Australasian Journal of Plastic Surgery

Title	Australasian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Class	Scholar Publisher
URL	http://www.ajops.com
Owner	Not-for-profit membership organisation of Australian plastic and reconstructive surgeons. ASPS is governed by a Council who employ a team of staff to support education and training of surgeons, advocacy and policy, regulation and so on. The CEO is Mr Kim Hanna
Address	Suite G01, 69 Christie Street, St Leonards, NSW, 2065 AUSTRALIA
Copyright and Licensing Policy	https://ajops.com/index.php/ajops/about
Complaint email	https://ajops.com/index.php/ajops/about
Complaint policy	No specific policy. Complaints on our 'About the journal' page are described as: We take allegations of misconduct seriously. If you believe a decision regarding a publication outcome was the result of a breech of publication ethics, either as a result of research or publication misconduct, please email your concerns to journal@plasticsurgery.org.au. All correspondence should be addressed to the editors-in-chief and include a detailed description of the allegation along with supporting evidence. All complaints are treated confidentially and will be investigated in line with relevant COPE guidelines.
Publication charge link	https://ajops.com/index.php/ajops/about and https://ajops.com/index.php/ajops/about/submissions
Publication charge policy	Publication of accepted manuscripts is free for members of the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and the New Zealand Association of Plastic Surgeons (NZAPS). A small publication fee (AU$500) applies to published papers where none of the authors are members of ASPS or NZAPS. There is no fee for authors of papers invited by the Editors-in-Chief.
OASPA Compliant OA Journals	Australasian Journal of Plastic Surgery
OA articles approx. number in 12 months	15 (does not include Features, Perspectives, Editorials, Guides or Letters to the Editors)
Peer review process	https://ajops.com/index.php/ajops/for-reviewers and https://ajops.com/index.php/ajops/about and https://ajops.com/index.php/ajops/about/submissions
Peer review policy	The Australasian Journal of Plastic Surgery has adopted a double-blind peer review process for original and review articles and cases. This involves an initial assessment by the relevant section editor and, if accepted for review, detailed assessment by two or more independent peer reviewers. In double-blind peer review, all identifying information is removed from the submission so that author(s) remain anonymous to the reviewers and visa versa. Reviewers are asked to provide comment on A paper may go through more than one round of peer review before a recommendation is reached. The reviewers’ recommendation is sent back to the section editor* for endorsement before final approval is sought from the editors-in-chief. Members of the editorial team can submit their own papers to the journal or appear as a co-author on a paper. When this occurs they are removed from all editorial tasks associated with the paper and another member of the editorial team is assigned responsibility for overseeing the peer review. A competing interest must be declared with the submission and any resulting publication. The editors-in-chief may invite editorials and features. Features are identified as invited and not subject to peer review unless stated. Letters to the editor, media reviews, perspectives and video content are reviewed by the editors-in-chief. If you experience any adverse event arising from review process, or would like to tell us your views, please email journal@plasticsurgery.org.au.