West Indian Medical Journal

期刊简介：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.

【译文】这是一本国际性的期刊，涵盖全球作者的投稿和编辑贡献。重点关注热带和传染病、新出现的感染、慢性非传染性疾病以及拉丁美洲-加勒比地区普遍存在的医疗状况，以及全球健康，特别是在发展中国家的重要性。该期刊涵盖所有医学学科，以及阐明疾病病理生理学基础或关注新治疗方法的基调和转化研究，并发表原创科学研究、综述、病例报告、简报、信件、评论和医学图像。该期刊每年出版四到六期和四份增刊。英语是出版语言，但摘要也用西班牙语重复。大部分文章是作者主动提交的，但也有一些是由主编邀请的。除非明确声明，编辑委员会不对作者的观点承担责任。所有提交的论文都由一个子委员会进行审查。被认为值得审查的论文将被发送给两位或三位审稿人（如果需要，其中一位可能是统计学家）。返回的论文附有审稿人评论，将由主编进行审查。论文可能被拒绝、接受或退回给作者进行修改。作者重新提交的论文将由主编进行审查，可能被退回给审稿人或由主编做出最终决定。编辑委员会的决定是关于被拒绝文章的最终决定。被拒绝的文章将不会退回给作者。编辑子委员会有权将不符合标准的稿件退回给作者，而不是将其转交给审稿人。这意味着直接拒绝稿件。