About the journal

Advances in Perioperative Care is a Diamond Open Access peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles related to any aspect of perioperative medicine, intersecting across a wide variety of professional participants reflecting the multi-disciplinary nature of perioperative care.


  1. Aims and Scope
  2. What we publish
  3. Editorial process and Peer Review
  4. Acceptance criteria
  5. Open Access and Licensing
  6. Funding and Diamond OA – no article publication charges (APCs)
  7. Discoverability and Indexing
  8. Journal metrics
  9. Journal Details
  10. Contact and Community

Aims and scope

Advances in Perioperative Care is a Diamond Open Access journal published by UCL Press, that aims to promote a multi-disciplinary approach to the care patients contemplating, undergoing and recovering from surgery.

The journal welcomes contributions related to any aspect of perioperative medicine and recognises the importance of attracting a wide variety of professional participants to reflect the multi-disciplinary nature of this growing specialty. Examples of topics can include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Pharmacy interventions in surgical patient care
  • An interesting clinical case focussing on a single aspect of management
  • Bedside nursing skills, tricks and tips
  • Clinical management
  • The use of data
  • Therapies to improve recovery and wellbeing of patients

The journal has been developed and is edited by academics and clinicians at the Centre for Perioperative Medicine at UCL (University College London, UK), focusing on case studies and other forms of evidence based learning across topical issues to support learning, by providing an open access resource of informative articles related to any aspect of perioperative medicine.

The journal welcomes submissions from authors across the globe on perioperative medicine.


What we publish

The journal is currently inviting two different categories of submission and welcomes Letters to the Editor:

  • Narrative Articles
  • Case Reports
  • Letters to the Editor

Read more about how to format and submit your article to Advances in Perioperative Care in our author guidelines.

Author guidelines

Editorial Process and Peer Review

Advances in Perioperative Care operates double anonymised peer review, where both the reviewers and authors are anonymised to each other during review. Authors should submit an anonymous version of the manuscript, stripped of all identifying references to the author(s) for peer review. Reviewers cannot be from the same institution as the author, based at any funding bodies connected to the paper and cannot be recommended by authors or anyone else connected to the paper. Author(s) should submit an anonymous version of the manuscript, stripped of all identifying references to the author(s) for peer review.

Further information regarding peer review can be found on the UCL Press editorial policy pages:

Editorial policies

Acceptance criteria

We assess submissions based on:

  • Relevance to our aims, scope and mission.
  • Clarity and soundness of argument and findings.
  • Evidence of new knowledge and meaningful contribution to the field.
  • Responsiveness to reviewer and Editorial feedback.

Submissions are unlikely to be accepted if they:

  • Are primarily commercial or self-promotional.
  • Contain excessive self-citation.
  • Lack clear conclusions or conceptual rigour.
  • Provide minimal updates on prior work.
  • Are not suitable for peer review due to clarity or fit with the journal.

Articles accepted for full publication will be those where the Editorial Board has received at least two favourable peer reviews and is satisfied that all reviewer and Editorial comments have been adequately addressed.

Experience suggests that few submissions are accepted after a single review round. The Editorial Board may decline a submission at any stage if reviewer concerns cannot be addressed to the Board’s satisfaction. In some cases, Editors may request revisions before peer review to support review effectiveness.


Preprints

Advances in Perioperative Care is happy to accept submissions of papers that have been loaded onto preprint servers or personal websites, have been presented at conferences, or other informal communication channels. These formats will not be deemed prior publication. Authors must retain copyright to such preprints and are encouraged to link any prior posting of their paper to the final published version within the journal, if it is editorially accepted.

Further information about self-archiving your article on preprint servers can be found on the UCL Press editorial policy pages:

Editorial policies

Open Access and Licensing

All content is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. This ensures:

  • Free access for readers worldwide.
  • Retention of copyright by authors.
  • Maximum flexibility for reuse, adaptation and sharing.

We follow the Budapest Open Access Initiative and are committed to author rights and open scholarship. Our Author Contributor Agreement outlines full terms for publication:

Author Contributor Agreement

Funding and Diamond OA – no article publication charges (APCs)

Advances in Perioperative Care is a Diamond Open Access journal, meaning that UCL Press does not levy any Article-Processing Charges (APCs) for submission or publication.

UCL Press covers all the costs to publishing every article and publishing is free at every stage:

  • No submission fees
  • No peer review fees
  • No publication fees

This reflects our commitment to equity and non-profit publishing, especially for authors with limited funding or from underrepresented sectors.


Additional funding and support

The publication of this journal was supported by the Wellcome Trust.


Discoverability and Indexing

UCL Press works with subject specific indexers to deposit published articles in relevant repositories and search databases. Articles published in Advances in Perioperative Care are indexed in:


Journal metrics

We are committed to the responsible use of metrics and strongly encourage all readers, authors, reviewers, and Editors to read through our statement about the use of metrics across the journal, available online at https://journals.uclpress.co.uk/site/editorial_policy/#METRICS.


Journal Details

ISSN: 2978-3410
Publication frequency: Continuous (as and when ready)

Published by

UCL Press, University College London (UCL)
Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK

journals.uclpress.co.uk

uclpressjournals@ucl.ac.uk


Contact and Community

We are a community-led journal. Whether you’re submitting, reviewing, or simply reading, we invite you to be part of our network.

For pre-submission enquiries:
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