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Author Instructions
           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
           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
           Mini-invasive Surgery operates a single-blind review process. The technical quality of the research described in the
           manuscript is assessed by a minimum of two independent expert reviewers. The Academic Editor is responsible for the
           final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of the manuscript. For controversial manuscripts, the Editor-in-Chief is
           responsible for making the final decision.


           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
           Jane Lee
           Email: editorialoffice@misjournal.net

           Locations
           Los Angeles Office
           245 E Main Street, Ste 107, 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














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