Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences

The Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences (IJMS) is an international quarterly biomedical publication, which is sponsored by Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in Shiraz, Iran. According to their website, the IJMS intends to provide a scientific medium of com­muni­cation for researchers throughout the globe. The journal welcomes original clinical articles as well as clinically oriented basic science re­search experiences on prevalent diseases in the region and analysis of various regional problems.

History

The IJMS has been published since 1970, as a bi-annually journal. The published articles during 1972-1978 are accessible in the Medline. Since 2002, the IJMS has been published in a quarterly basis. Besides, more efforts have been done for improvement of the journal's quality.

Paper submission

Papers can be submitted either by post or by email. The article is firstly evaluated by the Internal Reviewers and biostatistics group. If the article conforms to the "Aim and Scope" of the journal, it will be allocated a submission code and will be referred to three blind peer reviewers.

The reviewers’ comments will be forwarded to the corresponding author. And the revised article will be considered for the final review.

Any acceptance and rejection of the article depends on the Editorial Board points of view. The Copy Editors will edit the accepted articles carefully. The final editing will be done by the Editor in Chief and the Deputy Editor. The galley proof is the final process and the authors will be asked to confirm the proof before the publication. The paper submission, peer review, acceptance, and editing process at the IJMS office will last for less than 6 months.

Recognition

The IJMS is now indexed /abstracted by EMBASE / Excerpta Medica, Index Medicus for the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, Elsevier and Index Copernicus.

References

* IJMS web site http://ijms.sums.ac.ir
* Shiraz University of Medical Sciences web site http://www.sums.ac.ir