Page 50 - Read Online

Author Instructions

and formatting, conflicts of interest, background of authors, etc. Poorly-prepared manuscripts may be rejected at this
stage. If your manuscript does not meet one or more of these requirements, we will return it for further revisions.

9.1.2 Publishing ethics
All manuscripts submitted to Mini-invasive Surgery are screened using iThenticate powered by CrossCheck to identify
any plagiarized content. Your study must also meet all ethical requirements as outlined in our Editorial Policies. If the
manuscript does not pass any of these checks, we may return it to you for further revisions or decline to consider your
study for publication.

9.2 Editorial assessment
Once your manuscript has passed the initial check, it will be assigned to the Editor from Journal Editorial Board (Editor-
in-Chief, Associate Editor, Editorial Board Member) who has no conflict of interest on this manuscript to review.
Regarding the Special Issue paper, after passing the initial check, the manuscript will be successively assigned to an
Assistant Editor, Guest Editor, and then to the Editor from Editorial Board in the case of conflict of interest for the Guest
Editor to review. The Academic Editors (EiC/AEs/EBMs/GEs) may reject manuscripts that they deem highly unlikely to
pass peer review without further consultation. Once your manuscript has passed the editorial assessment, the Assistant
Editor will start to organize peer-review.

9.3 Process
Artificial Intelligence Surgery operates a single-blind review process. The technical quality of the research described in
the manuscript is assessed by a minimum of three independent expert reviewers. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for
the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of the manuscript.

9.4 Decisions
Your research will be judged on technical soundness only, not on its perceived impact as judged by editors or referees.
There are three possible decisions: Accept (your study satisfies all publication criteria), Invitation to Revise (more work
is required to satisfy all criteria), and Reject (your study fails to satisfy key criteria and it is highly unlikely that further
work can address its shortcomings).
10. Contact Us
Managing Editor
Lilian Zhang
Email: editorialoffice@aisjournal.net

Locations
Los Angeles Office
245 E Main Street, ste122, Alhambra, CA 91801, USA
Tel: +1 323 9987086

Xi’an Office
Suite 1504, Tower A, Xi’an National Digital Publishing Base, No. 996 Tiangu 7th Road, Gaoxin District, Xi’an 710077,
Shaanxi, China
Tel: +86 (0)29 8954 0089