Submission guidelines
Instructions for Authors
New in 2021
We have updated our submission guidelines as of January 2021. The following changes have been made:
1. Three to four Key Points are required for all submissions.
2. A Visual Abstract is a required file for all revised manuscripts (Format I and Format II), except for Letters to the Editor.
3. Please follow our updated Terminology requirements found in section 4b. of the Instructions for Authors.
For examples of "Visual Abstract" and "Key Points," and to download the Visual Abstract template or Instructions for Authors, go to Links and Downloads.
Links and downloads
Instructions for Authors (Download pdf, 897 kB) Author information--Visual Abstract Template (Download pptx, 175 kB) Author Information - Key Points and Visual Abstract Examples (Download pdf, 675 kB)Open access publishing
Obesity Surgery publishes open access articles. Authors of open access articles published in this journal retain the copyright of their articles and are free to reproduce and disseminate their work.
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