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EDITORIAL POLICY

From submission to publication: approximate time duration

i. Duration of paper submission: includes article with all necessary supporting documents – if not complete can take up to 2 to 3 weeks.

ii. Payment of Processing fee through bank transfer – 2 weeks

iii. File making –one week

iv. Initial in-house review- 2 to 3 weeks

v. Corrections by author - 2 to 4 weeks

vi. Peer Review: 8 weeks

vii. Corrections by authors - 4 - 8 weeks If acceptable:

viii. Technical review: 4 weeks

ix. Comments to author and corrections: 2 weeks

x. FINAL ACCEPTANCE to PUBLICATION: 4 to 8 weeks

AVERAGE DURATION OF ALL PROCESSES -7 to 9 months.

Link: https://www.jpma.org.pk/manuscript-processing

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association has agreed to receive and publish manuscripts in accordance with the principles of the following committees: