This page provides all the information needed for authors of PiscoMed Publishing (hereinafter referred to as the Publisher) during the submission and publication stage. If you have other inquiries, please contact the editorial office of your target journal.

Here are some things to pay attention to as you plan your submission:

• Please read and understand the target journal's editorial and publishing ethical policies; a manuscript against the ethical policies may be rejected.
• Please read the Author Guidelines of the target journal, and prepare your manuscript by referring to its template.
• Please provide a cover letter as supplementary material when submitting a manuscript.
• Please ensure that you have obtained authorized approval of remixed data from the original copyrighter if available.
• Please be aware of the Authorship Policy, and authors are not encouraged to change the list of authorships after the manuscript is accepted.
• Please refer to the AIGC Policy; the Publisher strictly prohibits the use of AI tools to write content that replaces human logical thinking and analytical interpretation, except for the insertion of references, language embellishment, and graphing of basic data.
• All the journals in PiscoMed Publishing adopt an open access model, and authors retain the copyright of their work. PiscoMed Publishing is authorized to publish the works online first.
• Please be aware of the APCs policy before submitting a manuscript.

Please prepare a cover letter along with your manuscript, that may describe the main idea of the article, its innovativeness and significance, etc. Authors are required to disclose any essential information, such as the potential conflict of interest, preprint version ID if available, informed consent statement if involving human and animal research, data deposition, etc.

You are welcome to share a list of recommended or recused reviewers, and the journal office has the right to adopt it or not. Authors are encouraged to list their contributions to a research article, where there are more than two authors.

Submissions may be returned to authors if they do not adhere to these guidelines:

• The submission is original and has not been published previously, nor is it under consideration by another journal.
• The submission file is in Microsoft Word or LaTex format.
• Where available, URLs or DOIs for the references have been provided.
• The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which are found in the "Submission" of the target journal.
• If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

Please add an article type at the top of your text. In general, we publish the following types of articles. In case your article does not fall into any of the following types, please contact the editorial office of the journal to check whether your article type is acceptable.

Article

This article type involves research work that completes a whole scientific experiment, and some results are found, which plays an important role in the development of this study community. The structure usually includes an Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions (optional) sections.

Review

A review summarizes and analyzes a particular recent research advancement in the community and makes constructive suggestions for future directions in this research. It may include an Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Relevant Sections, Discussion, Conclusions, and future direction sections.

Editorial

The journal office usually invites an editor to submit an Editorial. It may introduce the recent development of the journal or the community, as well as a notice of new announcements such as a new journal policy, or launching a topic collected. An Editorial will not be peer reviewed, but the statement of a conflict of interest is necessary.

Perspective

Perspectives usually analyze the current research data collected, and the results already show great research promise. It suggests the latest research direction for this research community, and more in-depth research data is needed to support it.

Case Report

A case report generally brings attention to a particular situation, which is often applied in the medical field. A case report generally consists of a summary of only a few cases.

All submissions to an English journal are requested to be written in English for global readability. Authors are encouraged to use American or British English while keeping uniformity throughout the text.

Authors could contact the editorial office for language services.

All submissions will undergo a rigorous peer-reviewed process; please refer to the target journal's Peer Review Process policy. It includes several stages, including the initial check, peer review process, decision making, production, and post-publication.

Initial Check

Once receiving a new submission, the in-house managing editor will initially check the article structure for completeness and the similarity report. Then, all the materials will be passed to the academic editor (Editor-in-Chief or one of the Editorial Board Members) for initial review, such as the fitness of their research area with the journal's scope, the scientific value of the work, and the completeness of the research. Only those that pass the initial check will move on to the next stage.

Peer Review Process

Please refer to the target journal's peer review process.

There will be more than two external independent experts invited with at least two valid review reports collected for one manuscript undergoing a double anonymous review process. Reviewers must disclose any potential conflict of interest, and they are encouraged to recommend other experts to serve as reviewers if there is a potential conflict of interest (please refer to the Conflict of Interest policy). Both the information of reviewers and authors is anonymous to each other. Editors must not disclose any personal privacy to other parties.

There will be more than three external independent experts invited with at least three valid review reports collected for one manuscript undergoing a single anonymous review process. Authors' information is open to reviewers, but reviewers are anonymous to authors. Editors and reviewers are prohibited from disclosing authors' information to other parties.

Decision Making

All review reports will be collected by the academic editor to the Editor-in-Chief. The Editor-in-Chief will make the final decision combining his/her own opinion and that of all the reviewers.

• Accept submission: The submission can be accepted with a few or no revisions. Then it will be copy-edited and type-set in the production stage.
• Revisions required: Authors must revise their manuscript following reviewers' suggestions. Usually, authors should spend no more than 14 days to prepare and submit the revision file. If more time is needed, authors must apply to the editor in advance.
• Resubmit for review: Major revisions are needed and a new review round will be initiated. Authors should modify their manuscript with more details according to the reviewers' comments. For a new review round, the same or different reviewers will be invited on a case-by-case basis. Usually, if the revision takes more than two months, authors are recommended to resubmit the manuscript.
• Decline submission: The manuscript will be rejected, usually due to major flaws.

Authors have the right to appeal against an inappropriate review decision within 14 days of receiving the decision or complain about potential peer review ethics. The appeal/complaint email is always open at editorial@piscomed.com. An investigating group will be organized to review the whole editorial process. Concerns or complaints about possible allegations submitted to the journal will be dealt with promptly and appropriately according to the procedure set out in the COPE flowchart on complaints.

Manuscripts that have been accepted after the peer reviewed process will go into the publication stage for further copy-editing and layout-editing. The in-house editorial staff will make every effort to minimize all possible errors before publication, and only after proofreading by the author is it published. Unavoidable mistakes may exist, and readers and authors are urged to contact the editorial office as soon as possible if errors are discovered.

The Publisher is open to any comments from everyone, and suggestions and commentaries after the article is published are encouraged. Once any possible conflict of interest and ethical violation is perceived, please send your complaints to the journal office, and serious action will be taken following COPE's guidelines.

Any comments on the post-publication are welcome and essential for the scientific development. Readers, editors, and scholars should feel free to communicate with us.