The Journal of Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine (JPSIM) publishes original material of interest to researchers, scientists and practitioners in the broad field of medicine, biomedical sciences and health research. Its purpose is to advance clinical practice, medical education, research, health policy and patient care by publishing scientifically sound and ethically conducted work that is relevant to physicians, researchers, educators, trainees and other healthcare professionals.
Scope
Articles describing original clinical or laboratory investigations, field health studies and case reports are considered for publication. From time to time, invited articles, editorials and reviews of selected topics are also published. Manuscripts, including illustrations and tables, must be original and must not be under consideration by another publication. Ethical clearance is mandatory for all research submissions.
Accepted Article Types
JPSIM accepts the following submission types. Word, table, figure and reference limits for each are set out in the Consolidated Instructions to Authors on the Author Guidelines page and are repeated on the Submit a Manuscript page.
- Original article — reports of original clinical or laboratory investigations and field health studies, with a structured abstract.
- Review article, systematic review and meta-analysis — reviews of selected topics. JPSIM prefers systematic reviews and meta-analyses to formal narrative reviews.
- Case report — a short account of a clinical case, written to the CARE reporting guideline and with the patient’s written consent for publication.
- Short report — a short article in which a brief introduction, patients, methods and results are written together, followed by the discussion.
- Editorial — usually commissioned from editorial board members or subject experts; unsolicited editorials are welcome.
- Letter to the Editor — a short letter to the Editor, with no more than three authors. A letter about a recent journal article must be received within four weeks of its publication.
- Reflections — short pieces based on true stories of patients or medical professionals, which share a personal or professional perspective and do not report original data.
Each article type must comply with the applicable scientific, ethical and reporting requirements, including the ICMJE Recommendations and the CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA and CARE reporting guidelines that apply to it.
Scope of Consideration
Every submission is first checked by the editorial office for fit with the scope of the journal, completeness, ethics approval and text overlap. Submissions that are outside the scope of the journal, lack adequate scholarly content, are intended principally for promotion, or do not meet the ethical or similarity requirements may be returned or rejected without external review. Submissions that pass this check go for double-blind peer review as described on the Peer Review page.
Publication Details
- Frequency: quarterly, four issues a year (see Publication Frequency & Delays).
- Language: English.
- Peer review: double-blind, by at least two independent reviewers (see Peer Review).
- Access and licence: open access, free to read and download without registration, under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) licence; authors retain copyright (see Open Access and Copyright and Licensing).
- Fees: a submission and processing fee applies; there is no charge to readers (see Fee Details).
- ISSN: 2709-8729 (print), 2710-0804 (online).
To prepare a manuscript, read the Author Guidelines and then submit your manuscript online.