About the Journal
Focus and Scope
Revista de Cirugía is an organ for the dissemination of surgical knowledge and clinical activity. Its target audience comprises surgeons, medical specialists, general practitioners, and healthcare students. We do not publish articles on pediatric surgery.
It provides surgeons and related specialists a platform to publish original, unpublished research in medicine—specifically basic and clinical research, narrative reviews, and technical notes.
The journal aims to disseminate and update general medical and surgical knowledge. It is published on a bimonthly schedule.
Revista de Cirugía is affiliated with and sponsored by the Chilean Surgical Society (Sociedad de Cirujanos de Chile) since 1952.
For subscriptions and inquiries, call: (+56 2) 2236 2831 or email: sociedad@cirujanosdechile.cl.
Publication Frequency
This journal is published bimonthly (6 issues per year).
In addition, selected accepted articles may be published online as Ahead of Print prior to their inclusion in a scheduled issue.
Open Access Policy
This is an Open Access journal, meaning that all content is freely available without charge to users or their institutions. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without prior permission from the publisher or the author, in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition.
Terms of Use
Articles published in this journal are subject to the following terms:
The Sociedad de Cirujanos de Chile retains the commercial/publishing rights of published articles while promoting reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Users are free to share and adapt the material provided that:
- Proper attribution is given to the authors and original source (journal, publisher, URL, and DOI).
- The applicable license terms are clearly referenced.
- Each article is assigned a persistent DOI (Digital Object Identifier).
- Readers maintain free, unhindered access to all published content.
Article Processing Charges (APC)
This journal does not charge any fees for submission, editorial processing, or publication of articles (no APCs).
Revision Deadlines
Upon receiving reviewer comments, authors will have 30 days to complete revisions and resubmit their manuscript.
Failure to submit the revised version within this timeframe will result in rejection and removal of the manuscript from the review workflow.
Ethical Policies
Our journal requires transparent disclosure of conflicts of interest, adherence to human and animal welfare ethics, and explicit informed consent documentation for all published articles. Rigorous compliance checkpoints are maintained throughout the editorial workflow.
Ethics and Data Access
During manuscript submission, authors confirm compliance with the journal's Author Guidelines:
- Human and Animal Rights: Any study involving human or animal experimentation must declare compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki and relevant international regulations.
- Conflict of Interest: Authors must disclose any personal, institutional, or financial conflicts of interest.
- Informed Consent: Written informed consent must be secured for all participating patients or individuals whose clinical data/photographs appear in the manuscript.
- Anonymity: The identity of all subjects involved in the study must remain strictly protected and anonymized.
- Copyright & Intellectual Property: Authors grant commercial publication rights to the Sociedad de Cirujanos de Chile while retaining intellectual property rights under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Editorial Workflow
During peer review, editors verify the accuracy of ethical declarations, conflicts of interest, and patient consent.
If inconsistencies or missing information are detected, the editorial team contacts the corresponding author to request prompt clarification or revisions.
DOI Assignment
Upon final acceptance, an individual DOI (Digital Object Identifier) is automatically assigned to the manuscript and deposited in Crossref.
Archiving and Repositories
Following layout and typesetting, manuscripts are simultaneously deposited in SciELO Chile with their respective DOIs for preservation and indexation.
Published articles are archived in the SciELO Network (scielo.org), the SciELO Chile repository, and are in the process of inclusion in the CLOCKSS digital preservation archive.
Corrections, Retractions, and Expressions of Concern
Corrections
Errors identified post-publication that warrant formal amendments will be handled via an erratum or corrigendum. Since articles are published online In Press upon acceptance, authors are strongly urged to review proof versions carefully.
Corrections will appear in the next regular issue linked to the original article. Complex cases will be evaluated individually by the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board.
Article Retractions
Severe breaches of publication ethics (duplicate publication, ghost/honorary authorship, plagiarism, or fraudulent data) will lead to formal retraction following the COPE Retraction Guidelines.
The retraction procedure consists of:
- Adding a formal retraction notice cover page and applying a "Retracted" watermark to every page of the online PDF.
- Removing the XML version of the manuscript.
- Publishing a formal notice titled «Retraction: [Article Title]» in the next issue, linked to the original record.
- Signatures by the authors, institution, ethics committee, and/or Editor-in-Chief.
Expressions of Concern
When substantial concerns arise regarding the integrity or conduct of a submitted or published work, the Editor-in-Chief will seek investigation by the authors' institutional ethics committee. The journal may publish an Expression of Concern while the formal inquiry is ongoing.
Advertising Policy
Content published in Revista de Cirugía is entirely independent of commercial interests, sponsored agreements, or advertiser influence. We do not display advertising on our online platforms.
Plagiarism Detection
Prior to peer review, all submissions are screened for textual overlap and originality using Crossref's Similarity Check system.