About the Journal

Focus and Scope

MED PHOENIX is an official, peer-reviewed, bi-annual, bio-medical journal, published in English language by National Medical College, Birgunj, Nepal. 

MED PHOENIX invites original research papers, review articles, case reports, brief reports, viewpoints and letter to the editor containing new insight into any aspect of Medical, Dental and Allied Health Sciences that are neither published nor being considered for publication elsewhere. The journal is particularly interested and welcomes papers in basic and clinical medical sciences, medical education, public health, hospital and healthcare management and pharmacovigilance.

Peer Review Process

All articles received are duly acknowledged. Once the manuscripts are received, they will be reviewed for possible publication with the understanding that they are being submitted only to MED PHOENIX and have not been submitted elsewhere simultaneously, published, or already accepted for publication elsewhere. First, the Editors will review all submitted manuscripts and then subsequently send them to expert peer reviewers blinded to author(s) identity and vice-versa.

Articles with insufficient originality, serious scientific and technical flaws, or lack of a significant message, plagiarised matter, and not following the guidelines appropriately are rejected or if good article are written poorly then author are requested to re-submit after the revision according to the journal’s format.

Editorial board is the final authority to accept or reject the article after reviewing article and following reviewer’s feedback. The corresponding author will be informed about the reviewers’ comments and acceptance/rejection of manuscript. The contributors should clarify the comments and resubmit the revised manuscript to the editor in stipulated time. Articles accepted would be copy edited for grammar, punctuation, print style, and format. Page proofs will be sent to the corresponding author, which has to be returned within one week. Failure to respond within stipulated time may delay the publication of the article or may even get rejected.

Publication Frequency

From 2021, the journal will publish twice a year.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Articles in MED PHOENIX are Open Access articles published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY). This license permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Users' personal details are not disclosed to any third party and used only for the publication, communication and notification purposes. 

Payments

At present, authors do not have to pay for submission, processing or publication of manuscripts in MED PHOENIX.

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