Instructions for Authors

RELART, the Latin American Journal of Arthroscopy, Joint Reconstruction, and Sports Trauma (Online ISSN 3072-8010), published by the Latin American Society of Arthroscopy, Joint Reconstruction and Sports Traumatology (SLARD), the Argentine Association of Arthroscopy (AAA), the Argentine Association for the Study of the Hip and Knee (ACARO), the Argentine Association of Sports Traumatology (AATD), and the Mexican Association of Reconstructive, Joint, and Arthroscopic Surgery (AMECRA), is edited in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

It is a triannual publication (released in April, August, and December), available online and in Spanish, that publishes original, relevant research in the field.

RELART follows an open-access model under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. It operates a double-blind peer-review process to ensure the quality and rigor of its content.

No fees are charged to authors for the evaluation or publication of manuscripts, as detailed in our editorial policies (link).

Beginning in 2025, RELART is the continuation of the journal Artroscopia (ISSN 1853-4759, 2010–2024).

ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

The journal upholds high standards of integrity and publication ethics. It adheres to the guidelines established by COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) regarding ethical conduct and best editorial practices.

Research Involving Human Subjects

Articles involving research carried out on human beings must include a statement in the Materials and Methods section indicating approval by an Institutional Ethics Committee or relevant authority, and must specify that informed consent—and any other necessary consent—was obtained from each participant.

For reports involving human subjects, authors must ensure that: (a) the required and appropriate consent was obtained from each patient, and (b) the study protocol was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki. Individual patients must be referred to by number, not by initials.

Animal Experimentation

Articles reporting experiments involving animals must include a statement in the Materials and Methods section confirming that animal care complied with the guidelines of the authors’ institution and all applicable national regulations regarding the care and use of laboratory animals.

General considerations for submitting a manuscript to the system

Authors who wish to publish in the journal must comply with the submission guidelines available at https://revistarelart.com/index.php/revista/about/submissions.