Journal of Pediatric Surgery guidelines
Congress edition of the Journal of Pediatric Surgery
For all papers accepted for oral or poster presentation (not case reports) that will be part of our 2025 programme we will be considering manuscripts for the congress edition of the JPS!
Presenters of oral and poster papers that have been accepted for presentation at Congress 2025 (NOT case reports, or videos), can submit a manuscript for consideration for publication in the Congress edition of the Journal of Pediatric Surgery.
This year we are trialling a new way of submission that involves uploading your manuscript electronically to the JPS website as you would do for a regular submission to the journal.
You first need to be registered with JPS and have a username and password.
https://www.editorialmanager.com/jpedsurg/default.aspx
Choose “Submit new manuscript” on the first screen and on after that scroll down to “SI: BAPS 2025”.
Then, follow the instructions on uploading your manuscript through the next few screens. This will involve separate files for
THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS 26th MAY 2025
The various elements of the manuscript should be supplied as separate files:
1. Title page: should include the title, authors, institution(s), name of the corresponding author and contact address, phone number and current email address.
2. Abstract (<300 words) and Keywords (<5) and Highlights: 4-5 bullet points (<50 words)
3. Manuscript and references including any legends for the figures or tables at the end.
(Note reference style example – more than three authors: Seo T, Ito T, Ishiguro Y, et al: New neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation circuit with a self-regulating pump. Surgery 1994; 115:463-472.)
4. Figures and/or tables (as separate numbered files): Figures should be saved as high quality TIFF, JPEG or EPS files etc and certainly not embedded in the Word or PowerPoint files. COLOUR images will be CHARGED for.
5. Cover letter
6. Declaration of Interest Statement
7. Author Agreement.
8. STROBE / CONSORT etc. statement
There are then lots of statement / declaration boxes to tick before you are asked to “BUILD your PDF”. Check the final result carefully and note your manuscript number.
e.g. JPEDSURG-D-25-01437
On completion of the submission please email this number to:
[email protected] or [email protected] so that your manuscript is added to the marking list.
We aim to review during the month leading up to the Bruges Congress and declare the results in the month after.
Please direct any queries on submitted manuscripts or the submission process to: Professor Mark Davenport, UK editor for the Journal of Pediatric Surgery.