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 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 with respect to plagiarism will consider for publication.
  • JSHMDC will accept manuscripts prepared in accordance with ICMJE guidelines.
  • Publication misconduct will be dealt according to COPE guidelines.
  • The journal also encourages the submission of papers with negative results.
  • Author can publish only one article in an issue as 1st author.
  • The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that publication has been approved by all co-authors.
  • Any change in the authorship (such as addition or deletion of author or change in the sequence of author list after submission of an article will not be entertained.
  • Undertaking will be obtained from the author to prevent duplicate publication.
  • Complete archives will be maintained on JSHMDC website in archive section.
  • Submission of article doesn’t guarantee the publication of article.
  • Self -institutional authorship will not exceed 1/5th of total articles.
  • Articles of editorial board members will not be published.