One patient
Saltus Case · Case report
Full CARE structure: presentation, timeline, diagnosis, intervention, follow-up and discussion, with informed consent and the patient's perspective.
Call for papers open · Vol. 1, No. 1
One case, one leap for medicine
International open-access journal with double-blind peer review, dedicated to clinical case reports and case series from all clinical areas. Abstracts in English and Spanish.
Peer-reviewed scientific journalSaltus
Vol. 1 · No. 12026
ES · ENMetadata and pages in two languages
OpenOpen access for readers
Double-blindPeer review of every manuscript
Current issue
Volume 1, Issue 1
The inaugural issue is in preparation. Accepted articles will be published here.
Peer-reviewed scientific journalSaltus
Vol. 1 · No. 12026
No articles have been published yet. Once published, the table of contents, editorial and PDFs in Spanish and English will appear here.
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Featured articles
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Sections
What we publish
Only two formats: the case of one patient and the series of several.
Several patients
Saltus Series · Case series
Several patients with the same condition or intervention, described and analyzed together, with clear inclusion criteria.
Call for manuscripts
Publish in Vol. 1, No. 1
We are receiving manuscripts for the inaugural issue. Accepted articles will be published on a continuous basis.
Prepare submissionBefore submitting, have ready
- Manuscript in Word (DOCX), anonymized
- Title page with authors, affiliations and ORCID, as a separate file
- Cover letter
- Ethics approval or exemption statement
- Signed informed consent from the patient (or parents or guardians) and a complete CARE checklist
- Conflicts of interest, funding and data availability
Editorial process
From submission to publication
- 1
Initial editorial screening
The editorial team checks scope, format, ethical requirements and text similarity.
- 2
Peer review
Independent reviewers assess the manuscript under the anonymity scheme defined by the journal.
- 3
Editorial decision
Accept, request minor or major revision, or reject. The final decision rests with the editor-in-chief.
- 4
Author revisions
Authors respond to comments and upload a revised version with a response letter.
- 5
Editing and publication
Copyediting, production, proofs and open-access publication.
Scope
Cases from every specialty
We publish only two formats: case reports (Saltus Case) and case series (Saltus Series), from internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology and other clinical areas.
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About the journal
- Internal medicine
- Pediatrics and pediatric surgery
- General surgery
- Tropical medicine and infectious diseases
- Neurology
- Obstetrics and gynecology
- Dentistry and maxillofacial surgery
- Family medicine and primary care
- Imaging
- Sports medicine