the author’s and article’s bibliographic record.

Research misconduct

All human and animal research, including the collection of human data and material, must have followed established ethical guidelines. The Editor may reject a manuscript and notify third parties, such as the author, institution, and ethics committee, if there is reason to believe that the research has not been conducted in accordance with applicable ethical guidelines.

Articles may be withdrawn if there is clear evidence of research misconduct involving them that has been published or if their scientific integrity has been seriously compromised.

Confidentiality

All manuscripts submitted to The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science will be treated confidentially by editors. The COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers are followed by The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science. Therefore, reviewers must adhere to the peer review process' confidentiality and refrain from disclosing information about a submission or its review to anybody besides the journal during or after the peer-review process. Reviewers should first ask the journal for permission before including a co-worker in the review process. The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science will not share manuscripts with third parties outside of OUR Editorial board except in cases of suspected misconduct. The editorial assessment of manuscripts, the evaluation of reviewer reports by Editors, or the confidentiality of the submission and review process will not be impacted by participation in this study. Depending on the research project, we might need to contact you for participation consent and seek ethical approval. After manuscripts are published, research may be conducted in the past; nevertheless, all manuscript-related information will be kept confidential.

Clinical research guidelines

The medical research transparency and accuracy are vital. The impact, dependability, and usability of study findings are improved. Due to the direct impact, it has on human health, high-quality research is essential. Furthermore, the clinical research guidelines must be completely followed, and researchers, physicians, and public health experts must be convinced that the research has been conducted correctly. Medically, legally, and morally serious implications may result from conducting clinical research in a way that is not honest and transparent. Assuring correct research, critical evaluation, and the validity of study findings can be done by following guidelines to assist you prevent mistakes or omissions in your research. These recommendations were established a while back; however they are constantly revised. Following these guidelines will help you to ensure that your work is both accurate and clear.

Guideline	Type of Study	Source
CARE	Case Reports	https://www.care-statement.org/checklist
CONSORT	Randomized controlled trials	http://www.consort-statement.org
PRISMA	Systematic reviews and meta-analyses	http://prisma-statement.org/PRISMAStatement/Checklist.aspx
STROBE	Observational studies including cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional studies	https://www.strobe-statement.org/index.php?id=available-checklists
MOOSE	Meta-analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology	https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/stard/
AGREE	Clinical Practice Guidelines	https://www.agreetrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/AGREE-Reporting-Checklist-2016.pdf
STARD	Studies of diagnostic accuracy	https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiol.2015151516
SPIRIT	Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials	https://www.spirit-statement.org/
SQUIRE	Quality improvement projects	http://squire-statement.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&PageID=471

Policy for handling errata, retractions, withdrawals, and expressions of concern

The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science directly following COPE Retraction Guidelines. A policy for handling errata, retractions, withdrawals, and expressions of concerns related to The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science should be put in place to ensure that the integrity of research and publications is maintained.

Errata refer to errors or mistakes made in an article after it has been published. An erratum is a correction to these errors, and it should be published as soon as possible.

Retractions, on the other hand, involve the removal of an article from the journal because it contains serious errors or fraud.
Withdrawals may occur due to ethical or legal reasons.
Expressions of concern occur when there is a suspicion of misconduct, but there is insufficient evidence to prompt a retraction.

The policy should have clear guidelines that should be followed when handling each of these issues. For instance, the policy should outline who can initiate the process of retracting, withdrawing, or correcting an article, and what proof is required to support the decision. The policy should also specify who should be notified of the outcome, such as the authors, reviewers, readers, and institutional officials. Additionally, the policy should outline the timelines for handling the process to ensure that the corrections, retractions, or withdrawals are done in a timely manner. It is important to have a clear and concise policy for handling errata, retractions, withdrawals, and expressions of concern to promote transparency and improve the credibility of medical research.

Research Ethics approval

The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science have own ethical committee for checked clear ethical approval who published in own journal. We always follow ethical guidelines COPE Ethical oversight. We ensure that all content is produced and distributed in a responsible and ethical manner.

All research involving human participants should be conducted in accordance with the basic and general ethical principles. The authors are responsible for protecting the dignity, rights, safety and well-being of the participants enrolled in the study ( https://www.who.int/teams/health-ethics-governance/governance/research) . They should have the appropriate qualifications and competence in research methodology and should be aware of and comply with the scientific, medical, ethical, legal and social requirements of the research proposal. The ECs are responsible for ensuring that the research is conducted in accordance with the aforementioned principles. The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science is following ICMR Guidelines. (https://ethics.ncdirindia.org/asset/pdf/ICMR_National_Ethical_Guidelines.pdf )

Conflicts of Interest and financial disclosures

The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science is committed to publishing the highest-quality research and reliable that are free from financial influence. We are following COPE guidelines on conflict of interest can be found here. The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science expects that corresponding author and authors of manuscript article have no significant financial benefit in any medical and surgical company relevant to problem statement and materials. We requires signature on disclosure form to the authors at a time manuscript submission. to signature a disclosure form at the time of manuscript submission. Corresponding author and authors team expected to disclose any conflicts of interest or financial interests affect the results of research in which he/she or they are involved. If our editorial board and reviewers is accepted the manuscript, the Conflict of Interest information or financial disclosures will be written informed in a published research

Permissions To Reproduce Previously Published Material

The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science expect to authors team to previously published research material (including figures/diagrams, or short extracts, or content taken from websites ) then you must first obtain the written permission of the copyright owner. We cannot be published Research articles without permissions.

Manipulation of figures

We also propose that manipulation of figures should be adopted since informational manipulation can affect not only a person’s beliefs but also their desires in decision-making. We strictly follow that manipulation of information can either be used to protect the potential subject and facilitate the informed consent process or be used to exploit and merely use a person for scientific goals. We expect to authors that Manipulation of information can be compatible with the requirement of informed consent.

Public access

The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science is peer review journal, is an important and reliable source of current information on new innovation and development in the medical field. All articles are freely available and immediately accessible online upon publication. Readers can study, download and/or print OPEN access articles without any cost. The emphasis will be on publishing quality articles rapidly and freely available globally.

Copyrights

Authors who publish all the research work in The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science academic copyright to their research work and protected under the International copyright law, defined by Creative Commons and International Council of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). Submission of a manuscript to the journals implies that all authors have read and agreed to the content of the Covering Letter. It is a condition of publication that manuscripts submitted to a journal have not been published and will not be simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere.

All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode), which permits unrestricted, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided that the work is properly cited. The authors retain the copyright of their published article. They will also have the right to:

Reproduce the article, to incorporate the article into one or more collective works, and to reproduce the article as incorporated in collective works;
Create and reproduce Derivative Works for educational purposes.
Distribute Copies
Any commercial application of the work, with prior agreement by the author, is exclusively granted to The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science.
Open Access Publication and Creative Commons Licensing

The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science is an open-access, peer review journal, and research published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 License (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0), which allows others to remix, transform, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.

PATIENT CONSENT FORM

The publication of Research works is common practice in our journal when publishing personal information about identifiable living human, we require informed consent of living human and participant will declare following points.

Purpose of study
Participants Interest in study
Risk and methods of study acceptable
Image of participants
Voluntary decision of participate in study

Children

Parents or guardians can do signature on patients consent form on the behalf of children aged below the 18 years. Authors will accepts the consent form.

Mental deficient Patients - If the patient have mental disorder and psychiatrist declare that patients is suffer from psychiatric disorders. Authors is not eligible to take signature on patients consent form prior publication. Authors can take signature by legal guardians If research is beneficial for patients.

We expect to researcher that Participants should make their own decision for study. We are following COPE GUIDELINES for Ethical Approval before begins a new research. Our editorial team always strictly concern for patients participants in study and our journals follow guidelines for patients consent. Our editorial team always guiding to authors should take patient's consent to prior publication of any research works.

Download & Print PATIENT CONSENT FORM , then filled by participants and, if participants they give permission for publication, to sign the form. Then send the completed form to us by email or Author Panel.

Appeals and Complaints:

The editorial choices are typically not reversed. However, authors may request an explanation if they believe that the reason their manuscript was rejected was because of a misunderstanding or error. Appeals must provide solid justification and convincing facts to refute the criticism made in the rejection letter. A difference of opinion regarding the manuscript's novelty, interest, or eligibility for the journal will not be regarded as an appeal. The appeal will be considered by the Editor in chief and other pertinent editors, and the journal's decision will then be regarded as final. Even if the journal agrees to revisit the manuscript, acceptance is not guaranteed. Substantive revision may be required throughout the reconsideration process, and it may involve previous or new reviewers or editors. Authors who want to file a grievance should do so with the editor-in-chief of the relevant journal. Emails with complaints should be sent to wocsijournal@gmail.com .

Publisher details: The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science

Frequency of publication: Quarterly

ISSN: 3048-5967 (Online)

Language: English

Starting Year: 2023

Subject: Medical Surgical Nursing, Palliative Care, Wound, Ostomy, Continence Care, Community Health Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing, Paediatric Nursing

Format of publication: Online

Publisher Name: The Wocsi Journal of Medical Science

Publisher Address: 1-ch-10, Near Subhash Udhyan, Pratap Nagar, Jodhpur - 342003 ( Rajasthan), India