Department of Medicine, Lady Hardinge Medical College publishes a quarterly online medical journal encompassing various aspects of Medical sciences stressing upon clinical medicine from the tropics. It publishes all manuscripts viz. Editorials, Original and review articles, postgraduate clinics, clinical vignettes, medico-legal learning points, case reports and images in clinical medicine.
All manuscripts submitted to the journal are reviewed by two or more independent reviewers. The journal follows a double-blind peer review process. All manuscripts submitted to the journal will be reviewed for possible publication with the understanding that these have not been published anywhere, or simultaneously submitted, or already accepted for publication elsewhere. One author should be designated as the corresponding author, who will be solely responsible for the correspondence with the journal in respect of the manuscript.
- Authorship should be based on substantial contributions to the manuscript as envisaged in the ICMJE guidelines.
- Although, there is no restriction on the number of authors; participation solely in acquisition of funding does not justify authorship. Similarly, general supervision of research group is not sufficient for authorship.
- Each contributor should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content of the manuscript.
- The order of naming the contributors should be based on the relative contribution of the contributor towards the study and writing the manuscript. Once submitted the order cannot be changed without written consent of all the contributors.
The journal does not charge for submission, processing or publication of manuscripts.
The manuscripts should be submitted as a first page file with title, details and order of the authors along with institutional affiliation, name of corresponding author, type of manuscript and abstract, and a Blinded article file which has the whole paper without any identification details of the authors or institute.
Each article should have –
- A Summary Overview (Not more than 150 words)
- Key Words (Not more than 5)
- Key Learning Points (Bulleted not more than 10)
Word Counts –
- Editorial (1500 words)
- Original Article (2500 words)
- Case Reports & Clinical Vignettes (1000 words)
- Clinical sign Revisited (1500 words)
- Images in Clinical Medicine (500 words)
- Review Article (5000 words)
Images & Tables –
- Editorial (a total of 2, preferably none)
- Original Article (Combined number of 5)
- Case Reports, Clinical Vignettes (Combined number 2)
- Images in Clinical Medicine (A maximum of 2, images only)
- Clinical sign Revisited (A maximum of 4, Video ≤ 1)
- Review Article (No restriction within the word count)
Articles should conform to ethical standards including no plagiarism whatsoever. Ethical approval of research works should be submitted, wherever applicable. Articles published in the journal would entail copyright transferred to the journal.
All correspondence should be addressed to Chief Editor Dr Anil Gurtoo or Managing Editor Dr Anupam Prakash