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Author Instructions

technical editing, language editing, proofreading, etc.) should be acknowledged in the section of Acknowledgement in the
manuscript rather than being listed as authors.
If a large multiple-author group has conducted the work, the group ideally should decide who will be authors before the
work starts and confirm authors before submission. All authors of the group named as authors must meet all the four
criteria for authorship.

5. Reviewers Exclusions
You are welcome to exclude a limited number of researchers as potential editors or reviewers of your manuscript. To
ensure a fair and rigorous peer review process, we ask that you keep your exclusions to a maximum of three people. If you
wish to exclude additional referees, please explain or justify your concerns—this information will be helpful for editors
when deciding whether to honor your request.

6. Editors and Journal Staff as Authors
Editorial independence is extremely important and OAE does not interfere with editorial decisions. Editorial staff or
editors shall not be involved in the processing their own academic work. Submissions authored by editorial staff/editors
will be assigned to at least two independent outside reviewers. Decisions will be made by other editorial board members
who do not have conflict of interests with the author. Journal staffs are not involved in the processing of their own work
submitted to any OAE journals.

7. Policy of the Use of AI and AI-assisted Technologies in Scientific Writing
Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (e.g., large language models) are expected to be increasingly used to create
content. In the writing process of manuscripts, using AI and AI-assisted technologies to complete key researcher work,
such as producing scientific insights, analyzing and interpreting data or drawing scientific conclusions, is not allowed,
and they should only be used to improve the readability and language of manuscripts.
AI and AI-assisted technologies should be used under human control and supervision as they may generate incorrect or
prejudiced output, and they should not be listed as an author or co-author, nor cited as an author.
The use of AI and AI-assisted technologies should be disclosed by authors in their manuscripts, and a statement will be
required in the final publication.
OAE will keep monitoring the development and adjust the policy when necessary.

8. Conflict of Interests
OAE journals require authors to declare any possible financial and/or non-financial conflicts of interest at the end of
their manuscript and in the cover letter, as well as confirm this point when submitting their manuscript in the submission
system. If no conflicts of interest exist, authors need to state “The authors declare no conflicts of interest”. We also
recognize that some authors may be bound by confidentiality agreements, in which cases authors need to sate “The
authors declare that they are bound by confidentiality agreements that prevent them from disclosing their competing
interests in this work”.

9. Editorial Process
9.1 Initial check
9.1.1 Initial manuscript check
New submissions are initially checked by the Managing Editor from the perspectives of originality, suitability, structure
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