Editorial Statements
- JCDR strongly supports research that will benefit medical science and discourages
the publication of articles that merely represent pre-established and repetitive
facts. However, at times, the journal does allow publication of articles that may
have been reported in literature but from a different region. This is with a dual
aim, to promote medical publications and to recognize the fact that disease and
disease behaviour may vary widely between populations.
- JCDR provides services, if required by authors, in view of supporting them to write
good quality articles. In return it charges nominal fees. Details of which can be
found under author services.
- The philosophy of publishers behind JCDR is to promote research publication from
less privileged parts of the world. The publishers do not propose to earn profit
from the journal services. Hence most services provided are at par or below the
costs to the publishers.
- JCDR welcomes and encourages authors who do not wish to use these services.
- JCDR editorial board and publisher take proactive steps in remaining unbiased to
authors who avail or do not avail paid services.
- Under no circumstances / incentive will JCDR publish an article without merit and
peer review.
- The criteria for acceptance, format of manuscript and peer review process for authors
who use or do not use paid services remains identical.
- The time table of events after submission of an article detailed below refers to
those authors who do not utilize the paid services of JCDR.
Editorial & Peer Review Process
Time table
The Editorial board at JCDR follows a time table which is based on it's current
workload and as far as possible tries to adhere to it.
The manuscripts will be reviewed for possible publication on the understanding that
they are being submitted only to one journal at one time and have not been published,
simultaneously submitted, or accepted for publication elsewhere.
The following is the editorial workflow that every manuscript submitted to the journal
undergoes during the course of the peer-review process.
The entire editorial workflow is performed using the online JCDR Pre Publishing
Manuscript Management System. Once a manuscript is submitted, the manuscript is
assessed by a Screening Editor for originality of work, Serious scientific flaws
and plagiarism.
Thereafter the article is handed over to the Editor based on the subject of the
manuscript and the availability of the Editors. They then assess the article and
inform the author if the article has been accepted for peer review or has been rejected.
If rejected, the corresponding author will be informed via an email.
If the Editor determines that the submitted manuscript is of sufficient quality
and falls within the scope of the journal, they assigns the manuscript to a minimum
of 2 and a maximum of 5 external reviewers for peer-review. The reviewers submit
their reports in the standard format ( provided to them by the JCDR ) to the Editor
and also grade the article.
- Exceptional quality article
- High quality article
- Good quality article
- Fair quality article
- Unacceptable in present form
- Unacceptable in any form
When all reviewers have submitted their reports, the Editor can makes one of the
following editorial recommendations:
- Publish Unaltered
- Accept after Minor Changes
- Consider after Major Changes
- Reject
There after the authors are notified to prepare and submit a final copy of their
manuscript with the required changes as suggested by the reviewers.
The Editor reviews the revised manuscript after the changes have been made by the
authors. Once the Editor is satisfied with the final manuscript, the manuscript
can be accepted.
The editorial workflow gives the Editors the authority in rejecting any manuscript
because of inappropriateness of its subject, lack of quality, or incorrectness of
its results. The Editor cannot assign himself/herself as an external reviewer of
the manuscript. This is to ensure a high-quality, fair, and unbiased peer-review
process of every manuscript submitted to the journal, since any manuscript must
be recommended by one or more (usually two or more) external reviewers along with
the Editor in charge of the manuscript in order for it to be accepted for publication
in the journal.
The peer-review process is double blinded, i.e., the reviewers do not know who the
authors of the manuscript are and the authors do not have access to the information
of who the peer-reviewers are.
A due acknowledgment for the researchers who have performed the peer-review process
for one or more of the manuscripts in the past is made on the journal website. Without
the significant contributions made by these researchers, the publication of the
journal would not be possible.
For further details read Peer review policy
A Note on Withdrawal of Manuscripts
Some authors request withdrawal of manuscript after submission. If the withdrawal
is done within the time span when the article is with Editor, and for a genuine
reason like problems discovered in data etc , author is allowed the withdraw the
manuscript without any penalty.
If the author withdraws manuscript any time after the manuscript has been sent to
peer review till the final decision, then unless there are compelling reasons, the
request is not entertained without an penalty. this penalty may be in form of payment
to journal for its time and resources spent.
For further details read Withdrawal policy
A Note on Corrections: Post Publication of Manuscripts
After internal assessment and external peer review the articles are published. They
then are open to post publication peer review. In the rare instance of a change
required post publication then it is corrected in the online version and notified
as last updated on. A separate DOI number is then given and a notice to this effect
is also brought out in the next issue published.
For further details read Post publication discussions and corrections Policy
A Note on Page Numbering Sequence
For first 4 years ( 2007-2010) page numbering was continuous. Thereafter as the
number of articles published increased it is continuous only within an year ( volume).
A Note on Tables and Figures
JCDR started as an online journal later went into print. From beginning it makes
image for both tables and Figures. Since technically both are similar hence we label
them in similar fashion and follow a uniform pattern, which is less cumbersome for
those page setting the article. ( example Table/Fig 1, Table/Fig 2......)
A Note on JCDR Pre Publishing
This is a comprehensive manuscript submission portal which address full needs of
Author, Reviewers, Editors as well as Providers ( page setter, English editors,
proof readers..) of JCDR. This was developed in house tailored to the needs of JCDR
as a long term solution to growing submissions.
Last Updated : 01 Jan 2020
First Published : 5 Feb 2007