About the Journal

Advances in Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (AAPM) is established as a platform dedicated to fostering multidisciplinary dialogue within the fields of anesthesia, pain management, and the broader domains of perioperative and critical care medicine. The journal is grounded in the conviction that the most effective approach to 21st-century healthcare lies in cross-disciplinary collaboration. We believe that optimal patient care results from the continuous integration of diverse medical expertise within cohesive, interdisciplinary teams.

AAPM encompasses a wide spectrum of topics related to emergency medicine, surgery, anesthesia, and intensive care. The journal welcomes contributions ranging from experimental and laboratory research, clinical trials, and observational studies, to the development and analysis of organizational models and clinical outcomes assessment.

As an open-access journal, AAPM is committed to promoting the broadest possible dissemination of scientific knowledge. The editorial process is designed to be both rigorous and efficient, ensuring timely peer review and publication. Authors receive comprehensive support from the editorial board throughout the submission and publication workflow.

We seek contributions of high scientific quality, including original clinical research, experimental investigations, epidemiological analyses, and conceptual papers that propose innovative models of care. The journal accepts a variety of manuscript types: original research articles, clinical trials, short communications, case reports of particular significance, brief reports, systematic reviews, narrative reviews, perspectives, commentaries, and editorials. This diversity of formats aims to encourage the exchange of ideas and experiences—ranging from individual clinical cases to large-scale data analyses, and from structured evidence to thought-provoking hypotheses. In addition, AAPM is attentive to ethical issues and the organizational and managerial aspects of healthcare delivery.

Our readership and contributor base is global, comprising professionals across the aforementioned fields, including physicians, nurses, allied healthcare providers, biomedical technicians, and healthcare managers.

Introduction
Peer review is applied to all research articles and the majority of other article types published in Advances in Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. This entails at least two independent, expert peer reviewers.

Policy

All submissions to AAPM are first checked for completeness (criteria for desk reject are available in the Guide for Authors) before being sent to an Editor, who decides whether they are suitable for peer review. If an Editor is on the author list or has a competing interest in a particular manuscript, another member of the Editorial Board will be assigned to oversee peer review. When making a decision, Editors will consider the peer-reviewed reports, but they will not be bound by the opinions or recommendations contained in them. A single peer reviewer's or the Editor's concern may result in the manuscript being rejected. Peer review reports are sent to authors along with the editorial decision on their manuscript.

At Advances in Anesthesia and Pain Medicine papers undergo a single-blind review process - meaning that the reviewers’ identity is not shared with the authors.

Selection

Peer reviewer selection is critical to the publication process. A variety of factors influence it, including expertise, reputation, specific recommendations, conflicts of interest, and previous performance. All of these qualities are highly desirable: speed, thoroughness, sound reasoning, and collegiality.
Before accepting an invitation to review a manuscript, potential peer reviewers should notify the Editor of any potential conflicts of interest. Editors' and peer reviewers' communications contain confidential information that should not be shared with third parties.
PAGEPress journals are committed to making editorial decisions and publishing them as soon as possible, and we believe that an efficient editorial process benefits both our authors and the research community as a whole. As a result, we ask reviewers to respond within the agreed-upon time frame. If reviewers anticipate a delay, we ask that they notify us so that we can keep the authors updated and, if necessary, find alternative solutions.

Diversity and equity

Advances in Anesthesia and Pain Medicine is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and strives for demographic diversity among peer reviewers. When inviting peer reviewers, editors are strongly encouraged to consider geographical regions, gender identities, racial/ethnic groups, and other groups.

Misconduct
False or misleading information, such as identity theft and suggesting fake peer-reviewers, will result in the manuscript being rejected, further investigation in accordance with the Publisher's misconduct policy (https://www.pagepress.org/site/plagiarism_misconduct), and notification to the authors' institutions/employers. The Publisher follow thes Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidance about peer reviewer fraud/falsification.

Guidance
The primary goal of peer review is to provide the Editor with the information needed to make a fair, evidence-based decision that adheres to the journal's editorial criteria. Review reports should also assist authors in revising their paper so that it can be accepted for publication. Reports that include a recommendation to reject the paper should explain the major flaws in the research; this will help the authors prepare their manuscript for possible re-submission (if allowed by the Editor) or submission to a different journal.

A quick guide to reviewing is available here

Before submitting a report, reviewers should ask themselves the following questions:

• How would you react if you received this report?
• Do you find the tone offensive?
• Is it polite and professional?
• Do the authors or their competitors receive any unnecessary personal or antagonistic remarks?

Please keep in mind that any offensive language in your report may be removed by the Editor.

All papers are published as soon as they have been accepted by adding them to the "current" volume's Table of Contents.

Acute Care Medicine Surgery and Anesthesia is fully compliant with open access mandates and provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

This journal utilizes the PKP Preservation Network, the Global LOCKSS Network and Portico to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.

PAGEPress allows and encourages authors to deposit both their pre- and post-prints in Open-Access institutional archives or repositories. The primary benefit of pre- and post-print self-archiving is reaching a larger audience, which enhances the visibility and impact of your research.