About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Journal of Medicine is a peer-reviewed, open access, bi-annual journal published in January and July. It is an official journal of Bangladesh Society of Medicine. Bangladesh Society of Medicine is an organization of Medicine specialists of Bangladesh. The society was established for ensuring the rights and benefits of Medicine specialists. The journal welcomes manuscripts in the following categories: reviews and mini-reviews oriented to the practicing internist and diagnostic puzzles from a variety of specialties, original scientific studies, short research reports, case reports of exceptional merit, analytic reviews such as meta-analyses and decision analyses, new methods and technologies, opinions on previously published literature, papers commenting on the clinical, scientific, social, political, and economic factors affecting health and letters to the editor. Our key target is to engage, inform, and stimulate doctors, researchers and other health professionals in ways that will improve outcomes for patients and may facilitate hypothesis generation and development of further research to form the foundations of tomorrow's medicine. The journal is devoted to the promotion of health sciences and related disciplines. Complimentary copies of the journal are sent to life time members of the Bangladesh Society of Medicine, libraries of all medical colleges and other relevant academic institutions. The Editor-in-Chief & the editorial board do not subscribe to the views expressed in the article written by the author(s) published in this journal. The Journal of Medicine accepts no liability for any inaccurate and misleading information, opinion or statement.

Peer Review Process

1. An editor is assigned for every manuscript received. An initial screening is done and a decision is reached about formal peer-review of the manuscript based on its quality and suitability of publication in this journal.

2. For peer-review of the manuscript, two reviewers are asked to review the paper.

3. The editor(s) reach a decision on accepting or rejecting the paper by taking into consideration the reviewers’ comments, quality of the manuscript and editorial priority of the journal.

4. The decision is communicated to the author(s).

5. The average duration of the peer review process is approximately 2 to 4 months usually.

Publication Frequency

The journal is published bi-annually in 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.

Editorial Board

Journal Committee of BSM:

Advisory Council:

C) Editorial Board

IT consultant: Dr. S M Kawser Zafor Prince

Publisher