ISSN 2056-4198

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OA Surgery is a multidisciplinary open access 'peer reviewed' journal that publishes basic and clinical research concerning all aspects of surgery:

Breast Surgery      Upper GI Surgery

Lower GI Surgery      Vascular Surgery

Endocrine Surgery      Surgical Sciences

OA Surgery is committed to publishing high quality 'peer reviewed' manuscripts that illustrate the most important and 'cutting edge' developments in all areas of surgery (including pre-, intra- and postoperative care).

We will facilitate article submission, rapid article quality assurance through 'peer review', article formatting and processing to a final product which will allow high visibility, impact and provoke debate.

This Journal has adopted the Ethical Rules of Disclosure of the Association for Medical Ethics.

Member of the Publication Integrity and Ethics (PIE).

Tracked/indexed by Google Scholar, CNKI, J-Gate

Manuscripts will be held on local and remote servers to allow 'Open Access'. Manuscripts are archived after each journal volume. Archives will be accessible for 'Open Access'. 

Our publisher has negotiated a discount for its editors, reviewers and authors to undertake (distant learning- fully online) short courses related to research integrity and publication ethics, law and medical ethics, research governance, good ethical practice, leadership and management. These courses are approved by the Publication Integrity & Ethics. 

The Association for Medical Ethics promotes the care of patients absent of any consideration of financial gain or loss based on choice of surgical equipment, implant, manufacturer, hospital or surgery center.

OAPL has adopted the Ethical Rules of Disclosure of the Association for Medical Ethics for all its journals.

A UK-based not-for-profit organization promoting integrity and ethics in the publishing sector through its guidelines and code of conduct.
P.I.E.'s main aim is to pave the way for a better publishing ethical environment that sets out the standards of a good and ethical editorial behaviour.
Whilst P.I.E. (π) promotes editorial freedom, at the same time, it also ensures that this freedom is not violated by editorial misconduct and plagiarism.

OAPL authors may choose to include the

OAPL standard ethics statements

in their submitted articles. It is assumed that all submitted original research studies, research studies, hypothesis, methodologies, short communications, case studies, case reports & case series have been conducted to the highest ethical standards.

Read about the

OAPL (UK) Code of Conduct for Editors

OAPL (UK) Press Centre- Publishing Director

OAPL (UK) Press Centre- Senior Editors

OAPL (UK) appeals process

OAPL (UK) and its journals support the following reporting guidelines for specific study designs:

CONSORT: Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials

STARD: STAndards for the Reporting of Diagnostic accuracy studies

PRISMA: Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses

STROBE: STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology

MOOSE: Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology

MIBBI: Minimum Information for Biological and Biomedical Investigations

ICTRP: International Clinical Trials Registry Platform

PROSPERO: International prospective register of systematic reviews