- All submitted articles will undergo double blind peer review as per recommendations by subject specific experts selected by editors.
- Acceptance is based on significance, originality, clarity & fulfillment of the criteria of the publication policy of this journal.
- The Editor-in-Chief will take all final decisions regarding acceptance.
- Selection of the reviewed & accepted manuscripts intended for publication in a particular issue will be decided by Editorial Board.
- Rejected manuscript will be returned if accompanied by stamped or self-addressed envelope.
- Upon acceptance for publication the copy right of the paper automatically transfers to the authority of BSSP Journal & will not be published elsewhere either in part or whole without written permission of the copyright holder.
- Review article should be written by a subject expert.
- Permission of the patients &/or their families to reproduce photographs of the patients where identity is not disguised should be sent with the manuscript. Otherwise the identity will be blackened out.
- Any manuscript that includes table, illustration or photography that have been published earlier should accompany a letter of permission for republication from the author(s) of the publication & editor/publisher of the Journal where it was published earlier.
- Conflict of Interest. A Conflict of Interest statement must be included for all manuscripts within the Acknowledgments section. Authors should enter the text that is auto-populated on the ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) Disclosure Statement in Section 6. Even if there are no conflicts of interest, please explicitly state this.
- Patient anonymity and informed consent: It is the author’s responsibility to ensure that a patient’s anonymity is carefully protected. For photographs or videos, the author must obtain written and signed permission from the patient if the patient would be recognizable. Authors must state in their manuscript that informed consent was sought and granted.
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