What to Expect When You Submit a Case Study

What Happens When You Submit a Case Study to ASDP?

You’ll receive an email confirmation upon successful submission of a case.
Your case will be sent to the case study editors for a preliminary review. To determine whether the case is accepted, editors will look at many factors, some of which include:
- Is the case appropriate for ASDP?
- Has a similar case has been published by ASDP?
- Is the submission complete – i.e., did the authors include references, images, and explanations of all answers?
- Is the case interesting, rarely seen, or an unusual presentation of a common condition?
- Are the questions appropriate and in the correct format?
- Are there relevant references?
Upon acceptance, each case will undergo a peer review by at least two reviewers who will provide comments and feedback to the Case Study editors.

If a paper is considered acceptable pending minor revisions, the authors will be sent an email explaining any recommended changes and/or a Word document with tracked changes for review and approval.
Authors may be asked to provide additional images, new versions of the images, or in some cases, clinical photos.
All revisions must be submitted in the Case Study platform. To submit revisions, click on the link labeled 'Click to continue'. This will take you take you to the case study that needs revisions.
After the revisions and/or images are received, they will be re-reviewed by the case study editors.
If a case is rejected, the author will be notified with an explanation for the decision.
If a case is accepted, the author will be notified by email and told the expected publication date.

This page was last updated February 4, 2025