Janaki Medical College Journal of Medical Sciences (JMCJMS), ISSN 2091-2242 (Print) and ISSN 2091-2358 (Online), established in 2013 AD, is a peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal published by Janaki Medical College, affiliated with the Institute of Medicine (IOM), Tribhuvan University, Nepal which is accredited by Nepal Medical Council (NMC), Nepal Nursing Council (NNC), and the Ministry of Education, Nepal.
JMCJMS was initially published as a biannual journal and has been published triannually since 2022 AD to enhance the timely dissemination of scientific knowledge and scholarly communication.
The journal publishes three issues per year in English, scheduled as follows:
The journal aims to provide a platform for researchers, clinicians, academicians, healthcare professionals, and policymakers to disseminate high-quality scientific research and evidence-based practices that contribute to the improvement of healthcare systems and medical education at national and international levels. The Janaki Medical College Journal of Medical Sciences (JMCJMS) particularly encourages manuscripts that address regional and global health priorities, promote interdisciplinary collaboration, and strengthen healthcare research and academic excellence in Nepal and beyond.
JMCJMS welcomes submissions from a broad range of disciplines, including:
The journal publishes articles related to the field of medicine and health sciences in the following sections:
Janaki Medical College Journal of Medical Sciences (JMCJMS) is indexed/visible in NepJOL, WHO IMSEAR, Crossref (DOI), Google Scholar, BASE, and ROAD, and is also discoverable through major academic search engines, with ongoing efforts toward inclusion in major commercial citation databases.
The journal is designed for a diverse, multidisciplinary readership engaged in the field of health and medical sciences. This includes faculty members of medical and paramedical disciplines, academicians, clinicians, consultants, researchers, and allied healthcare professionals. It also caters to government officials, health policy makers, students, and other stakeholders with a scholarly interest in medical and health sciences research.
The JMCJMS editorial board is devoted to maintaining editorial independence and works hard to prevent this principle due to conflicting interests, fear, or any other corporate, business, financial, or political influence. JMCJMS believes editorial decisions on individual manuscripts should to be founded on both academic excellence and the potential significance of the work to the medical and health sciences communities that the journal serves.
The Janaki Medical College Journal of Medical Sciences (JMCJMS) is committed to fostering academic freedom and advancing scholarly discourse through the publication of high-quality, diverse, and impactful research. The journal upholds the principles of open intellectual exchange and encourages constructive, respectful, and evidence-based scientific debate across all areas of health and medical sciences.
The Editorial Board of JMCJMS is dedicated to safeguarding academic integrity while ensuring that published content adheres to ethical standards of scientific communication. The journal welcomes rigorous scholarly analysis and critical discussion; however, it does not endorse or publish content that promotes, incites, or perpetuates violence, racism, discrimination, or any form of hate speech.
All submissions undergo a stringent peer-review process, with additional oversight provided by the Academic Publishing Committee, ensuring that published work meets the highest standards of scientific quality, ethical conduct, and academic rigor.
Plagiarism is a serious form of ethical misconduct that compromises the integrity, quality, readability, and credibility of scholarly publications. Enhancing awareness among researchers regarding plagiarism of words, ideas, data, and graphical content is essential to promote responsible academic writing and to prevent unacceptable publication practices.
The Janaki Medical College Journal of Medical Sciences (JMCJMS) strictly adheres to the definitions and standards of piracy and plagiarism as outlined by the Council of Science Editors (CSE) in relation to violations of publication ethics. This includes the unauthorized use, reproduction, or appropriation of ideas, data, methodologies, and graphical materials, as well as self-plagiarism and redundant or duplicate publication.
Forms of plagiarism, including but not limited to verbatim (direct) copying, paraphrasing without proper attribution (paraphragiarism), text recycling, translational plagiarism, graphical plagiarism, citation manipulation, and compound plagiarism, are strictly prohibited.
Authors are responsible for ensuring that their submissions are free from any form of plagiarism. Manuscripts found to contain plagiarized content at any stage of the review or publication process may be rejected outright.
JMCJMS was previously published as a biannual journal. Since 2022, the journal has adopted a triannual publication schedule, with three issues published annually. The editorial team is continuously working toward further strengthening the journal and aims to transition to a quarterly publication model with four issues per year in the near future.
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
The articles in the Janaki Medical College Journal of Medical Science are published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Licence. This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator.
The Janaki Medical College Journal of Medical Sciences (JMCJMS) adheres to the ethical guidelines and policies established by Council of Science Editors (CSE), Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) in addressing concerns related to research integrity and publication ethics raised by readers, reviewers, or authors.
The Editorial Board, reviewers, and authors make every effort to ensure that the information published, including medications, dosage instructions, and therapeutic approaches, is accurate and consistent with accepted standards of academic and scientific publishing at the time of publication. However, due to the continuously evolving nature of medical science, variations in expert opinion, individual clinical circumstances, and the possibility of human error in the preparation and publication process, readers are advised to exercise independent clinical judgment and consult additional reliable sources before making clinical or therapeutic decisions.
Manuscripts submitted to the Janaki Medical College Journal of Medical Sciences (JMCJMS) must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration by any other journal at the time of submission. Any form of plagiarism, duplicate submission, data fabrication, falsification, or unethical publication practice will result in rejection or retraction of the manuscript and may lead to further editorial or legal action.
The opinions and conclusions expressed in published articles are solely those of the authors. The editors, reviewers, editorial board, and publisher do not accept responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of the published content. Authors remain fully responsible for the integrity of their work, including data accuracy, ethical approvals, references, and statements presented in the manuscript.
JMCJMS follows internationally accepted publication ethics and research integrity guidelines, including those of the Council of Science Editors (CSE), Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).
Janaki Medical College Journal of Medical Sciences (JMCJMS) is published by the Department of Research and Publication, Janaki Medical College, Ramdaiya, Janakpurdham, Dhanusha-45600, Madhesh Province, Nepal.
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