Step 2: Preliminary quality check by scientific editor
Step 3: Rapid Peer-review
Step 4: Reception of feedback after peer review
Step 5: First round of evaluation
Step 6: Acceptance/Revise
Step 7: Revision by the author(s) in case of revise feedback (Second round of evaluation)
Step 8: To be accepted/revised/rejected
Step 9: Final review by the Editor-in-Chief (Final quality control for scholarly material and quality of language)
Step 10: Final acceptance and charging of publication fee
Step 11: Proof reading by Scientific Editor and Deputy Editor
Step 12: Final review by Editor-in-Chief
Step 13: Release of online open-access papers in electronic form on the 21st Century Cardiology website
Step 14: Dissemination to the widest range of readers
Step 15: End of the publication process.
Author responsibilities
Authors in the Journals must fulfill the criteria informed by the ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) definition of authorship and responsibilities.
The corresponding (submitting) author is solely responsible for communicating with the journal. Before the actual submission, the corresponding author ensures that all authors are included in the author list, and that all authors are aware that the paper was submitted to the respective journal.
Upon acceptance, the proof is sent to the corresponding author. The journal will not necessarily correct errors after publication so the corresponding author is responsible for the accuracy of the proof.
The acknowledgement should also contain organizations that have provided support in terms of funding and/or other services. It is important to identify individuals who participated in the creation of a manuscript but do not qualify as an author at the acknowledgement.
Authors should disclose all financial/relevant interest that may have influenced the development of the manuscript.
Submission policies
Any manuscript submitted to the journal must be original and should not be in consideration for publication in other journal. We mandate that writers be clear in any situation where there is the potential for overlap or duplication.
A final version of the manuscript should be accepted by all the authors prior to submission. Therefore, if a manuscript is submitted, it is presumed that all authors have read and accepted the manuscript submission.
A final version of the manuscript should be accepted by all the authors prior to submission. Therefore, if a manuscript is submitted, it is presumed that all authors have read and accepted the manuscript submission.
Contact information of all authors should be mentioned in the submission i.e. full names, affiliation, emails, and phone/fax numbers.
Ethics and consent
Study involving human subjects, human materials or human data must be conducted in compliance with the Helsinki Declaration and accepted by the appropriate Ethics Committee. A statement mentioning this, including the name of the ethics committee and the reference number must be mentioned in the manuscript at appropriate locations.
Informed consent to participate in the study should be obtained from participants (or a legal guardian if applicable) for all work involving human participants and a declaration should appear in the manuscript to this effect.
Work involving in any vertebrates or regulated invertebrates must comply with institutional, national, or international guidelines, and where available should have been approved by an appropriate ethics committee. Respective details of the approval should me mentioned in the article.
Manuscripts reporting results of a clinical trial must conform to CONSORT 2010 guidelines. Authors of randomized controlled trials should submit a completed CONSORT checklist, available at www.consort-statement.org.
Peer review policy
All articles published in the journals undergo thorough peer review. All submissions to the journals are assessed by an Editor, who will decide whether they are suitable for peer review.
Submissions deemed to be acceptable for consideration will be selected by the Handling Editor for peer review and will be sent to suitable independent experts for peer-review. Based on the reports of the reviewers, editors will make a decision and authors are sent these reports along with the editorial decision on their manuscript. The journal follows single blind review process where the reviewers will be masked for the authors completely.
Article Processing Charges
21st Century Cardiology is an open access not-for-profit journal without any source of funding and is running for the betterment of the scientific society with a cause to deliver the updates in the scientific society to nook and corner of the world.
The cost covers entire peer review tools and systems, journal development, administration process, online hosting and permanent archiving of article.
Article processing charges will be paid by the authors before publishing their articles in the journal. For any queries regarding article processing charges and invoice details, please email us to editor@21stcenturycardiology.com.
Manuscript Withdrawal Charges
Authors may withdraw their papers at any time during the publication process by paying the withdrawal penalty. Editor will collect the penalty charges to cover the costs incurred during the publication process (including peer-reviewing, editing, publishing, maintaining & archiving, and allows immediate access to the full text versions of the articles). However, these charges are not applicable if the authors withdraw the paper within 5 days from the date of submission. As mentioned in the article retraction policy, authors must submit a letter (duly signed by all the authors) stating the reason for withdrawal/retraction along with Manuscript Withdrawal Charges. Authors are not allowed to withdraw the papers without paying the Withdrawal Penalty. 21st Century Cardiology, holds ALL RIGHTS to publish the manuscript without further approval from the author, and can’t be held responsible for publishing of manuscript in any other publisher.
Article Refund Policy
In case of article withdrawal/retraction/removal, Article processing charges (if paid) will not be refunded to authors as publish incur lot of cost during publication process which includes cost for peer-reviewing, editing, publishing, maintaining & archiving, and allows immediate access to the full text versions of the articles. Refunds will be made only in rare cases where there is a double payment made by the authors.
