Instructions to Authors and Editorial Policies

Before submitting a manuscript, read carefully and follow PAR’s Instructions to Authors. The Editorial Office can help authors with the submission process if needed. Decisions on submissions are expected to take approximately 10 weeks.

Mission and Scope

The Perioperative Anesthesia Reports (PAR) is the official electronic and continuous-flow diamond open access publication of the São Paulo State Society of Anesthesiology (SAESP – Sociedade de Anestesiologia do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil) that publishes peer-reviewed Case Reports, Case Reports with Literature Reviews, Research Protocols, Systematic Reviews, Pictorial Reviews, Narrative Reviews, Letters to the Editor, Clinical Images, and Editorials. Narrative reviews and editorials are published only by invitation from the Editor-in-chief. PAR do not accept the submission of data results of original investigations related to randomized or observational trials or other related study design trials.

The Perioperative Anesthesia Reports publishes original works in all correlated areas of anesthesia, critical care, pain, palliative care, and perioperative medicine, including basic, translational, and clinical research, as well as technology innovation and education. Perioperative Anesthesia Reports is a journal intended for researchers, anesthesiologists, and academics, as well as other health professionals. 
 

Plagiarism and duplicate publication

The Perioperative Anesthesia Reports accepts only original manuscripts which are not under consideration by any other scientific publication and were not published before, except as abstracts presented in conferences or meetings, academic theses, and preprints, as long as described in the cover letter.

Submissions must not contain any plagiarism. The Perioperative Anesthesia Reports uses a cloud-based platform to identify manuscripts previously submitted to other publications. Authors must earn and send all permissions for any overlapping content to the Editorial Office and correctly identify them in the manuscript.

Peer Review

All articles submitted for publication in the Perioperative Anesthesia Reports are analyzed by at last two members of the Editorial Board and/or external peer reviewers at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief or Associate Editors. After the submission of the manuscript to the Submission Platform, the Managing Editor ensures that the Instructions to Authors are thoroughly followed. If so, the Editor-in-Chief will delegate it to an Associate Editor who will manage the review process and guarantee the article’s quality. 

PAR adopts a double-blind review process – reviewers and authors do not know each other’s identities at any stage of the publication process. The authors must remove from the manuscript all data that can identify them, such as names, affiliations, institutions, etc.

The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of articles, which is final.

Authors do not have to pay for any Article Processing Charge or Open Access Publication Fee.

After acceptance

Proofs

One set of page proofs, or a link to access them, will be sent by e-mail to the Corresponding Author for approval.

The proofs are only for checking typesetting, editing, completeness, and correctness of the text, tables, and figures. Significant changes to the material accepted for publication by PAR will be considered at this stage only with the Editor-in-Chief's permission.

Make sure all corrections are sent back in a single communication to the Perioperative Anesthesia Reports. Please check your answers before replying, as the inclusion of any posterior changes are not guaranteed. The authors are responsible for the proofreading.

Publishing

After proofs are approved by the author and the editorial office, all articles are published and archived on PAR's official website as Open Access files.

No publication fees

Perioperative Anesthesia Reports is a Diamond Open Access journal with no fees. It is completely free to read, submit and publish.

All communications should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief by e-mail: editor.par@saesp.org.br. 

Types of article

Reporting guidelines

To enhance research quality and transparency, the Perioperative Anesthesia Reports mandates the use of an appropriate Reporting Guideline to any type of manuscript. Guidance on each type of study and how to choose the correct reporting guideline can be found on the EQUATOR (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research) website <http://www.equator-network.org/>.

Authors must submit a checklist of the adequate reporting guideline and flow diagram, if applicable. The checklist helps to ensure that the specific reporting guideline was used correctly and supports the editors and reviewers. If there is an item that was not addressed in the manuscript, authors should explain why the information is not relevant.

Section Policies

Case Reports and Case Reports with Literature Review

PAR only accepts for publication Clinical Information related to unprecedented cases or Case Reports describing innovations and new clinical approaches incorporating information other than merely presenting techniques, methods, or medical devices or novelties.

The authors must send a copy of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) agreement or Informed Consent Form for all types of Case Reports. Even if your country or institution does not require them, they are mandatory for the Perioperative Anesthesia Reports.                     

Images or illustrations must be anonymized and unidentified. A specific signed authorization for publication of the article must be obtained from the patient, family, or legal guardian and submitted with the Case Report.  

The  CARE guideline  <https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/care/> is recommended for reporting one Case Study or a series of case studies. The ACRE guideline for Case Reports is directly related to perioperative practice <https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/anaesthesia-case-report-acre-checklist-a-tool-to-promote-high-quality-reporting-of-cases-in-peri-operative-practice/>.

Research Protocol

Primary clinical, observational, or experimental research information have different characteristics. A copy or link of the ethical approval of the study, as well as its registry, should be submitted with the manuscript. The author can check the list of registry platforms for clinical trials on <http://apps.who.int/trialsearch/>. Brazilian authors are strongly encouraged to register the study at ReBEC (The Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials) <https://ensaiosclinicos.gov.br/> before submission.

To describe standard protocol items for a clinical trial, authors should use the SPIRIT guideline <https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/spirit-2013-statement-defining-standard-protocol-items-for-clinical-trials/>, or the specific EQUATOR guideline <http://www.equator-network.org/> in accordance with the research protocol type. 

Systematic Review

Authors should register the review protocol in PROSPERO (International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews) and declare the review protocol in the Methods section, besides indicating where it can be accessed. Epitomize sections attaching the implications of main findings, avoid repeating published studies' outcomes, and seek an evidence-based conclusion. Incorporating the protocol or the results of a new study with previous relevant studies in a meta-analysis is encouraged.

PRISMA-P <https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/prisma-protocols/>  is the guideline for a systematic review protocol,  and PRISMA is the guideline used to report the systematic review or meta-analysis <https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/prisma/>.

Narrative Review

Narrative Reviews are submitted only by invitation of the Editor-in-Chief. Before submission, the author should contact the Editor-in-Chief, who will evaluate the Narrative Review proposal for submission to the Perioperative Anesthesia Reports, with no guarantee of acceptance. 

Letter to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must approach constructive, objective, and educational comments on already published Perioperative Anesthesia Reports articles or refer to interesting subjects. Reporting research findings or Case Reports as Letters to the Editor are not advised. Letters to the Editor may discuss matters of interest with no regard to papers already published in PAR. As well as the other articles, they will be published at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief.

Clinical Images

The Perioperative Anesthesia Reports considers the publication of Pictorial Reviews or Clinical Images providing both textual and visual portrayals of an issue depending on the educational merit and illustrations. The text must be short, with most of the message contained in the figures and captions. The authors must send a copy of the Institutional Research Board (IRB) approval or an institution agreement to PAR related to all figures, pictures, and data.

Editorials

The Editorials are written only by invitation of the Editor-in-chief.

Conference Abstracts

The Perioperative Anesthesia Reports publishes abstracts presented at COPA (Congresso Paulista de Anestesiologia – São Paulo Congress of Anesthesiology), a congress held by SAESP (Sociedade de Anestesiologia do Estado de São Paulo – São Paulo State Society of Anesthesiology) as well as other meetings related to Anesthesia. PAR considers for publication Case Reports, Reviews, and Original Investigations published as conference abstracts, in which case the peer review is fulfilled by the scientific committee of the respective meeting.

Supplements and Thematic Sections

PAR also considers congresses’ Supplements or Thematic Sections for publication, which will be published in the same language as the related scientific meeting. The set of conference abstracts may be published as a Supplement.

Language

The Perioperative Anesthesia Reports receives submissions and publishes only in US English. Before submitting a manuscript, the authors must send it to a certified English review such as Proof-Reading-Service (PRS), Enago, or American Journal Experts (AJE).

Use of inclusive language

Manuscripts must written in inclusive language that acknowledges diversity and conveys respect to all people, free from bias. Authors should not make assumptions about the beliefs or commitments of any reader. Nothing in the text should imply that one individual is superior to another on the grounds of race, sex, culture, or any other characteristics.

Authorship

Authorship with full names, ORCID id (Open Researcher and Contributor ID), affiliations, and contributions of all authors, indicating the Corresponding Author should be included in the Title Page. The Corresponding Author is responsible for all communications with the Editorial Office.

If the authors still do not have an ORCID id, it can be registered at <https://orcid.org/> before the acceptance.

Inclusion criteria

The Perioperative Anesthesia Reports adopts ICMJE criteria for authorship: <http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html>. Each author is required to declare they contribution to the article, describing their roles the cover letter. All authors must have participated in the research and/or manuscript preparation and approve the final version of the manuscript and it must be declared in the disclo­sure statement.

The authors should have made substantial contributions to at least one of the following: conception and design of the study, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, draft or revise the article critically for important intellectual content.  

Changes to authorship

Any addition, deletion, or rearrangement in the authorship list should be made before the acceptance of the manuscript. When requesting it, the corresponding author must specify the reason for changing the list of authors and send written confirmation from all authors that they agree with the addition, removal, or rearrangement, including from the author being added or removed.

While the Editor-in-Chief considers the request, the publication of the manuscript will be suspended. If it has already been published, requests approved by the Editor-in-Chief will result in a corrigendum.

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements can be used to list individually those who provided help during the research (e.g., language help, writing assis­tance, proofreading the article, etc.).

The acknowledgments must be included in the cover letter and by the end of the manuscript.

Competing interests

Funding sources

Financial support to the Research must be cited in a concise way, describing the role of all sponsor(s). If the funding source did not have such involvement, it should be stated as well. To facilitate compliance with funder requirements, list the funding sources in a standard format (i.e., This work was supported by the XXXXX [grant number xxxx]). Grants and awards do not need to be described in detail.

When funding is from a block grant or other resources available to a university, college, or other research institution, cite the name of the insti­tute or organization that provided it.

If the research had no funding, there must include the following sentence: “This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies from public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors”.

Conflicts of interest

All authors must disclose financial or personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. If there are no conflicts of interest, please state: “Conflicts of interest: none”.

Research data

The Perioperative Anesthesia Reports encourages the authors to cite and share data that supports the research publication in an appropriate data repository enabling the interlink with the published article.

Research data refers to the results of observations or experimentation that vali­date research findings. To facilitate reproducibility and data reuse, the authors can share the software, code, models, algorithms, protocols, methods, and other valuable materials related to the project.

Data linking

The author can link the article directly to the dataset if the author has made the research data available in a data repository. PAR collaborates with reposi­tories to link articles on the data repository chosen by authors, providing readers access to underlying data that give a better understanding of the research described.

There are different ways to link the datasets to the article. When available, the author can directly link them by providing the rele­vant information in the submission system. 

For supported data repositories, a banner will automatically appear next to the published article. In addition, the authors can link to relevant data or entities using the format “Database: xxx”.

Data availability statement

To foster transparency, the Perioperative Anesthesia Reports encourages the authors to state data availability during submission. If the data is unavailable for access or unsuitable to post, this gives the author the opportunity to indicate why. If the author submits this form with the manuscript as a supplementary file, the statement will appear next to the published article.

Ethics in publishing

The authors must send a copy of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) agreement or Informed Consent form for publication involving all types of Case Reports. Even if your country or Institution does not require these guidelines, they are mandatory for the Perioperative Anesthesia Reports.   

Studies in animals

All animal exper­iments should comply with the AR­RIVE (Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments) guidelines: <http://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/improving-bioscience-research-re­porting-the-arrive-guidelines-for-re­porting-animal-research/> and be carried out according to the local country regulation. It is essential to clearly indicate in the manuscript that they have been followed and upload the guidelines’ checklist.

Indicate the sex of animals (and, when appropriate, the association or influence of sex on the results section), the genotype, source, strain, number of backcrosses, and age of the animals.

Studies in humans

If the study in­volves the use of human subjects, the authors should ensure that the research described has been carried out in ac­cordance with The Decla­ration of Helsinki – The Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association for experiments involving humans: <https://www.wma.net/policies-post/wma-declaration-of-helsinki-ethical-principles-for-medical-research-involving-human-subjects/>. In the manuscript must be include a statement that informed consent was obtained for experimentation with human subjects. Privacy rights must al­ways be observed and protected.

The manuscript should be in line with the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals <http://www.icmje.org/icmje-recommendations.pdf> and aim for the inclusion of representative human populations (sex, age, and ethnicity) as per those recommendations. The manuscript must contain data on age (mean with range), height (m), weight (kg), sex (male/female, with numbers and percentages), criteria for selection, and health conditions, among others that are signifi­cant to study results. Complex information is better presented in tables to facilitate understanding.

• Informed consent and patient details: re­quire Institutional Ethical Committee or Internal Review Board (IRB) ap­proval. Informed consent should be documented in the manuscript. Appropriate consents, permissions, and releases must be obtained when an au­thor wishes to include case details, personal information, or images of patients or any other individuals. Please indicate how the consents were obtained and have them available in case they are requested by the reviewers.
• Images: must be non-identified and anonymous, and a specifically signed au­thorization for publication should be obtained from the patient, legal guardian, or family and submitted along with the manuscript. If there is no written permission, patients’ personal details included in any part of the article and/or supplementary materials (includ­ing illustrations and videos) must be removed before submission.

Agreement and Copyright form

Along with the submission process, the Corresponding Author will be asked to complete and sign PAR’s Author Agreement and Copyright Assignment Term < http://bit.ly/3YTNAi1>

If one of the authors disagrees with the submission, they can get in touch via email <par@editoracubo.com.br>.

Open Access

Access rights

All articles published as open access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read, download, copy, and distribute.

Reuse and authors’ rights

The Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) allows others to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work and derivative works based upon it, but only if given the author or licensor credits as specified. This is a human-readable summary of (and not a substitute for) the full legal text of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

You can find the full text of the license deed and its legal code on the Creative Commons website. It is important to understand the terms of the license to ensure compliance with the attribution requirements when using or sharing content covered by CC BY 4.0.

Submission files

Submission: declaration and verification

If accepted, the article must not be published elsewhere in the same form, or in any language, including electronically, without the writ­ten consent of the copyright holder. The submitted article will be checked for plagiarism through iThenti­cate: <http://www.ithenticate.com/>.

Previous publication 

The submission of an article implies that the paper has not been previously published, except if the publication was in the form of an Abstract, Academic Thesis, or as part of Published Lecture. At the discretion of the Editorial Board, preprints can be submitted and will not count as a prior publication but must be cited in the submission.

The manuscript should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere and its publication must be approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the authorities and institutions where the work was carried out.

Cover Letter

Besides the roles of the authors, the novelty and value of the authors’ work must be stated in the cover letter in addition to the scope of the article, mentioning why the Perioperative Anesthesia Reports’ Editor-in-Chief should consider the article for publication. The corresponding author must state that the article was not previously published (or if it was published as a preprint or academic work). The cover letter will not be part of the final version of the article.

Also, indicate the number of tables, words, and figures of the manuscript submitted.

Title Page

Must contin:

• Title and running title.  
• Authorship with the names, ORCID id (Open Researcher and Contributor ID), affiliations, and contributions of all authors, indicating the Corresponding Author, who will be responsible for all communications with the Editorial Office. If the authors don’t have an ORCID, it can be registered at <https://orcid.org/>.
• Copy or attach the Institutional Re­search Board (IRB) approval for the submission as well as the link for the study registry.
• Download a model of Title Page: https://bit.ly/TitlePagePAR

Manuscript

Must be submitted as an editable Word file.

Title of the manuscript

Must be concise and informative, as it is often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid formulae and abbreviations in the title unless necessary, as well as commercial and copyrighted names. Write the title in the simplest way possible, including the study design. Avoid titles longer than 150 characters. The titles must be written in US English with only the first letter in uppercase.

Abstract

Should provide readers with a brief overview of the study to capture their interest. It should include the context for the research, as well as state the importance of the findings, with following sections.

Research protocol: Background, Methods and Conclusions.

Systematic Review: Background, Methods, Results and Discussion.

Others: Unstructured.

Keywords

Provide three to six keywords in alphabetical order, separated by commas, to represent the article's content. The descriptors should be based on MeSH (The Medical Subject Headings) <https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/> (p.ex. Cardiac surgery, Anesthesia, Delirium, Pre-anesthetic evaluation).

Manuscript sections

Case reports: Introduction, Case Report, Discussion.

Case Reports with Literature Review: Introduction, Case Report, Review, Discussion.

Systematic Review: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion.

Others: Unstructured.

References

All references must follow the Vancouver Style, and journal/publication names should be abbreviated according to the Index Medicus – abbreviation of journal titles.

Authors must ensure that the references are accurate so that links to abstracting and indexing services can be created. A DOI (Digital Object Identifier) never changes, so the author can use it as a permanent link to any electronic article.

References must be cited and numbered (in superscript) according to the order in which they are cited in the manuscript. Please check the maximum number of references allowed according to the type of manuscript before submission.

Tables and figures

Tables and figures must be cited in sequence and placed at the end of the manuscript (after the References). Check the maximum number of Tables according to the type of manuscript. Tables must be uploaded as editable files.  

Artwork

Image standards and integrity

The images or pictures published in PAR must be anonymized and unidentified. Specific signed authorization for publication must be obtained from the patient, family, or legal guardians and attached to the manuscript.

Image manipulation

Sometimes images need to be manipulated for clarity and to avoid scientific ethical abuse or fraud. However, some rules must be followed.

• No specific feature within an image may be enhanced, obscured, moved, removed, or introduced.
• Adjustments of brightness, contrast, or color balance are acceptable if, and as long as, they do not obscure or eliminate any information pres­ent in the original.
• Nonlinear adjustments must be disclosed in the figure caption.
• The resolution of the material must be 300+ dpi.
• Make sure you use uniform lettering and sizing in your original artwork.
• Number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text.
• Use a logical naming convention for artwork files.

Format

When the electronic artwork is finalized, please save the images as one of the following formats.

• EPS (or PDF): Vector drawings. Embed the font or save the text as “graphics”.
• TIFF (or JPG): Color or grayscale photographs. For halftones, use a minimum of 300 dpi.
• TIFF (or JPG): Bitmapped line drawings, use a minimum of 1000 dpi.
• TIFF (or JPG): Combinations of bitmapped line/half-tone (color or grayscale); a minimum of 500 dpi is required.

Do not supply files that are optimized for screen use, as the resolution is too low, or files low in resolution. Do not submit graphics disproportionately large for the content.

Figure captions

Each figure must have a brief title and a description, as well as captions that explain all symbols and abbre­viations used. These data must be written separately, not attached to figures, keeping text in the illustrations to a mini­mum.

Abbreviations

The authors should define abbreviations not standard in the field in the first time they are mentioned in the article. Abbreviations in the abstract must be defined when first mentioned. Ensure consistency throughout the article. 

Units

The authors must follow internationally accepted rules and conventions and the International System of Units (SI). If other units are mentioned, such as Fahrenheit, please, always give their equivalent in SI. 

Supplementary material

Scientific research can be supported and enhanced with supplementary material, including supporting applications, high-resolution images, background datasets, sound clips, videos, and more. The item is published exactly as it is submitted online, without any typesetting. The material must be submitted with the article along with a concise and descriptive caption. During any stage of the process, if you wish to make changes to the supplemental data, ensure that you provide an updated version. Make sure the "Track Changes" and corrections underlines are turned off in any Microsoft Office file, otherwise they will appear in the published supplement.

Video data

Videos and animation sequences are accepted to support and enhance scientific research. Authors who wish to make them available are strongly encouraged to include links to these within the body of the article.

It can be done in the same way as a figure or table, by referring to the video or animation content in the body of the text. All files should be properly labeled so that they can directly relate to the video file’s content.

To ensure that the video or animation material is usable, please provide the files in one of our recommend­ed file formats with a maximum size of 150 MB. They will be published online with the article on the internet site of the journal.

Please supply stills, choose any frame from the video or animation, or make a separate image to be used as an icon, personalizing the link to your video data.

Authors rights

As an author, you (or your employer or institution) have rights to reuse your work. For more information, access: Creative Commons — Atribuição 4.0 Internacional — CC BY 4.0

Submit your manuscript

Submit and track your manuscript: https://par.submitcentral.com.br