Click on the Online First link on the top panel to read the Latest Articles

• Online First is provided to shorten the time between acceptance and publication. It will help in  dissemination of knowledge more quickly. Online First section allows us to publish articles as soon as they have been edited, ahead of the formal Bimonthly publication.

• PDF version of the Manuscripts will be published within 72 hours of acceptance and final proof reading of the manuscript.

• The version that appears in Online First is the definitive article, edited to the JCDR's normal standards and will be available only as a PDF file. It will be semi formatted, devoid of page numbers, HTML version and voice files.

• At time of formal bimonthly publication fully formatted pdf files, HTML version, voice files and page numbers will be added.

• Article awards, if eligible will be posted only after formal publication.

• Online First articles are identified by a unique number-the Digital Object Identifier (DOI). This will appear in each PDF together with the date of publication.
  For example:

JCDR doi:167-43-76 (published onlinefirst 15 August 2003)

• The doi will appear in every version of an article. It will appear in the footer of each page of the  PDF together with the publication date. After formal publication it will appear on the first page together with the "How to Cite".

• The Online First article is fully citable (see below for how to cite it).

Ram K, Kartik M, Raju T. Cardiac Catheterization among children. JCDR doi:167-43-76 (published online first 15 August 2008)
 

• The article can be read in pdf form by clicking on the tentative month of publication in the archives section of the journal website.

• If an Online First article meets the relevant criteria it will appear in the google searches and other search engines.

• The order of the article may be changed within same issue or on rare occasion pre or postponed to another issue once formal publication list for the issue is finalized.