Most authors in developing countries who spend time in writing publication do so voluntarily in their own time. The institution in which they work, or an external body, rarely provides them with exclusive waged hours for research publication. The PSR foundation strongly feels that a token incentive in the form of cash reward should be given to the authors who spend time and money on writing for publication.

• An author who has submitted his /her original article or case report in the format desired by JCDR.
  
  
• The article has been peer reviewed and the required changes made by the authors within the time frame desired by JCDR.
  
  
• The article has received final acceptance from the editorial board for publication.
  
  
• The article accepted is an original article / case report /images in medicine.
  
  
• The methodology was the best possible one under circumstances.
  
  
• Contributed in some way to improvement of medical understanding
  
  
• The article broadly falls in accordance with the editorial policy.
  
  
• Authors did not use any of the paid services of JCDR in drafting of the article.
  
  
• To encourage young minds JCDR will give due consideration to those who did this research as part of there post graduate thesis.
  
  

• This depends on the grading of the article.
  
  

  Original article	Reward in INR
  o Exceptional quality article	2000.00
  o High quality article	1000.00
  o Good quality article	800.00
  o Fair quality article	500.00

  
  

  Original Case reports / images in medicine	Reward in INR
  o High quality article	400.00
  o Good quality article	300.00

• The reward is posted as a gift cheque in name of the First author of the article.
  
  
• The reward is sent after the article has been published in the journal.
  

• Only if the criteria detailed above are fulfilled, the article will be rewarded.

• On average we aim to publish 3-4 original articles per issue and around 5-6 case reports per issue.
  
  
• However, there is no limit on how many rewards are offered per issue. This will purely depend on the merit of the article.
  

• These rewards are funded by the PSF foundation.
• For the April 2007 issue the awards have been funded by Dr Ravi Pakalapati
  in loving memory of his brother late shri PAKALAPATI SEETHARAM.

• We will announce in our journal the names of all the authors in the article who have done this unethical and illegal act.
  
  
• We will write letter to the concerned journal in which the article had appeared earlier detailing the conduct of the authors.
  
  
• We will write to the institutions to which the author belongs detailing the conduct of the author.
  
  
• We will debar the author /s from submitting or using any of our publication services in future
  
  
• In Exceptional cases we reserve the right to take more stringent legal action depending upon the harm done to our reputation.