The Journal is international in scope, with author and editorial contributions from across the globe. The focus is on clinical and epidemiological aspects of tropical and infectious diseases, new and re-emerging infections, chronic non-communicable diseases, and medical conditions prevalent in the Latin America-Caribbean region, and of significance to global health, especially in developing countries. The Journal covers all medical disciplines, as well as basic and translational research elucidating the pathophysiologic basis of diseases or focussing on new therapeutic approaches, and publishes original scientific research, reviews, case reports, brief communications, letters, commentaries and medical images. The Journal publishes four to six issues and four supplements annually. English is the language of publication but Abstracts are also duplicated in Spanish. Most of the articles are submitted at the authors’ initiative, but some are solicited by the Editor-in-Chief. Unless expressly stated, the Editorial Board does not accept responsibility for authors’ opinions.
All papers on submission are reviewed by a subcommittee. Those deemed worthy for review are sent to two or three reviewers (one of the three might be a statistician if necessary). The returned papers with reviewer comments are reviewed by the Editor-in-Chief. Papers may be rejected, accepted or sent back to authors for revision. Resubmitted papers from authors are reviewed by the Editor-in-Chief and may be sent back to reviewers or a final decision made by Editor-in-Chief. The decision of the Editorial Board is final with regards to rejected articles. Rejected articles will not be returned to the authors. The editorial subcommittee has the right to return sub-standard manuscripts to the authors, rather than passing them on to the reviewers. This implies outright rejection of the manuscript.
《West Indian Medical Journal》是一本由University of the West Indies出版商出版的專業醫學期刊,該刊創刊于1951年,刊期Quarterly,該刊已被國際權威數據庫SCIE收錄。在中科院最新升級版分區表中,該刊分區信息為大類學科:醫學 4區,小類學科:醫學:內科 4區;在JCR(Journal Citation Reports)分區等級為Q4。該刊發文范圍涵蓋醫學:內科等領域,旨在及時、準確、全面地報道國內外醫學:內科工作者在該領域取得的最新研究成果、工作進展及學術動態、技術革新等,促進學術交流,鼓勵學術創新。2021年影響因子為0.206,平均審稿速度偏慢,4-8周。
大類學科 | 分區 | 小類學科 | 分區 | Top期刊 | 綜述期刊 |
醫學 | 4區 | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL 醫學:內科 | 4區 | 否 | 否 |
JCR分區等級 | JCR所屬學科 | 分區 | 影響因子 |
Q4 | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | Q4 | 0.206 |
影響因子 | h-index | Gold OA文章占比 | 研究類文章占比 | OA開放訪問 | 平均審稿速度 |
0.206 | 28 | 2.44% | 98.88% | 開放 | 偏慢,4-8周 |