Manuscript will be reviewed for possible publication with the understanding that it is being submitted to International Journal of Contemporary Medicine Surgery and Radiology alone at that point in time and has not been published anywhere, simultaneously submitted, or already accepted for publication elsewhere.
The following is the editorial workflow that every manuscript submitted to the journal undergoes during the course of the peer-review process.
International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research is an online and print Journal, publishing research articles after full peer review. The Journal employs a four-step review system.
Initial review
The editorial office reviews each submission to determine whether the topic is in scope of the journal, the structure complies with main journal requirements, originality of work, serious scientific flaws, plagiarism, and the paper is not clearly affected by commercial bias. Manuscripts that do not meet minimum criteria are returned to the authors with adequate comments.
Peer review
If the submission is suitable for expert review, it will be reviewed by reviewers, experts in fields specifically matching the manuscript's coverage. A minimum of two to five rounds of reviewing will be done.
The peer-review process is double blinded, i.e., the reviewers do not know who the authors of the manuscript are and the authors do not have access to the information of who the peer-reviewers are.
Editorial decision
Based on reviewer’s recommendations, the editorial board will make the final decision to accept submission, require revision, or decline submission. The corresponding author is notified by e-mail about the final decision, along with reviewers' reports.
Final decision
After the editorial boards approval it is left to editor in chief discretion to accept it/ suggest amendments or reject it and the corresponding author is suitably acknowledged.
Manuscripts accepted for publication are copy edited for grammar, punctuation, print style, and format. Page proofs are sent to the corresponding author. The corresponding author is expected to return the corrected proofs within 48 hours. It may not be possible to incorporate corrections received after that period. The whole process of submission of the manuscript to final decision and sending/receiving proofs as well is completed online. To achieve faster and greater dissemination of knowledge and information, the journal is coming up with Ahead of Print; publish articles online as ‘Ahead of Print’ immediately/ as soon as possible, on acceptance.
The following is the editorial workflow that every manuscript submitted to the journal undergoes during the course of the peer-review process.
International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research is an online and print Journal, publishing research articles after full peer review. The Journal employs a four-step review system.
Initial review
The editorial office reviews each submission to determine whether the topic is in scope of the journal, the structure complies with main journal requirements, originality of work, serious scientific flaws, plagiarism, and the paper is not clearly affected by commercial bias. Manuscripts that do not meet minimum criteria are returned to the authors with adequate comments.
Peer review
If the submission is suitable for expert review, it will be reviewed by reviewers, experts in fields specifically matching the manuscript's coverage. A minimum of two to five rounds of reviewing will be done.
The peer-review process is double blinded, i.e., the reviewers do not know who the authors of the manuscript are and the authors do not have access to the information of who the peer-reviewers are.
Editorial decision
Based on reviewer’s recommendations, the editorial board will make the final decision to accept submission, require revision, or decline submission. The corresponding author is notified by e-mail about the final decision, along with reviewers' reports.
Final decision
After the editorial boards approval it is left to editor in chief discretion to accept it/ suggest amendments or reject it and the corresponding author is suitably acknowledged.
Manuscripts accepted for publication are copy edited for grammar, punctuation, print style, and format. Page proofs are sent to the corresponding author. The corresponding author is expected to return the corrected proofs within 48 hours. It may not be possible to incorporate corrections received after that period. The whole process of submission of the manuscript to final decision and sending/receiving proofs as well is completed online. To achieve faster and greater dissemination of knowledge and information, the journal is coming up with Ahead of Print; publish articles online as ‘Ahead of Print’ immediately/ as soon as possible, on acceptance.
Diagrammatic representation of review process
