Information For Authors

Interested in submitting to this journal? We recommend that you review the About the Journal page for the journal's section policies and the Author Guidelines.

Detailed manuscript preparation instructions are available in the Instructions for Authors. 

Authors must register with the journal before submitting or, if already registered, can simply log in and begin the five-step process.

Why should you publish in JPR?

JPR is an excellent media for researchers alike, health care providers, students, and surgeons from all areas of disciplines to communicate their research and study related to plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery. The open-access feature lets private and public funding agencies disseminate their sponsored research to a broad audience. The mission statement of JPR is to propagate the global plastic, reconstructive, and aesthetic surgery research and knowledge as broadly as possible, reaching an international audience through its open-access policies. JPR grants all readers free access to all its articles, along with rapid review and publication of accepted articles. Moreover, the author will preserve their copyright to the materials issued.

The plastic surgery community and researchers from any part of the world, from any socioeconomic level, are welcome to submit their study to JPR. The journals will always strive to be the open platform for plastic surgery research without social and political barriers. The editorial boards sincerely hoped that the journals would serve as the catalyst to spread the science of plastic surgery to the world, improve patient safety, and increase surgical outcomes. JPR follows the overall purpose of the Lingkar Studi Bedah Plastik Foundation®, the supporting organization behind the journal, to teach and sustain international plastic surgeons, to afford essential patient care, professional attitude, and good ethical standards through education and research.

Benefit For Authors

JPR offers quick peer-review for article submissions, which the editorial team targets the review and manuscript acceptance to be done in two weeks. All authors will preserve their copyright to their content published in JPR Journal; the contents may be re-used and re-published with proper citations without needing permission statements from the journals. The authors will use the user-friendly manuscript submission system using the newest version of OJS 3.0 software. All manuscripts will be reviewed by expert peer-reviewers in their field. Therefore, the quality of the articles will be maintained. All articles will be available for free to all readers worldwide as long as they have internet access. Additionally, the journal will always strive to be indexed in prestigious journal databases like SCOPUS and PUBMED. JPR is also the perfect platform for plastic surgery research funded by public funding agencies that require publication in an open-access journal.