About Journal
“Onco Critical Care” is an official journal of the Onco Critical Care Society. It was first published in August 2023. It will be published thrice in a year. It publishes original articles, reviews, and case reports in the field of critical care and onco-critical care. Articles with clinical interest and implications are given preference. The journal promotes research, and clinical practice through education and dissemination of knowledge in the field of onco-critical care.
This is an open-access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
Scope of the Journal:
The journal accepts manuscripts related to critical care, oncology, pulmonology, and infectious diseases. It prefers original research articles conducted on oncology patients. In addition to original articles, OCC publishes Reviews, Case reports, Case series, letters to the editor, interesting images, commentary etc and thereby provides a forum for the reporting and discussion of cutting-edge perspectives of onco-critical care.
Indexing and Abstracting Information
Google Scholar, J-gate, ROAD, CrossRef, Microsoft Academic, Indian Citation Index (ICI), Scilit, etc.Journal Ethics
The journal is committed to upholding the highest standards of ethical behaviour at all stages of publication. We strictly adhere to industry associations such as the
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
,
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)
, and
World Association of Medical Editors (WAME)
, which set standards and provide guidelines for best practices in order to meet these requirements. To know more about specific policies regarding duplicate publication, conflict of interest, patient consent, etc., please visit the
author guidelines
Open Access (OA) Publication
The journal promotes open access publishing that can be refers to free, unrestricted online access to research outputs such as journals, articles and books. OA content is open to all without any accessing fees without paying a subscription charge. Articles are freely available immediately after publication without any registration. This means that researchers, students, readers, scholars, and any layperson from anywhere and anytime have rapid access to the latest research content via the Innovative Open Access (OA) Policy. For more details and information, visit:
www.ipinnovative.com/open-access-journals
Creative Commons Licensing
The journal is an Open Access (OA) journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) , which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. This license allows authors to grant certain permissions to others while retaining certain rights for themselves.Repository Policy
Authors can deposit their published articles in any repository. After publication of the article in the journal, authors are allowed and encouraged to submit their content online (for example, in institutional repositories or on their website). As this can result in fruitful discussions and earlier and more frequent citations of published work which can help to promote the accessibility and reproducibility of research findings for others.
Copyright of the published material
The journal takes a signed copy of the consent declaration form from authors where they sign and accept responsibility for releasing this material to the publisher on behalf of any and all co-authors. But author retains the copyright of the content and transfers all the licensing and publishing rights to the publisher. The author grants the publisher the only right to commercially utilize the article. For the duration of the copyright's full legal term, they provide the publisher, exclusive rights, and license to publish. This transfer of publication rights covers the non-exclusive right to reproduce and distribute the article, including reprints, translations, photographs, reproductions, microform, electronic form (offline, online) or any other reproduction of similar nature.
Plagiarism
Self-plagiarism is the redundant reuse of your own work, “use another’s production without crediting the sources,” or “present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.” The OCC also considers “self-plagiarism” as a form of plagiarism. An example of self-plagiarism would be when an author borrows from his or her own previously published work without the proper citation within the newly submitted manuscript. We provide
iThenticate
software to our editor and reviewers as a part of our manuscript submission system.
AI Guidelines
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Digital Archiving
Digital archiving ensures the preservation and accessibility of digital content over time, safeguarding it from technological changes and data loss. We prioritize the longevity and integrity of our journal by utilizing leading digital archiving services Portico and CLOCKSS. Our journal is securely preserved and remain accessible to researchers, educators, and the public, today and in the future.
Advertising Policy
The Journal retains the discretion to decline any advertisement that does not meet the journal's advertising policy.
1. Advertisements will not be accepted if they are indecent, offensive, or discriminatory based on personal, racial, ethnic, sexual orientation, or religious grounds, whether in text or artwork.
2. The Journal will not accept advertisements for products or services known to be harmful to health, such as tobacco and alcohol.
3. Product advertorials will not allow any treatment-specific or drug-specific campaigns to target specific articles related to the advertised products.
The presence of advertisements or product information on the Journal's website does not means endorsement or approval by the Journal or its publisher regarding the quality or claims made by the manufacturer of the advertised products. Editorial decision do not depend on any advertisement visible on the website.
Ahead of Print Policy
Articles published online under the “Ahead of Print” model are considered published and can be cited and quoted using DOI as the reference source. Innovative Publication has a policy that changes WILL NOT be made after the publication of an article. Unless an accepted procedure for making corrections to the scientific record is followed.
Revenue Sources
Onco Critical Care is a self-financed open-access journal, which is published in both online and print versions. Article publication charges levied on authors are the only source of income that is utilized in maintaining the administrative and print charges. Also, the very least part of revenue comes from advertisements and subscriptions.
The APC is based on an adjusted scale, providing reduced rates for low- and middle-income countries on the publication charges. Operating expense including the cost of web presence, print version, pre-press preparations, and staff salaries is supported by the above-mentioned resources.
OCC has outsourced all pre-publication, publication, and post-publication processes to the publisher, including APC management.