Index Status: ACTIVE [Listed in AR Index] as at Jun 2025 AR Index Number: 285329
The ECAJS aims to advance the science and art of surgery and facilitate the exchange ideas among surgeons in the constituent countries of COSECSA. The journal will consider new manuscripts on clinical research, surgical technique, surgical practice, trauma, critical care, as well as clinical reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, editorials, perspectives, and letters of interest to readers in Africa and globally.
- - - Journal Fees - - -
Submission Fees: No
Amount: $
Publication Fees: No
Amount: $
- - - About The Journal - - -
Journal Title: The East and Central African Journal of Surgery
Journal Acronym: The ECAJS
Journal Publisher: The College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA)
Journal or Publisher Affiliation: The College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA)
Journal ISSN (Online): 2073-9990
Journal ISSN (Print): 1024-297X
Country of Publication: Tanzania, United Republic of
Submission Guidelines: Manuscript Preparation and Formatting Requirements
As of January 2019, all manuscripts must be submitted electronically to the ECAJS manuscript submission system (https://app.scholasticahq.com/submissions/ecajs/new), where authors will be required to set up an online account. All submissions typically are required to have clarity and professionalism with concepts and findings expressed in an academic tone without any verbiage to ensure effective communication to the journals diverse readership, clinicians, and non-clinicians alike. The writing style should be formal, with keen avoidance of colloquial language or overly casual expressions, and should present unbiased findings drawn from factual data and existing evidence. Manuscripts should have a logical flow, clearly structured with well-defined sections as per the type of research article. Precision in relaying research findings and consistency in the use of terminologies, abbreviations, and referencing remain key to conveying findi
Publication Ethics: Data Sharing Policies
Authors of manuscripts submitted to the ECAJS are permitted to share or post prepublication versions of their manuscripts, related data, conference abstract or poster material, and other related formats using institutional repositories, preprint servers, personal or institutional websites, and other outlets of their choice. Such sharing can proceed before and during the submission, peer review, and publication processes and can involve any prepublication manuscript version
The ECAJS aims to advance the science and art of surgery and facilitate the exchange ideas among surgeons in the constituent countries of COSECSA. The journal will consider new manuscripts on clinical research, surgical technique, surgical practice, trauma, critical care, as well as clinical reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, editorials, perspectives, and letters of interest to readers in Africa and globally.