How to submit

Online Submission
Population Medicine uses the online Editorial System for manuscript submission, peer review and editorial handling. Submissions received by email will not be considered.
Within the submission system, the corresponding author will have the ability to upload a cover letter and will also be able to select pre-identified statements related to the originality of the work, the potential conflicts of interest, authorship, and the role of funding sources in the preparation of the manuscript. Additional information may be requested by the Editorial Board to ensure the integrity and ethics of the manuscript.

Correspondence
Receipt of a manuscript is acknowledged via automated email from the online submission system. This includes a manuscript tracking number, which should be provided in all correspondence with the editorial office with regard to that manuscript. We kindly request that only the corresponding author is in contact with the editorial office on behalf of all of the manuscript's authors.

Author Statements
During submission, the authors will need to accept and confirm the following conditions:

1) All authors have participated in the preparation of the manuscript and meet the ICMJE criteria for authorship (all authors must have read and agreed to its content and are accountable for all aspects of the manuscript).
2) The manuscript has not been published previously in part or in whole and is not currently submitted for publication in another journal (prior publication as a conference abstract or in an abstract book is allowed)
3) Choice of APC options
4) Data availability and sharing options (More information about data policies can be found here)
5) Funding Statement (YES/NO)
6) Special Issue (included or not)

ICMJE recommendations
The ICMJE recommends that authorship be based on the following four criteria:
Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work.
a. Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content.
b. Final approval of the version to be published.
c. Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work to ensure that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
d. In addition to being accountable for the parts of the work he or she has done, an author should be able to identify which co-authors are responsible for specific other parts of the work. In addition, authors should have confidence in the integrity of the contributions of their co-authors.

Licensing
The authors must agree to the provision of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) unless another license is mandated by employers (for instance where Crown Copyright applies or researchers are US government employees).
Authors who wish to publish their work under a commercial license are also able to choose between the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0) or the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-ND 4.0).

Article Processing Charges
In the Open Access model, publication costs are usually covered by the author’s institution or research funds. These Article Processing Charges (APCs) replace subscription charges and allow the publishers to make the published material freely available to all interested online readers. APCs are levied to cover the cost of providing our quality publishing services. At the time of submission, for complete transparency regarding APCs, authors are mandated to accept the clearly written APCs or state that they have a waiver. Upon acceptance, a pro forma invoice is created, and upon publication, a final invoice is issued. APCs are payable within 30 days of the invoice date.
Population Medicine has been previously funded through the Smart Specialisation Strategy of Crete (S3), an innovation policy concept to support regional prioritization in innovative sectors, fields or technologies. The European Commission introduced the S3 concept in the EU Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 as an ‘ex-ante conditionality’ for European regions to obtain funding for research and innovation from the European Regional Development Fund. From September 2023, articles that are submitted and subsequently accepted for publication will carry an APC of 1750 Euro (exclusive of VAT where applicable), unless one of the below criteria apply:

• All manuscripts from Low-Income Countries are automatically granted a waiver.
• Manuscripts from Low Middle-Income Countries and from authors of High-Income Countries who are unable to pay the APC, are evaluated on a case by case basis by the Editor-in-Chief and the Publisher.
• Editorials and Letters to the Editor do not have any APCs.

Suggested Reviewers
Authors may suggest reviewers who are qualified to peer review their manuscript, provided that they have not collaborated closely in the near past and that they are not from the same institution. Suggested reviewers invited will not be notified of the author/s that suggested them.

Non-Preferred Suggested Reviewers
Authors may also suggest reviewers who are not preferred to review their manuscript. While the author's suggestions are taken into account, the Editorial Office reserves the right to handle peer review at its discretion.

Letters to the Editor and Editorials
Letters to the Editor and Editorials are peer-reviewed internally. All articles have a specific provenance and peer review tab (commissioned vs. non-commissioned; internally vs. externally peer-reviewed).

Peer Review and Manuscript Handling Process
Peer review is the critical assessment of manuscripts. All articles submitted to Population Medicine undergo double-blind peer review. Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. (More information about the peer review process can be found here).

Population Medicine manuscripts are reviewed with the understanding that they:

• are original
• are not under consideration by any other publisher
• have not been previously published in whole or in part
• have not been previously accepted for publication
• will not be submitted elsewhere until a decision is reached regarding their publication