About Us

Aims and Objectives

Pediatric Surgery in Tropics (PST) aims to improve scientific communications among pediatric surgeons of tropical countries. It is intended to be an author friendly journal. The journal focuses more on the content of manuscript than on its formatting. We understand the compelling circumstances in which tropical doctors are working. Therefore, we sympathetically accept to publish even partial evidences when advanced facilities for complete work-up are not available. Socio-cultural milieu, economic burden, limited resources, illiteracy of patients and lack of advanced training that are typical of tropical countries will be taken into account while accepting articles for publication.

What do we Publish?

We publish all types of scientific manuscripts that are useful to practicing pediatric surgeons. We publish not only diseases peculiar to tropical countries but also on all aspects of pediatric surgery pertinent to tropical or resource poor settings. We are not confined by article types such as original articles, review articles, case reports, images, letters etc. Rather we consider every article as a useful scientific communication. Thus, we publish even unconventional pieces. The smallest article we publish is clinical tips of 50-100 words and the largest manuscript is review articles of several thousand words. Opinions regarding legislations and policies that may affect the practice of pediatric surgery will also be considered. We also publish patient perceptions that may provide insightful information to doctors.

Copyright

All the manuscripts are published with the understanding that they are exclusively submitted to PST. Although copyright of the articles lies with authors, articles published in PST shall not be republished elsewhere without the prior approval of the editors of PST. Articles in PST are published under creative common license. They can be reproduced for non-commercial purpose but with due acknowledgement of PST. Texts, figures and tables can be reproduced without any alteration. Full text PDF of articles can be freely shared in social media and internet.

Economic Model

PST is run on frugal economic principles. We avoid printing the journal thereby saving trees and expenditure. Print copies are made available only on demand by specific clients / libraries. It is electronically produced and circulated. All the editors offer voluntary free service as is our reviewers and authors. The minimal cost of running the journal is met out by charity donations and advertisements. PST is a platinum open access journal that is made availably fully cost free to all individual readers except institutions and libraries. We do not charge our authors; nor do we pay any royalty or reviewer fees.

Advertising Policy

PST accepts voluntary advertisements from individuals, institutions and manufacturers. Advertisements may be placed in journal website or within journal pages with separate tariff for each. Advertisements should be useful to practicing pediatric surgeons and they should be pertinent to professional services. Advertised material should not violate international laws, child safety, public decency, professional ethics and scientific principles. Editors of PST hold no responsibility for the authenticity of advertised materials. Institutional vacancies, conference announcements, sale of clinics or pre-owned equipments, pharmaceutical products, surgical instruments, prosthetic products, book releases and such items are accepted for advertisement. All the advertised products shall have direct relevance to the practice of pediatric surgery.

Tariff for web advertisement (Will be renewed quarterly) - Rs 2000
Tariff for journal advertisement (Institutions) - Rs 2500 for half page
Tariff for journal advertisement (Individuals) - Rs 500 for quarter page

Indexing

PST values practical usefulness of articles more than the impact factor of the journal. PST is indexed in Google scholar.