Editorial Policy

1. This Journal is operated by ScopeMed Publishing, which is publishing organization.
   
2. The General Chief Editor is responsible for independent leadership of This Journal editorial operations. The General Publishing Editor reports to the Editor-in-Chief for all editorial matters.
   
3. Each individual Journal of ScopeMed Publishing has one or more Editor-in-Chief. These Editors-in-Chief each have their own boards.
   
4. The Editor-in-Chief has full authority over the content of This Journal and its related offerings. This includes summaries and comments on recent medical advances, opinions, blogs and news.
   
5. Content-related decisions are based on quality, importance, and value to the users of This Journal . Contributing authors, editors, This Journal staff are free to express responsible positions -even if these views are not in agreement with interests, policies or published research, editorial or commentary of ScopeMed Publishing.
   
6. Each ScopeMed Publishing journal has editorial operations that are completely separate and independent.
   
7. Any packaging or combined offering of ScopeMed Publishing Journals does not affect the independence of editorial decision-making.
   
8. This Journal actively seeks input regarding editorial matters from the physician Editors-in-Chief in an advisory capacity, as well as from the other editorial board members, internal editorial staff, and readers.
   
9. Editors-in-Chief of This Journal is empowered to create content and commentary free of commercial and organizational influence. All authors and editors operate without conflict of interest and all potential conflicts are disclosed (please also see Conflict of Interest Policy).

Last updated: May 26, 2019