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Editorial Policies

Peer Review Process

All submissions are assessed by the editorial board. Submissions selected for review will be assigned anonymously to peer reviewers. JPGIM adopts a double blind review process. This usually involves review by two independent peer reviewers. Invited Articles are not sent for external peer review but are reviewed by the Editors. Authors may request exclusion of individuals as peer reviewers, but they should explain the reasons in their cover letter on submission.

Editorial Board Meetings are held once a month. All submitted papers and the reviewers’ reports are discussed. The final decision regarding a manuscript is made by the Editorial Board.

When a member of the journal’s editorial board submits an article to the JPGIM, the member shall refrain from contributing to the process of peer review, discussion and publication decision.

The average time from submission to first decision is eight weeks.

Confidentiality

Editors and reviewers will treat all submitted manuscripts in confidence.

Fees

The Journal of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine does not charge any fees from authors or readers at present.

Copyright

Authors of articles published in the Journal of the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine retain the copyright of their articles. They are free to reproduce and disseminate their work. The source (JPGIM) should be cited when articles published in the JPGIM are reproduced or stored in a repository.

Articles in the Journal of the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Revenue sources

The journal website at Sri Lanka Journals Online is maintained by the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka and supported by International Network for Availability of Scientific Publication INASP an international development charity. 

Advertising

The journal website does not carry any advertisements.

Direct marketing

The Journal of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine (JPGIM) does not carry out any direct marketing activities, including solicitation of manuscripts.

Ethical and Publishing Policies

For information on the Ethical and Publishing polices of the journal, please see the Research Integrity section.

Section Policies