Editorial Policy

    • The paper submitted to JSHMDC, should not have been published in any other journal or is not under consideration for publication elsewhere (except publication in the form of an abstract in the proceedings of the conference).
    • Authorship criteria will be according to the ICMJE guidelines.
    • A submitted article will be processed through double-blind peer review by subject experts.
    • Articles with the highest ethical standards concerning plagiarism will be considered for publication.
    • JSHMDC will accept manuscripts prepared in accordance with ICMJE guidelines.
    • Publication misconduct will be dealt with according to COPE guidelines.
    • The journal also encourages the submission of papers with negative results.
    • The author can publish only one article in an issue as 1st author.
    • The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all co-authors have approved publication.
    • Any change in the authorship (such as the addition or deletion of an author or change in the sequence of the author list after submitting an article will not be entertained.
    • The undertaking will be obtained from the author to prevent duplicate publication.
    • Complete archives will be maintained on the JSHMDC website in the archive section.
    • Submission of the article doesn’t guarantee the publication of the article.
    • Self -institutional authorship will not exceed 1/5th of the total articles.
    • Articles of editorial board members will not be published.