A manuscript’s journey from submission to publication at RöFo – information for authors and reviewers

The goal of this editorial is to describe how manuscripts are processed at RöFo from initial submission to publication and how manuscripts are reviewed.

When a manuscript is submitted via the portal https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/roefo, Thieme checks it for completeness and also uses the software iThenticate to ensure that the manuscript is in compliance with plagiarism guidelines. If considerable text matching (30 % or more) is identified, the author receives a message with a request for an explanation and revision of the manuscript. The author can review the passages in the manuscript that have been identified as suspicious for plagiarism. Of course, the list of references is excluded from this process. If no discrepancies are found, the manuscript is labeled as “plagiarism check completed and passed”. The managing editor is then informed per e-mail that a manuscript has been submitted to RöFo and needs to be assigned to a section editor. [Table 1] shows the colleagues currently responsible for the individual sections.

Table 1 Section editors at RöFo.

Editor	Section
Gerhard Adam, Hamburg	Abdomen, Academic Radiology, Editorial, Letter to the Editor, Musculoskeletal System, Vessels
Thorsten Bley, Würzburg	Breast, Chest, Quality/Quality Assurance
Konstantin Nikolaou, Tübingen	Consensus, Contrast Agents, Experimental Radiology, Guideline, Heart, Rapid Communication, Technical Innovations
Marc-André Weber, Rostock	Head/Neck, Health Policy and Evidence Based Medicine, Urogenital Tract, Review Articles
Gerald Antoch, Düsseldorf	Health Care Strategy Forum
Arno Bücker, Homburg/Saar	Interventional Radiology
Meinrad Beer, Ulm	(Topics in Focus) Brennpunkt
Martin Fiebich, Gießen	Technique and Medical Physics
Michael Forsting, Essen	Neuroradiology
Dominik Geisel, Berlin	Crowd-Review Editor
Marius Horger, Tübingen	Pictorial Essay
Marius Mayerhöfer, Vienna	The Interesting Case
Gundula Staatz, Mainz	Pediatric Radiology

Publication History

Article published online:
22 February 2024

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