- Open access · CC BY 4.0
- ISSN 2997-2086
- Published by Open Access Pub
About the Journal of Fetal Surgery
The Journal of Fetal Surgery (JFS) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal for research on fetal surgery and fetal medicine, including neonatal surgery for prenatally diagnosed conditions and long-term outcomes. It has been published by Open Access Pub since 2017.
Purpose and readership
Research across the course of fetal care
JFS serves maternal-fetal medicine specialists, fetal therapy teams, pediatric and neonatal surgeons, anesthesiologists, neonatologists and radiologists who need sound evidence on how conditions affecting the fetus are diagnosed, treated and followed up.
JFS publishes clinical, translational and outcomes research on fetal surgery and fetal medicine. It covers open fetal surgery, fetoscopic and image-guided procedures, prenatal diagnosis and imaging, perioperative and anesthesia care, neonatal surgery for prenatally diagnosed conditions, and the long-term outcomes of mothers and children.
Its aims are to publish methodologically sound research that informs the care of the fetus and the pregnant patient, to report procedures and outcomes in enough detail for others to learn from them, and to make the results freely available to everyone who can use them. Work on technology is considered when it is linked to fetal care. The Aims and Scope page describes the scope in full.
Article types
- Original Research
- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- Review
- Surgical Technique or Technology Report
- Short Communication
- Case Report
- Commentary
- Letter
Preparation guidance for each type is given in the Instructions for Authors.
Journal register
Reference information on the journal's identity, ownership, rights, review, fees and preservation.
ISSN (online)
2997-2086
- Full title
- Journal of Fetal Surgery
- Short title JFS. ISSN 2997-2086 (online).
- Publisher and owner
- Open Access Pub
- The journal is owned and published by Open Access Pub. openaccesspub.org
- Publication history
- Since 2017
- Volume 1, Issue 1 was published on February 10, 2017.
- Access
- Open access
- Every article is free to read, download and share from the day of publication, with no subscription or registration.
- License and copyright
- CC BY 4.0
- Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Authors retain copyright.
- Peer review
- Single-blind by default
- Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request.
- Article processing charge
- USD 750 to USD 1,450
- By article type. Payable only after acceptance; withdrawal after submission is subject to the journal's withdrawal policy.
- Persistent identifiers
- DOI prefix 10.14302
- Articles receive DOIs registered with Crossref.
- Research integrity
- Crossref Similarity Check
- Submitted manuscripts are screened with Crossref Similarity Check, powered by iThenticate.
- Preservation
- Portico
- JFS articles will be deposited in Portico for long-term preservation.
- Editorial Board
- International board
- Members and their affiliations are listed on the Editorial Board page.
Editorial Board
Board members
Members, affiliations and research interests are listed with their profiles.
Editorial responsibility
The journal is overseen by its Editorial Board, whose members handle manuscripts within their expertise and advise on the journal's scope and policies.
Editorial decisions are based on scope, scientific quality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, reporting quality, and relevance to the journal. They are independent of the article processing charge and of any fee-relief inquiry. Editors with a conflict of interest are recused from handling the manuscript.
Peer review
All submissions undergo initial editorial screening. Manuscripts that meet the journal's scope and minimum requirements proceed to independent peer review. Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request. Manuscripts that proceed to external peer review are normally evaluated by at least two independent subject-matter experts. The full process is set out in the Editorial Policies.
Open access, preservation and discovery
Open access and copyright
Free to read and reuse
JFS is an open-access journal. All articles are freely available on openaccesspub.org from the day of publication, without subscription or registration.
Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0), which permits anyone to read, download, copy, distribute, adapt and reuse the work for any lawful purpose, provided the authors and the original publication are credited. Authors retain copyright in their work and may deposit any version of their article, including the published version, in institutional or subject repositories without embargo.
Preservation and discovery
A lasting, citable record
JFS articles will be deposited in Portico, a not-for-profit digital-preservation archive, so that the published record remains available for the long term. Read our preservation policy.
Each article is assigned a Crossref DOI, and article metadata are openly available to scholarly discovery services. The Indexing page lists the catalogs and services in which JFS and its articles are recorded.
Contact
Editorial office
Questions about the journal, its policies or a manuscript can be sent to the editorial office of JFS at Open Access Pub.
- info@openaccesspub.org
- Publisher
- Open Access Pub, openaccesspub.org
- For authors
- Instructions for Authors and Article Processing Charges