The Swiss Medical Weekly accepts for consideration previously unpublished original articles from all fields of medicine. In addition to clinical topics, manuscripts dealing with basic medical science are welcome if they are of (1) general and (2) clinical interest.

Prior to publication, all manuscripts, with the exception of Editorials and Letters to the Editors, undergo peer review. The Editorial Board may decline a paper on the basis of internal review and rapidly return the manuscript, usually within three weeks.

The guidelines for authors are based on the guidelines published by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (Uniform Requirements: see www.icmje.org).

 

All accepted original articles will be published immediately in full text in the Internet, with open access and no word limit. In the print version of SMW, original articles will appear as one-page "extended abstracts". Authors will be asked to produce the extended abstract, using a template from us, after the full article has been accepted.