About the Journal
The Revista Colombiana de Ortopedia y Traumatología is a scientific publication issued by the Sociedad Colombiana de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología - SCCOT (Colombian Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology), which aims to publish academic and scientific articles on orthopedics and trauma and other areas related to this surgical specialty. As of 2023, articles that approve the editorial process are published in English and Spanish.
Currently, the Revista Colombiana de Ortopedia y Traumatología publishes the following types of articles: Original article, Review article (systematic review and/or meta-analysis and literature review), Reflection article, Case report, Letter to the editor, Editorial. Articles can be submitted to the journal through our OJS website 365 days a year. The articles submitted to the journal may be written in Spanish or English, but they must not be published elsewhere and must strictly comply with all the requirements established in the Guidelines for Authors. However, once submitted through our OJS website, the journal reserves the right to suggest/make changes to the form and contents of the article at different stages of the editorial process upon due notification to the authors.
Although the Revista Colombiana de Ortopedia y Traumatología is published quarterly (an annual volume with four issues published in January-March, April-June, July-September and October-December, respectively), as of 2023 it adopted a permanent publication model in which the articles assigned to each of the four issues of the annual volume will be published individually once all the stages of the editorial process have been completed. Articles are published only in electronic/digital format (PDF, HTML). The DOI of the RCOT is x, the printed ISSN is 0120-8845, and the online ISSN is 2256-490X.
The abbreviation of the journal is Rev Col Or Tra. It should be used when citing the contents published in our journal.
Open access policy and fees
The Revista Colombiana de Ortopedia y Traumatología has an open access policy, so reading and/or downloading its articles is free of charge. Likewise, the Journal authorizes the use and dissemination of its contents as long as they are used for academic and/or scientific purposes and are duly cited. Furthermore, the Journal does not charge any fee for the submission or publication of articles.
Copyright disclaimer for the contents published in the Journal.
In accordance with our Copyright Statement (available in our Guidelines for Authors), by submitting the article through our OJS website and filling out the Copyright Assignment form, authors transfer to the journal the editing, publication and reproduction rights of the article (including any supplementary material such as annexes, tables or figures). However, authors retain the copyright of the article and are solely responsible for the data, opinions and statements contained in their article.
As stated in the “Authorship” section of our Guidelines for Authors, papers submitted to the Journal must not be published elsewhere and must not be in the process of being published in another journal. Therefore, if the editor or the editorial team of the Journal find that the article is not original (e.g., by using anti-plagiarism software such as iThenticae or by other means) or that it has been published or is in the process of being published in another journal, the submission will be rejected.
Once it has been confirmed that a submission complies with the requirements set forth in our Guidelines for Authors and the article is approved to start the editorial process in the Revista Colombiana de Ortopedia y Traumatología, it will be submitted for evaluation by expert peer reviewers. The Editor and the Editorial Coordinator will assign two or more peer reviewers to each article. In case two or more peers reject the article, the submission will be rejected; for it to be approved, at least two peer reviewers must issue an approving decision (accept conditionally, accept without modifications).
The evaluation of the articles is double blind. Peer reviewers will have 20 working days to deliver their feedback; if necessary, an extension of 20 working days will be granted.
In addition, to avoid delays in evaluation times, once approved for the peer review stage, the article is sent to an average of 6 peer reviewers.
Articles submitted to the Revista Colombiana de Ortopedia y Traumatología must strictly comply with all the requirements established (both in terms of form and contents) for each type of article in our Guidelines for Authors.
The evaluation template, which varies depending on the type of article, will be sent directly to the peer reviewer with the invitation to peer review.
Along with the formal aspects, peer reviewers must evaluate the clarity of the contents of the article and its relevance to the scientific community and, based on this, decide whether the work should be published in a scientific journal. Peer reviewers must fill in each item of the evaluation form, make comments, and decide whether the submission should be accepted without modifications, conditionally accepted (minor or major changes), or rejected.
Finally, in order to improve the quality of the article, peer reviewers may make comments on the blind version of the article, as well as on the evaluation form.
