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About the Journal

The Journal of Medical Evidence(JME) is a peer reviewed journal from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS), Rishikesh one of premier academic healthcare centres in India. Its Editorial Board is comprised of many national and international stalwarts in the field of medical practice, education and training and research. We will publish articles that are of a high quality, which address issues which are relevant worldwide but mainly in developing countries and which are original, academically sound and important. These articles will be chosen through a robust and efficient peer review process which is not destructive but aims at helping our authors to improve the quality of their submissions.

Abstracting and Indexing Information
The journal is registered with the following abstracting partners: Baidu Scholar, CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), EBSCO Publishing's Electronic Databases, Ex Libris – Primo Central, Google Scholar, Hinari, Infotrieve, Netherlands ISSN centre, ProQuest, TDNet, Wanfang Data The journal is indexed with, or included in, the following:
DOAJ Journal Ethics
Wolters Kluwer and Journal/Association are committed to meeting and upholding standards of ethical behavior at all stages of the publication process. We follow closely the industry associations, such as the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), that set standards and provide guidelines for best practices in order to meet these requirements. For a summary of our specific policies regarding duplicate publication, conflicts of interest, patient consent, etc., please visit : www.Medknow.com/EthicalGuidelines.asp Open Access Publication and Creative Commons Licensing This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. Digital Archiving Wolters Kluwer Medknow provides for long-term digital preservation through two primary partnerships, Portico and CLOCKSS. Portico is a leading digital preservation service worldwide. The content is preserved as an archival version and is not publically accessible via Portico, but is provided when required under specific conditions, such as discontinuation of the collection or catastrophic failure of the website. CLOCKSS will enable any library to maintain their own archive of content from Wolters Kluwer Medknow and other publishers, with minimal technical effort and using cheaply available hardware. Ahead of Print policy Articles published online under the Ahead of Print model are considered published and can be cited and quoted using the DOI as the reference source. Wolters Kluwer Medknow has a policy that changes will not be made after publication of an article without following accepted procedures for making corrections to the scientific record. Advertisements While advertisements are crucial to this journal to be able to keep all content free for everyone, ethical considerations are in place to ensure the integrity of the journal and its content:

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Scope of the journal Our scope is fairly narrow. Any articles that will contribute towards improving healthcare in our region and beyond will be welcome especially those which contain original ideas which are especially relevant to us. The articles will have to meet one or all three of three criteria - they must inform, educate and entertain. Our broad aim is to publish articles of the highest level to promote evidence based medicine. We will cover a wide range of subjects including medical education, basic health sciences, public health, clinical practice of broad and super specialties, hospital administration, history of medicine, surgery and medical schools and any others related to improving healthcare for our own country and for the world.