CALL FOR PAPERS

Clinical Medicine & Research invites authors to submit manuscripts for the following categories:

Clinical Trials & Randomize Controlled Trials
Clinical Medicine & Research publishes reports of clinical trials and randomized controlled trials (RCT). Abstracts are structured according to the CONSORT Checklist.

Reports of Original Research (Clinical research, Meta-analyses, Laboratory research)
Manuscripts of original research and meta-analyses are peer reviewed and are to be well organized, concise and appeal to an audience of medical researchers and healthcare professionals.

Systematic Reviews
Manuscripts of systematic review are peer reviewed and will have a well-focused question, be explicit, reproducible and efficient. Manuscripts will be selected on the basis of the review benefiting medical practice and furthering medical research.

Case Reports
Case reports will have educational value, represent a paradigm shift, and appeal to a multi-specialty audience.

Clinical Overview
In a profession where the only guaranteed constant is “change,” Clinical Overview is presented in order to assist healthcare professionals stay abreast of developments that impact clinical decision making. Clinical Overview will integrate clinical experience with external clinical evidence obtained from systematic research, clinical findings, etiology, differential diagnosis, prognosis, diagnostic test, therapy and prevention.

Resources in Review
Tools and methods for accessing information are expanding at an exponential rate. Reviews of books, databases, database search techniques, web sites, etc., are welcome. Resource reviews will be an evaluation, and contain significant ideas, facts and techniques.

Professional Correspondence to the Editor / Letters to the Editor on Published Articles
Comments from our readers on recently published articles are welcome. Commentaries will include references, tables and figures when appropriate. Unless otherwise indicated, the submission of a Professional Correspondence to the Editor, grants Clinical Medicine & Research the permission to publish the letter. Letters of this type will be reviewed and accepted for publication based on accuracy and importance.

Editorials
The editor-in-chief of Clinical Medicine & Research is responsible for the editorial article. The editor-in-chief may, on occasion, invite the editorial to be written by a researcher or medical professional with expertise in a field that highlights one of the original articles or a current issue. Editorials may encompass subjects that are informative and have current interest, innovations, opinions or matters particular to publication content and design. Guest editorials may be peer reviewed and should not consist of technical material.

The Aperture
An aperture is the opening in the stage of a microscope that allows light to pass through for better viewing of the specimen. “The Aperture” of Clinical Medicine & Research is a forum for images, art and humor that provides the readership with a portal for a new or different view of research and medicine.

The Stage
Researchers and health care professionals are invited to share their knowledge and expertise, relate techniques, methods and procedures that celebrate the art of science and medicine. Communicate to other health care professionals the “tips and tricks” that one will not find documented in a textbook or medical journal.

The History of Medicine
Researchers and healthcare professionals are invited to share their interest and knowledge of the history of medicine. This section will provide a context for the development of current therapies, treatments and clinical techniques.