No pre-submission approval is required, but the Editors reserve the right to decline peer review of systematic reviews and meta-analysis submissions that they deem as not suitable for the Journal. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses should be submitted as article type "Original Research Article" and follow all formatting requirements accordingly. However, prospective authors who wish to suggest a Review Article may send a one-page proposal to the Managing Editor at for consideration by the Editors. Unsolicited Review Articles are not considered.
Review Articles are solicited by invitation of the Editors. If survivorship analysis is utilized the follow-up report shouldi nclude revisions for aseptic loosening, revisions for any cause, and radiographic loosening. At a minimum, the number and percentage of revisions should be included as well as additional complications. The follow-up report should include evolution of the population since the original study particularly in regard to patients lost for various reasons. Survivorship analysis is helpful and appropriate. It is anticipated that the same assessment format would be utilized as in the previous report using generally accepted clinical grading systems for the knee and hip.
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The follow-up report should summarize the original study published in The Journal of Arthroplasty including patient population,type of reconstruction and type of series i.e., selected, unselected, consecutive. The approximate length should be five manuscript pages. The intent is to inform readers of the quality of clinical follow-up with a minimum of five additional years of study. This type of format should be utilized as a supplement to articles that originally were published in The Journal of Arthroplasty. No more than 10 figures or tables allowed. Limited to 3000 words (word count includes the abstract, which is limited to 250 words but it does not include the references). Types of paper Original Research Articles. Their participation ensures that each issue of The Journal of Arthroplasty provides the reader with timely, peer-reviewed articles of the highest quality. The international members of the Editorial Board provide a worldwide perspective for the journal's area of interest. It is the purpose of the Journal to present material to practicing Orthopaedic surgeons that will keep them abreast of developments in the field, prove useful in the care of patients with major joint disability, and aid in understanding the scientific foundation of this subspecialty area of orthopaedics. The Journal solicits manuscripts of the highest quality from all areas of scientific endeavor that relate to joint replacement or the treatment of its complications, including those dealing with clinical series and experience, prosthetic design, biomechanics, biomaterials, metallurgy, biologic response to arthroplasty materials in vivo and in vitro that allow unique insight into any aspect of arthroplasty. The Journal of Arthroplasty brings together under one cover the clinical and scientific foundations for joint replacement of the hip and knee.
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