About the Journal:
Focus and Scope
The East West Medical College Journal is the flagship journal of the East West Medical College Hospital which is a concern of Aichi Health Care Group. Aichi Health Care Group has Aichi Hospital Ltd, East West Medical College & Hospital, East West Nursing College and Update Dental College where more than 3000 health care provider works. This journal is also available on the college and hospital website at https://ewmch.com. The Journal aims at providing an emerging channel for publication of research so that the doctors from diverse territory can exchange and share professional, technical and academic knowledge on any aspect of clinical and non clinical discipline to serve the nation in a more scientific way. Original works related to clinical profile of disease and patient profile, treatment plan, updated management algorithm according to different institutional practice and its outcome, operation technique, disease registration are also highly encouraged to share.
As the oldest forum in Bangladesh for publishing original research work in the field of medical practice, the Journal also aims to stand as an archival record. It is Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council recognized medical journal- ISSN: 2220-8658 affiliated with online reproduction and digital object identifier (doi) registration. Furthermore, over the year’s researchers and professional physicians and surgeons have enriched the knowledge archive of this Journal with various country specific original information that possess relevance and application, particularly in Bangladesh context. As per the constitution and by-laws of the Institution, the Editorial Board is responsible to set the policies governing the Journal. Papers, companion papers, technical notes, operative nuances, discussion/closure and errata are published in the EWMCJ. This is an open journal where authors do not need not be the members of AICHI Health Care Group to submit material to the journals.
Review Process
All articles of our journal are reviewed by external members and researchers all over the country relevant to submitted article in a randomized way. After submission, all articles are sent to the reviewers. The members of the editorial board are usually not the first choice as reviewers. They send their receipt within 3 days. They then send the reviewed articles with their comments back to the editors. The reviewed articles are then prepared for print. It usually takes 2-3 months in the whole process. Detailed process:
- Submission of Paper- The corresponding or submitting author submits the paper to the journal. This is usually by email or hard copy by post.
- Editorial Office Assessment- The journal checks the paper’s composition and arrangement against the journal’s Author Guidelines to make sure it includes the required sections and stylizations. The quality of the paper is not assessed at this point.
- Executive Editor (EE) Assigns an Assistant Editor (AE)– Assistant Editor (AE) Invite reviewer.
- Invitation to Reviewers-The AE sends invitations to individuals he or she believes would be appropriate reviewers. As responses are received, further invitations are issued, if necessary, until the required number of acceptances is obtained – commonly two persons.
- Response to Invitations- Potential reviewers consider the invitation against their own expertise, conflicts of interest and availability. They then accept or decline.
- Review is Conducted- Reviewer reviews the paper as per journal guideline. He/ She fill up reviewer electronic form. At this stage reviewer send it back to AE with his comments.
- Journal Evaluates the Reviews-The handling editor considers all the returned reviews before making an overall decision. If the reviews differ widely, the editor may invite an additional reviewer so as to get an extra opinion before making a decision.
- The Decision is communicated-The editor sends a decision email to the author including any relevant reviewer comments, regarding acceptance or declination of article. If accepted paper sends to production. If rejected paper send to Authors.
Publication Frequency
EWMCJ is published twice in a year (January and July)
Open Access Policy
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.
Article Processing Fees
Our journal is free to everyone. Full text of all the contents is always available. There is no article processing charges (APCs) or submission charges. Our readers can readers can copy, distribute, and use their attributed research for non-commercial purpose free of charge. Our journal retains copyright of the articles through a Creative Commons attribution license (CC-BY-NC 4.0).
Source of Support
Self-funded by East West Medical College
Publisher
East West Medical College