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GLOBAL CLINICAL CASE CALL · CLINICIANS & INVESTIGATORS

A clinical lesson worth sharing. A team to develop it.

Bring a clinical lesson worth sharing. This worldwide call for qualified clinicians and investigators, with or without microscopIA membership, connects treating clinicians with microscopIA researchers in a supervised scientific collaboration. Compare member and nonmember project rates for Colombia, the Americas and international teams.

Scientific acceptance is independent of payment. Members receive lower project rates; qualified nonmembers may apply at standard rates.

a documented lesson, not rarity alone
Clinical insight
Your treating clinicians + 2 collaborators + 1 microscopIA supervisor
Scientific team
member and nonmember professional routes
Worldwide

PUBLISH WITH MICROSCOPIA · COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

We join your research team.

Your clinical expertise and microscopIA’s scientific contributions form a shared research project. Our participating researchers take substantive roles in producing, interpreting and reporting credible evidence. Manuscript preparation is one part of that collaboration.

Your clinical team

You lead the clinical question, provide complete organized and authorized source material, explain care decisions and outcomes, and participate in interpretation, critical review and final approval. The institution retains custody of its records.

microscopIA researchers

The assigned researchers and supervisor contribute to the learning question, critical appraisal of the literature, interpretation of the case and its limitations, and development and critical review of the report using appropriate reporting guidance. The clinical team verifies medical accuracy.

One accountable author team

Together we agree the protocol or case-report plan, contributions, interpretation, journal and final submission. Qualifying authors approve the manuscript and remain accountable for their work. Revisions and responses to reviewers are handled collaboratively within the agreed scope.

Contributions are agreed and recorded, including CRediT roles where applicable. Every proposed author must meet the applicable contribution, drafting or critical-review, final-approval and accountability criteria. Affiliation with microscopIA, supervision, payment or data provision alone does not automatically confer authorship or a byline position.

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microscopIA · OPEN ACCESS

Un parcours clair pour le soutien à la publication

Nous souhaitons que la capacité de paiement ne détermine pas la possibilité de publier un travail scientifique utile. Le soutien est évalué selon le programme.

STUDENTS & YOUNG PROFESSIONALS

Take your review toward publication.

Start your own systematic review or meta-analysis as a member. If you need help, request microscopIA assessment for manuscript preparation, open-access publication costs, or both.

≥50%of authors with active paid membership
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Scientific quality

Rigorous execution and verifiable methods; completed work is assessed.

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Transparent authorship

Authors, contributions, member percentage, microscopIA and external affiliations.

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Agreed collaboration

microscopIA corresponding author and written support scope.

Support requirements and conditions

For this member-initiated review route, at least 50% of all genuine authors must be microscopIA Network members with active paid membership. Exactly 50% qualifies for assessment (5 of 10); 3 of 5 is 60%. Memberships are verified during assessment and before funding authorization.

Support depends on high-quality execution and scientific assessment of your question, methods and work completed. Manuscript support and publication-cost support are separate decisions, with scope and covered costs confirmed in writing before expenses are incurred.

Report microscopIA Network members with active paid membership as a percentage of all genuine authors: active members ÷ total authors × 100. The 50% requirement uses the exact counts, not a rounded percentage.

List every author, scientific contributions and all actual affiliations: microscopIA department or group where applicable, plus external institutions, departments, cities and countries. Membership and institutional affiliation are verified separately.

For an approved collaboration, a qualifying microscopIA researcher retains the corresponding-author role, with real scientific contributions, accountability, all-author agreement and compliance with journal rules.

microscopIA assesses applicable open-access agreements through the corresponding author’s genuine, verifiable affiliations. The publisher and participating institution must confirm eligibility and coverage; no agreement or fee waiver is guaranteed.

Prepare your review question and type, protocol or registration if available, methods, evidence of progress, author list and contributions, total authors and active-member count. Indicate the support needed and any proposed journal or fee estimate; these may be unknown.

Authorship follows actual scientific contributions. Do not add authors to meet the threshold. A request does not guarantee support, journal acceptance or publication.

Travaux approuvés au sein de microscopIA

Pour les projets approuvés développés au sein de microscopIA, l’organisation peut couvrir les frais de publication convenus selon le programme. Les engagements écrits existants sont préservés.

Cliniciens et chercheurs · revues collaboratives

En tant que membre expérimenté Cliniciens et chercheurs, proposez une revue systématique ou une méta-analyse avec le réseau microscopIA et demandez un soutien aux frais de publication en accès ouvert si PLUS DE 30 % des auteurs admissibles ont une affiliation microscopIA active et vérifiée.

Ce seuil permet une demande, sans financement automatique. L’évaluation scientifique et l’accord écrit doivent confirmer revue, montant, exclusions et paiement avant toute dépense. L’adhésion seule ne confère ni affiliation ni qualité d’auteur. Les affiliations doivent être réelles et la qualité d’auteur dépend des contributions. L’acceptation éditoriale reste indépendante.

Ce soutien est distinct de l’adhésion, des honoraires de projet et de la préparation accélérée. Les tarifs des appels cliniques restent applicables sauf accord écrit explicite.

YOUR QUESTION FIRST. A TRANSPARENT COLLABORATION NEXT.

One scientific standard. Two ways to participate.

Qualified clinicians and investigators may propose a case report or original study with or without membership. Submit immediately for scientific evaluation at no charge; these time-limited calls do not require waiting for a completed membership proposal window. Membership offers a lower project fee; it does not purchase selection or authorship.

USD per whole project team · standard preparation · proposals until 15 November 2026
RegionProfessional memberNonmember · 3×
ColombiaUSD 350USD 150 after approval + signed scopeUSD 200 at journal publicationUSD 1,050USD 450 after approval + signed scopeUSD 600 at journal publication
Other Americas · excludes Colombia, USA and CanadaUSD 525USD 225 after approval + signed scopeUSD 300 at journal publicationUSD 1,575USD 675 after approval + signed scopeUSD 900 at journal publication
International · includes USA and CanadaUSD 787.50USD 337.50 after approval + signed scopeUSD 450 at journal publicationUSD 2,362.50USD 1,012.50 after approval + signed scopeUSD 1,350 at journal publication

Plan your project contribution

Participation route
Project totalUSD 1,050

USD 450 after approval and signed agreement + USD 600 at journal publication, not acceptance or preprint.

Due today: USD 0. No second installment for journal rejection.

Join for ongoing collaboration

Professional membership: international USD 70/month, billed separately. Eligible Colombian citizens have a separate COP 200,000/month route. Project fees above are additional. Regional project eligibility and subscription eligibility are reviewed separately.

Member project fees are two-thirds lower than nonmember fees. Your overall cost also depends on recurring membership, taxes and any separately agreed costs; savings are not guaranteed. Confirm active-membership and continuity conditions in writing before activation.

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Already a member — or prefer the nonmember route?

Use the same scientific review. Indicate your participation route in the proposal. Membership and regional pricing are verified manually before the written agreement; this calculator is not a binding quote.

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Scope, existing agreements and publication costs

Les nouvelles propositions de cas et de recherche originale ont un tarif de projet membre ou un tarif standard non-membre (3×). L’adhésion récurrente est distincte et ne rend pas le projet gratuit. La réduction supplémentaire de 30 % ne se cumule pas. Les avantages déjà acceptés et contrats signés sont préservés, sans frais rétroactifs. Approbation scientifique, données organisées et autorisées et périmètre écrit sont requis. Les étudiants et jeunes professionnels ne peuvent pas diriger ces appels. L’appel images et IA conserve ses critères réservés aux membres et ses conditions commerciales propres.

The written scope confirms the clinical lead, regional route, tax treatment, analysis complexity, deliverables, capacity, journal/APC budget covered by microscopIA, withdrawal/refunds and membership verification. Patient care, laboratory work, data organization and unlimited third-party costs are not included. Mixed-country teams require a written regional determination. Acceleration requires a separate feasibility assessment and written quote; the general publication-support simulator is a separate service and its discounts or payment triggers do not apply to these calls.

APPELS · CLINICIENS ET CHERCHEURS

Préparez la prochaine étape

Guide privé de préparation, sans approbation scientifique. Les réponses restent dans cette session ; aucune donnée de patient n’est demandée ou envoyée.

Vous apportez

Chronologie clinique complète et organisée, enseignement pertinent et autorisations requises.

Préparez la prochaine étape

This call and its documents are available in English and Spanish, with Spanish forms for the Colombian program.

A PUBLIC EXAMPLE · COLOMBIA

A clinical challenge turned into a scientific record.

Staged orthoplastic reconstruction of an 8-cm open Achilles tendon defect after crush trauma in a 7-year-old child: a case report

The report describes staged reconstruction to restore tendon continuity and soft-tissue coverage after severe pediatric trauma. It illustrates a focused clinical lesson supported by a documented treatment pathway.

Read the public preprint ↗

YOU BRING

The clinical insight.

A documented case you treated, permission to publish, clinical interpretation and guidance for two student or physician participants.

OUR SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTION

Research alongside your clinical team.

A supervisor and two collaborators contribute critical evidence review, interpretation of the case and its limitations, manuscript development and responses to reviewers. The complete author team reviews and approves the scientific work.

REQUIRED BEFORE SCIENTIFIC ACCEPTANCE

Your clinical timeline must already be complete and organized.

The treating clinician is responsible for a complete, fully organized medical-record timeline and clinical summary. microscopIA does not accept raw charts for the purpose of organizing or extracting the case data.

  • An ordered chronology of presentation, relevant history, diagnostic findings, treatment decisions, interventions, outcomes and follow-up.
  • A structured clinical summary with documented sources, missing information identified and relevant supporting material inventoried.
  • Publication consent and institutional authorization as applicable; no raw record or patient-identifying material in the initial application.

microscopIA checks scientific suitability and data quality before acceptance. Incomplete or unsuitable material is returned or declined; submitting it does not create a duty to organize it. Preparation targets start only with approved scope and complete authorized inputs.

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Your expertise can become a lesson for other clinicians.

Led by Dr. Agamenón Quintero Villarreal, senior associate researcher at microscopIA, this initiative responds to his concern that valuable Colombian clinical experience too often remains unpublished. It supports clinicians while training new researchers.

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Qualified professional lead

The lead must be a qualified clinician or investigator. Active professional membership is required only to receive the member project rate; a declaration alone is not verification.

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Treating clinician, anywhere in the world

You personally participated in the patient’s care and can explain the clinical decisions, evidence and follow-up.

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Professional credentials

For every route, provide professional registration and institutional affiliation. Both member and nonmember routes have project fees. Existing accepted benefits and signed agreements remain protected.

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Patient and institutional permission

Obtain written publication consent and authorization from the department or research office with authority to approve this collaboration.

Professional credentials are reviewed individually ↗

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What makes a case worth publishing?

A useful clinical lesson matters more than rarity alone. A strong proposal explains what readers will learn, why it adds to existing literature and whether the evidence can support the message.

A meaningful insight

An unusual presentation, diagnostic challenge, unexpected adverse event or carefully documented management strategy.

A credible clinical story

Clear diagnostic reasoning, a complete chronology, relevant images or tests and enough follow-up to discuss outcomes and limitations.

A responsible interpretation

Explain alternatives and uncertainty. A single case can generate a hypothesis but cannot establish effectiveness or causation.

Cases without permission, adequate documentation or a clear learning point may not be accepted. Do not perform new procedures or alter care to produce a report.

Review the CARE reporting checklist ↗
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From a clinical question to journal submission.

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    Propose

    Send a brief non-identifiable summary and explain the learning point. No records or attachments.

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    Review and agree

    microscopIA verifies professional credentials, membership if requesting member pricing, scientific fit, the funding route and permissions. Acceptance and the scope are confirmed in writing before execution.

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    Build the manuscript

    Transfer approved material securely. Guide two assigned participants with the microscopIA supervisor.

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    Approve and submit

    The patient reviews permitted material, authors approve the final manuscript and the team agrees the journal.

We cover the publication pathway

For accepted cases, microscopIA provides scientific preparation, English-language writing and editorial coordination, and covers publication charges at the agreed journal. The approved funding route and two payment milestones are documented before work begins. We verify journal PubMed coverage before submission.

Editorial acceptance, peer-review timing and indexing of the individual article remain independent outcomes, not guarantees.

Up to four treating clinicians + three contributors

The planned team has up to seven authors: up to four clinicians who treated the patient, alongside the two assigned participants and the microscopIA supervisor. Everyone must qualify through substantive work, manuscript review, final approval and accountability.

Order is agreed prospectively and checked against journal rules. No honorary authorship or removal of earned credit. The call fee is separate from the applicant’s Network membership and from membership conditions for assigned Join a Project participants.

FIRST PUBLICATION? START HERE

What happens between an approved project and a published article?

  1. Scientific acceptance by microscopIA

    We assess the question, organized inputs, permissions, included allowance and feasible scope. This is not journal acceptance.

  2. Analysis and manuscript

    The accepted team completes the agreed work. Authors review the interpretation, disclosures and final manuscript before approving submission.

  3. Journal submission and peer review

    Editors may reject without peer review, request changes or invite external reviewers. Revisions, additional analyses or a new journal may be needed; changes of scope or budget require agreement.

  4. Acceptance, then publication

    Acceptance is an editorial decision. Proof correction, production and online publication follow, often on a separate timetable. A preprint is not a journal publication; indexing is not automatic.

Membership, fees, data contribution or clinical seniority do not guarantee acceptance, authorship, author position, impact factor or publication date.

Authorship requires substantive contributions, drafting or critical review, final approval and accountability. Anonymization does not automatically remove consent or ethics obligations. Journal charges are covered only at the agreed journal within the approved scope and budget; no undisclosed extras. Negative or inconclusive results must not be hidden.

For new paid call projects, the first installment follows written approval and agreement; the second follows journal publication of the article, not acceptance or preprint posting. Existing accepted benefits and signed agreements are preserved without retrospective charges.

Research integrity and responsibilities →

Fréquence du bénéfice et délai de préparation sont distincts.

Revues et méta-analyses
3–4 mois pour préparer le manuscrit
Rapports de cas
Jusqu’à 8 semaines pour préparer le manuscrit
Recherches originales
Jusqu’à 8 semaines pour préparer le manuscrit

Après approbation et activation avec les éléments complets et autorisés. Le périmètre écrit fixe le début et les étapes. L’évaluation et la publication en revue demandent un temps supplémentaire indépendant.

Consulter la préparation accélérée →

Les objectifs accélérés et prioritaires dépendent de la faisabilité et d’un accord écrit. Le devis commercial n’est pas automatiquement un supplément au bénéfice inclus. Vérifier d’abord la couverture ; pas de double facturation ni de décision éditoriale accélérée promise.

A clear agreement before any payment.

New cases use the published member or nonmember project rates. Existing accepted benefits and signed agreements are preserved. The Americas rate applies to other eligible countries in the Americas, except the USA and Canada; the global route includes the USA, Canada and the rest of the world. The lead must be a qualified professional; only member pricing requires verified professional membership.

No application fee or patient charge. The first installment is due only after written approval and the signed scope. The second installment is due only upon journal publication of the article, not acceptance or a preprint, and never for rejection. The agreement identifies the paying representative, route, applicable taxes, deliverables and refund rules. No automatic extra charge or acceptance guarantee.

This special call is separate from any case-report entitlement included in a membership plan. The team confirms the applicable pathway in writing; this call does not silently replace an existing approved benefit or signed agreement.

Payment, cancellation and refund safeguards →

Responsibilities to confirm

Clinical lead
Clinical accuracy, treating role, consent and institutional liaison.
microscopIA coordination
Membership and funding review; supervisor, scope and delivery coordination.
Institution and authorized reviewers
Permissions, applicable ethics determination, custody and authorized access.
Author team
Contributions, final approval, journal choice and accountability.

The written scope identifies responsible people and the proposed timetable before work begins. Coordination can receive questions or requests to review a decision.

Confirm in the written scope

  • Member or nonmember rate, or protected existing agreement; no duplicate service charge.
  • Journal, PubMed coverage check, publication-charge budget and who pays.
  • Writing, revision and resubmission scope; approval before a journal or budget change.
  • Taxes, two payment milestones, cancellation and refund treatment for authorized work delivered.
  • Permissions, lawful representation/assent where applicable, named custodians, access, storage country and retention.
  • No clinical transfer until acceptance, signed agreements, permissions and the secure channel are confirmed.
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The documents that protect the collaboration.

Download the Spanish fillable PDFs. Complete them after acceptance with the institution and supervisor. The patient keeps a copy, and the institution securely retains the signed original. These are templates, not automatic permission: adapt them to local law, institutional requirements and a language the patient understands. Journal-specific forms may also be required.

First: submit a non-identifiable proposal. After acceptance: agree the scope and permissions. Before transfer: confirm the secure channel and complete the relevant templates.

01Patient publication consentPDF · ES

Adult consent, representation, minor assent and final-material confirmation.

Download fillable template ↓
02Institutional authorization and data agreementPDF · ES

Authority, ethics determination, permitted access, secure transfer and retention.

Download fillable template ↓
03Individual authorship declarationPDF · ES

One per author, with contributions, interests and final approval.

Download fillable template ↓
04Clinical summary and handover checklistPDF · ES

A structured chronology and an inventory of authorized material.

Download fillable template ↓
05Collaboration and fee agreementPDF · ES

Funding, team roles, authorship, journal selection and withdrawal.

Download fillable template ↓

CLEAR EXPECTATIONS

Before you commit.

Do I need a microscopIA membership?

No. Qualified clinicians and investigators may apply as nonmembers at the standard rate, or activate professional membership for member project rates. Existing professional members do not buy another subscription. Students & Young Professionals cannot lead. Membership and scientific selection are separate; verify eligibility, recurring costs and written project terms before committing.

Does acceptance guarantee publication or authorship?

No. Scientific selection is independent of payment. The journal decides acceptance. Every author must meet all applicable contribution, drafting or critical review, approval and accountability criteria. Up to four treating clinicians plus two participants and a supervisor is the planned team, not purchased author positions. Resolve journal limits and contribution disputes before submission; never omit a qualifying author just to fit a quota.

Is patient consent enough to start?

No. Obtain institutional authorization and the applicable ethics determination, as well as written publication consent. A case report is not automatically exempt from review everywhere. Treatment consent is not publication consent. For minors or people requiring representation, verify lawful authority, appropriate assent and local safeguards. Refusal must never affect care.

When can I share records or images?

Only after acceptance, signed agreements, permissions and a secure transfer channel are confirmed. Remove unnecessary identifiers from text, images and metadata; coded data may still be personal data. Agree recipients, access, storage country and retention before transfer. Do not upload records to public forms, chat, personal clouds or public AI tools. The original clinical record and signed consent remain under institutional custody.

Can a patient withdraw? What if a project stops?

Patients may refuse or withdraw permission before disclosure without affecting care. Explain that removal of every copy cannot be guaranteed after publication or an authorized preprint. Stop and review if permission is missing or withdrawn. For paid projects, cancellation and any refund depend on authorized work actually delivered and mandatory law; the advance is not automatically forfeited. Earned scientific credit is preserved.

How long does review take?

Send early: the case must be submitted by 15 November 2026, Colombia time. Submitting an application is not acceptance or a reservation. The team confirms feasibility, responsibilities and a proposed timetable in writing; there is no guaranteed editorial decision date. Use the professional proposal form below; contact coordination if you need accessibility assistance.

START WITH THE CLINICAL LESSON

What could other clinicians learn from your case?

Send a short, non-identifiable proposal: specialty; nationality and country of practice; institution and treating role; society membership where applicable; requested funding route; the clinical learning point; and consent/authorization status. Describe the learning point without exact dates, rare identifying combinations or attachments.

Applications close on 15 November 2026. Review and onboarding dates are confirmed individually after approval. Submitting a declaration or application alone does not reserve a place.

Propose your clinical case

Select member, nonmember or existing accepted agreement in the proposal. No payment or patient material at this stage.

Open my nonconfidential case proposal →