Journal of Arthroscopic Surgery and Sports Medicine

About the Journal

The Journal of Arthroscopic Surgery and Sports Medicine (JASSM) is an open-access peer-reviewed journal committed to publishing high-quality articles in the field of Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine. The journal is owned by the Indian Arthroscopy Society and published by the Scientific Scholar.

Aims & Scope

Journal of Arthroscopic Surgery and Sports Medicine (JASSM) is an official journal of the Indian Arthroscopy Society (IAS), which is a National organization of arthroscopy surgeons. This society has an ever-growing list of active & associate members which is now over three thousand in numbers. The Society is best known for its extraordinary work of nurturing and training young arthroscopic surgeons across India.

JASSM aims to provide its readers with the latest clinical and basic research, and informed opinions about arthroscopic surgery and sports medicine, including regenerative medical treatment for musculoskeletal problems. We believe that it would provide them an opportunity to practice evidence-based medicine. With contributions from leading clinicians and researchers around the world, we aim to be the premier journal providing an international perspective advancing knowledge of sports-related injuries and their management.

JASSM publishes content of value to both general orthopedic practitioners and sports medicine specialists. We accept the following types of articles:

Original research articles of clinical importance
Review articles (narrative and systematic) with a learning value for professionals as well as students
Research articles providing the latest in basic biological or engineering research on sports-related injuries
Special issues devoted to a single topic offering the general reader an overview of a field, but providing the specialist current, in-depth information
Video of arthroscopic surgical procedures, which is innovative and adds to present concepts
Articles emphasizing or demonstrating a new clinical sign or a technique

Contributions from anywhere in the world are welcome and considered on their merits. The manuscript must be written in English and should be submitted as outlined in the Guide for Authors. Manuscripts are subject to double-blinded peer-review by experts, and the editor then takes a final decision. Papers are judged by the quality and relevance of the work. Previously published articles, articles which are in peer-reviewed electronic publications in other journals, are not accepted by the Journal. Published articles and illustrations become the property of the Journal. The copyright remains with the journal. Studies must be carried out ethically as per the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki.

Audience

Our audience includes General Orthopedic Practitioners and Sports Medicine Specialists.

Review Process

The Journal of Arthroscopic Surgery and Sports Medicine (JASSM) has a highly rigorous double-blinded peer-review process that makes sure that manuscripts are scientifically accurate, relevant, novel and important. Authors disclose all conflicts of interest, affiliations and financial disclosures such that the published content is not biased.

In-house submissions that contain the work of any editorial board member, are not allowed to be reviewed by that editorial board member and all decisions regarding this manuscript are made by an independent editor. In addition, these manuscripts are reviewed by two external reviewers. This is also disclosed in the published manuscript under the section of Conflict of Interest.

Editorial Team

The editorial board comprises a panel of experts in Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine from various countries to provide their expertise and guidance to the Editor-In-Chief in maintaining the clarity of content and focus of the journal’s purpose.

About the Editor

Editor-in-Chief
Dr. (Prof.) Raju Vaishya
MS, MCh (L’pool), FRCS (London), FACS (USA)
Senior Consultant Orthopaedic & Joint Replacement Surgeon
Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals,
New Delhi, India
Email: editor@jassm.org

Facts About the Journal

This is a peer reviewed journal published Semiannual, follows a double-blind review process. Its open access model ensures worldwide visibility and boosts authors’ prominence in medical research.

Abstracting and Indexing Information

The journal is indexed with or included in the following:
EMBASE/ Excerpta Medica (Accepted)

The journal is registered with the following abstracting partners:
Google Scholar, ReadCube, CrossRef, Portico

Journal Ethics

The Journal of Arthroscopic Surgery and Sports Medicine (JASSM) is committed to meeting and upholding ethical guidelines at all stages of the publication process. We follow the industry associations, such as the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), that set standards and provide guidelines for best practices to meet these requirements. For a summary of our specific policies regarding duplicate publication, conflicts of interest, patient consent, etc., please visit our Ethical Guidelines Section.

Plagiarism Policy

The journal uses plagiarism check software (iThenticate) on the Editor’s and Reviewer’s panel in the manuscript management system which is used to check and control Plagiarism for each article. Any manuscript, that is found to have plagiarism is rejected.

Archival Policy

We use PORTICO for our third-party repository for all articles published with us. All our manuscripts are assigned a DOI number from CROSSREF, and we are members of Crossref ( https://crossref.org).

Open Access Publication and Creative Commons Licensing

Journal of Arthroscopic Surgery and Sports Medicine is an open-access journal, and manuscripts published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 License (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0), which allows others to remix, transform, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.

Ahead of Print Policy

Articles published online under the Ahead of Print model are considered published and can be cited and quoted using the DOI as the reference source. The Journal of Arthroscopic Surgery and Sports Medicine (JASSM) has a policy that changes will not be made after publication of an article without following accepted procedures for making corrections to the scientific record.

Subscription Information

The Journal of Arthroscopic Surgery and Sports Medicine (JASSM) is a semiannual publication and published manuscripts in the journal can be read and downloaded by readers all over the world without any charges or fees.

The journal is published in E-Journal format. The journal also offers a Print-on-Demand subscription – https://scientificscholar.com/buy-subscriptions/.

Publisher

Scientific Scholar LLC (scientificscholar.com) is a well-respected medical publisher that fully supports open access publishing models, Subscription and Society based journal models through its own in-house peer-review management system – EditorialAssist (journalmanagement.org). The head office of Scientific Scholar is in Rochester, NY, USA and has a subsidiary arm in India.

The mission of the Scientific Scholar is “Share, Learn and Improve”.