About the Journal

The Saudi Plastic Surgery Journal (SPSJ) is an open-access peer-reviewed journal committed to publishing high-quality articles in the field of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery. The journal is owned by the Saudi Scientific Association of Plastic Surgery and Burns and published by the Scientific Scholar.

Role of The Journal/Society

Editorial Process and Direction: The Saudi Scientific Association of Plastic Surgery and Burns plays a central role in the editorial direction of the journal “Saudi Plastic Surgery Journal”. Specifically:

Editorial Board Appointment: The Saudi Scientific Association of Plastic Surgery and Burns appoints the Editor-in-Chief and oversees the composition of the editorial board.
Editorial Policy and Scope: The aims and scope of the journal are determined by the Saudi Scientific Association of Plastic Surgery and Burns in consultation with the editorial board to ensure alignment with the Association’s mission and the needs for the community.
Peer Review Process and Final Decisions: The Editor-in-Chief, who is appointed by and reports to the Saudi Scientific Association of Plastic Surgery and Burns manages the peer review process, makes final decisions on manuscripts, and ensures editorial independence and scientific integrity.
Strategic Direction: Major decisions regarding journal strategy, policy updates, or editorial initiatives are made under the guidance of the Saudi Scientific Association of Plastic Surgery and Burns Executive Committee.

Role of Scientific Scholar

Scientific Scholar serves solely as the publishing partner, providing publishing infrastructure, manuscript management system, website hosting, copyediting, production, and distribution services to support the journal’s publication process. Scientific Scholar does not influence or participate in the editorial decisions or the peer review process.

Aims & Scope

SPSJ aims to advance the science and practice of plastic and reconstructive surgery regionally and internationally.
The journal seeks to:

Publish high-quality original research, systematic reviews, and clinical studies.
Promote innovation in reconstructive and aesthetic surgery.
Encourage academic collaboration within Saudi Arabia and globally.
Support evidence-based surgical practice.
Serve as a platform for training programs and emerging researchers.
The journal adheres to ICMJE and COPE ethical standards.

Audience

Our audience includes researchers from the field of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery.

Review Process

SPSJ has a highly rigorous peer-review process that makes sure that manuscripts are scientifically accurate, relevant, novel and important. Authors disclose all conflicts, affiliations and financial associations such that the published content is not biased.

Editorial Team

The editorial board comprises a panel of experts from various disciplines of medical and allied sciences to provide their expertise and guidance in maintaining the clarity of content and focus of the purpose for the journal.

About the Editor

Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Zahir T. Fadel
Saudi Plastic Surgery Journal,
Saudi Scientific Association of Plastic Surgery and Burns,
King Abdulaziz University,
Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Email: editor@saudipsj.com;
zfadel@kau.edu.sa

Facts About the Journal

This is a peer reviewed journal published Quarterly, follows a double-blind review process. Its open access model ensures worldwide visibility and boosts authors’ prominence in medical research.

Abstracting and Indexing Information

Coming soon…

Journal Ethics

The Saudi Plastic Surgery Journal is committed to meeting and upholding the standards of ethical behavior at all stages of the publication process. We follow closely the industry associations, such as the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), that set standards and provide guidelines for best practices in order to meet these requirements. For a summary of our specific policies regarding duplicate publication, conflicts of interest, patient consent, etc., please visit our Ethical Guidelines section

Plagiarism Policy

The journal uses plagiarism check software (iThenticate) on the Editor’s and Reviewer’s panel in the manuscript management system which is used to check and control Plagiarism for each article. Any manuscript, that is found to have plagiarism is rejected.

Archival Policy

We use PORTICO for our third-party repository for all articles published with us. All our articles are assigned a DOI number. We are members of https://crossref.org

Open Access Publication and Creative Commons Licensing

Saudi Plastic Surgery Journal is an open-access journal, and manuscripts published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 License (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0), which allows others to remix, transform, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.

Data Sharing Policy

NIH funded researchers, please follow the NIH guidelines on Data sharing as given at: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-21-013.html

Ahead of Print Policy

Articles published online under the Ahead of Print model are considered published and can be cited and quoted using the DOI as the reference source. Saudi Plastic Surgery Journal has a policy that changes will not be made after the publication of an article without following accepted procedures for making corrections to the scientific record.

Subscription Information

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Publisher

Scientific Scholar (scientificscholar.com) is a well-respected scientific publisher that fully supports open access publishing models, Subscription and Society based journal models through its own in-house peer-review management system – EditorialAssist (journalmanagement.org).

With offices in both the USA and India, Scientific Scholar proudly serves a global research community.

The mission of the Scientific Scholar is “Share, Learn and Improve”.