Aim and Scope

Pelviperineology is a quarterly, international, double-blind peer reviewed journal dedicated to the study and education of the pelvic floor as one integrated unit. Our journal, which accepts publications in English, is published electronically. The publication frequency is 3 times a year (April, August, December) in every 4 months.

The core aim of Pelviperineology is to provide a central focus for every discipline concerned with the function of the bladder, vagina, anorectum, their ligaments, muscles and female cosmetic surgery. Thanks to the support of advertisers the journal Pelviperineology is open access available free of charge on the internet at www.pelviperineology.org.

The editorial and publication processes of the journal are shaped in accordance with the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), Council of Science Editors (CSE), Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), European Association of Science Editors (EASE), and National Information Standards Organization (NISO). The journal conforms with the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (doaj.org/bestpractice).

Pelviperineology is indexed in Scopus, Ebsco HOST, Gale, J-Gate, Embase and TUBITAK ULAKBIM TR Index.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Author(s) and copyright owner(s) grant access to all users for the articles published in the Pelviperineology as free of charge.

Open Access Policy is based on rules of Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI). By “open access” to [peer-reviewed research literature], we mean its free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself. All published content is available online, free of charge at www.pelviperineology.org.

Pelviperineology does not demand any subscription fee, publication fee or similar payment for access to electronic resources.

Creative Commons
A Creative Commons license is a public copyright license that provides free distribution of copyrighted works or studies. Authors use the CC license to transfer the right to use, share or modify their work to third parties. This journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) which permits third parties to copy, distribute, or reuse the content for non-commercial purposes by giving the appropriate credit to the author and original work.

Advertisement Policy

This journal's advertising sales and editorial processes are separated to ensure editorial independence and reduce the effects of financial interests.
Current or potential sponsors and advertisers do not affect editorial decisions in the journal. Advertisers and sponsors have no control or influence over the results of a user's website searches.
Advertisements should not be deceptive or misleading and must be verifiable. Excessive or exaggerated expressions does not be allowed.
If the text or image contains inappropriate or offensive content or is about personal, racial, ethnic, sexual orientation or religious content, these advertisements are not accepted.
Advertisers are responsible for ensuring that their advertisements comply with applicable laws regarding deceptive and/or offensive content and ethical issues.
Especially drug and medical product advertisements can be presented on the cover pages of the journal, separately from the published scientific content and without page number.
The published advertisements are pointed and distinguishable from the editorial content.

Material Disclaimer

Statements or opinions expressed in the manuscripts published in the journal reflect the views of the author(s) and not the opinions of the International Society of Pelviperineology (ISPP), editors, editorial board, and/or publisher; the editors, editorial board, and publisher disclaim any responsibility or liability for such materials.

Permission Requests

Permission required for use any published under CC BY-NC license with commercial purposes (selling, etc.) to protect copyright owner and author rights). Republication and reproduction of images or tables in any published material should be done with proper citation of source providing author(s) name; article title; journal title; year (volume) and page of publication; copyright year of the article.
Please contact the publisher for your permission to use requests via [email protected].

Contact
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