Submissions

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Author Guidelines

Thank you for choosing the Journal of Medical Sciences (JOMS). Before submitting, please read the Author Guidelines carefully and prepare your manuscript using the English or Arabic template. Manuscripts that do not follow the guidelines will be returned before review. JOMS accepts submissions from authors worldwide, and there are no submission or publication fees.

Files you will need

  • Title page (with all author details and declarations)
  • Anonymised manuscript (.docx)
  • Figures as separate files (300 dpi or higher)
  • Cover letter
  • Supplementary files and reporting checklist, if applicable

How to submit

  1. Register or log in, and select the Author role.
  2. Click Make a New Submission and choose the section that matches your article type.
  3. Upload your files, labelling each one correctly (title page, manuscript, figures, cover letter).
  4. Enter the title, abstract and keywords, and add every author with full name, affiliation, country and ORCID iD, in the order they appear on the manuscript.
  5. Confirm the submission checklist and complete the submission.

What happens next

  • You will receive an e-mail acknowledging your submission.
  • The Editorial Office checks the submission for completeness and similarity (iThenticate).
  • The editors decide within about 14 days whether to send it for double-blind peer review by at least two reviewers.
  • You can follow the status of your manuscript at any time from your dashboard.

See the Peer Review Process and the journal Policies for full details. For help with submission, please use the Contact page.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • The manuscript has not been published before and is not under consideration by another journal (or an explanation has been given in Comments to the Editor).
  • The manuscript is prepared in the JOMS template, in Microsoft Word format, and follows the Author Guidelines.
  • The manuscript file is fully anonymised, and the title page is uploaded as a separate file.
  • All authors meet the authorship criteria and have approved the submission, and all authors are entered in the submission form with their affiliations.
  • The ORCID iD of the corresponding author is provided.
  • References follow the Vancouver (NLM) style and include DOIs where available.
  • All required declarations are included: author contributions, funding, conflicts of interest, ethics approval and consent, data availability, and use of generative AI.
  • Figures are uploaded as separate files of at least 300 dpi, and tables are editable.
  • Permission has been obtained for any reproduced material.

Special Issue: Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Disease Outbreaks in North Africa

"Manuscripts submitted in response to the Call for Papers for the Special Issue on Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Disease Outbreaks in North Africa. Submission deadline: 31 January 2027."

Special Collection: Hereditary Diseases, Consanguinity, and Hemoglobinopathies

Special Collection (Vol. 22, 2027). English-language submissions only. Submissions accepted 30 September 2026 – 30 September 2027.

Editorial Commentary

Editorial Commentaries are invited expert comments on an article published in the same issue of the journal. They place the findings in a wider context, discuss their strengths, limitations, and implications for practice or research. Commentaries are by invitation only and undergo editorial review. Maximum length: 1,500 words; no abstract; up to 15 references; maximum two authors.

 

Letter to the Editor

Letters to the Editor comment on articles published in the journal within the previous 12 months, or report brief observations of interest to readers. Authors of the original article will be invited to reply. Letters are assessed by the editors and may be edited for length and clarity. Maximum length: 800 words; no abstract; up to 10 references; one table or figure; maximum four authors.

 

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish in the Journal of Medical Sciences (JOMS) agree to the following terms:
Authors retain copyright of their article and grant JOMS the non-exclusive right of first publication.
The article is published open access under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Others may copy, redistribute, adapt and build upon the work for non-commercial purposes, provided they give appropriate credit, cite the original publication in JOMS with its DOI, indicate any changes, and distribute any adaptations under the same licence.
Authors may enter into separate, non-exclusive arrangements for distributing the published version (for example, depositing it in an institutional repository or publishing it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its first publication in JOMS.
Authors confirm that the work is original and that they have obtained permission to reproduce any third-party material included in the article.
See the full Copyright and Licensing Policy.

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