Annals of Family Medicine considers all submitted Annals of Family Medicine materials with the understanding that they have not been published in print or electronic format and are not under consideration by another publication or electronic medium. The Annals generally follows the policy of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors regarding duplicate or prior publication. (See also the Policy on Prepublication Release of Information and Embargo).
Authors who choose to post their work on a preprint server should choose one that clearly identifies preprints as not peer-reviewed work and includes statements of conflicts of interest. It is the author’s responsibility to inform the Annals of Family Medicine if the work has been posted on a preprint server. It is the author’s responsibility to ensure that preprints are amended to point readers to subsequent versions, including the final published article.
Duplicate or prior publication of a small part of the content of a manuscript may not preclude publication in the Annals. Failure to disclose possible duplicate or prior publication is a breach of scientific ethics. If prior or duplicate publication is discovered after a paper is published in the Annals, the editors may publish a notice of duplicate publication, with or without permission of the authors.
Author Responsibilities
At the time of submitting a manuscript, authors must affirm that neither the paper they submit nor any work presenting substantially the same material is under review, has been accepted, or has been published by another journal, website, or other publication medium.
Authors must notify the editors of the following and give full details in the cover letter that they submit with their paper:
• Anything that might reasonably be considered prior or duplicate publication of any of the content of the manuscript,
• Any presentations of the content in part or in full, for example, at a conference or scientific meeting,
• Print or online publication of any of the content in conference proceedings.
At the time of submission, authors must send to the Annals copies of all related materials that have been previously published or are under consideration or in press elsewhere. Failure to notify the editors of possible prior or duplicate publication as described in this policy may result in rejection of the paper submitted.
Authors who have any question about duplicate or prior publication of material in a paper they submit to the Annals should provide details in the cover letter.
(1) International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals. http://www.icmje.org/.
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