About
Focus and Scope
AMS Protocols is an open access, peer-reviewed international journal focussing on Protocols from across the entire field of medicine and surgery. Protocols submitted to this journal must be authentic, educational and well written. They should be interesting to a broad readership of physicians and surgeons across the globe.
About IJS Publishing Group
IJS Publishing Group is a scientific publishing house established in 2003 with the launch of the International Journal of Surgery. There are now 12 journals in the portfolio and a number of other resources
Publication Frequency
The journal is published online as a continuous volume and issue throughout the year. Articles are made available as soon as they are ready to ensure that there are no unnecessary delays in getting content publically available.
Special collections of articles are welcomed and will be published as part of the normal issue, but also within a separate collection page.
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Authors of articles published remain the copyright holders and grant third parties the right to use, reproduce, and share the article according to the Creative Commons license agreement.
Archiving Policy
The journal’s publisher focuses on making content discoverable and accessible through indexing services. Content is also archived around the world to ensure long-term availability.
Journals are indexed by the following services:
CrossRef, JISC KB+, SHERPA RoMEO, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), and Google Scholar. In addition, all journals are available for harvesting via OAI-PMH.
To ensure permanency of all publications, this journal also utilises CLOCKSS, and LOCKSS archiving systems to create permanent archives for the purposes of preservation and restoration.
If the journal is not indexed by your preferred service, please contact us or alternatively by making an indexing request directly with the service.