Guide for Authors

    Journal of Perioperative Innovation (ISSN 2097-7816) is an international, Open Access English academic journal established in 2026 by Sun Yat-sen University. Aiming to be at the forefront of global innovation, the journal aligns with the strategic priorities outlined in China’s “15th Five-Year Plan for National Health”, which explicitly advocates for “advancing medical technology innovation” with an emphasis on smart healthcare, precision medicine, and integrated medicine.

1 Aims and Scope

The aim of JPI is to establish a world-class international academic platform and dedicated to serving the global community, advancing transformative ideas, technologies, and practices in the perioperative field. By publishing high-impact research that has undergone stringent peer review, the journal seeks to introduce new mechanisms, concepts, and standards. The ultimate goal is to lead disciplinary development and meaningfully improve surgical outcomes and quality of life for patients worldwide. 

 The journal is dedicated to presenting innovative research findings related to perioperative management strategies and technologies. It welcomes submissions across a range of formats, including clinical trials and registry studies, original basic research, meta-analyses, systematic reviews, narrative reviews, case reports, and prospective proof-of-concept studies. Submissions that integrate interdisciplinary collaborations involving engineering, data science, materials science, and clinical medicine are particularly encouraged and prioritized. All manuscripts will undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process before publishment. 

2 Article types

2.1 Original Article

Submitted as full length article. Additional material can be submitted as supplementary files.

2.2 Review Article

This section is for the rigorous critical assessment of clinical and/or laboratory research in a field of interest to the journal and its subscribers. Reviews should follow the overall structure of full length articles but can be longer and should have an abstract.

2.3 Guideline

International or national guidelines, consensus papers and/or surveys may be accepted after peer review.

3 Submission

3.1 File format and Article structure

We ask you to provide editable source files for your entire submission (including figures, tables and text graphics). Such as using the extension .doc/.docx for Word files. A PDF is not an acceptable source file. Divide your manuscript into clearly defined and numbered sections. Number subsections 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, ...), then 1.2, etc.

1) Title page

You are required to include the following details in the title page information:Article title,Author names,Affiliations, Corresponding author, Present/permanent address.

2) Abstract

You are required to provide a concise and factual abstract about 300-500 words. The abstract should briefly state the purpose of your research, principal results and major conclusions. Original article should include purpose, method, results and conclusions.

3) Keywords

You are required to provide 5 to 7 keywords for indexing purposes. Abbreviations in keywords can only be used if they are firmly established in the field.

4) Graphical abstract

You are encouraged to provide a graphical abstract at submission. The graphical abstract summarizes the contents of your article in a concise, pictorial, professional form, highlighting important aspects of the research. It is designed to appeal to an interdisciplinary audience, and draw more attention to your online article.

5) Units, classifications codes and nomenclature

This journal requires you to use the international system of units (SI) which follows internationally accepted rules and conventions. If other units are mentioned within your article, you should provide the equivalent unit in SI.

6) Math formulae, Table, Figure and Video

Math formulae/ Table: Submit math equations and tables as editable text, not as images.

Figures and image:Supplied as separate files along with the manuscript，and save as TIFF, JPG or PNG files using a minimum of 300 dpi. Please read our policy on the use of generative AI and AI-assisted tools in figures and images.

Video: This journal accepts video material and animation sequences to support and enhance your scientific research. We encourage you to include links to video or animation files within articles. We publish all video and animation files supplied in the electronic version of your article.

7) Data statement

To foster transparency, you are required to state the availability of any data at submission. Ensuring data is available may be a requirement of your funding body or institution. If your data is unavailable to access or unsuitable to post, you can state the reason why (e.g., your research data includes sensitive or confidential information such as patient data) during the submission process. This statement will appear with your published article.

8) Conflict of interest statement

All authors are required to disclose any financial or non-financial interests that may influence the objectivity or interpretation of their submitted work, including but not limited to research funding, employment, consultancy, stock or equity ownership, patent holdings, honoraria, expert testimony, travel support, and personal or professional relationships with relevant entities; the disclosure must be presented in a separate "Conflict of Interest Statement" section following the main text and before the references, explicitly stating either that no conflicts exist or providing full details of any declared interests. Failure to declare a conflict of interest truthfully may result in immediate rejection, retraction, or notification to the authors' institutions.

9) Acknowledgements

Include any individuals who provided you with help during your research, such as help with language, writing or proof reading, in the acknowledgements section. Acknowledgements should be placed in a separate section which appears directly before the reference list.

10) Author contributions: CRediT

Corresponding authors are required to acknowledge co-author contributions using CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) roles. Not all CRediT roles will apply to every manuscript and some authors may contribute through multiple roles.

11) References

Any references cited within your article should also be present in your reference list and vice versa.

This journal does not set strict requirements on reference formatting at submission.

12) Submittion online

Our online submission system guides you through the process steps of entering your manuscript details and uploading your files. Editable files (e.g., Word) are required to typeset your article for final publication. All correspondence, including notification of the editor's decision and requests for revision, is sent by email.

4 Peer Review

This journal employs adouble-anonymized review process. Initial assessments are conducted by the editors to determine whether a submission is appropriate for publication; if deemed suitable, the manuscript is typically sent to at least two independent reviewers for expert evaluation of its scientific quality. The final acceptance or rejection decision is made by the editors and is considered conclusive. Editors are not involved in decisions concerning papers they have written themselves, those authored by family members or colleagues, or any work related to products or services in which they hold an interest; such submissions are subject to the journal’s standard procedures, with peer review handled independently of the involved editor and their research group. All manuscripts undergo initial review by the editorial office, and those failing to meet the journal’s basic standards (due to reasons including being out of scope, ethical conflicts, high similarity to existing work, lack of originality, or flaws in research design or methodology) are rejected without external review (desk rejection). Selected papers are then reassigned to the Editor-in-Chief, who invites multiple reviewers or assigns an editorial board member to do so. Once at least two reviews have been received, the Editor-in-Chief (or the assigned editor) provides feedback to the authors, integrating both the reviewers’ comments and their own evaluation. Upon submission of the revised manuscript, the assigned editor and the Editor-in-Chief jointly render the final decision. For submissions authored by the Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editors, Guest Editor(s), other journal board members, or individuals with conflicts of interest involving these parties, confidentiality is ensured by assigning handling to a different team member. Regarding submissions to Special Issues, should any conflict of interest exist between Guest Editor(s) and authors, the manuscript will be managed by another editor from the Editorial Board, who oversees the peer review process and makes the final acceptance or rejection decision following peer review.

5 After receiving a final decision

5.1 Proof correction

To facilitate a rapid publication process, authors are required to submit proof corrections within 3 days. The corresponding author will receive an email containing a link to the online proofing system, where proofs can be annotated and corrected directly. The interface, which is similar to Microsoft Word, allows for text editing, commenting on figures and tables, and responding to queries raised by the copy editor. This web-based proofing service ensures a faster process with a lower risk of errors. Alternatively, authors may choose to annotate and upload their edits on the PDF version of their article. Detailed proofing instructions and available alternative methods will be provided in the email. The purpose of proof correction is to verify the typesetting, editing, completeness, and accuracy of the article text, tables, and figures. Any significant changes to the article at the proof stage will be considered only with the approval of the journal editor.

5.2 Copyright

The journal owner retains copyright of the overall compiled journal and the compiled issues. For the single article, authors will retain copyright alongside scholarly usage rights, and publisher will be granted non-exclusive publishing and distribution rights.

If excerpts from other copyrighted works are included in your article, you must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) within your article.

5.3 DOI link

All the articles will be registered A Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to the published version of your open access article on website.

5.4 Open Access and Article Publishing Charge (APC)

This is an open access journal, all articles will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download. To provide open access, this journal has an open access fee (also known as an article publishing charge APC) which needs to be paid by the authors or on their behalf (research funder or institution). Permitted third party (re)use is defined by the following Creative Commons user licenses.All APCs for articles submitted to the journal before 31-12-2029 will be fully waived.

5.5 Creative Commons license

The articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 International licence) or CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence) licence.

CC BY-NC-ND: The article can be shared for non-commercial purposes as long as the authors are credited. Permission is needed for commercial re-use or sharing adapted and derivative versions.

CC BY: The article may be shared and adapted for any purpose, including commercially, so long as the authors are credited.

6 Post-publication amendments

6.1 Errata and Corrigenda

A correction of your article will be published if a significant error is discovered after publication. An Erratum will be published if we introduced the error; a Corrigendum if the author introduced the error.

6.2 Retractions

Articles may be withdrawn, retracted, removed or replaced after publication if they contain substantial errors that cannot be corrected through the publication of an Erratum or a Corrigendum, or if ethical violations come to light after publication.