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About
UCLA Radiological Sciences Proceedings is a peer-reviewed medical journal administered by the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and authored by physicians and scientists worldwide. Our editorial board consists of experts in the field of radiological sciences from many different institutions.
As an online-only, open access peer-reviewed journal in radiology, UCLA Radiological Sciences Proceedings is widely read by medical students, residents, fellows, and attending radiologists. While the journal is administered by UCLA, it welcomes submissions from authors worldwide from any institution, publishing articles that focus on radiology and support the professional and educational needs of its readers for free. We also do not charge authors to submit their manuscripts for review.
Focus and Scope
Continuously published since 2021, UCLA Radiological Sciences Proceedings welcomes manuscripts that focus on all sub-specialty radiology practice, radiologic-pathologic correlation, diagnostic and interventional imaging, medical physics, advanced image analysis/machine learning, economics of radiology, basic sciences of medical imaging, and medical decision support. Each quarterly issue can consist of original research, reviews, clinical content, editorials, commentaries, case reports, or clinical pearls. Among unique article types are "Pearls from the Workstation" and "Pearls from the Interventional Radiology Suite". These articles often present expert opinion on difficult clinical situations.
Submission Checklist
1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
2. Text should be submitted as Office 2010 (or later) Microsoft Word format. Do not submit PDFs. Number the pages of the manuscript in the right margin of the footer.
3. Special, mathematical characters, and Greek letters should use the symbol font. Equations should be embedded where cited in the text.
4. Spell out all abbreviations when first used in the Abstract and manuscript text. For example, “right coronary artery (RCA).” All abbreviations should be listed in alphabetical order in the Summary Section. Avoid nonstandard abbreviations.
5. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
6. Your submission includes a Cover Letter with the manuscript title, complete author list, description of any conflict of interest or funding/industry support for the work, and statement that this work will be published solely in UCLA Radiological Sciences Proceedings.
7. Your submission includes an "Ethics Approval and Consent to Participate" section.
If the manuscript does not report about animal or human data or tissue, or the patient is sufficiently anonymized, or when publication is approved by the authors’ ethics committee or privacy officer, provide the statement “Not applicable” in this section.
Any patient who might be identified by their case description (even if only by the patient) should read the manuscript and must give written informed consent for the purpose of the publication:
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- UCLA authors: English, UCLA form 10069 or Spanish, UCLA form 10069a
- Non-UCLA authors: General Consent Form
After obtaining the patient's informed consent, either:
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- Include the following statement: “Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this article and accompanying images. A copy of the written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal.”
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- If written consent from a deceased patient’s next-of-kin could not be obtained, provide the following statement: “Written informed consent could not be obtained for publication of this article and accompanying images despite all reasonable attempts. Every effort has been made to protect the patient’s identity and there is no reason to believe that our patient would have objected to publication.
8. Medical Students, Residents and Fellows who submit manuscripts, please have your Senior Faculty Author (usually the last author) sign via Adobe Acrobat the following attestation form and email to EFonacier@mednet.ucla.edu -- Downloadable here: https://uclahs.box.com/s/97h4jazefpvgnzrer2yc4bdqbt0zxeef
9. Describe each author’s (use authors’ initials) substantive intellectual contribution to the following:
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- conception and/or design of the work
- data acquisition, analysis and interpretation
- drafting the work and/or its substantial revision
- final approval of the version to be published
Include a statement that all listed authors agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work and in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
10. Please be sure to review the full guidelines [opens in a new window].
Copyright Notice
The following is an agreement between The UCLA Radiological Sciences Proceedings (the Journal) and the submitter (the Author), governing the work currently being submitted, including the primary contribution as well as any supporting materials such as an abstract, data sets, media files, figures, or tables created by the Author and any co-authors (the Submission).
The Journal is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to readers or their institutions. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.
1. As consideration for publication in the Journal, the Author grants the Journal the following rights:
1.1. A non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free right to publish, reproduce, publicly display, publicly perform and distribute the Work in perpetuity throughout the world in all means of expression by any method or media now known or hereafter developed; and
1.2. A non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free right to license others, including databases or printing vendors, to do any or all of the above on a non-exclusive basis.
2. The Author warrants that:
2.1. The Author is the author of the Submission, or is authorized to act on behalf of the author(s) and copyright holder (if different from the author(s)), and has the power to convey the rights granted in this agreement.
2.2. If the Submission has multiple authors, the other authors are identified in the Submission, and the Author will inform the other authors of the terms of this agreement.
2.3. Any textual, graphic or multimedia material included in the Submission that is the intellectual property or work of another is identified and cited in the Submission.
2.4. If the Submission reproduces any material that is the intellectual property of another, the Author has received permission to publish that material in the Submission, or the material is being incorporated based on an informed, reasonable, and good faith application of fair use.
2.5. The Submission is the original work of the Author(s). To the best of the Author’s knowledge, it does not contain matter that is obscene, libelous, or defamatory; it does not knowingly violate another’s right of privacy, right of publicity, or other legal right; does not contain false or misleading statements; and is otherwise not unlawful.
2.6. The Submission has not been previously published, and is not pending review elsewhere. If this is not the case, the Author will provide the Journal with information about the other locations where the Submission appears or is pending review. Prior distribution of a Submission does not mean a Submission will not be considered for publication; the Journal is primarily concerned with other appearances in similar publications.
2.7. If the Author is a student, the Author agrees to share their work and waive any privacy rights granted by FERPA or any other law, policy or regulation, with respect to the Submission, for the purpose of publication. If the Author has any student co-authors, the Author will obtain a signed copy of this agreement from those co-authors.
2.8. The Submission complies with all relevant Journal policies and submission guidelines provided on the Journal’s website at the time of submission, including any policies on conflict of interest, informed consent, human and animal rights, or appropriate content.
3. Indemnification
The Author will indemnify and hold the Journal harmless against loss, damages, expenses, awards, and judgments arising from breach of any of the above warranties.
4. Author’s Rights and Obligations
4.1. Nothing in this agreement constitutes a transfer of the copyright by the Author. As such, the Author retains all rights not expressly granted herein, including but not limited to, the right:
4.1.1. To reproduce and distribute the Submission, and to authorize others to reproduce and distribute the Submission, in any format;
4.1.2. To post the Submission in an institutional repository or the Author’s personal or departmental web page.
4.1.3. To include the Submission, in whole or in part, in another work.
4.2. If the Author distributes the Submission on another website or in another publication (as described above), the Journal will be cited as the source of first publication.
5. Rights for Readers
The Journal and the Author agree that the Submission will be distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), or other later version of the same license, that allows others to copy, distribute, translate, adapt, and build upon the Submission, even commercially, as long as they provide appropriate credit to the author(s). Anyone who uses or redistributes the Submission under this license must indicate any changes that were made, must link to the license, and cannot imply that the author(s) endorse them or their use. More information about this license is available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
6. Termination
The Author agrees to the terms of this agreement for the Submission being considered for publication. If the Submission is declined, this agreement is terminated.
Peer Review
This journal operates a double anonymous peer review policy.
Licences
The following licences are allowed:
- CC BY 4.0
Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
Publication Cycle
This journal publishes a new issue every quarter.
Sections
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Public Submissions |
Peer Reviewed |
Indexed |
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Case Report |
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Case Series |
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Case Report or Case Series with Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation |
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Original Research |
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Technical Brief |
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Review Article |
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Clinical Update |
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Pearls from the Workstation or Interventional Suite |