Authors Instructions

About Journal of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Case Reports


Case reports are the stepping stones in building any body of literature. They are easy to write, have a mass appeal and have an important practical application to patient care.

In recent times this body of evidence has been neglected and the number of case reports accepted by mainstream journals has decreased considerably. Journals as policy are now not accepting case reports due to lack of space and the low priority attached to them. However, other branches like surgery and medicine have journals dedicated exclusively to case reports. The Journal of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Case Reports (JACCR) has been conceived on similar lines in order to cater to  Anaesthetists and Critical Care Physicians

Journal of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Case Reports will publish three issues in a year online, under the aegis of the Academic Research Group (ARG) (ARG is part of the Indian Orthopaedic Research Group- IORG (Click here). It will be an open-access and Double-blind peer-reviewed journal for wide circulation. The focus will be on case reports and small case series. These include rare cases, cases that have any significant message to deliver and challenging cases that have controversial management options in literature. It may also include any variation in techniques that the authors have innovated or a particular case that in the authors’ opinion holds a special significance.


Scope of the journal


Journal of Anaesthesia & Critical Care Case Reports (JACCR) publishes original and interesting case reports and case series that contribute significantly to Anaesthesia & Critical Care Literature.

Journal of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Case Reports (JACCR) accepts the following formats of articles

  • Case Reports
  • Case Series
  • Technical Notes
  • Adverse Drug Reaction
  • Case Image
  • Technical Note
  • Case Approach
  • Clinical Perspective
  • Letter to Editor
  • Letter to Experts

Manuscripts must meet one of the following criteria:

  • Unexpected or unusual presentations of a disease
  • New associations or variations in disease processes
  • Presentations, diagnoses, and/or management of new and emerging diseases
  • An unexpected association between diseases or symptoms
  • An unexpected event in the course of observing or treating a patient
  • New technique or modification of the original technique
  • An unusual complication of a particular disease, medication, treatment protocol, or surgery
  • Findings that shed new light on the possible pathogenesis of a disease or an adverse effect
  • A small series of cases with unusual outcomes.
  • A technical note is demonstrated on a single case.
  • A small series of cases less than 15 in number.

Authors should submit their manuscripts online using the online electronic submission system ‘Scripture’ developed for this journal by the Indian Orthopaedic Research Group (IORG).


The Editorial Process


  • The manuscript will be reviewed for possible publication with the understanding that they are being submitted to one journal at a time and has not been published, simultaneously submitted, or already accepted for publication elsewhere. Violation may lead to serious action against authors as per COPE guidelines.
  • The Editorial Board will review all submitted manuscripts initially.
  • Manuscripts that seem to lack scientific message or content are rejected at first instance. Journal will not return unaccepted manuscripts.
  • Manuscripts that are not formatted as per journal guidelines will be sent for correct formatting before the review process
  • The manuscript that gets approval from the editorial board and is formatted as per guidelines, will be sent for peer review by at least two expert reviewers [this number may exceed in cases where we do not get a definitive answer by two reviews]. The review process is blinded for the author, Institution, or place of origin of the manuscript. The journal wishes to publish the names of all our reviewers, however, the reviewers’ names will be kept blinded
  • The editorial team takes a final decision based on the comments received from the reviewers and also from the section editors
  • The contributors are usually informed about the reviewers’ comments and acceptance/rejection within a period of 8-10 weeks. This period may get extended in cases where more than two opinions are needed.
  • Articles accepted would be copy-edited for grammar, punctuation, print style, and format. All articles will also be rewritten by the Editorial team and a final copy will be sent to authors for approval
  • Page proofs will be sent to the corresponding author, which has to be returned within 4 days.

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Authorship criteria


Authorship criteria are as per the ICMJE Guidelines and include Authorship credit should be based only on substantial contributions: http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html

– To conception and design or acquisition of data or analysis and interpretation of data.
– Drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content.
– Participation solely in the acquisition of funding or the collection of data does not justify authorship.
– General supervision of the research group is not sufficient for authorship.
– The order of naming the contributors should be based on the relative contribution of the contributor. Once submitted the order cannot be changed without the written consent of all the contributors

For case reports, the letter to the Editor, and review articles, the number of contributors should not exceed four.
A justification should be included if the number of contributors exceeds these limits.

Only those who have done substantial work in a particular field can write a review article. A short summary of the work done in the field of review should accompany the manuscript.


Contribution Details


Example to state Author’s Contributions

We suggest the following kind of format (please use initials to refer to each author’s contribution):

“FC analyzed and interpreted the patient data regarding the fracture disease and the stiffness.  RH performed the histological examination of the callus and was a major contributor in writing the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.”

All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an acknowledgments section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, writing assistance, or a department chair who provided only general support.


Conflicts of interest/Competing interests


All authors of articles must disclose any and all conflicts of interest they may have with the publication of the manuscript or an institution or product that is mentioned in the manuscript and/or is important to the outcome of the study presented. Authors should also disclose conflict of interest with products that compete with those mentioned in their manuscript. If the articles are authored by the editorial board, the conflict of interest must be clearly stated.

Conflict of Interest form: Download here 


Plagiarism


The Journal follows strict anti-plagiarism policy and defines plagiarism as a duplicate publication of the author’s own work, in whole or in part without proper citation, or mispresenting other’s ideas, words, and other creative expressions as one’s own. All manuscripts submitted to Journal of Anaesthesia & Critical Care Case Reports (JACCR) undergo plagiarism check with the available software on the internet. Only in cases of minor duplication or similarity with previously published work, the authors may be provided an opportunity to rectify the same; in all other cases, the manuscript is desk rejected along with the plagiarism report (please also see the Scientific Misconduct section for additional details).


Submit Manuscript


Currently, the Journal of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Case Reports (JACCR) is accepting submissions only by its online article submission System “Scripture”

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Format all articles according to Journal Guidelines

All manuscripts are to be submitted via the Journal submission software on the website. Any other query regarding article formatting for the submission process can also be mailed to editor.jaccr@gmail.com

Following files will be essential for the submission of an article

–     Cover letter

–     Title page

–     Blinded Submission [incluldes abstract, keywords, blinded manuscript with tables and figure legends]

–     Tables

–     Figures

–     Copyright Letter: Download Here

–    Patient consent form: Download Here

–    Conflict of Interest forms: Download Here 

Copyright Agreement and Submission letter

The entire contents of the Journal of Anaesthesia & Critical Care Case Reports are protected under India and international copyrights. However, the Journal grants to all users a free, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual right of access to, and a license to use, copy, distribute, perform and display the work publicly and to make and distribute derivative works in any digital medium for any reasonable non-commercial purpose, subject to proper attribution of authorship and ownership of the rights. The journal also grants the right to make small numbers of printed copies for their personal non-commercial use under Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 International Public License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Acceptance or rejection
Manuscripts are judged on the interest and importance of the topic, intellectual and scientific strength, clarity of presentation, and relevance to Journal of Anaesthesia & Critical Care Case Reports readers.

Copyright & Contributors form: Download here 

Conflict-of-interest/Competing Interest:
All authors of articles must disclose any and all conflicts of interest they may have with the publication of the manuscript or an institution or product that is mentioned in the manuscript and/or is important to the outcome of the study presented. Authors should also disclose conflict of interest with products that compete with those mentioned in their manuscript. If the articles are authored by the editorial board, the conflict of interest must be clearly stated.

Conflict of Interest form: Download here 

Policy against Plagiarism: The Journal follows strict anti-plagiarism policy and defines plagiarism as a duplicate publication of the author’s own work, in whole or in part without proper citation, or mispresenting other’s ideas, words, and other creative expressions as one’s own. All manuscripts submitted to Journal of Anaesthesia & Critical Care Case Reports (JACCR) undergo plagiarism check with the available software on the internet. Only in cases of minor duplication or similarity with previously published work, the authors may be provided an opportunity to rectify the same; in all other cases, the manuscript is desk rejected along with the plagiarism report (please also see the Scientific Misconduct section for additional details).


Payment Options


Article submission Charges: None

Article Publishing charges: 3500 INR or 150 $ (for international articles).
The publishing charges have to be paid only on acceptance of the article]

Article Charges: The Journal of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Case Reports is Open access, peer-reviewed journal. There are no charges for article submission. The article processing charges will be 3500 INR (for papers from India) and 150 USD (for foreign articles). Open access will allow us to make your article free to access and download by everyone and anytime. Authors will usually receive a decision on their manuscript within 8-10 weeks.

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Instructions for Manuscript Preparation


Manuscripts should be written in English. Authors whose native language is not English should seek the assistance of a colleague who is a native English speaker and familiar with the field of the work. Authors are advised to follow the recommendations in the “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication” proposed by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (www.icmje.org). Manuscripts must be typed double-spaced with wide margins on A4 paper. The manuscript parts should be in the following order, with each section beginning on a new page: title page, abstract, text, acknowledgments, references, tables, figure legends, and figures. Number all lines in a continuous manner and number all pages in the bottom right corner beginning with the title page. For reports on randomized control studies, authors should refer to the CONSORT statement (www.consort-statement.org). Standard abbreviations and SI units should be used. Define abbreviations at first appearance in the text, figure legends, and tables, and avoid their use in the title and abstract. Use generic names of drugs and chemicals.

Submission Format

Journal of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Case Reports (JACCR) accepts the following formats of articles

  • Case Reports
  • Case Series
  • Technical Notes
  • Adverse Drug Reaction
  • Case Image
  • Technical Note
  • Case Approach
  • Clinical Perspective
  • Letter to Editor
  • Letter to Experts

Case Reports: The scope of the Case Report has been detailed above. The formatting is detailed below and all the remaining formats follow similar guidelines as case reports.

Case Series: A case series of similar cases will also be acceptable in the journal for publication.

Case Image: This is a description of a single image that has a unique learning point.

Technical Note: Detailed description of a new technique or improvisation of an old technique.

Case Study: This new format combines the level V evidence with Clinical Decision Making (CDM). It focuses on getting the thought process of treating Anesthetists or Intensivist when dealing with a complex/complicated case.

Adverse Drug Reaction: A very important aspect of Anaesthesia & Critical Care clinical practice and a special format is dedicated to this. Mention the adverse drug reaction in detail and is this a new ADR. Provide a brief literature review and probable cause of ADR.

 Case Approach: This is a new but invited-only section. We will invite an expert to describe his approach to a particular case scenario with literature and rationale behind the approach

Clinical Perspective: This special section will publish specific learning points or experiences which the authors can share with the readers. The only essential point is that this perspective should be clinically relevant and rationally acceptable. This need not be with details of management or follow-up of the case. The idea is to provide a platform for the publication of these important and clinically relevant learning points. A single-page write-up of fewer than 1000 words will be accepted.

Letter to Editor: On articles in Journal of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Case Reports (JACCR). Letters should be typed double-spaced and limited to 1000 words. A copy of the letter will be sent to the previous article’s author(s) to invite a response.

Letter to Experts: Journal of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Case Reports (JACCR) will soon be creating an Expert panel of surgeons. Readers of a journal can ask queries regarding complicated cases to our Experts. These queries will be answered by experts and the Academic Research Group will add a literature review to this expert opinion and the article will be peer-reviewed and published in 15 days.


The accepted format for case report articles


The Journal follows the Uniform requirements for the manuscript as laid down by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (http://www.icmje.org/urm_main.html)

Manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Case Reports (JACCR) must be submitted in the format described below. Articles that do not meet the journal’s style will not be peer-reviewed or considered for publication.
– All articles should be no more than 2000 words long with a maximum of 50 references and 10 figures.
– Manuscripts should also contain an abstract of up to 350 words.
– Case reports will only be accepted for peer review in the following format:

  • Title page
  • Abstract
  • Keyword (Min. 3)
  • Introduction
  • Case presentation(s)
  • Discussion
  • Conclusions
  • Clinical Message
  • References
  • Illustrations and figures
  • Figure legends (if any)
  • Additional data files (if any)
  • List of abbreviations used (if any)
  • Competing interests
  • Authors’ contributions
  • Acknowledgments and Funding
  • Copyright Form
  • Patient consent form
  • Conflict of Interest form

Guidelines to Author


Manuscripts should be submitted in Microsoft Word Document format

Cover Letter: This is the official letter written to editors by the author, where they can inform the editorial board about the significance of their study. They can also inform regarding special situations like shared data with another study or long-term follow-up of the already published article. This also provides the chance for authors to interact directly with the editorial board and put up any specific point for considerations like more number of authors, manuscript exceeding word count, or figure count.

Title Page: The title should be concise and informative to make electronic retrieval of the manuscript both effective and specific. Include important information such as the study design, i.e., clinical or basic, and in particular, indicate if the study is a randomized control trial. A running title not exceeding 35 letters and spaces should be provided.

Example of Title Page

The first page of the manuscript should be a dedicated title page, including the title of the article. The title should include the study design, i.e. Case report. For example

Authors Names should appear in sequence that will be final, with superscript numbers mentioning author’s affiliations

Author Name A1, Author Name B2, Author Name C3*

Address: 1 Full designation, degree, and postal address of author A; 2 Full designations, degree and postal address of author B; 3 Full designations, degree and postal address of author C

* Corresponding author should be indicated with an asterisk.

The full names, institutional addresses, and email addresses of all authors must be included on the title page. No other information should be included on this page.

The page should contain the article title, the full names of the authors including only major qualifications such as M.D. or Ph.D., and the complete postal address of the department and institution where the work was done. Designate one author as a correspondent and supply his or her complete postal address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address. If the name or address for offprint requests is different, this should be stated. Every person listed as an author should have materially participated in the design, execution, and analysis of the study and should verify the accuracy of the entire manuscript before its submission. No more than 6 authors can be included on the title page. Lesser contributors may be noted in an acknowledgment section at the end of the manuscript.

Authorship criteria are as per the ICMJE Guidelines and include Authorship credit should be based only on substantial contributions: http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html

– To conception and design or acquisition of data or analysis and interpretation of data.
– Drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content.
– Participation solely in the acquisition of funding or the collection of data does not justify authorship.
– General supervision of the research group is not sufficient for authorship.
– The order of naming the contributors should be based on the relative contribution of the contributor. Once submitted the order cannot be changed without the written consent of all the contributors

For case reports, the letter to the Editor, and review articles, the number of contributors should not exceed four.
A justification should be included if the number of contributors exceeds these limits.

Only those who have done substantial work in a particular field can write a review article. A short summary of the work done in the field of review should accompany the manuscript.

Example to state Author’s Contributions

We suggest the following kind of format (please use initials to refer to each author’s contribution):

“FC analyzed and interpreted the patient data regarding the fracture disease and the stiffness.  RH performed the histological examination of the callus and was a major contributor in writing the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.”

All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an acknowledgments section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, writing assistance, or a department chair who provided only general support.

Blinded Submission: Author information should not be included in the main document. Authors should submit the title page, the main document, and the Pictures separately. To ensure blinding, authors should not include in the abstract or text the name or initials of the authors or the institution at which the study was performed. Refer to your own published work in the third person. Use “In the previous work of Author name et al.”, not “In our previous work.” The blinded manuscript should contain title, abstract, keywords, main article with references, tables, and figure legends

Abstract: This should start on page 2 of the manuscript. The abstract must not exceed 350 words. Do not use abbreviations or references in the abstract.  The abstract should be structured into three sections and should make clear how the case report adds to the Anaesthesia & Critical Care literature:

  • Introduction: An introduction about why this case is important and needs to be reported. Please include information on whether this is the first report of this kind in the literature.
  • Case presentation: Brief details of what the patient presented with, including the patient’s age, sex, and ethnic background.
  • Conclusion: A brief conclusion of what the reader should learn from the case report and what the clinical impact will be. Is it an original case report of interest to a particular clinical specialty of medicine or will it have a broader clinical impact across medicine? Please include information on how it will significantly advance our knowledge of a particular disease etiology or drug mechanism.
  • Keywords: Add 3 to 5 keywords at the end of the abstract. MESH terms will be preferable

Blinded Manuscript: The length of the text and references should not exceed 8 pages of double-spaced type.
The number of figures and tables together should not exceed 10.
– Do not repeat in the text all data that appear in the tables or illustrations; emphasize or summarize only important observations.
– A conclusion should be included in the summary paragraph of the Discussion.
– The blinded manuscript should not contain the names of the author or their institute.
– References should be numbered in order of appearance and should be placed in square brackets [1].
– The manuscript is usually, but not necessarily, divided into sections with the headings Introduction, Case Report, Discussion, Conclusion, and Clinical Relevance. Case Series may need section subheadings like Material and Methods and Results to clarify their content.

Introduction: The introduction section should explain the background of the case, including the disorder, usual presentation and progression, and an explanation of the presentation if it is a new disease. If it is a case discussing an adverse drug interaction the introduction should give details of the drug’s common use and any previously reported side effects. It should also include a brief literature review.

Case presentation: This should present all relevant details concerning the case. The case presentation should contain a description of the patient’s relevant demographic information (without adding any details that could lead to the identification of the patient); any relevant medical history of the patient; the patient’s symptoms and signs; any tests that were carried out and a description of any treatment or intervention. This section may be broken into subsections with appropriate subheadings. If it is a case series, then details must be included for all patients in form of separate material and methods and Result sections.

For Case Series Only: Material & Methods should be sufficiently detailed to allow easy understanding and reproduction of the study. Details of study design, outcome measures, outcome assessors, and statistical methods have to be provided here. Appropriate Clinical course and treatment should be described in detail with photographs and videos [videos can be uploaded on Youtube and links to be submitted to us].

Results: Keep results very succinct and to the point. Write all data in mean ± SD [Range] with appropriate standard units. Mention p-values till third decimal points. Use tables to display the numerical data. Do not interpret the results in this section. [Provide details of complication events and their individual follow ups]

Discussion: This section should discuss the peculiarities of the case in detail with reference to literature. A detailed literature review at least of the Medline using Pubmed should be given here along with keywords. A literature review table of the most recent 10 similar cases reported in literature should be included [if available] with details of their demography, symptomatology, clinical course, management, and results. The discussion should then logically concluded into the conclusion from the case report

Conclusion: This should state clearly what can be concluded from the case report, and give a clear explanation of the importance and relevance of the case. Is it an original case report of interest to a particular clinical specialty of medicine or will it have a broader clinical impact across medicine? Please include information on how it will significantly advance our knowledge of a particular disease aetiology or clinical decision making or pathology.

Clinical relevance: The study should be mentioned in three or four sentences

References: Authors are responsible for verifying the accuracy and completeness of the references. The number of references should not exceed 20. The style of the references should follow the MEDLINE/ PubMed Journal Article Citation Format found at the National Center for Bibliography Information [NCBI] Website where specific reference citations can be searched for. Abbreviations of journal names must conform to those used in MEDLINE/PubMed. Avoid using abstracts as references. In the references, do not list personal communications and unpublished material (including oral and poster presentations and manuscripts not yet accepted for publication).
All references must be numbered consecutively, in square brackets, in the order in which they are cited in the text, followed by any in tables or legends. The must be no more than 50 references listed, e.g.

For an article within a journal: Bentolila V, Nizard R, Bizot P, Sedel L. Complete traumatic brachial plexus palsy. Treatment and outcome after repair. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1999;81:20-8.

For a book chapter, or article within a book: Songcharoen P. Neurotization in the treatment of brachial plexus injury. In: Omer G, Spinner M, van Beek A, editors. Management of peripheral nerve problems. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders; 1998. p. 459-64.
If a non-English-language reference is listed, the original language should be indicated, as shown in the following sample:

Journal article not in English: Otani T, Hayashi S, Ueno Y, Hayashi H, Kato T, Tamegai H, Fujii K. Long-term radiographic evaluation of muscle release operation for arthritis of the hip: comparison study between the results of muscle release and the natural history of osteoarthritis. Rinshou Seikeigeka (Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery) 2004;39:921–6 (in Japanese).

Tables: To be added to the blinded manuscript after the references. Tables should be given a brief, informative title and numbered consecutively in the order of their citation in the text. Type each table double spaced on a separate page. Use the table function in MICROSOFT WORD, not spreadsheets, to make tables. Tables must be no larger than a single sheet of A4 paper. The table number and title should appear above the table, and the definition of all abbreviations, levels of statistical significance, and additional information should appear below the table.

Preparing tables: Each table should be numbered in sequence using Arabic numerals (i.e. Table 1, 2, 3, etc.). Tables should also have a title that summarizes the whole table, a maximum of 15 words. Detailed legends may then follow, but should be concise.

Smaller tables considered to be integral to the manuscript can be pasted into the document text file. Such tables should be formatted using the ‘Table object’ in a word processing program to ensure that columns of data are kept aligned when the file is sent electronically for review.

Tabular data provided as additional files can be uploaded as an Excel spreadsheet (.xls) or comma-separated values (.csv). As with all files, please use the standard file extensions.

Figures: Figures should be provided separately and should be uploaded in scripture as additional files. Figure legend has to be included in the blinded manuscript after tables. Please site figures in the text in rounded brackets (Fig. 1A). Include an internal scale in any micrographs or provide the magnification in the caption (wherever appropriate). Professionally produced arrows should be used to highlight the photograph’s message and the illustration should be of a professional standard. If photographs of persons are used, either the subjects must not be identifiable or the subject’s or guardian’s written permission to use the photograph must accompany the manuscript.

Preparing illustrations and figures: Please note that the Journal of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Case Reports (JACCR) can only publish ten figures in each article. If you have more than ten figures and feel that all are essential to the understanding, please make this clear in your covering letter, explaining why the figures are needed. Figures and tables should be sequentially referenced. Authors should include all relevant supporting data with each article.
Figures should be provided as separate files and should not be included in the main text of the submitted manuscript or include within them the figure legend. Each figure should comprise only a single file. There is no charge for the use of color.  Authors should make every effort to preserve the anonymity of the patient be removing or concealing any identifiable features, including birthmarks and tattoos. Please take extra care with images of the head and face, ensuring that only the relevant features are shown. Publication of facial images will be subject to approval by the Editor-in-Chief.

Formats: The following file formats can be accepted:

EPS (preferred format for diagrams)

PNG (preferred format for photos or images)

TIFF

JPEG

High-resolution pictures are necessary: Figure legends: No more than 10 figures per article is accepted. For each figure, the following information should be provided:
– Figure number (in sequence, using Arabic numerals – i.e. Figure 1, 2, 3, etc); short title of figure (maximum 15 words); detailed legend, up to 300 words.
– Figures should be provided as separate files. The legends should be included in the main manuscript text file rather than being a part of the figure file.
– The legend should include a brief description of the exact location of the image on the patient, the type of image (e.g. micrograph/X-ray), and time in relation to progression e.g. one week after surgery.
– There must be no abbreviations unless they are expanded (excluding common abbreviations such as antibodies).

Please note that it is the responsibility of the author(s) to obtain permission from the copyright holder to reproduce figures or tables that have previously been published elsewhere.

Submission Preparation Checklist: As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission’s compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
– The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
– The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
– Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
– The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed at the end of the text.
– The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
– If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

Sending a revised manuscript: The revised version of the manuscript should be submitted online in a manner similar to that used for the submission of the manuscript for the first time. However, there is no need to submit the “First Page” or “Covering Letter” file while submitting a revised version. When submitting a revised manuscript, contributors are requested to include, the ‘referees’ remarks along with point-to-point clarification at the beginning of the revised file itself. In addition, they are expected to mark the changes as underlined or colored text in the article.


Additional Details


Abbreviations (if any): If abbreviations are used in the text they should either be defined in the text where first used, or a list of abbreviations can be provided.

Consent: This section is compulsory. It should provide a statement to confirm that the patient has given their informed consent for the case report to be published. You do not need to send the form to us on submission, but we may request to see a copy at any stage (including after publication

Competing interests: Please declare whether competing interest exists. A competing interest exists when your interpretation of data or presentation of information may be influenced by your personal or financial relationship with other people or organizations. Where an author gives no competing interests, the listing must read: “The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests”. Download Conflict of Interest form [Click Here]

Acknowledgments: Please acknowledge anyone who contributed towards the study by making substantial contributions to conception, design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data, or who was involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content, but who do not meet the criteria for authorship.

Permissions: It is the responsibility of authors/contributors to obtain permission for reproducing any copyrighted material. A copy of the permission obtained must accompany the manuscript. Copies of any and all published articles or other manuscripts in preparation or submitted elsewhere that are related to the manuscript must also accompany the manuscript.

Ethics: It is the responsibility of the authors to assure that all clinical investigations detailed in manuscripts submitted to the journal are conducted in accordance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki (www.wma.net/en/30publications/10policies/b3/index.html). All case reports must include a statement indicating that informed consent has been obtained from the patient or appropriate persons for publication, including any necessary photographs. An example of such a statement would be “The patients and/or their families were informed that data from the case would be submitted for publication and gave their consent.” Do not use patients’ names, initials, institutional ID numbers, or other identifying information. Articles, including their study design, originating from a particular institution are assumed to be submitted with the approval of the requisite authority on ethical issues. Articles describing research involving human subjects must include a statement in the Materials and methods section indicating that approval was given by the institutional review board (IRB) or Ethics committee of the institution and that informed consent was obtained from each patient or candidate. Manuscripts reporting animal experiments must include a statement in the Materials and methods section indicating that approval was obtained from the institutional review board and that animal care complied with the guidelines of the authors’ institution or any national law on the care and use of laboratory animals.

Protection of Patients’ Rights to Privacy: Identifying information should not be published in written descriptions, photographs, sonograms, CT scans, etc., and pedigrees unless the information is essential for scientific purposes and the patient (or parent/guardian, wherever applicable) provides informed consent for publication. Authors should remove patients’ names from figures unless they have obtained informed consent from the patients. The journal abides by the ICMJE guidelines:
1. Authors, and not the Journal or its Publisher, need to obtain the patient consent form before submitting their work for publication consideration to JACCR. Authors should ensure that this patient consent form(s) are properly archived. The consent forms should not be uploaded with the cover letter or sent through email to the Editorial or Publisher offices.
2. If the manuscript contains patient images that preclude anonymity or a description that has an obvious indication of the identity of the patient, a statement about obtaining informed patient consent should be indicated in the manuscript.
3. To protect the patient’s identity, the recognizable facial features not related to the study should be digitally blurred.
4. Written informed consent is the preferred method for obtaining consent. If verbal consent is obtained, the authors must ensure that the verbal consent is recorded in the medical case record of the patient and duly signed by witnesses.

Complaints and Appeals: This procedure applies to complaints about the publishing policies, procedures, and/or actions of the Journal of Anaesthesia & Critical Care Case Reports’ Editorial staff. This complaint must relate to content or a procedure that was the responsibility of the Journal of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Case Reports (JACCR) or its Editor. If the authors strongly believe that their manuscript was wrongly rejected, they can register an appeal with the Journal by emailing a detailed explanation to editor.jaccr@gmail.com.The appeals will be acknowledged by the Editorial Office and will be investigated in unbiased manner. While under appeal, the said manuscript should not be submitted to other journals. The final decision rests with the Editor-in-Chief, and second appeals are not considered. The Journal only accepts complaints through the above-mentioned e-mail, as this provides a reliable trail. All complaints are acknowledged at the earliest. The complaint would be followed up in an unbiased manner and be handled by the person to whom they are made, if possible. The Journal aims to resolve any complaint raised within 2–4 weeks; however, if that is not possible, an interim response would be provided until the complaint is resolved.


Writing Tips


Style and language: General: Currently, the Journal of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Case Reports (JACCR) can only accept manuscripts written in English. Spelling should be US English or British English, but not a mixture.
It is essential that submitted manuscripts have a high standard of written English. Manuscripts that are poorly written will be returned to authors for revision prior to peer review. Authors are advised to write clearly and simply and to have their articles checked by colleagues before submission. Non-native speakers of English may choose to make use of a copyediting service before submission.

Journal of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Case Reports (JACCR) will copy edit accepted manuscripts before they are published. The editing is designed only to correct such things as misused words, spelling errors, missing references, or incomplete citation information.

Typography: 
-Please use double line spacing.
-Type the text justified, without hyphenating words at line breaks.
-Abbreviations spelt out in full for the first time
-Numerals from 1 to 10 spelt out
-Numerals at the beginning of the sentence spelt out
– Use hard returns only to end headings and paragraphs, not to rearrange lines.
-Capitalize only the first word, and proper nouns, in the title.
-All pages should be numbered.
-Use the Journal of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Case Reports (JACCR) reference format.
-Footnotes to the text should not be used.
-Greek and other special characters may be included. If you are unable to reproduce a particular special character, please type out the name of the symbol in full.
-Gene names should be in italic, but protein products should be in plain type.
-Please ensure that all special characters used are embedded in the text, otherwise, they will be lost during manuscript processing.
-Genes, mutations, genotypes, and alleles should be indicated in italics, and authors are required to use approved gene symbols, names, and formatting. Protein products should be in plain type.

Units: SI Units should be used throughout (liter and molar are permitted, however).

Artwork Guidelines:
Electronic figure submission

  • Supply all figures electronically.
  • Indicate what graphics program was used to create the artwork.
  • For vector graphics, the preferred format is EPS; for halftones, please use TIFF format. MS Office files are also acceptable.
  • Vector graphics containing fonts must have the fonts embedded in the files.
  • Name your figure files with “Fig” and the figure number, e.g., Fig1.eps.

Line art

  • Definition: Black and white graphic with no shading.
  • Do not use faint lines and/or lettering, and check that all lines and lettering within the figures are legible at final size.
  • All lines should be at least 0.1 mm (0.3 pt) wide.
  • Scanned line drawings and line drawings in bitmap format should have a minimum resolution of 1200 dpi.
  • Vector graphics containing fonts must have the fonts embedded in the files.

Halftone art

  • Definition: Photographs, drawings, or paintings with fine shading, etc.
  • If any magnification is used in the photographs, indicate this by using scale bars within the figures themselves.
  • Halftones should have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.

Combination art

  • Definition: a combination of halftone and line art, e.g., halftones containing line drawing, extensive lettering, colour diagrams, etc.
  • Combination artwork should have a minimum resolution of 600 dpi.

Colour art

  • Colour art is free of charge for online publication.
  • If black and white will be shown in the print version, make sure that the main information will still be visible. Many colours are not distinguishable from one another when converted to black and white. A simple way to check this is to make a xerographic copy to see if the necessary distinctions between the different colours are still apparent.
  • If the figures will be printed in black and white, do not refer to colour in the captions.
  • Colour illustrations should be submitted as RGB (8 bits per channel).

Figure lettering

  • To add lettering, it is best to use Helvetica or Arial (sans-serif fonts).
  • Keep lettering consistently sized throughout your final-sized artwork, usually about 2–3 mm (8–12 pt).
  • Variance of type size within an illustration should be minimal, e.g., do not use 8-pt type on an axis and 20-pt type for the axis label.
  • Avoid effects such as shading, outline letters, etc.
  • Do not include titles or captions in your illustrations.

Figure numbering

  • All figures are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.
  • Figures should always be cited in the text in consecutive numerical order.
  • Figure parts should be denoted by lowercase letters (a, b, c, etc.).
  • If an appendix appears in your article/chapter and it contains one or more figures, continue the consecutive numbering of the main text. Do not number the appendix figures, “A1, A2, A3, etc.” Figures in online appendices (Electronic supplementary material) should, however, be numbered separately.

Figure captions

  • Each figure should have a concise caption describing accurately what the figure depicts. Include the captions in the text file of the manuscript, not in the figure file.
  • Figure captions begin with the term Fig. in bold type, followed by the figure number, also in bold type.
  • No punctuation is to be included after the number, nor is any punctuation to be placed at the end of the caption.
  • Identify all elements found in the figure in the figure caption; and use boxes, circles, etc., as coordinate points in graphs.
  • Identify previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference citation at the end of the figure caption.

Figure placement and size

  • When preparing your figures, size figures to fit in the column width.
  • For most journals, the figures should be 39 mm, 84 mm, 129 mm, or 174 mm wide and not higher than 234 mm.

The publisher reserves the right to reduce or enlarge figures.


After Acceptance


Upon acceptance of your article, your article will be processed and you will receive the proofs. You will also receive a separate e-mail for ordering off prints and printing of figures in colour.

Offprints- Offprints can be ordered by the corresponding author.

Colour Illustrations- Online publication of colour illustrations is free of charge. Please note that, in such cases, it is the authors’ responsibility to prepare figures to be illustrative enough to convey the necessary information even after they are converted into black and white.

Proofreading- The purpose of the proof is to check for typesetting or conversion errors and the completeness and accuracy of the text, tables, and figures. Substantial changes in content, e.g., new results, corrected values, title, and authorship, are not allowed without the approval of the Editor. After online publication, further changes can only be made in the form of an erratum, which will be hyperlinked to the article.

Online First (Ahead of Print)- The article will be published online after receipt of the corrected proofs. This is the official first publication citable with the DOI. After the release of the entire issue, the paper can also be cited by issue and page numbers.


For any queries contact at editor.jaccr@gmail.com