About the Journal

Nasarawa Journal of Medicine (NASJM) is a biannual peer-reviewed journal published by the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria at the Federal University Teaching Hospital, Lafia. The Journal accepts and publishes manuscripts in English.

Nasarawa Journal of Medicine’s full text is available in hard copy and in an electronic version online at www.nasarawajournalofmedicine.com.ng. The journal allows free access (Open Access) to its contents

LICENSING AND COPYRIGHT POLICY

Nasarawa Journal of Medicine is committed to making published research freely accessible and facilitating the widest possible dissemination and reuse of scholarly work. Articles published by the journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted sharing, reproduction, adaptation, and reuse, including commercial use, provided appropriate attribution is given to the original author(s) and source.

Copyright: Authors retain full, unrestricted copyright and publishing rights in their work. By submitting a manuscript, authors grant the Nasarawa Journal of Medicine the right of first publication and a non-exclusive license to publish, reproduce, distribute, and make the work publicly available as part of the journal's scholarly record. Published articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

SCOPE OF THE JOURNAL

Nasarawa Journal of Medicine accepts for consideration manuscripts from all over the world. We publish scientific reports on human subjects in the form of original articles, reviews, case reports, case series, opinions, correspondence, short communications, letters to the editor, and sponsored supplements. Our instructions for authors’ page provides more details on the types and structure of manuscripts considered for publication.

PEER REVIEW POLICY

  • All submitted manuscripts are subjected to external peer review and editorial approval.
  • Articles are sent to at least three independent reviewers in the related field. The reviewers are blinded to the authors’ identities and affiliations while the associate editors have full access to them.
  • Reviewers are selected based on their expertise within the topic area of the submission, and their purpose is to assist the authors and the journal by providing a critical review of the manuscript.
  • Authors would be notified within 2-3 months about the acceptability of their manuscripts. Manuscripts are selected based on uniqueness, originality, quality of data and in line with the reviewers’ comments.
  • Upon receiving the reviewers’ comments, authors are requested to respond to the reviewers’ comments and send the revised manuscript and a copy of their reply to the reviewers, including the comments and explaining the answers to the questions and the changes made to the revised version.
  • Communication regarding a specific manuscript will be done between the journal editor and the designated corresponding author.