aims and scope

Niger Delta Journal of Medicine and Medical Research aims to publish research papers, reviews, case reports and short communications in the areas of medicine and medical research. NDJMMR will not only publish traditional full research reports, including short communications, but also this journal will publish reports/articles on all stages of the research process like study protocols, pilot studies and pre-protocols. NDJMMR is novelty attracting, open minded, peer-reviewed medical periodical, designed to serve as a perfectly new platform for both mainstream and “new ground shaking” works as long as they are technically correct and scientifically motivated.

Subject matters include studies in clinical areas like immunology, anaesthesia, cardiovascular medicine, dentistry, pathology, pharmacology, and therapeutics, physiology, human anatomy, dermatology, respiratory medicine, rheumatology, otolaryngology, emergency medicine, infectious disease, neurology, nutrition and metabolism, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, psychiatry, radiology, nephrology, sexual health, urology, epidemiology and public health, health policy and management, forensic medicine and environmental medicine.

Niger Delta Journal of Medicine and Medical Research will have four issues per year. Each issue will be running issue and officially accepted manuscripts will be immediately published online.

Niger Delta Journal of Medicine and Medical Research considers the following types of articles:

• Research: Niger Delta Journal of Medicine and Medical Research publish primary research articles from the full spectrum of medical research.
• Case Reports: NDJMMR welcomes well-described reports of cases that can be used for educational purposes or that describes unusual features of the disease, its treatment, transmission or control. When describing clinical cases, the authors are requested to provide to provide written and signed consent to publish the information from the patients or their guardians; case reports may include clinical pictures.
• Case Studies: NDJMMR welcomes well-described case study articles. These will usually describe a major health care intervention, usually from a public health perspective. Case study articles that include a rigorous assessment of the processes and impact of the intervention as well as recommendations for future interventions will be considered favourably. Note that Case study articles should not describe an individual patient-authors should use the case report format for such descriptions.
• Commentaries: short, focused and opinionated articles on any subject within the journal’s scope. These articles are usually related to a contemporary issue, such as recent research findings. They focus on specific issues and are about 800 words.
• Reviews: Niger Delta Journal of Medicine and Medical Research aims to provide reviews with an in-depth coverage of all aspects of medicine. Some reviews are commissioned, but unsolicited reviews are welcome and routinely peer-reviewed. In addition, readers are encouraged to critically discuss articles published in NDJMMR by means of ‘Comments’, which will then remain associated with the article; all ‘Comments’ are moderated.