Atlantis Highlights in Medical Sciences

Publishing Information

ISSN

The online ISSN of Atlantis Highlights in Medical Sciences is 2590-3209.

Series Editors

  • Rongyi Chen, Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, China
  • Xianfei Ding, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
  • Christina Zong-Hao Ma, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong

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Open Access & Publication Fees

Atlantis Highlights in Medical Sciences is an open access proceedings series, meaning that all articles are immediately and permanently free to read, download, copy & distribute under the terms of the applicable end-user license (refer to the Copyright & End-User License section on this page for further details). The online publication of each proceedings is sponsored by the conference organizers and hence no additional publication fees are required.

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Peer Review

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Reviewers should be instructed to assess the quality of submissions solely based on the academic merit of their content including but not limited to the following dimensions:

  1. Pertinence of the article’s content to the scope and themes of the conference;
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  3. Soundness of the methods, analyses, and results;
  4. Adherence to the ethical standards and codes of conduct relevant to the research field;
  5. Clarity, cohesion, and accuracy in language and other modes of expression, including figures and tables.

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DOIs

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Permanent Archiving

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