Author Guidelines

 INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

Effective as of: [July 1, 2020] , Updated on: [January, 1, 2023]:

Best Wound Practice, LLC (“BWP”) is a compendium of articles designed to facilitate the sharing of clinical expertise among medical professionals.  BWP publishes clinically superior, peer-reviewed submissions highlighting best practices in wound care. Please keep in mind that these articles only describe examples of Best Wound Practice and are not Treatment Recommendations. BWP’s requirements and expectations pertaining to those submissions are set forth below.

MANUSCRIPT/ARTICLE SUBMISSION

All manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the author’s dashboard. Currently, only invited authors may contribute to BWP. If you would like to contribute, please contact us.

Each article should be composed of the following sections:

  • History
  • Findings
  • Diagnosis
  • Differential diagnosis
  • Workup required
  • Plan
  • Expertise needed
  • Treatment
  • Follow up
  • References

PHOTOGRAPHS

Authors must submit “before,” “during,” and “after” treatment photographs for submissions to be considered for publication.  You can add photographs in each section as appropriate. Photographs should be high resolution.  As set forth in our Terms and Conditions, BWP requires authors to have all necessary releases and authorization pertaining to any photographs submitted for publication through BWP. 

EDITORIAL POLICIES

BWP reserves the right to edit, revise, or otherwise alter any submissions as BWP deems fit before publication, provided that the author(s) of any altered submission shall be notified before such submission is published.

AUTHORSHIP

In order to be considered for publication, a manuscript may have no more than three authors.  

The senior author is responsible for handling any disputes that may arise over authorship or content of the submitted article.

PERIODIC REVIEW

Author must review and update the article as needed on a bi-annual basis for at least two years following the submission’s publication. Author may also request updating the publication at any time and edits/updates will be subjected for further review by BWP.

REFERENCES

Submissions must have no more fewer than three references, one of which shall be the Wound Healing Society (“WHS”) Guidelines, available at https://woundheal.org/Publications/WHS-Wound-Care-Guidelines.cgi

FURTHER PUBLICATION

By submitting an article for publication through BWP, the author(s) verify their understanding that such submission may be published in Wound Repair and Regeneration (“WRR”) or similar Journal in order to broaden its readership.

ARTICLE SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Click here for further instructions on how to submit an article to BWP.

 

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