Journal of Medical Case Reports is the world’s first international, PubMed-listed, medical journal devoted to publishing case reports from all medical disciplines. Edited by a highly esteemed Editorial Board, the journal welcomes the submission of original case reports with educational value that expand the field of medical knowledge. The journal is open access and strongly endorses the CARE guidelines for case reports, requiring authors to submit populated CARE checklists with submissions to improve transparency in reporting.
Journal of Medical Case Reports
Introduction
Journal of Medical Case Reports is the world’s first international, PubMed-listed, medical journal devoted to publishing case reports from all medical disciplines. Edited by a highly esteemed Editorial Board, the journal welcomes the submission of original case reports with educational value that expand the field of medical knowledge. The journal is open access and strongly endorses the CARE guidelines for case reports, requiring authors to submit populated CARE checklists with submissions to improve transparency in reporting.
Aim and Scope
Journal of Medical Case Reports will consider any original case report that expands the field of general medical knowledge and original research relating to case reports.
- Case reports should show one of the following:
- Unreported or unusual side effects or adverse interactions involving medications
- Unexpected or unusual presentations of a disease
- New associations or variations in disease processes
- Presentations, diagnoses, and/or management of new and emerging diseases
- An unexpected association between diseases or symptoms
- An unexpected event while observing or treating a patient
- Findings that shed new light on the possible pathogenesis of a disease or an adverse effect
Journal of Medical Case Reports
Impact Factor
0.8
SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
0.31
CiteScore
1.3
Frequency
Monthly, Bimonthly
Publisher
BioMed Central
Acceptance Rate
60% to 70%.