Aims and Scope

Aims: The need for better and more specialized treatment of the sequelae of diabetes is not only acute but also global. The aim of Diabetic Foot & Ankle is therefore to disseminate freely accessible research results on the latest advances in all aspects pertinent to diabetic foot and ankle pathology and its related areas of prevention, clinical care, pathophysiology, epidemiology, and surgical and cardiovascular management.

The journal is essential to all educators, researchers, clinicians, and other health care professionals engaged in patients with diabetes mellitus.

Scope: Manuscripts on any aspect of diabetic foot and ankle research will be considered for publication. We welcome

• Research articles on all aspects of diabetic foot and ankle care and management.
• Preclinical research articles presenting theoretical or experimental knowledge contributing to the development of new treatments of diabetic foot and ankle.
• Review articles presenting the state-of-the-art of important aspects of diabetic foot and ankle care and management.
• Case reports presenting unique cases of diabetic foot and ankle pathology and treatment.
• Trend articles presenting new ideas or early-stage promising research.
• Perspectives allowing for personal points of views or experiences [invited].
• Letters to the Editor debating articles published in the journal.

Section Policies

Clinical Research Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Preclinical Research Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Review Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Invited Review Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Case Reports

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Trend Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Perspectives

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Invited Editorials

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Editorials

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Letters to the Editor

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Diabetic Limb Salvage – A Multidisciplinary Team Effort

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

Papers submitted to Diabetic Foot & Ankle are subject to rigorous peer review so as to ensure that the research published is 'good science'.

All manuscripts will undergo preliminary evaluation at the editorial level and those judged to be of significant importance will subsequently be peer reviewed by two or more experts. The Editors will see the papers through peer review to acceptance or rejection.

All articles go through a preliminary review by the Editor-in-Chief. When articles are felt to not be appropriate for full peer review, authors are notified at that point, usually within approximately two weeks. Articles that are felt to be appropriative for full review are assigned to at least two peer referees.

Manuscripts are sent out for review electronically, and all correspondence takes place via e-mail. Diabetic Foot & Ankle has a 'double blind' review process: Authors are not told who reviewed their paper, and reviewers are not told who wrote the paper. Peer reviewers are informed of the identity of the authors immediately after the manuscript is either accepted or rejected. The referees’ identity remains unknown to the authors although it is up to the referee if he/she wants to contact the author at a later stage and reveal his/her identity.

Peer reviewers are asked to give their opinion on a number of issues pertinent to the scientific and formal aspects of a paper, and to judge the papers on grounds of originality and urgency. All relevant information will be forwarded to the author(s).

Peer reviewers will have six possible options, for each article:

1. Accept manuscript (i.e. no need for any revision)
2. Accept after revision (i.e. accepted if the author makes the requested revisions)
3. Revise and resubmit (i.e. accepted or rejected after revisions have been made - paper will be sent out for another peer review round)
4. Submit elsewhere (i.e. if the manuscript is better suited for another journal)
5. Reject manuscript (i.e. if the manuscript is substandard)
6. See comments (i.e. if the reviewer cannot choose from any of the above)

 

When asking for revisions, reviewers have two possible goals: to ask authors to tighten their arguments based on existing data, or to identify areas where more data are needed. Even formal revision may be required if the language or formalities is sub-standard. To facilitate rapid publication, authors are given a maximum of 2 months for revision. After 2 months, revised manuscripts will be considered new submissions.

Publication Frequency

All articles published in Diabetic Foot & Ankle are posted online immediately as they are ready for publication, i.e. after final proofreading. The journal does not collate numbered issues published regularly but all articles will be assigned a DOI number (Digital Object Identifier) whereby they become searchable and citeable without delay.

Open Access Policy

Open Access
Diabetic Foot & Ankle is published under the Open Access model and is therefore free for anybody to read and download, and to copy and disseminate for educational purposes. Articles will be published immediately after the final corrections of the master proof have been made. When posted online, articles will be assigned a DOI number (Digital Object Identifier) whereby it becomes possible to search and cite them without delay.

Diabetic Foot & Ankle is accessible via the journal’s website at http://www.diabeticfootandankle.net as well as via international search engines such as Google Scholar.

Under the Open Access model authors retain copyright. See copyright section.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system 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.

In addition, all files will be archived with CLOCKSS, Portico and PubMed Central.

Author Self-Archiving

Authors are permitted and encouraged to post items submitted to this journal on personal or institutional websites, prior to and after publication (while providing the bibliographic details of that publication).

Publication fee

As from 2012 a Publication fee of $450/€340 will be charged to the authors upon acceptance of their paper. Papers submitted after January 1st 2012 will be subject to payment. For a list of universities/institutes and funding agencies supporting Open Access publication, please see here. Additional information on how to claim reimbursement/support for publication fees can be found here.

Open Access Key

As a Co-Action Publishing author you are now able to manage your publication fee using Open Access Key (OAK).

Co-Action Publishing is one of the first publishers in the world to implement OAK, a unique new online payment platform designed to manage and consolidate author publication fees and connect authors to their universities, research funders or learned societies. To register and start using Open Access Key, please visit http://www.openaccesskey.com

Indexing

Diabetic Foot & Ankle is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services: DOAJ, Google Scholar, JournalSeek, Open J-gate, ProQuest Summon, PubMed Central and Ulrich's Periodicals Directory. The Publisher is currently working actively to have Diabetic Foot & Ankle indexed with ISI Thomson's Web of Knowledge (to attain an impact factor) and MEDLINE as soon as the volume of content and other criteria are met.

Material in Diabetic Foot & Ankle is distributed by EBSCO, one of the world's largest content aggregators and research database providers.

Commercial reprints and advertising

If you wish to purchase reprints for commercial distribution, arrange for a supplement, or e-advertise on the Diabetic Foot & Ankle website, please contact:

Caroline Sutton, Sales & Marketing Director
Email: caroline.sutton@co-action.net
Tel (SkypeIn): +46 18 495 11 26
Tel (cell): +47 90 69 05 06