Cureus Channels

Cureus
Channels

The efficient, low-cost publication platform that every academic department, med school and medical society needs.

Cureus Channels shine a powerful spotlight on your organization, elevating your brand by showcasing peer-reviewed research and valuable clinical insights to a highly engaged, professional audience.

Save up to 60% in publishing costs while benefitting from international exposure, networking opportunities, and promotional possibilities.

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The efficient, low-cost publication platform that every academic department, med school and medical society needs.

Save up to 60% in publishing costs while benefitting from international exposure, networking opportunities, and promotional possibilities.

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Build Your Brand

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Boost your organization’s visibility via clinical research publication and promotion to broad professional and patient communities - perfect for residency programs, medical schools, and academic programs and departments.

Showcase Your Research, Faculty, Residents and Students

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Publish, curate and promote your organization’s peer-reviewed content, meeting abstracts and posters, presentations and more. An optional quarterly email digest is also available for broader proactive outreach.

Connect With Colleagues

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Promote upcoming meetings, research days, webinars, etc, highlight organization members, and share your latest research and clinical observations.

Reduce Costs and Increase Efficiency

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Creating a journal or printed newsletter for your organization is time-consuming and expensive. Cureus channels are a low-cost, efficient alternative for your organization’s authors to publish and share their medical research quickly and effectively.

Your channel homepage serves as a branded gateway to your organization’s research content and published work. With a customizable and easy-to-update design, your channel will reflect your brand while helping to attract physician referrals and promote the clinical and academic research performed by your members, faculty, residents or students.

Which Channel Type is Right for You?

Cureus offers three distinct publication channel types, each designed to suit different institutional and commercial partnerships. This table outlines the differences between Academic, Academic (Non-subscription), and Commercial channels in terms of oversight, channel roles, and financial responsibility.

Academic Channel Academic Channel
(Non-subscription) 		Commercial Channel
Author Payment

No payment by author for publication

Author pays Preferred Editing (PE) fee

No payment by author for publication
Channel Roles

Channel Admin (manages channel)

Channel Curator (manages article quality and relevance)

Channel Screener (eligibility and scope check)

Channel Screener (eligibility and scope check)
Channel Oversight

Yes. Two channel preview steps included

No. Channel Screening step only (eligibility and scope check)

No. Channel Screening step only (eligibility and scope check)
Cureus Editorial Oversight

Yes. All articles reviewed by independent Cureus editors, who retain final decision on publication.

Yes. All articles reviewed by independent Cureus editors, who retain final decision on publication.

Yes. All articles reviewed by independent Cureus editors, who retain final decision on publication.

Academic Channel

Author Payment

No payment by author for publication
Channel Roles

Channel Admin (manages channel)


Channel Curator (manages article quality and relevance)
Channel Oversight

Yes. Two channel preview steps included
Cureus Editorial Oversight

Yes. All articles reviewed by independent Cureus editors, who retain final decision on publication.

Academic Channel
(Non-subscription)

Author Payment

Author pays Preferred Editing (PE) fee
Channel Roles

Channel Screener (eligibility and scope check)
Channel Oversight

No. Channel Screening step only (eligibility and scope check)
Cureus Editorial Oversight

Yes. All articles reviewed by independent Cureus editors, who retain final decision on publication.

Commercial Channel

Author Payment

No payment by author for publication
Channel Roles

Channel Screener (eligibility and scope check)
Channel Oversight

No. Channel Screening step only (eligibility and scope check)
Cureus Editorial Oversight

Yes. All articles reviewed by independent Cureus editors, who retain final decision on publication

How Do Channels Work? Who Does What?

Academic Channels

Academic Channel organizations pay a subscription fee permitting members to publish for free with no Preferred Editing.
Channel Admins (Academic Channels only) are responsible for updating the channel homepage and managing Channel Curators.
Channel Curators (Academic Channels only) ensure that articles submitted to your channel are within scope and adhere to Cureus author guidelines.
Channel Curators are positioned to assist authors in strengthening their manuscripts prior to the rigorous editorial review conducted by independent Cureus editors.
All Channel Admins and Channel Curators are vetted by the journal prior to being added to the channel.
The decision to publish or reject channel articles is made by independent Cureus editors, not Channel Curators or Channel Admins.

Academic (Non-subscription) Channels

Academic (Non-subscription) Channel organizations do not pay a subscription fee.
Articles can still be deferred for Preferred Editing with the author responsible for purchasing the editorial service.
Channel Screeners (Academic (Non-subscription) and Commercial Channels only) are responsible for checking new article submissions to ensure the author is eligible to submit through the channel and that the topic is within the channel’s scope.
All Channel Screeners are vetted by the journal prior to being added to the channel.
Channel Screeners have no further involvement with the article publication process.
The decision to publish or reject channel articles is made by independent Cureus editors.

Commercial Channels

Commercial Channel organizations pay a subscription fee permitting members to publish for free with no Preferred Editing.
Channel Screeners (Academic (Non-subscription) and Commercial Channels only) are responsible for checking new article submissions to ensure the author is eligible to submit through the channel and that the topic is within the channel’s scope.
All Channel Screeners are vetted by the journal prior to being added to the channel.
Channel Screeners have no further involvement with the article publication process.
The decision to publish or reject channel articles is made by independent Cureus editors.

Channels are not special issues/collections and do not have guest editors. Click here to learn more about Cureus Collections. For more information on channel organization and operation, please refer to our Cureus Channel Guide.

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