Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports
JFMS Open Reports is an official journal of the International Society of Feline Medicine (ISFM) and the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP). It is an international, open access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing original papers that improve the veterinary care and welfare of domestic cats. JFMS Open Reports publishes case reports and small case series (up to three cases) providing novel information as well as short communications of national or regional significance (eg, reporting regional data relating to well-recognised diseases).
JFMS Open Reports has a sister title, the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, which is also dedicated to improving the veterinary care and welfare of domestic cats. JFMS publishes original papers, short communications and larger case series (minimum of four cases), as well as review papers and Society-led consensus guidelines. Together the two journals aim to provide the ultimate resource for feline medicine and surgery.
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Why publish in JFMS Open Reports?
· Indexing in PubMed Central
· The natural platform for high-quality case reports, small case series and short communications of national or regional significance contributing novel information in the important field of feline medicine and surgery
· Open access dissemination of your paper, driving high visibility and global exposure
· Rigorous peer review
· A timely first decision – on average within 35 days of submission
· Online publication within 25 working days of acceptance
· High quality copyediting, proofreading and presentation of your article
Open access article processing charge (APC) information
Publication in the journal is subject to payment of an article processing charge (APC). The APC serves to support the journal and ensures that articles are freely accessible online in perpetuity under a Creative Commons licence.
Full APC | 640 USD |
ISFM and AAFP member discount | 75% |
ISFM- and AAFP-affiliated groups discount | 50% |
The relevant discount applies if any of the authors are ISFM/AAFP members or members of an ISFM- or AAFP- affiliated group. The APC is payable when a manuscript is accepted after peer review, before it is published, and is subject to TAX/VAT where applicable (further details here).
Submission information
Submissions will be handled online through SAGE Track, powered by ScholarOne Mansucripts. Submit your manuscript today at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jfms-or. For full details, go to the ‘Submit Paper’ tab.
Disclaimer:
The Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports (JFMS Open Reports) is published for veterinary and allied professionals and is not intended for use by cat owners or carers as a substitute for professional veterinary care. The journal’s content represents views and opinions of the authors (and advertisers), and not necessarily the views or opinions of the editors, societies, or publisher, who make no representation or give any warranty as to the accuracy, applicability, fitness or completeness of the content.
Ultimate responsibility for the interpretation of published materials lies with the veterinary practitioner. Authors (and advertisers) may describe the use of products, formulations, methods, or techniques that are not necessarily available or licensed for use in cats in a reader’s own country. Publication of this content does not amount to an endorsement of efficacy, value or quality, or the claims made by authors or advertisers, and the reader is responsible for ensuring they comply with the legal and ethical treatment of animals. The authors, editors, societies, and publisher accept no responsibility for any loss or damage arising from actions or decisions based on information contained in this journal.
Contact
Please direct any enquiries to jfms-or@icatcare.org
JFMS Open Reports is an official journal of the International Society of Feline Medicine (ISFM) and the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP). It is an international, open access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing original papers that improve the veterinary care and welfare of domestic cats. JFMS Open Reports publishes high-quality case reports and short case series (up to three cases) that provide novel information, along with short communications of national or regional significance (eg, reporting regional data relating to well-recognised diseases).
Papers considered for publication in JFMS Open Reports must be a maximum of 1750 words and fall into one of the following categories:
· Single case reports presenting novel information
· Short case series (of up to three cases) presenting novel information
· Short communications reporting valuable national or regional data on well-recognised aspects of feline veterinary healthcare (eg, disease prevalence or other relevant regional findings).
The journal considers papers in disciplines directly relevant to feline veterinary care including, but not limited to:
· Anaesthesia and analgesia
· Behaviour
· Cardiology
· Dentistry
· Dermatology
· Diagnostic imaging
· Emergency medicine and critical care
· Endocrinology
· Gastroenterology and nutrition
· Genetics
· Haematology and clinical pathology
· Infectious diseases, parasitology and epidemiology
· Nephrology and urology
· Neurology
· Oncology
· Ophthalmology
· Orthopaedics and musculoskeletal disorders
· Pathology and pathobiology
· Pharmacology, therapeutics and toxicology
· Theriogenology and paediatrics
· Respiratory medicine
· Shelter and unowned cat medicine
· Soft tissue surgery
· Welfare (encompassing both physical and mental health)
The aims and scope of JFMS Open Reports and, for comparison, its sister journal, JFMS, can be viewed here.
Please direct any enquiries to jfms-or@icatcare.org
Margie Scherk | American Association of Feline Practitioners, catsINK, Canada |
Andy Sparkes | Simply Feline Veterinary Consultancy, UK |
Kelly St Denis | St Denis Veterinary Professional Corporation, Canada |
Abi Strickland | International Society of Feline Medicine, UK |
Hannah Godwin | International Society of Feline Medicine, UK |
Hugh Tucker | International Society of Feline Medicine, UK |
Margaret Melling | International Society of Feline Medicine, UK |
Joy Archer | University of Cambridge, UK |
Esther Barrett | Wales and West Imaging, UK |
Vanessa Barrs | City University, Hong Kong |
Julia Beatty | City University, Hong Kong |
David Bennett | University of Glasgow, UK |
Nora Berghoff | IDEXX, Germany |
Jean-Phillippe Billet | Centre Hospitalier Veterinaire Atlanta, France |
Kieran Borgeat | Eastcott Referrals, UK |
Dwight Bowman | Cornell University, USA |
Martha Cannon | Oxford Cat Clinic, UK |
Margorie Chandler | Vets Now Referrals, Glasgow, UK |
Marjorie Chandler | Vets Now Referrals, Glasgow |
Georgina Child | Small Animal Specialist Hospital (SASH), Australia |
Sandra Corr | University of Glasgow, UK |
Melanie Dobromylskyj | Finn Pathologists, UK |
Pru Galloway | Massey University, New Zealand |
Rebecca Geddes | Royal Veterinary College, UK |
Ronette Gehring | Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands |
Margaret Gruen | North Carolina State University, USA |
Danièlle A Gunn-Moore | University of Edinburgh, UK |
Margarethe Hoenig | University of Illinois, USA |
Ann E Hohenhaus | The Animal Medical Center, USA |
Debra F Horwitz | Veterinary Behavior Consultations, USA |
Linda Jacobson | Toronto Humane Society, Canada |
Rosanne Jepson | Royal Veterinary College, UK |
Boyd Jones | Massey University, New Zealand |
Hans Kooistra | Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands |
Liza Köster | The University of Tennessee, USA |
Sorrel Langley-Hobbs | Univeristy of Bristol, UK |
Michael Lappin | Colorado State University, USA |
Sally Lester | Pathology Consultant, USA |
Christine Lim | Eye Care for Animals Chicago, USA |
Annette Litster | Zoetis, USA |
Susan Little | Bytown Cat Hospital, Canada |
Gina Lockwood | Toronto, Canada |
Mark Lowrie | Dovecote Veterinary Hospital, UK |
Leslie A Lyons | University of Missouri, USA |
Richard Malik | The University of Sydney, Australia |
Francesca Mancianti | Università di Pisa, Italy |
Xavier Manteca | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain |
Jacqueline Norris | The University of Sydney, Australia |
Carolyn O'Brien | Melbourne Cat Vets, Australia |
Laura Owen | University of Cambridge, UK |
Stephen Page | Advanced Veterinary Therapeutics, Australia |
Saverio Paltrinieri | Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy |
Mark G Papich | North Carolina State University, USA |
Rachel Perry | Perry Referrals, UK |
Mark Peterson | Animal Endocrine Clinic, USA |
Armi Pigott | Cornell University, USA |
Alessandro Poli | Università di Pisa, Italy |
Bruno Pypendop | UC Davis, USA |
Jessica Quimby | The Ohio State Unviersity, USA |
Nicki Reed | Veterinary Specialists Scotland, UK |
Carol Reinero | University of Missouri, USA |
Mark Rishniw | Cornell University, USA |
Angela Witzel Rollins | The University of Tennessee, USA |
Stefano Romagnoli | University of Padova, Italy |
Henrik Rönnberg | Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Sweden |
Ken Smith | Royal Veterinary College, UK |
Samantha Taylor | International Society of Feline Medicine and Linnaeus Veterinary Group, UK |
Karen Walsh | Eye Veterinary Clinic, UK |
Craig Webb | Colorado State University, USA |
Scott Weese | University of Guelph, Canada |
Kerstin Wildermuth | Tierdermatologie Dr Wildermuth, Germany |
David Williams | University of Cambridge, UK |
John Williams | Vets Now, Manchester, UK |
- Clarivate Analytics: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
- PubMed Central (PMC)
- Scopus
Manuscript Submission Guidelines:
Please read the guidelines below then visit the journal’s submission site https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jfms-or to upload your manuscript. Please note that manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned for correction.
You have obtained and can supply all necessary permissions for the reproduction of any copyright materials included in the work and not owned by you. This Journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics JFMS Open Reports is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. Each article accepted by peer review is made freely available online immediately upon publication, is published under a Creative Commons license and will be hosted online in perpetuity. Publication costs of the journal are covered by the collection of Article Processing Charges, which are paid by the funder, institution or author of each manuscript upon acceptance. There is no charge for submitting a paper to the journal. For general information on open access at SAGE please visit the Open Access page or view our Open Access FAQs. 2. Article Processing Charge (APC) If, after peer review, your manuscript is accepted for publication, a one-time Article Processing Charge (APC) is payable. This APC covers the cost of publication and ensures that your article will be freely available online in perpetuity under a Creative Commons license.
The discount applies if any of the authors are eligible. 3. Article types JFMS Open Reports considers manuscripts submitted in the following formats. The main text must be a maximum of 1750 words for all manuscript types. Short Communications Case Reports Case Series Letters to the Editor Letters commenting on articles recently published in JFMS Open Reports will be considered for publication in the journal. Letters should not exceed 1,000 words (including references and one table or figure). The Editors may send the letter to the authors of the original paper for comment so that both letter and reply may be published together. Manuscripts should be clearly labelled ‘Short Communication’, ‘Case Report’, ‘Case Series’ or ‘Letter to the Editor’. Table 1. Overview of the requirements for manuscript submission to JFMS Open Reports
*Excludes abstract, tables, figure and table captions, Acknowledgements, Funding, Conflict of interest, Ethical approval and Informed consent statements, etc, and references JFMS Open Reports operates a single-blind peer review process in which the reviewer’s name and information is withheld from the author. The reviewers may at their own discretion opt to reveal their names to the author in their review but our standard policy practice is for their identities to remain concealed. All manuscripts are reviewed as rapidly as possible, and an editorial decision is generally reached within 6 weeks of submission. Papers should only be submitted for consideration once consent is given by all contributing authors. Those submitting papers should carefully check that all those whose work contributed to the paper are acknowledged as contributing authors.
Authors should meet all the above conditions. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content. Contributors not meeting all these requirements should be included in acknowledgements rather than as an author. Please note that a user account, containing name, email address and institution, will be created for all authors listed on a paper. Acquisition of funding, collection of data, or general supervision of the research group alone does not constitute authorship. All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in the Acknowledgments. Please refer to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) authorship guidelines for more information on authorship. Please note manuscripts must be submitted with declaration statements in the following order: Acknowledgements (where relevant), Conflict of Interest, Funding, Ethical Approval and Informed Consent. Manuscripts may be returned if the statements are not included. All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an Acknowledgments section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help (see also section 4.2). 4.3.1 Third party submissions Where an individual who is not listed as an author submits a manuscript on behalf of the author(s), a statement must be included in the Acknowledgements section of the manuscript and in the accompanying cover letter. The statements must:
Where appropriate, SAGE reserves the right to deny consideration to manuscripts submitted by a third party rather than by the authors themselves. 4.3.2 Writing Assistance Individuals who provided writing assistance (eg, from a specialist communications company) do not qualify as authors and so should be included in the Acknowledgments section. Authors must disclose any writing assistance – including the individual’s name, company and level of input – and identify the entity that paid for this assistance. It is not necessary to disclose use of language polishing services. Any Acknowledgments should appear first at the end of your article prior to your Conflict of interest statement 4.4 Declaration of conflicting interests It is the policy of JFMS Open Reports to require a declaration of conflicting interests from all authors enabling a statement to be carried within the paginated pages of all published articles. Please ensure that a ‘Conflict of Interest’ statement is included at the end of your manuscript, after any Acknowledgments and before the Funding statement. If no conflict exists, please state that ‘The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.’ For guidance on conflict of interest statements, please see the ICMJE recommendations. JFMS Open Reports requires all authors to acknowledge their funding in a consistent fashion under a separate heading. Please visit the Funding Acknowledgments page on the SAGE Journal Author Gateway to confirm the format of the acknowledgment text in the event of funding, or state that: ‘The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.’ 4.6 Clinical and research ethics, and informed consent Prior to undertaking studies and prior to submitting a manuscript to JFMS Open Reports, authors should read these guidelines to ensure requirements have been adequately met. Circumstances relating to the use of animals in clinical and experimental studies must meet international standards as set out in:
In addition to the above, for manuscripts submitted to JFMS Open Reports, the Editors would not normally support publication of:
The Editors would also expect that for all manuscripts submitted:
The Editors reserve the right to reject manuscripts on ethical or welfare grounds when, in their opinion, studies involve unnecessary pain, distress, suffering, harm, or potential harm to animals; and where the above guidelines have not been followed. 4.6.1 Ethical Approval All material published in JFMS Open Reports must adhere to high ethical standards concerning animal welfare and meet with the above guidelines. Irrespective of the nature of the work (eg, case report, case series or prospective, retrospective or experimental study), JFMS Open Reports requires all authors to make one of the following four ethical approval declarations (using the exact wording) in an ‘Ethical approval’ section at the end of on their manuscript, stating: a) The work described in this manuscript involved the use of non-experimental (owned or unowned) animals. Established internationally recognised high standards (‘best practice’) of veterinary clinical care for the individual patient were always followed and/or this work involved the use of cadavers. Ethical approval from a committee was therefore not specifically required for publication in JFMS Open Reports. Although not required, where ethical approval was still obtained it is stated in the manuscript. b) The work described in this manuscript involved the use of non-experimental (owned or unowned) animals and procedures that differed from established internationally recognised high standards (‘best practice’) of veterinary clinical care for the individual patient. The study therefore had prior ethical approval from an established (or ad hoc) committee as stated in the manuscript.
c) The work described in this manuscript involved the use of experimental animals and the study therefore had prior ethical approval from an established (or ad hoc) committee as stated in the manuscript.
d) This work did not involve the use of animals and therefore ethical approval was not specifically required for publication in JFMS Open Reports.
For any queries regarding the best-fit statement, please contact jfms-or@icatcare.org 4.6.2 Informed Consent and Informed Consent for publication JFMS Open Reports requires all authors to make one of the following two informed consent declarations (using the exact wording) in an ‘Informed consent’ section at the end of their manuscript, stating: a) Informed consent (verbal or written) was obtained from the owner or legal custodian of all animal(s) described in this work (experimental or non-experimental animals, including cadavers) for all procedure(s) undertaken (prospective or retrospective studies). b) This work did not involve the use of animals (including cadavers) and therefore informed consent was not required.
In addition to informed consent for use of animals within a study, informed consent for publication is required where any animal or person may be identifiable as a result of the publication (eg, a recognisable photograph, description or unique identifiable features, etc). Authors are therefore required to also state within the ‘Informed consent’ section either: a) For any animals or people individually identifiable within this publication, informed consent (verbal or written) for their use in the publication was obtained from the people involved. b) No animals or people are identifiable within this publication, and therefore additional informed consent for publication was not required. Researchers reporting the results of research studies are encouraged to consult the relevant EQUATOR Network reporting guidelines for different studies including, for example, the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) for randomised controlled trials. Other resources can be found at NLM’s Research Reporting Guidelines and Initiatives. When research data is published in JFMS Open Reports we request that any primary data used by authors in their research article is published as Supplementary material, or that detailed information is provided in the article on how the data can be obtained. This information should include links to third-party data repositories or detailed contact information for third-party data sources. Data available only on an author-maintained website will need to be loaded onto either the journal’s platform or a third-party platform to ensure continuing accessibility. Examples of data types include (but are not limited to) statistical data files, replication code, text files, audio files, images, videos, appendices, and additional charts and graphs necessary to understand the original research. The Editors may consider limited embargoes on proprietary data. The Editors can also grant exceptions for data that cannot legally or ethically be released. All data submitted should comply with Institutional or Ethical Review Board requirements and applicable government regulations. For further information, please contact Lucinda Periac-Arnold (lucinda.periacarnold@sagepub.co.uk), Publishing Editor at SAGE Publications. SAGE is committed to upholding the integrity of the academic record. We encourage authors to refer to the Committee on Publication Ethics’ International Standards for Authors and view the Publication Ethics page on the SAGE Author Gateway. 5.1.1 Plagiarism JFMS Open Reports and SAGE take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of the journal against malpractice. Submitted articles may be checked with duplication-checking software. Where an article, for example, is found to have plagiarised other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgement, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take action including, but not limited to: publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction); retracting the article; taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the author's institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; or taking appropriate legal action. 5.2 Contributor's publishing agreement Before publication, SAGE requires the author as the rights holder to sign a Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement. JFMS Open Reports publishes manuscripts under Creative Commons licenses. The standard JFMS Open Reports license is Creative Commons by Attribution Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC 3.0), which allows others to re-use the work without permission as long as the work is properly referenced and the use is non-commercial. For more information, you are advised to visit SAGE's OA licenses page. Alternative license arrangements are available, for example, to meet particular funder mandates, made at the author’s request.
Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. For further information, including guidance on fair dealing for criticism and review, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions on the SAGE Journal Author Gateway. Preferred formats for the text and tables of your manuscript are Word DOC, RTF, XLS. LaTeX files are also accepted. Word and LaTex templates are available on the Manuscript Submission Guidelines page of our Author Gateway. Title page The first page of the manuscript should list the title (which should be concise [20 words maximum] and contain no abbreviations), the authors’ institutional addresses, the corresponding author’s email address and postnominals, and the article’s keywords (a minimum of four, not including ‘cat’ or ‘feline’) Abstract The second page of the manuscript must contain only the abstract, which should accurately and concisely reflect the content of the article. The abstract should be of no more than 250 words and must be clearly written and comprehensible to readers before they come to read the paper. For Case Reports, the Abstract should be structured with the following two subheadings: ‘Case summary’ and ‘Relevance and novel information’. For Case Series, the abstract should be structured with the following two subheadings: ‘Case series summary’, and ‘Relevance and novel information.’ For Short Communications, the Abstract should be structured with the following four subheadings: ‘Objectives’, ‘Methods’, ‘Results’, and ‘Conclusions and relevance’. Reference citations are not permitted. 6.2 How to help readers find your article The title, keywords and abstract are key to ensuring readers find your article online through online search engines such as Google. Please refer to the information and guidance on how best to title your article, write your abstract and select your keywords by visiting the SAGE Journal Author Gateway page How to Help Readers Find Your Article Online. 6.3 Artwork, figures and other graphics For guidance on the preparation of illustrations, pictures and graphs in electronic format, please visit SAGE’s Manuscript Submission Guidelines Figures supplied in colour will appear in colour online. ImagesThe minimum quality required is 300dpi. When submitting your images for review, please resize them to a maximum of 2000 X 2000 pixels (the minimum size required is 1000 X 1000 pixels). Failure to comply with these guidelines will result in your manuscript being returned to you to amend, thus delaying the evaluation process of the manuscript. 6.4 Tables These should contain only essential data. If tables contain laboratory data, wherever possible, both SI and US (American) units should be quoted and reference intervals should be provided. 6.5 Abbreviations, symbols and drug names Each scientific abbreviation must be explained at its first occurrence in the paper; for example, ‘complement fixation test (CFT). Medications should be referred to by their recommended International Nonproprietary Name (rINN). Where approporiate, the proprietary name and the manufacturer should be given in parentheses when first mentioned; for example, ‘carprofen (Rimadyl; Zoetis)’. Do not use propriety symbols (eg, ® or ™) or ltd, etc, in medications or company names. 6.6 Measurements Units of measurement may be expressed in either SI or US (American) units. However, reference intervals should always be included for laboratory data and, wherever possible, laboratory data should be quoted in both SI and US (American) units for ease of understanding by the international readership. This journal is able to host additional materials online (eg, datasets, podcasts, videos, images, etc) alongside the full-text of the article. These will be subjected to peer review alongside the article. For more information please refer to our guidelines on supplementary material, which can be found within our Manuscript Submission Guidelines page.
JFMS Open Reports conforms to its own style: JFMS Open Reports Style Guide 2020 JFMS Open Reports adheres to the SAGE Vancouver reference style with some formatting variations. Review the guidelines on JFMS Open Reports references to ensure your manuscript conforms to this reference style. If you use EndNote to manage references, you can download the SAGE Vancouver output file here. Note: In general only primary sources of information should be cited – citing reviews or book chapters where primary sources are referred to is generally not acceptable. Where relevant, authors should make note of [Abstract] and [Letter] in their references. 6.10 English language editing services Authors seeking assistance with English language editing, translation, or figure and manuscript formatting to fit the journal’s specifications may consider using SAGE Language Services. Visit SAGE Language Services on our Journal Author Gateway for further information. 6.11 Disclaimer The Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports (JFMS Open Reports) is published for veterinary and allied professionals and is not intended for use by cat owners or carers as a substitute for professional veterinary care. The journal’s content represents views and opinions of the authors (and advertisers), and not necessarily the views or opinions of the editors, societies, or publisher, who make no representation or give any warranty as to the accuracy, applicability, fitness or completeness of the content. Ultimate responsibility for the interpretation of published materials lies with the veterinary practitioner. Authors (and advertisers) may describe the use of products, formulations, methods, or techniques that are not necessarily available or licensed for use in cats in a reader’s own country. Publication of this content does not amount to an endorsement of efficacy, value or quality, or the claims made by authors or advertisers, and the reader is responsible for ensuring they comply with the legal and ethical treatment of animals. The authors, editors, societies, and publisher accept no responsibility for any loss or damage arising from actions or decisions based on information contained in this journal. As part of our commitment to ensuring an ethical, transparent and fair peer review process SAGE is a supporting member of ORCID, the Open Researcher and Contributor ID. ORCID provides a unique and persistent digital identifier that distinguishes researchers from every other researcher, even those who share the same name, and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between researchers and their professional activities, ensuring that their work is recognized. The collection of ORCID iDs from corresponding authors is now part of the submission process of this journal. If you already have an ORCID iD you will be asked to associate that to your submission during the online submission process. We also strongly encourage all co-authors to link their ORCID ID to their accounts in our online peer review platforms. It takes seconds to do: click the link when prompted, sign into your ORCID account and our systems are automatically updated. Your ORCID iD will become part of your accepted publication's metadata, making your work attributable to you and only you. Your ORCID iD is published with your article so that fellow researchers reading your work can link to your ORCID profile and from there link to your other publications. If you do not already have an ORCID iD please follow this link https://orcid.org/register to create one or visit our ORCID homepage to learn more. Please note that only ORCID iDs validated prior to article acceptance will be authorised for publication, and we are unable to add or amend ORCID iDs at later stages (eg, at proof stage). JFMS Open Reports is hosted on SAGE Track, a web-based online submission and peer review system powered by ScholarOne™ Manuscripts. Visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jfms-or to login and submit your article online. IMPORTANT: Please check whether you already have an account in the system before trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for either JFMS Open Reports or its sister title JFMS since 2011, it is likely that you will have had an account created – the same log in details can be used for both journal submission sites. For assistance with this aspect please email the editorial office at jfms-or@icatcare.org. For further general guidance on submitting your manuscript online please visit ScholarOne Online Help.
7.1 Social Media - Twitter @ISFMCats and @CatVets JFMS Open Reports uses Twitter (through both the ISFM channel @ISFMCats and the AAFP channel @CatVets) to engage with debate on Social Media. Authors and readers are encouraged to join the ongoing discussion around the twitter account on issues related to the Journal. JFMS Open Reports authors are offered the option of providing their Twitter handle to be published alongside their name and email address within their article. Providing a Twitter handle for publication is entirely optional, if you are not comfortable with JFMS Open Reports promoting your article along with your personal Twitter handle then please do not supply it. By providing your personal Twitter handle you agree to let JFMS Open Reports and SAGE Publications to use it in any posts related to your Journal article. To include your Twitter handle within your article please provide this within the ScholarOne submission form when prompted and on the separate title page in the format outline below (please refrain from adding it to the manuscript itself to facilitate anonymous peer review). As an example of how to supply this information please see the example below: Joe Bloggs, Department of Veterinary Science, University Hospital, Town, Zip code, USA 8. On acceptance and publication If your paper is accepted for publication after peer review, you will first be asked to complete the contributor’s publishing agreement. Once your manuscript files have been checked for SAGE Production, the corresponding author will be asked to pay the Article Processing Charge (APC) via a payment link or a direct invoice if the corresponding author is within the European Union. Once the APC has been processed, your article will be prepared for publication and will appear online within an average of 20 working days. Please note that no production work will occur on your paper until the APC has been received. Your SAGE Production Editor will keep you informed as to your article’s progress throughout the production process. Proofs will be sent by PDF to the corresponding author and should be returned promptly. One of the many benefits of publishing your research in an open access journal is the speed to publication. With no issues to fill and no page count constraints, your article will be published online in a fully citable form with a DOI number as soon as it has completed the production process. At this time it will be completely free to view and download. Check the ‘Latest Articles’ tab on the journal website for the latest published content. Articles are batched every quarter, and are then available in the Archive. Any correspondence, queries or additional requests for information on the Manuscript Submission process should be sent to the Editorial Office: jfms-or@icatcare.org |