Editorial policies
Diamond open access
The Journal of Wound Management is published with diamond open access. Diamond open access publication refers to a model of scholarly publishing where research articles are made freely and openly accessible to the public without any subscription fees or paywalls. Neither is there any article processing charge (APC) required for the author for submission nor publication.
This journal is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) which permits others to copy and redistribute in any medium or format, and to adapt, remix, transform and build upon the material – provided that the articles are not used for commercial purposes. Please note that appropriate credit must be given to the author and journal, and possible changes made should be indicated.
Copyright
Copyright of published material and illustrations (but not any third party advertising) is the property of the Journal of Wound Management. Published articles, editorials and letters may be shared and adapted and translated for personal use under the following terms of the International Creative Commons License CC-BY-NC 4.0.
- You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license and indicate if changes were made; all in a reasonable manner.
- You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
- You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
Authors are able to add the final version of the accepted article into the not-for-profit repository of the institution the author works for (or is associated) with appropriate acknowledgement.
The Editor and the Editorial Board take the issue of plagiarism very seriously and expect all authors to acknowledge all sources of material in their papers when submitted for review prior to publication.
EWMA supports the need for authors to share, disseminate and maximise the impact of their research and these rights.
Use of artificial intelligence (AI)
The Journal of Wound Management (JWM) follows the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in scientific publishing.
Authors may use AI tools, including large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, to assist in the preparation of manuscripts. However, AI tools cannot be listed as authors, as they cannot take responsibility for the content of a manuscript or fulfil the requirements for authorship.
Any use of AI must be disclosed, including the name of the tool used and the purpose for which it was used (e.g. language editing, text generation, content organisation or data analysis). This information should be included in the manuscript, where appropriate, for example in the Methods or Acknowledgements section.
Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality and integrity of all submitted content, including any material generated or assisted by AI. Authors are also responsible for verifying all AI-generated content, ensuring appropriate attribution and citation of sources and avoiding plagiarism, copyright infringement or the inclusion of inaccurate or fabricated information.
For further guidance, authors are referred to the ICMJE Recommendations on the use of artificial intelligence in publishing: ICMJE – Use of Artificial Intelligence in Publishing.
Submissions
The Editorial Board wishes to encourage the submission of high quality scientific and clinical papers from all countries in Europe.
The editorial team provides assistance for authors with difficulties writing in English, when needed. Please contact the EWMA Secretariat for more information.
In addition, translated articles, originally published in national, non-English wound journals, may be submitted for publication in the Journal of Wound Management. By offering this, EWMA wishes to support that quality research from all countries is made available to a wider audience.
Author guidelines
Authors are expected to follow the instructions in the author guidelines and to comply with instructions from the Consort Statement and other relevant guidance documents when reporting their research.