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Manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned.
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Identity transparency: Single anonymized
About us:
Journal of the World Stroke Organization
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THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE TEAM
Editor-in-Chief
Hugh Markus, Cambridge, UK
Associate Editors
Craig Anderson: Sydney, Australia and Beijing, China
Frank-Erik de Leeuw: Nijmegen, Netherlands
Thomas Leung, Hong Kong
Linxin Li, UK
Editorial Office
IJS@editorialoffice.co.uk
Publisher
Lucy McIvor
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal.
Figures submitted in color will be published in color in the online version of the journal at no cost. For specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Sage after receipt of your accepted article.
Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program, and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of charge depending on the agreement with Sage. Find out if your institution is participating by visiting Open Access Agreements at Sage. Open Access agreement eligibility is determined by the corresponding author’s affiliation matching an agreement at acceptance. For more information on Open Access publishing options at Sage please visit Sage Open Access.
For information on funding body compliance, and depositing your article in repositories, please visit Sage’s Author Archiving and Re-Use Guidelines and Publishing Policies.
Open access fees do not cover page or color charges and are charged separately.
Your article must be within the scope of the journal and be of sufficient quality. If not, it will not be reviewed. Please read the journal’s Aims and Scope to see if your article is appropriate.
The manuscript must be your original work, you must have the rights to the work, and you must have obtained and be able to supply all necessary permissions for the reproduction of any copyright works not owned by you, including figures, illustrations, tables, lengthy quotations, or other material previously published elsewhere.
Article types
Guidelines for Blog Manuscripts
We are increasingly sharing global narratives about stroke management in countries from all the regions of the world on our International Journal of Stroke blog.
Blogs are published on the World Stroke Organisation blog section of the organizational website https://www.world-stroke.org/news-and-blog/blogs .
These should be a maximum of 1,000 words and can include one to two images. References are encouraged.
The purpose of this blogging opportunity is to:
offer Stroke Support Organizationss a space to connect with stroke practitioners and facilitate an information pathway to appropriate parties,
publish articles on aspects of stroke in countries around the globe; they may be particularly suitable for clinicians who want to advertise what they have done, but where the content may not be as suitable for a peer reviewed article in IJS.
See 7.1 for details on how to submit a blog.
Blogs are reviewed internally by the editorial team and are not sent out for peer review.
Co-Publication
International Journal of Stroke does engage in co-publication of some seminal works in the field, such as important guidelines etc. This must be negotiated with the Editor-in-Chief.
Word Limits
The word count of your manuscript should be specified on the title page. The word count should include all sections of the manuscript (i.e. title page, abstract, main body of text, acknowledgements, sources of funding, disclosures, references, figure legends, tables and appendices intended for print publication). Please refer to Table 1 (below) for full details of word limits for specific article types.
Table 1: Overview of requirements for manuscript submission
Manuscript type
Word limit
Abstract word limit
Figures and tables
References
Research Article
5,000
500 included in main word limit STRUCTURED
Included
Included
Review Article
6,000
500 included in main word limit
Included
Included
Systematic Review
6,000
500 included in main word limit STRUCTURED
Included
Included
Guidelines
6,000
500 included in main word limit
Included
Included
Protocol
3,000
500 included in main word limit STRUCTURED
Included
Included
Letters
By invitation or presubmission enquiry to [email protected]
300
No Abstract
Included
10 included
Blog Articles
1000
No Abstract
Included
included
Presentation of Article Types
International Journal of Stroke subscribes to the EQUATOR network guidelines (https://www.equator-network.org/) for all articles, therefore we ask you to supply the appropriate checklist with your submission. Recommended guidelines for different types of articles are listed below but more details can be found on the equator website.
Presentation of a review and Systematic Review Article
The International Journal of Stroke mainly accepts reviews that have been commissioned; all other reviews submitted will be considered through our normal processes.
In accordance with PRISMA, Reviews should be either definitive overviews of a major topic in neurology or an update of knowledge in a narrower field of current interest.
All manuscripts that are submitted in this category must have a PRISMA checklist attached as proof of adherence to the PRISMA guidelines. https://www.prisma-statement.org/PRISMAStatement/Checklist
Complete transparency about the choice of material included is important; therefore, all reviews need to include a brief section entitled “Search strategy and selection criteria” stating the sources (including databases like PubMed, MeSH Searching Medicine etc. and free text search terms and filters, and reference lists from journals or books) of the material covered, and the criteria used to include or exclude studies.
Presentation of a Leading Opinion Article
The aim of the Leading Opinion article is to produce rapid and concise responses by world opinion leaders to recent developments in stroke in various parts of the world. Leading opinion articles are commissioned by International Journal of Stroke Editors.
Presentation of a Clinical Trial Protocol Article
We only accept Protocols for Phase 3 Clinical Trials that have already begun recruitment. Reporting should be referenced against the SPIRIT criteria https://www.spirit-statement.org. Please present your protocol as follows:
Abstract
Introduction and rationale
Methods
Design
Patient population - inclusion and exclusion criteria
Randomization
Treatment or intervention
Primary outcomes
Secondary outcomes
Data Monitoring Body
Sample size estimates
Statistical analyses
Study organization and funding
Discussion: This section is to contain the thoughts and rationale behind important points of study set-up
Summary and conclusions
Presentation of a Research Article
The appropriate check list should be used for original research articles. Eg.
For clinical trials, CONSORT: http://www.consort-statement.org/.
For diagnostic accuracy studies, STARD: https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/stard/
For epidemiological studies, STROBE: https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/strobe/
For animal stroke studies, RIGOR guidelines should be used : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3644408/
STAIR: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19246690/
It is our expectation that the be used when reporting effective translational research (also refer STAIR and CAMRADES) (2,3,4)
Please present your research paper as follows:
Abstract
Introduction
Aims and/or hypothesis
Methods
Results
Discussion
References
Data availability
All original research articles should include a data availability section. See section 2.9.
Presentation of a Guidelines/Consensus Manuscript
Guidelines are usually a condensed interpretation of a larger paper that goes through an extensive process, via a committee, and other interested parties. Please condense your manuscript to comply with our word limit but feel free to present the article in the committee/interested parties’ style. However, all manuscripts must provide a Statement of endorsement from a reputable society/societies.
Please also provide an abstract.
The International Journal of Stroke editors will assess the following:
The overall objective(s) of the guideline is (are) specifically described.
The clinical question(s) covered by the guideline is (are) specifically described.
The patients to whom the guideline is meant to apply are specifically described.
The guideline development group includes individuals from all the relevant professional groups.
The target users of the guideline are clearly defined.
Systematic methods were used to search for evidence.
The guideline has been externally reviewed by experts prior to its publication
The guideline is editorially independent from writing group members and funding body.
Conflicts of interest of guideline development members have been recorded.
The guidelines submission includes a statement of endorsement from connected NGOs, stakeholders and institutions.
Please specify in the paper the process by which the guideline committee members were chosen.
Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
Reporting guidelines
Your manuscript must follow the relevant EQUATOR Network reporting guidelines, depending on the type of study. The EQUATOR wizard can help identify the appropriate guideline. You will need to upload the appropriate checklist with your submission.
Other resources can be found at NLM’s Research Reporting Guidelines and Initiatives.
If your research involves animals, you will be asked to confirm that you have carefully read and adhered to the ARRIVE guidelines.
Formatting your manuscript
Accepted file types
The preferred format for your manuscript is Word. You do not need to follow a template, but please ensure your heading levels are clear, and the sections clearly defined.
The LaTeX files are also accepted. A LaTeX template is available on the Sage Journal Author Gateway.
Your article title, keywords, and abstract all contribute to its position in search engine results, directly affecting the number of people who see your work. For details of what you can do to influence this, visit How to help readers find your article online.
Title
Your manuscript’s title should be concise, descriptive, unambiguous, accurate, and reflect the precise contents of the manuscript. A descriptive title that includes the topic of the manuscript makes an article more findable in the major indexing services.
Abstract
The abstract of your paper is the first point of contact between you and your readership. Your abstract must be excellent. We recommend you include in your abstract the number of centres and patients involved in your study. Please minimize the use of acronyms and abbreviations and make sure they are defined. Do not cite references in the abstract.
The abstract should be concise (500 words maximum).
Structured Abstract
The article types listed below require a structured abstract.
Systematic review
A Systematic review’s abstract should have the following headings:
Background (description of reason for study)
Aims
Summary of review
Conclusions (succinct statement of data interpretation)
Research paper and Short report
Background (description of reason for study)
Aims
Methods (brief description of methods)
Results (presentation of significant results)
Conclusions (succinct statement of data interpretation)
Data access statementt
Protocols
Rationale
Aim and/or hypothesis
Sample size estimates
Methods and design
Study outcome(s)
Discussion
Visual Abstracts
A visual abstract is included with the HTML version of all Original Articles, Reviews and Protocols published by IJS. However, due to the work involved in preparing visual abstracts according to journal style, it is advisable to defer this until manuscripts have successfully passed both triage and review stages and have been invited for revision. Once the revision has been received, authors will be notified and invited to send their draft visual abstract directly to the editorial office. Invitation to provide a visual abstract does not imply eventual acceptance of the manuscript for publication.
Visual abstract drafts should be prepared using the IJS Guidelines low resolution proprietary symbols and guidance are provided on the website (Sage Infographics), restricting the message to one principal finding and minimising text.
Visual abstract drafts are reviewed by a graphics abstracts editor and after their approval are professionally redrawn in high resolution by a graphics artist before being uploaded to the IJS submission website in encapsulated postscript format. A copy is provided to the authors before manuscript acceptance. This may be used freely. However, use of IJS’s proprietary fonts and template in other settings is restricted.
Keywords
Please include a minimum of 3 keywords, listed after the abstract. Keywords should be as specific as possible to the research topic.
Artwork, figures, and other graphics
For guidance on the preparation of illustrations, pictures, and graphs in electronic format, please read Sage’s artwork guidelines.
Figures supplied in color will appear in color online regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in color in the printed version. If you have requested color reproduction in the print version, we will advise you of the costs on receipt of your accepted article.
Please ensure that you have obtained any necessary permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures, or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. For further information including guidance on fair dealing for criticism and review, please see the Frequently Asked Questions page on the Sage Journal Author Gateway.
Title page
The Title Page should include:
- Article title
- The full list of authors including names and affiliations of each
- The listed affiliation should be the institution where the research was conducted. If an author has moved to a new institution since completing the research, the new affiliation can be included in a note at the end of the manuscript – please indicate this on the title page.
- All persons eligible for authorship must be included at the time of submission (please see the authorship section for more information).
- Contact information for the corresponding author: name, institutional address, phone, email
- Acknowledgments section
- Declaration of conflicting interest
- Funding statement
- Ethical approval and informed consent statements
- Data availability statement
- Three-seven key words
- Word count
- Itemized list of tables and figures
- Any other identifying information related to the authors and/or their institutions, funders, approval committees, etc, that might compromise anonymity.
Acknowledgments
If you are including an Acknowledgements section, this will be published at the end of your article. The Acknowledgments section should include all contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship. Per ICMJE recommendations, it is best practice to obtain consent from non-author contributors who you are acknowledging in your manuscript.
Writing assistance and third party submissions: if you have received any writing or editing assistance from a third-party, for example a specialist communications company, this must be clearly stated in the Acknowledgements section and in the covering letter. Please see the Sage Author Gateway for what information to include in your Acknowledgements section. If your submission is being made on your behalf by someone who is not listed as an author, for example the third-party who provided writing/editing assistance, you must state this in the Acknowledgements and also in your covering letter. Please note that the journal editor reserves the right to not consider submissions made by a third party rather than by the author/s themselves.
Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Statements and declarations
Please include a section with the heading ‘Statements and Declarations’ at the end of your submitted article, after the Acknowledgements section [and Author Contributions section if applicable] including each of the sub-headings listed below. If a declaration is not applicable to your submission, you must still include the heading and state ‘Not applicable’ underneath. Please note that you may be asked to justify why a declaration was not applicable to your submission by the Editorial Office.
Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. You can find information on what to say in your ethical statements as well as example statements on our Publication ethics and research integrity policies page.
All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved the study, or waived the requirement for approval, providing the full name and institution of the review committee in addition to the approval number. If applicable, please also include this information in the Methods section of your manuscript.
Consent to participate
Please include any participant consent information under this heading and state whether informed consent to participate was written or verbal. If the requirement for informed consent to participate has been waived by the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board (i.e. where it has been deemed that consent would be impossible or impracticable to obtain), please state this. If this is not applicable to your manuscript, please state ‘Not applicable’ in this section. More information and example statements can be found on our Publication ethics and research integrity policies page.
Consent for publication
Submissions containing any data from an individual person (including individual details, images or videos) must include a statement confirming that informed consent for publication was provided by the participant(s) or a legally authorized representative. Non-essential identifying details should be omitted. Please do not submit the participant’s actual written informed consent with your article, as this in itself breaches the patient’s confidentiality. The Journal requests that you confirm to us, in writing, that you have obtained written informed consent to publish but the written consent itself should be held by the authors/investigators themselves, for example in a patient’s hospital record. The confirmatory letter may be uploaded with your submission as a separate file in addition to the statement confirming that consent to publish was obtained within the manuscript text. If this is not applicable to your manuscript, please state ‘Not applicable’ in this section.
Declaration of conflicting interest
The journal requires a declaration of conflicting interests from all authors so that a statement can be included in your article. For guidance on conflict of interest statements, see our policy on conflicting interest declarations and the ICMJE recommendations.
If no conflict exists, your statement should read: ‘The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article’.
Funding statement
All articles need to include a funding statement, under a separate heading, even if you did not receive funding. You’ll find guidance and examples on our Funding page.
Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages.
Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to:
- Share your research data in a relevant public data repository
- Include a data availability statement linking to your data. If it is not possible to share your data, use the statement to confirm why it cannot be shared.
- Cite this data in your research
Reference style and citations
The journal follows the Sage Vancouver reference style. View the Sage Vancouver guidelines to ensure your manuscript conforms.
Every in-text citation must have a corresponding citation in the reference list and vice versa. Corresponding citations must have identical spelling and year.
Authors should update any references to preprints when a peer reviewed version is made available, to cite the published research. Citations to preprints are otherwise discouraged.
EndNote
If you use EndNote to manage references, you can download the Sage Vancouver EndNote output file.
Supplemental material
This Journal can host additional materials online (e.g. datasets, podcasts, videos, images etc.) alongside the full text of the article. Your supplemental material must be one of our accepted file types. For that list and more information please refer to our guidelines on submitting supplemental files.
English language editing services
Authors seeking assistance with English language editing, translation, or figure and manuscript formatting to fit the journal’s specifications should consider using Sage Author Services. Visit Sage Author Services for further information.
As part of the submission process you will need to confirm that this is your original work, that you have the rights in the work, that this is for first publication in this Journal, that it is not being considered for/has not already been published elsewhere, and that you have obtained and can supply all necessary permissions for the reproduction of any copyright works not owned by you.
Please see our guidelines on prior publication and note that the journal may accept submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers.
Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers.
Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field and mention it in your cover letter when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission.
Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed.
Submission site
Submit your manuscript online via Sage Track.
IMPORTANT: Please check whether you already have an account in Sage Track before trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for the journal in the past year it is likely that you will have had an account created. For further guidance on submitting your manuscript online please visit ScholarOne Online Help.
Manuscripts should only be submitted with the consent of all contributing authors. The individual responsible for submitting the manuscript should carefully check that all those whose work contributed to the manuscript are listed as authors.
Ensure you upload all relevant manuscript files, including any additional supplemental files (including reporting guidelines where relevant).
Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more.
Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Files
- Cover letter. The cover letter should be kept brief. It should explain why your paper should be published in International Journal of Stroke. If you have specific communications for the Editor-in-Chief please email hmarkus@world-stroke.org directly. The editors invite submission of manuscripts that have major importance to the scientific community. To be considered for expedited publication, an article must be unique and contain information that could make a significant difference in medical practice or constitute an important advance in basic knowledge. The authors must clearly state reasons for the request in the cover letter. If the editors agree that an article should be an expedited publication, they will arrange an accelerated review and, if accepted, accelerated publication.
- Please ensure that the title page and main document are uploaded as a single file.
- Your manuscript, properly formatted according to all stipulations above, and within the scope of the journal. This version will be sent to the peer reviewers.
- Figures and images.
- All figures must be numbered consecutively in the order in which they appear in the text – they will appear in the published article in the order they are numbered.
- Figure resolution is 300dpi. More information on figure/image preparation can be found here.
- Supplemental material. This journal can host additional materials online (e.g. datasets, podcasts, videos, images, etc) alongside the full-text of the article. Your supplemental material must be one of our accepted file types. For that list and more information please refer to our guidelines on submitting supplemental files.
Other information required for submission
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ORCID ID of the submitting author.
- It is strongly encouraged that all co-authors ensure their ORCID IDs are linked to their accounts in the submission system prior to article acceptance, as this is the only way to have their ORCID ID present on the published article. ORCID IDs cannot be added to manuscripts after acceptance/publication. Please note that each co-author must log in to the submission system to add their own ORCID ID to their account. To add an ORCID ID, edit your account, click the link when prompted, and sign into your ORCID account to validate your ID. You will then be redirected back to the submission system and your ORCID ID will become part of your accepted publication’s metadata.
- Please create an ORCID ID if you do not already have one or visit our ORCID homepage to learn more.
- Complete list of authors, with their institutional affiliations.
- The author information you enter at submission must exactly match what is included on your manuscript and/or title page, including full names, academic affiliations, and corresponding author contact details.
- The listed affiliation should be the institution where the research was conducted. If an author has moved to a new institution since completing the research, the new affiliation can be included in a note at the end of the manuscript.
- All listed authors must meet the criteria for authorship (above).
- All persons eligible for authorship must be included at the time of submission.
- All authors must have given consent for the manuscript to be submitted in its current form.
- Keywords: During submission, you may be asked to select or enter keywords for your manuscript. These keywords are used to match appropriate reviewers to your manuscript.
- The number of figures, tables, and words in your manuscript.
- Funder information: Name, grant/award number.
- You may be required to enter your declaration of conflicting interest as part of the submission process, in addition to listing it on your manuscript and/or title page. Please have it on hand.
- If you have posted your manuscript to a preprint server, you will be asked to supply the DOI (this does not prohibit submission, but no changes should be made to the preprint version while your manuscript is under evaluation in this journal). Please see our guidelines on prior publication. If the article is accepted for publication, the author may re-use their work according to the journal's author archiving policy. If your manuscript is accepted, you must include a link in your preprint to the final version of your published article.
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal:
Identity transparency: Single-anonymized
Reviewer interacts with: Editor
Review information published: None
Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejected without peer review at this point if they are out of scope for the journal or otherwise unsuitable.
After passing the initial evaluation, your manuscript will then be peer reviewed. You can log in at any time to check the status of your manuscript. We will notify you when a decision has been reached.
The journal operates a conventional single-anonymized reviewing policy in which the reviewer’s name is always concealed from the submitting author. Two independent reviews are required for a manuscript to reach a Revise or Accept decision, with the exception of the following manuscript types: Letters to the Editor and Leading opinion articles. About 40% of papers are rejected without review. This allows authors to submit papers which are unlikely to be published elsewhere without undue delay. This decision is made on the basis of novelty, impact and quality of the paper, as well as whether we feel the article would be well suited to the IJS readership.
The following manuscript types may not require two independent reviews to be accepted: Letters to the Editor and Leading opinion articles.
To ensure the integrity of the peer review process we assign reviewers and cannot accept author recommendations.
All manuscripts are reviewed as rapidly as possible, while maintaining rigor. Reviewers make comments to the author and recommendations to the Editor who then makes the final decision on all manuscripts, including those appearing in a special issue or special collection. The Editor or members of the Editorial Board may occasionally submit their own manuscripts for possible publication in the Journal. In these cases, the peer review process will be managed by alternative members of the Board and the submitting Editor/Board member will have no involvement in the decision-making process.
The journal has an Editorial Board who serve the journal as external peer reviewers. Each member of the Editorial Board are active researchers in the field and selected based on strict criteria, ensuring they possess the necessary expertise and experience. The Editor(s) may use one Editorial Board Member as a reviewer for each manuscript, and will then reach beyond this pool to include additional reviewers to meet the required number before a decision can be made. This ensures a comprehensive and robust peer review process, aligning with our commitment to publish the most credible and valid research. Care is taken not to invite any Editorial Board Member that has any potential conflict of interest with any author of the paper.
As a COPE member we engage with multiple forms of post-publication discussion in line with wider guidance from Sage: Commentaries, Critiques and Responses.
You can view our complaints and appeals policy here.
Read Sage's complete peer review policy.
Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Contributor’s Publishing Agreement
Before publication, we require the author as the rights holder to sign a Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement. Sage’s Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement is an exclusive license agreement which means that the author retains copyright in the work but grants Sage the sole and exclusive right and license to publish for the full legal term of copyright. Exceptions may exist where an assignment of copyright is required or preferred by a proprietor other than Sage. In this case copyright in the work will be assigned from the author to the society. For more information please visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway.
Preprints
If your manuscript was posted on a preprint server prior to acceptance, you must include a link in your preprint to the final published version of your published article.
Production
Your Sage Production Editor will keep you informed as to your article’s progress throughout the production process. Proofs will be made available to the corresponding author via our editing portal, Sage Edit, or by email, and should be returned promptly to avoid delaying publication. Authors are reminded to check their proofs carefully to confirm that all author information, including names, affiliations, sequence, and contact details are correct, and that Funding and Conflict of Interest statements, if any, are accurate. This is the final opportunity to make changes to your manuscript. Further corrections will not be possible after publication. Changes to the author list are not permitted at this stage.
Publication
OnlineFirst publication: This enables us to publish final articles online immediately, without waiting for assignment to a future issue of the Journal. This usually significantly reduces publication lead time. Visit the Sage Journals help page for more details, including how to cite OnlineFirst articles.
Access to your published article: We provide you with online access to your published article. The online access link is provided to the corresponding author for sharing with their co-authors.
Promoting your article
Publication is not the end of the process. Between us, we can ensure that your article is found, read, downloaded and cited as widely as possible. Many of the most effective tactics are those you can do quickly and easily to your network of contacts and peers. Visit the Promote Your Article page on the Sage Journal Author Gateway for numerous resources to help you promote your work.
The Sage Journal Author Gateway has some general advice on how to get published, plus links to further resources. Sage Author Services also offers authors a variety of ways to improve and enhance your article including English language editing, plagiarism detection, and video abstract and infographic preparation.
If you have any questions about publishing with Sage, please visit the Sage Journals Solutions Portal.
You can view our complaints and appeals procedure.
Contact us
You can direct any questions to the journal’s editorial office:
Editor-in-Chief – Hugh Markus - hmarkus@world-stroke.org
Editorial Office - IJS@editorialoffice.co.uk
Production Contact – wso_sagepub@candmdigitals.com