The Journal of Anesthesia (JA) welcomes case reports that show unique cases in perioperative medicine, intensive care, emergency medicine, and pain management. However, JA rarely accepts case reports for publication. Please note that case reports should present important educational issues for JA readers. Even if a case is clinically challenging but does not contain any novel learning points, it will not be publishable in JA.
Submitted manuscripts are reviewed with regard to their validity, originality, and significance. All manuscripts are initially assessed by the editors, and if they are judged suitable candidates for publishing, they are then reviewed by a minimum of two reviewers. In principle, the author will be advised within 8 weeks of the acceptance, rejection, or required revision of the manuscript. The journal use a single-anonymized peer review process; that is, author identities are known to peer reviewers, but peer reviewers identities are not revealed to the authors.
The choice of the editors and reviewers will consider, wherever possible, avoiding present or past collaborators, or scholars working in the same institutions; this may not be possible in case of specific developing fields, and in case of authors with wide international collaborations.
Papers from the editors or from the associate editors, regarding his-her specific fields of action, will be directly managed by the editor in chief, choosing reviewers and editors according to the previously mentioned policy. One of the section editors will manage the papers of which the editor-in-chief is an author, including editorials and commentaries.
Please find more detailed information on peer review policy in Springer journals at Peer Review Policy, Process and Guidance.
All revisions will require a final editorial review, and resubmission does not guarantee acceptance of the revision.
After submission, authors can return periodically to the journal’s Editorial Manager site and monitor the progress of their submission throughout the review process.
