The URL of the Annals of Coloproctology (ACP) official website is https://coloproctol.org/. The ACP managing team endeavors to make a good website. ACP website demonstrates that care has been taken to ensure high ethical and professional standards. It does not contain any misleading information, including any attempt to mimic another journal/publisher’s site.
The official journal title is Annals of Coloproctology. The abbreviated title is Ann Coloproctol.
Annals of Coloproctology is a continuation of the Journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology.
ACP has an online submission and peer review system at https://submit.coloproctol.org/.
All papers, including those invited by the Editor, are subject to peer review. A manuscript is first reviewed for its format and adherence to the aims and scope of the journal. If the manuscript does not fit the aims and scope of ACP or does not adhere to the Instructions for Authors, it may be returned to the author immediately after receipt and without a review. Before reviewing, all submitted manuscripts are inspected by Similarity Check, a plagiarism-screening tool powered by iThenticate (https://www.crossref.org/services/similarity-check/).
ACP uses double-blind peer-review, which means that the reviewers do not know the identity of the authors, and vice versa. All manuscripts undergo peer review by at least three reviewers with relevant expertise who are selected by the Editorial Board. If the data need professional statistical review by a statistician, statistical editing is performed.
The Eeditorial Bboard has the right to revise and edit the styles and structures of the submitted manuscripts within the context if necessary. Once the decision on publication as an accept, revision, or reject is made, it is directly notified to the corresponding author. After the final draft of the manuscripts are proven to be appropriate according to the publication policies and the styles of the journal, the decision of publication is finalizedfinalized, and the expected publication date will be given. Rejected manuscripts are not to be considered again.
The decision to publish will be made by the Editorial Board of the journal after peer review. ACP’s average turnaround time from submission to decision is 4 to 8 weeks. The Editor is responsible for the final decision whether the manuscript is accepted or rejected.
This journal is owned by Korean Society of Coloproctology (KSCP; http://eng.colon.or.kr/), an academic society. The full names and affiliations of the journal management team members are displayed on the About tab (Journal managing team) of the journal website.
The governing body is the journal's Editorial Board. The full list of the Editorial Board is available on the About tab (Editorial Board) of the journal website.
The full names and affiliations of the journal’s editors are displayed on the About tab (Editorial Board) of the journal website. The contact information for the Editor and the Editorial Office is also on the About tab (Contact us) of the journal website.
1) Copyright policy
All published papers become the permanent property of KSCP. Copyrights of all published materials are owned by KSCP. Permission must be obtained from KSCP for any commercial use of materials. The corresponding author must sign and submit the copyright transfer agreement form.
2) Licensing information
This is an open access journal distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited for non-commercial purpose. All contents of the journal are available immediately upon publication without embargo period.
3) Deposit policy
According to the deposit policy (self-archiving policy) of Sherpa Romeo (https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/), authors can archive preprint (i.e., pre-refereeing) and postprint (i.e., final draft post-refereeing). Authors can archive the publisher's version/PDF.
Accepted manuscripts are published on the implicit understanding that the author(s) will pay the costs of publication, including page charges. The basic page charge for the article is USD 500 for all published manuscripts. Illustrations, photographs, electron micrographs, color plates, and other special illustrations will be reproduced at the author’s expense at cost prices.
When research ethics violations occur, the Editorial Board decides the disciplinary measure. The resolving process will follow the flowchart provided by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE; https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Flowcharts).
ACP follows the Guideline on Good Publication of COPE (https://publicationethics.org), Recommendations of International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (http://www.icmje.org/recommendations), and Good Publication Practice Guidelines for Medical Journals of Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors (http://kamje.or.kr). Our publication ethics are displayed on the Editorial Policy (Publication ethics) tab of journal homepage.
ACP follows the Guideline on Good Publication of COPE (https://publicationethics.org), the Recommendations of International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/), and the Good Publication Practice Guidelines for Medical Journals of Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors (https://www.kamje.or.kr/). Our publication ethics are displayed on the Editorial Policy tab (Publication ethics) of the journal website.
ACP is an open access journal distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
ACP is accessible without barrier from PubMed Central (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/2062/), Korea Citation Index (https://www.kci.go.kr/), or the National Library of Korea (https://nl.go.kr/) in the event the journal is no longer published.
Revenue sources of this journal are from the support of the publisher (KSCP), the Korean government, and the advertising rates.
ACP accepts advertising and sponsorship for its printed journal according to the following principles:
Journal propagation has been done through the journal website and distribution of introduction pamphlets. Invitations to submit a manuscript are usually focused on the presenters at conferences, seminars, or workshops if the topic is related to the journal's aims and scope.