title: Analysis of case reports submitted to the European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Diseases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess flaws, rejection rate and reasons for rejection of case reports submitted for publication in the European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Diseases.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective analysis of flaws noted in reviewing 118 case reports from 29 countries consecutively submitted to the European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Diseases during the period Sept. 1, 2014 to Sept. 30, 2015.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most frequent flaws, noted in 74.5% of cases, were: lack of originality (more than 15 such cases previously reported in the medical literature) and lack of new data contributing to the medical literature. Overall, 5% of the cases were accepted for publication, 7% were not resubmitted by the authors, and 88% were rejected. On univariate analysis, none of the variables under analysis correlated with acceptance or rejection of the submitted case. Editorial decision time varied from 1 to 7months (median, 1 month). In 16.3% of the 104 cases of rejection (17/104), the editors suggested resubmission in the section "Letter to the Editor" or "What is your diagnosis?"; 15 of the 17 reports were resubmitted, and 10 (66.6%) were ultimately accepted for publication.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The editorial committee of the European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Diseases hope that the present data and review of the literature will provide authors with a framework to avoid major errors leading to rejection and will speed publication of the case reports they submit to our columns in the near future.
authors.affiliation: HEGP, service d'oto-rhinolaryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, AP-HP, université Paris-Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France. Electronic address: ollivier.laccourreye@egp.aphp.fr.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Laccourreye
authors.affiliation: HEGP, service d'oto-rhinolaryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, AP-HP, université Paris-Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bonfils
authors.affiliation: HEGP, service d'oto-rhinolaryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, AP-HP, université Paris-Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Denoyelle
authors.affiliation: HEGP, service d'oto-rhinolaryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, AP-HP, université Paris-Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Garrel
authors.affiliation: HEGP, service d'oto-rhinolaryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, AP-HP, université Paris-Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jankowski
authors.affiliation: HEGP, service d'oto-rhinolaryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, AP-HP, université Paris-Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karkas
authors.affiliation: HEGP, service d'oto-rhinolaryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, AP-HP, université Paris-Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makeieff
authors.affiliation: HEGP, service d'oto-rhinolaryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, AP-HP, université Paris-Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Righini
authors.affiliation: HEGP, service d'oto-rhinolaryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, AP-HP, université Paris-Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.affiliation: HEGP, service d'oto-rhinolaryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, AP-HP, université Paris-Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010036:Otolaryngology; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011643:Publishing; D014956:Writing
keywords: Case report; Medical writing; Otorhinolaryngology