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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in a Microsoft Word document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • Pending acceptance, the author(s) agree to allow the KJM publishing body permission to promote the article via web-based postings and social media platforms, including but not limited to using author names and affliations.

Privacy Statement

Last updated: September 10, 2022

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

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Definitions

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Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

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  • For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

  • We will never share Your personal information with any third party unless requested by you. 

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

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Changes to this Privacy Policy

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We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

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Sections

Articles

Case Report

Case Reports should highlight unique clinical or scientific observations that may be of interest to researchers or practitioners. The report should describe the extortionary circumstance, intervention, and outcome in detail. The abstract may follow a non-structured format, simply summarizing the report, without headings. Case Series may exceed word limit. 

Letter to the Editor

Letters to the Editor should convey the authors thoughts and opinions regarding recently published content. A Letter to the Editor must be submitted no more than two months after the article in question was published. The authors may cite data or information to support their opinion. The authors of the original article may also be given the opportunity to respond to the Letter to the Editor submission. This submission type does not requirean abstract.

Original Research

Original Research should communicate a clinical or scientific investigation following the scientific method. Thearticle should report on new work and be classified as primary literature. The work shouldbe presented in sufficient detail for the methods to be repeated and judged by peers in the field. The writing should follow standard manuscript formattingas described inthe Manuscript Preparationsection. This article type required a structured abstract

Personal Viewpoint

Personal Viewpoints should convey the opinion of the author(s) on a relevant topic in medicine or translational science that wouldbe of interest to KJM’s readership. Authors are given permission to extend beyond the extent of objective reporting; however, should refrain from making statements that are unsupported by fact or literature. Novel data should not be used in personal viewpoints. The abstract may follow a non-structured format, simply summarizing thereport, without headings.

Review Article

Review Articles should present summarized information on a relevant topic in medicine or basic science. The review should provide a broad and exhaustive overview of the topic by combining information from many sources. The article’s referenced literature should come from peer-reviewed journals, with rare exceptions allowing for grey-based literature. The abstract may follow a non-structured format, simply summarizing the report, without headings.

Innovation Report

Innovation reports address novel efforts to improve hospital, institutional, or academic-based systems from a qualitative or quantitative perspective. Innovation reports often describe quality improvement efforts, data-based systematic change, and/or institutional advancement programs. While original data is not required for submission, authors are encouraged to incorporate evidence-based measurements to objectively quantify change. Unlike original research articles, innovation reports are most often written according to the following section headings: Problem, Approach, Outcomes, Next Steps. The abstract should also be written according to these section headings. 

Brief Communication

Brief Communications should contain content similar to Original Research Articles but should reflect preliminary observations or smaller studies. As such, brief communications are considered primary literature and should address new work following standard scientific methodology. This article type requires a structured abstract.