Last update: 13. March. 2021
Focus and scope:
Journal of Reviews in Medical Sciences is an international, peer-reviewed, continuous journal dedicated to improving the quality of care and increasing the knowledge in all fields of medicine by publishing high quality review articles concerning medicine and related disciplines. The journal publishes different types of review articles on internal medicine, neurology, pathology, emergency medicine, orthopedics, ophthalmology, gynecology, general surgery, radiology, psychiatry, urology, cardiology, dermatology, otorhinolaryngology, neurosurgery, infectious diseases, and other related topics. Following types of articles are supported:
Narrative Review
Mini-review
Systematic Review
Meta-analysis
Letter to the Editor
Peer-review process:
Submissions deemed suitable by the editors will be refereed by two reviewers within a maximum of six weeks according to specific research reporting guidelines. All authors should send their revised manuscripts within two weeks. Reviewers' and authors' identities are kept confidential. The existence of a submitted manuscript is not revealed to anyone other than the reviewers and editorial staff.
Submission process:
Title page and manuscript text file should be separately submitted online via the online submission system.
Manuscript preparation:
1- Summary (for busy authors)
Title page, including title of the article, authors' names, affiliations, and detailed information of corresponding authors; Phone and Fax number, Email, and Postal Address should be supplied and submitted as a separate file.
Manuscript text file should be prepared according to specific research reporting guidelines (See table). In addition, declaration section including acknowledgment, funding, and authors' contribution, conflict of interest, and data availability should be addressed at the end of the manuscript text in all types of the above-mentioned articles.
Table: Standard Reporting Guidelines
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Type of study |
Guideline |
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Systematic reviews and meta-analysis on clinical trials |
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Meta-analysis of observational studies |
2- Details
The journal adheres to the recommendations of International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). The main manuscript should carry the title, abstract, main text, acknowledgment, author contribution, funding, conflict of interest, data availability, references, tables, and figures of the paper. The preferred word processing format for the manuscript file is Microsoft Word version 2003 or newer. Manuscripts should be double-spaced, with 2.5 cm margins on all sides. All abbreviations must be spelled out the first time used, followed by the abbreviated form in parentheses. Units of measurement must be complied with the International System of Units (SI). For indexing, three to five key words should be typed at the end of the abstract for each manuscript. These words should be identical to the medical subject headings (MeSH) that appear in the Index Medicus of the National Library of Medicine.
Narrative Reviews and Mini-Reviews
Review articles should be composed of systematic critical assessments of literature and data sources pertaining to clinical topics, emphasizing factors such as cause, diagnosis, prognosis, therapy, or prevention. Narrative reviews should have unstructured abstracts. All articles and data sources should include information about the specific types of study or analysis, population, intervention, exposure, and tests or outcomes. Authors of review articles should be expert and have contributions in the field of the addressed subject.
Maximum length of narrative reviews: 4500 words of text (not including abstract, tables, figures, acknowledgments, references, and online-only material), with no more than a total of 6 tables and/or figures and no more than 75-100 references.
Maximum length of mini-reviews: 2000 words of text (not including abstract, tables, figures, acknowledgments, references, and online-only material), with no more than a total of 2 tables and/or figures and no more than 25-50 references.
Systematic Reviews (without meta-analysis)
Systematic Reviews are critical assessments of the literature and data sources pertaining to clinical topics, emphasizing factors such as cause, diagnosis, prognosis, therapy, or prevention. Systematic Reviews should address a specific question or issue that is relevant for clinical practice and provide an evidence-based, balanced, patient-oriented review on a focused topic.
The basic structure of manuscripts reporting Systematic Reviews should include the following: Abstract (structured abstract of no more than 250 words); Introduction (200-600 words); Methods (200-600 words); Results (1000-1250 words); Discussion (1000 words); and Conclusions (2-6 sentences); acknowledgment; author contribution, funding; conflict of interest; data availability; references; tables; and figures. A structured abstract is required.
Maximum length: 4000 words of text (not including abstract, tables, figures, acknowledgments, references, and online-only material), with no more than a total of 8 tables and/or figures and no more than 50-75 references.
Systematic reviews on clinical trials and observational studies should be prepared based on Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) and Meta-analysis of observational studies in epidemiology (MOOSE), respectively.
Meta-analysis
These manuscripts are systematic, critical assessments of literature and data sources pertaining to clinical topics, emphasizing factors such as cause, diagnosis, prognosis, therapy, or prevention, and that includes a statistical technique for quantitatively combining the results of multiple studies that measure the same outcome into a single pooled or summary estimate.
All articles or data sources should be searched for and selected systematically for inclusion and critically evaluated, and the search and selection process should be described in the manuscript. The specific type of study or analysis, population, intervention, exposure, and tests or outcomes should be described for each article or data source. The data sources should be as current as possible, ideally with the search having been conducted within several months of manuscript submission. Authors of reports of meta-analyses of clinical trials should submit the PRISMA flow diagram and checklist. Authors of meta-analyses of observational studies should submit the MOOSE checklist. A structured abstract is required.
Letters to the Editor
All correspondence will be considered for publication if it contains constructive criticism on previously published articles in Journal of Reviews in Medical Sciences, the authors of which will have the right of reply. The length should not exceed 500 words.
Declarations:
Authorship
Based on the ICJME recommendations "all those designated as authors should meet all four criteria for authorship, and all who meet the four criteria should be identified as authors. Those who do not meet all four criteria should be acknowledged". Author contribution should be stated in the declaration section. All authors should be accountable for all sections of the manuscript and declare that it is written originally and there is no data fabrication; data falsification including deceptive manipulation of images and plagiarism.
Any change in authorship (i.e. order, addition, and deletion of authors) after initial submission must be approved by all authors via written confirmation, in line with COPE guidelines. It is the corresponding author’s responsibility to ensure that all authors confirm they agree with the proposed changes. If there is disagreement amongst the authors concerning authorship and a satisfactory agreement cannot be reached, the authors must contact their institution(s) for a resolution. It is not the journal editor’s responsibility to resolve authorship disputes. A change in authorship after publication of an article can only be amended via publication of an Erratum.
Funding and Support
All funding sources supporting the work must be declared in the declaration section at the end of the manuscript. Whole affiliations with or financial involvement in any organization on entity with a direct financial interest in the subject matters or materials of the research discussed (examples: employment, consultancies, stock ownership or other equity interest, patent-licensing arrangements) should be cited as conflict of interest at the end of manuscript text file.
Conflict of Interest
Authors are expected to disclose any commercial associations or sources of support that might pose a conflict of interest regarding the submitted article.
Data Availability
Author(s) should guarantee that data of the study are available and will be provided if anyone needs them.
References:
Our reference style requirements are in accordance with the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals by the ICMJE. The references should be numbered in the order in which they appear in the text. In the text, tables, and legends, identify references using Arabic numerals in parentheses. Use Vancouver style guide for references.
Note: List all authors when they are six or fewer; when they are seven or more, list the first three, followed by “et al”
Samples:
- Articles in journals
Stratton SJ. Should Helicopters Dispatched for EMS Trauma Response Be Grounded?. Ann Emerg Med. 2013; 61 (2): 167-74.
- Articles in journals with more than six authors
Newgard CD, Schmicker, RH, Hedges JR, et al. Emergency medical services intervals and survival in trauma: assessment of the “golden hour” in a North American prospective cohort. Ann emerg med. 2010; 55 (3):235-46.
- Article In press
Sakles JC, Patanwala AE, Mosier JM, Dicken, JM. Comparison of video laryngoscopy to direct laryngoscopy for intubation of patients with difficult airway characteristics in the emergency department. Int Emerg Med. 2013. [In press].
- Article In other language
Gholami A, Barati M, Vahdani M, Vahdani H, Karimi M. Pattern of Empirical Antibiotic Administration in Emergency Department of an Educational Hospital in Tehran. Razi Journal of Medical Sciences. 2011; 18(82):17-23. [Persian].
- Books and other monographs
Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, Adams GA. Rosen's emergency medicine: concepts and clinical practice. 6th ed. Philadelphia: Mosby Incorporated; 2010. p. 1215-75
Figures and tables:
Figures and tables should be kept to a minimum necessary and presented at the end of the manuscript file after the references, numbered (with Arabic numbers), and have a title. Include double-spaced legends (maximum length, 60 words) on separate pages.
Responsibility and ethical requirements:
Author(s) should certify that neither the submitted manuscript nor another one with substantially similar content under their authorship has been published in any language or being considered for publication elsewhere. Author(s) should take responsibility for the integrity of the work as a whole, from inception to published article. In the event that an author is added or removed from the list of authors, written acceptance, signed by author(s), must be submitted to the editorial office. Sources of financial support for the project should be acknowledged. If the study involves human beings, the author(s) must include a statement that the study was approved by the local ethical committee and that written informed consent was obtained from the study participants. For those who do not have formal ethics review committees, the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki should be followed. Also, the compliance of maintenance and care of experimental animals with National Institutes of Health guidelines for the human use of laboratory animals should be declared in text. All relevant permissions to use unpublished observations of others must be obtained by the manuscript author(s) and stated in the text citing the names of the original author(s) should be declared. Also, permission must be obtained to reproduce or adapt any figures or tables that have been published previously and declared in the legend/footnote. Journal of Reviews in Medical Sciences conforms to the international regulations against scientific misconduct including fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, and etc. Any cases of suspected misconduct will be assessed during the peer-review and publication process based on COPE guidelines.
Editorial Independence
The editor in chief makes the final decision regarding publication or rejection of the submitted articles without interference of its owner or economic interests.
Publication fee: Article submission and processing in this journal are free.