John Deutsch, MD, Chair
Manoop S. Bhutani, MD
William R. Brugge, MD
Peter R.. McNally, DO
Thomas J. Savides, MD
C. Mel Wilcox, MD |
St. Mary's Duluth Clinic, Duluth, MN
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
Evans Army Hospital, Colorado Springs, CO
University of California, San Diego, CA
University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL |
Manoop Bhutani, MD
Leslie H. Sobin, MD
Peter R. McNally, DO
Bret Lashner, MD
Martin I. Radwin, MD |
International Gastroenterology
Cases From the Armed Forces
Literature Review
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Capsule Endoscopy |
About VHJOE
The Visible Human Journal of Endoscopy (VHJOE) is an electronic journal to provide a forum for the publication of original case reports which employ endoscopy and imaging, original work in endoscopy and imaging, and reviews regarding endoscopy imaging and related therapy. The journal emphasizes the relation of clinical findings to normal human anatomy utilizing the Visible Human Database located at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.
VHJOE is a PEER REVIEWED journal, featuring EMBEDDED VIDEO CLIPS and IMAGE-RICH articles. VHJOE publishes EXPERT REVIEWS from leading gastroenterologists as well as interesting CASE REPORTS. Additionally, VHJOE features the VISIBLE HUMAN INTERACTIVE ATLAS, a powerful, web-based application, developed by the Center for Human Simulation, which provides unparalleled views of human anatomy.
VHJOE provides links within articles to images, video or previous articles. There are also links to other websites. For instance, each reference at the end of an article is linked to PubMed, to allow readers to view the abstract.
VHJOE follows the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors ("Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals") – as published in October 2008.
We abide by the guidelines outlined at the National Library of Medicine which are listed below.
"Public trust in the peer review process and the credibility of published articles depend in part on how well conflict of interest is handled during writing, peer review, and editorial decision making. Conflict of interest exists when an author (or the author's institution), reviewer, or editor has financial or personal relationships that inappropriately influence (bias) his or her actions (such relationships are also known as dual commitments, competing interests, or competing loyalties). These relationships vary from those with negligible potential to those with great potential to influence judgment, and not all relationships represent true conflict of interest. The potential for conflict of interest can exist whether or not an individual believes that the relationship affects his or her scientific judgment. Financial relationships (such as employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony) are the most easily identifiable conflicts of interest and the most likely to undermine the credibility of the journal, the authors, and of science itself. However, conflicts can occur for other reasons, such as personal relationships, academic competition, and intellectual passion."
VHJOE conflict of interest policy can be reviewed here:
Please click here to download the Conflict of Interest form.
"When reporting experiments on human subjects, authors should indicate whether the procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975”, as revised in 2000 and published as World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki: Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects
JAMA. 2000;284(23):3043-3045.
"If doubt exists whether the research was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration, the authors must explain the rationale for their approach, and demonstrate that the institutional review body explicitly approved the doubtful aspects of the study. When reporting experiments on animals, authors should be asked to indicate whether the institutional and national guide for the care and use of laboratory animals was followed.
Patients have a right to privacy that should not be infringed without informed consent. Identifying information, including patients' names, initials, or hospital numbers, should not be published in written descriptions, photographs, and pedigrees unless the information is essential for scientific purposes and the patient (or parent or guardian) gives written informed consent for publication. Informed consent for this purpose requires that a patient who is identifiable be shown the manuscript to be published. Authors should identify Individuals who provide writing assistance and disclose the funding source for this assistance."
"Identifying details should be omitted if they are not essential. Complete anonymity is difficult to achieve, however, and informed consent should be obtained if there is any doubt. For example, masking the eye region in photographs of patients is inadequate protection of anonymity. If identifying characteristics are altered to protect anonymity, such as in genetic pedigrees, authors should provide assurance that alterations do not distort scientific meaning and editors should so note."
The requirement for informed consent is included in the journal's instructions for authors. When informed consent has been obtained it should be indicated in the published article.
The external review policy is described under instructions to authors.
Please see Submissions Page. |
