Knowledge should move the world forward. Not leave authors behind.
Meet the Journal of Global Surgery (ONE)—InciSioN’s official journal partner and a community-funded approach to making global surgery research more accessible, affordable and sustainable.
JoGS is independently published by One Surgery CIC. InciSioN is an official journal partner, not the journal’s publisher.
A different approach to publishing global surgery research.
The Journal of Global Surgery (ONE) is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to surgical, obstetric, anaesthesia, trauma and health-system research. Its model removes the author-side publication fee, acknowledges peer-review work and spreads the cost of opening articles across a community of contributors.
No submission or publication fee charged to authors.
Journal-described stipend per review, paid in Bitcoin Cash.
Minimum contribution the journal advertises for early article access.
Journal-reported operating cost per published article, not a fee billed to authors.
Four steps. A different way to share the cost.
Unlike a conventional author-paid APC, JoGS uses a community article processing charge (CAPC) that can be met collectively. Publication is not automatically free to every reader from the first moment: the community contributes toward the per-article cost, after which full open access is unlocked.
Authors submit without fees
Researchers can submit and publish accepted work without paying an author APC.
Reviewers contribute expertise
External reviewers provide scientific assessment and are offered a modest stipend in recognition of their time.
Costs are made visible
JoGS reports a low publication cost covering editorial infrastructure, DOI services, formatting and reviewer stipends.
Community funding unlocks access
Individuals or institutions contribute toward the article’s remaining cost; once covered, it becomes openly available.
Important distinction: This is not immediate universal free-to-read access for every new article, nor a traditional author-funded APC. JoGS describes an initial micropayment/community-funding phase followed by open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence once its threshold is met.
From global surgery conversations to published evidence.
JoGS publicly identifies InciSioN as an official journal partner. The partnership connects a youth-led global surgery network with a publication platform experimenting with alternative research-dissemination economics.
One tangible connection is the International Global Surgery Symposium (IGSS) Book of Abstracts, listed on the JoGS website. This helps extend access to work shared through InciSioN’s international scientific convenings.
JoGS remains editorially and operationally independent under its publisher, One Surgery CIC. Journal submission requirements and editorial decisions are set by the journal.
Equitable authorship is already part of the conversation.
A 2026 JoGS perspective on authorship equity in National Global Surgery Student Working Groups discusses how students and trainees can establish transparent roles, support local contributors and build fairer research partnerships.
Authorship Equity in National Global Surgery Student Working Groups: A Perspective
Elwell and colleagues explore a framework for early-career contributors to build equitable authorship expectations and inclusive global surgery partnerships.
JoGS (ONE). DOI: 10.52648/JoGS.1292.
Open to read. But who gets to publish?
JoGS offers a concrete publishing experiment. The wider conversation is about publishing equity and epistemic justice: who can afford to participate, whose research is credited, who controls research priorities and whose knowledge becomes visible.
APCs can create author-side affordability barriers, but they are only one dimension. Journal selection, funding, language, editorial power, regional representation and unequal collaboration practices also matter.
This evidence-based section examines the research without claiming that APCs alone explain global surgery authorship disparities or that any single journal model resolves them all.
Median advertised APC among 36 general-surgery journals offering an APC-funded option in a 2026 study (Feres et al.).
Share of mapped global surgery studies lacking an in-country author in a 2023 systematic review (Kebede et al.).
Different study populations and outcomes. The authorship statistic does not establish that APCs caused the disparity. Feres et al., 2026 · Kebede et al., 2023
Discover the journal. Understand the evidence.
Use the journal’s own resources for submissions, publication policies and current articles. Explore the InciSioN research page for a critical analysis of access, equity and knowledge production.
Journal of Global Surgery (ONE)
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Publishing model & user guides
Read the official description of community funding, peer review and author-facing processes.
Publishing Equity & Epistemic Justice
Explore the evidence on APCs, waivers, fair authorship and alternatives.