Focus and Scope
The International Journal of Organ Transplantation Medicine (IJOTM) is a quarterly peer-reviewed English-language journal that publishes high-quality basic sciences and clinical research on transplantation.
The scope of the journal includes organ and tissue donation, procurement and preservation; surgical techniques, innovations, and novelties in all aspects of transplantation; genomics and immunobiology; immunosuppressive drugs and pharmacology relevant to transplantation; graft survival and prevention of graft dysfunction and failure; clinical trials and population analyses in the field of transplantation; transplant complications; cell and tissue transplantation; infection; post-transplant malignancies; sociological and ethical issues and xenotransplantation.
Section Policies
Editorial
Editorials are only solicited by the Editor.
 Open Submissions |
 Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Review Articles
Review Articles are usually invited by the Editor. Authors interested in submitting a review should contact the Editorial Office prior to manuscript preparation and submission.
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Original Articles
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Short Communications
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Case Report
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Letter to the Editor
Letters may not have more than three authors, five references and should not exceed 400 words.
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Others
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Peer Review Process
The Editor will assign the management of the peer review process to a member of the Editorial Board who is familiar with the subject area. The designated editor will then select two to three reviewers based on their expertise in the subject area of the manuscript. The corresponding author will then be informed of the reviewers’ comments. If the manuscript is accepted, it will be copy edited, and a galley proof will be sent to the corresponding author for the final correction and approval.
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
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. More...