Please submit your author forms at the time of manuscript submission. We cannot begin the peer-review process until we have received the completed forms. We will accept these documents as uploads to your submission or by e-mail (jaaos{at}aaos.org), fax (847-823-8033), or mail (JAAOS, 6300 N. River Road, Rosemont, IL 60018 USA).

Mandatory Financial Disclosure. Authors must provide financial disclosure information regarding all potentially conflicting interests. This can only be done online.
Authors who are AAOS Fellows and members and who have already completed their disclosures (and have updated their disclosure information within six months of their JAAOS submission) need do nothing more. If you have not previously submitted your disclosure information (or have not updated it within the past six months), go to https://www4.aaos.org/timssweb/timssnet/login/tnt_login.cfm, use your last name and password (your default password is your AAOS ID number) to log in, then click on “Disclosure Program” in the right-hand column.
If you are not an AAOS member, please contact AAOS Customer Service at custserv{at}aaos.org and ask to be provided with an AAOS ID number for that purpose.

Downloadable Forms for Authors

Assignment of Rights (To be completed by each contributing author)

Original Artwork

Permissions Request


Unsolicited Material - Presubmission Requirements

JAAOS requires presubmission approval for unsolicited material to ensure that a topic is not already under consideration and that the article concept meets our current needs. Before preparing your proposal, please review our Instructions for Authors. For your proposal to be considered, please provide the following: (1) authors and affiliations, including degrees and academic appointments, (2) an abstract, (3) brief outline, (4) proposed bibliography, and (5) the subspecialty that is the best fit for your proposal (ie, shoulder and elbow, hand and wrist, hip and knee, foot and ankle, sports medicine, trauma, oncology, spine, pediatrics, general, or basic science).

Submit unsolicited proposals to: jaaos{at}aaos.org

Authorship Policy

First author. The Journal requires that the first author (ie, lead author) be an MD (or equivalent degree) and have completed his or her residency.
Corresponding author. It is recommended that the senior author serve as the corresponding author. The corresponding author receives all editorial communications regarding the status of the manuscript, revisions, and peer reviews and is responsible for the dissemination to coauthors of the comments made by the deputy editor and the reviewers and other manuscript information.
NOTE: The deputy editor responsible for inviting a manuscript based on the proposal may elect to designate the Corresponding Author. If that author does not accept responsibility, the proposal may be declined.

JAAOS Instructions for Reviewers

Instructions for Reviewers

If you have any questions about a reviewer assignment, please contact the JAAOS Manuscript Coordinator by email (jaaos{at}aaos.org) or phone (847-384-4147).