Submissions

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Focus and Scope

Proceedings in Obstetrics and Gynecology is an open-access peer-reviewed journal (ISSN 2154-4751) published online continuously in two issues per year by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. The journal is a forum for obstetrics, gynecology and women’s health internationally. The first issue was published in April 2010.

This journal encompasses all areas of women's health, including clinical care, education of students, residents and fellows, and research. Articles will include clinical, education, and research topics in obstetrics and gynecology. There will be case reports of general interest in the field.


Submission Checklist

See General submission rules on Policies Page.


Copyright Notice

Proceedings in Obstetrics and Gynecology applies the Creative Commons licenses to all works we publish. Under the license, authors retain ownership of the copyright for their article, but authors allow anyone to download, distribute, and/or copy articles in the journal, so long as the original authors and source are cited.

The author may include the officially published version of the article (version of record) in an institutional or disciplinary repository, provided the posting includes a prominent statement of the full bibliographical details, and a link to the online edition of the journal.


Peer Review

This journal operates a double anonymized peer review policy.

Licences

Proceedings in Obstetrics and Gynecology allows the following licences for submission:

  • CC-BY-4.0
    This license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use
  • CC-BY-SA-4.0
    This license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license the modified material under identical terms.
  • CC-BY-NC-4.0
    This license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator.
  • CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
    This license allows reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator.


Publication Fees

There are no article submission charges nor article processing charges (APC) to publish.


Publication Cycle

This journal published continuously all year round.