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Journal Of Burn Care & Research

Journal of Burn Care & Research provides information on advances in burn prevention, research, education, delivery of acute care, and research to members of the burn care team as the official publication of the American Burn Association and the only U.S. journal devoted exclusively to the treatment and research of patients with burns.

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Subject Critical Care Medicine, Dermatology, Surgery
Impact Factor 1.8
Quartile Q3
Open Access Type Hybrid
ISSN 1559-047X
eISSN 1559-0488
Invitation Only No
Cost Range There is a charge to publish under an open access Creative Commons license; there is no license charge under the standard subscription license. The journal charges $600 per printed color image. The journal does not have page charges.

Submission Instructions

Journal Of Burn Care & Research accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.

Original Article

Cover Letter Cover letter must disclose any use of artificial intelligence tools, and list or provide copies of all related or similar works along with an explanation of how the submitted manuscript differs from them.
Abstract Provide an unstructured abstract written in English that does not exceed 250 words, is factual and concise, and does not use abbreviations or acronyms.
Manuscript Manuscripts must be organized into an anonymized title page, abstract and keywords page, Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Supplementary Material, References, tables, and figure legends, with all author- and institution-identifying details removed from the main text.
References No maximum reference count is indicated.
Figures & Tables No maximum number of figures or tables is specified.
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Case Report

Cover Letter Cover letter must disclose any use of artificial intelligence tools in the work and provide details and copies of related or similar works (preprints, dissertations, manuscripts, published papers, and reports) and explain how the submitted manuscript differs from them.
Abstract Case Reports must not include an abstract.
Manuscript Case Reports must not exceed 2,000 words, excluding references, figures, and tables.
References Unpublished data and personal communications should be cited in parentheses in the text and not included in the reference list. Case Reports must not exceed 25 references.
Figures & Tables Artwork files must be TIFF, EPS, MS Office, or high-resolution PDF; line art requires ≥1200 dpi, halftone images ≥300 dpi, and images with text ≥600 dpi or postscript format. Case Reports must not include more than a total of 3 figures or tables.
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Letter to the Editor

Cover Letter Cover letter must disclose any use of artificial intelligence tools and provide copies and explanations of all related or similar works (preprints, dissertations, manuscripts, published papers, reports) and how the submitted manuscript differs from them.
Abstract Editorials and Letters to the Editor do not require abstracts.
Manuscript Letters to the Editor must not exceed 300 words and do not require an abstract; for anonymized peer review, include a separate anonymized title page and a separate full title page file with author and conflict-of-interest details.
References Letters to the Editor may include up to 6 references, formatted in AMA style and listed double-spaced in order of appearance in the text, with journal names abbreviated per Index Medicus and more than 7 authors shortened to the first 3 followed by et al.
Figures & Tables Letters to the Editor must not include figures or tables.
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Recent Publications

Predictors of Response to Fractional CO₂ Laser Therapy in Hypertrophic Burn Scars: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Timothy Worley, Alexandra McDowell, Aaron De Souza, Alan Pang

10.1093/jbcr/irag123
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Ethical Challenges of Bioprinted and Lab-Grown Skin Substitutes in Burn Care

Joshua Khorsandi, Brian Mansoury, Abu-Bakr Ahmed, Liahm Blank, Michael Harouni, Demitri Franzoni, Joshua MacDavid

10.1093/jbcr/irag125
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Anesthetic Practices for Laser Therapy in Pediatric Patients with Hypertrophic Burn Scars: A Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study

Nicole C McCoy, Noah Ashley, Amanda T Tran, Patricia Fuentes, Audra Clark, Rohit Mittal, Bethany J Wolf, Matthew Stumme, Aditee Ambardekar

10.1093/jbcr/irag122
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Identifying Risk Factors for Inpatient Falls in Burn Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis

Ana Rivera Juarez, Charles Voigt, Sadaf Akbari, Colette Galet, Alexander Kurjatko

10.1093/jbcr/irag124
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Residential Air Pollution, Inhalation Injury, and Burn Recovery: A Burn Model System Study

Maya Matheny, Erin Ross, Trevor A Pickering, Colleen M Ryan, Caitlin M Orton, Connie Valencia, Haig A Yenikomshian

10.1093/jbcr/irag120
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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

Typical peer review and production timelines are a median of 24 days from submission to first decision, 36 days from submission to final decision, and 4 days from acceptance to publication.

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Is a cover letter required?

A cover letter is expected to disclose related or similar preprints, dissertations, manuscripts, published papers, and reports by the same authors that have been previously published, posted electronically, or are under consideration elsewhere, along with an explanation of how the submitted manuscript differs from these related works.

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What are the publication costs?

Open access publication is available under a Creative Commons license for an article processing charge determined by Oxford University Press’s open access charges; there is no license charge for publication under the standard non-open access license. The journal does not levy page charges, but open access charges and optional color figure charges may apply.

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Research Topics

Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Wound Healing and Treatments Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Disaster Response and Management Trauma and Emergency Care Studies

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