About the Journal

About the Journal


Aim and Scope

JJMEDSCI is a multidisciplinary journal that serves as a medium for communication among medical and allied health scientists, clinicians and other relevant professionals. The Journal provides opportunity for exchange of ideas, knowledge, discoveries and other educational information pertinent to the advancement of medical and allied health sciences.


Open Access Publication and Creative Commons Licensing

CC BY-NC-SA

Jewel Journal of Medical Sciences 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.


Types of Article

The JJMEDSCI accepts and publishes the following types of articles:

  1. Original Research Articles: This type of article must have a clear objective of the study, concise discussion and a clear conclusion.
  2. Mini-Review Articles: Concise review of current or updated knowledge or advancements in the related fields.
  3. Systematic Review: Collects all possible studies related to a given topic and design, and reviews and analyzes their results
  4. Meta-Analysis: A valid, objective and scientific method of analyzing and combining different results in order to obtain more reliable results.
  5. Case Reports: Short and concise description of a unique, unusual or novel occurrence of a clinical case or presentation.
  6. 6. Letters to the Editor:
  7. Short Communications: Short and concise papers that present original and significant material for rapid dissemination.

Manuscript Submission

The corresponding author may submit the manuscript(s) through the online submission system or via Email at: jjmedsci@gsu.edu.ng or jeweljournalofmedsci@gmail.com. An automated acknowledgement mail will be sent once the submission is received. Submission of a manuscript will be taken to mean that it is unpublished work except in abstract form and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. This point should be clearly stated in the author's covering letter. Prior to submission, intending authors are strongly advised to observe the following:

  1. Strict adherence to the JJMEDSCI style of writing
  2. Effective proof reading to ensure acceptable grammatical expressions in English Language (preferably British spellings).
  3. The manuscript conforms to COPE principles of publications (http://publicationethics.org).
  4. All authors must read the manuscript and agree on submission to JJMEDSCI
  5. A cover letter should be provided while submitting the manuscript

Editorial Process

Manuscript will be assigned manuscript number once it is received by the Editorial Office and subsequent communications between JJMEDSCI and corresponding author must bear these numbers. The Editor-in-Chief will do editorial review to ascertain conformity with JJMEDSCI instructions and will assign JJMEDSCI-conformed manuscript to appropriate Deputy Editor. The Deputy Editor confirms that the manuscripts worth consideration for publication and he/she assigns the manuscript to 3 independent reviewers with expertise in the area of focus of the manuscript. Usually, the editorial process may take 4 - 8 weeks depending on the numbers of manuscript and availability of reviewers. The outcomes of the review process will be communicated to the Editor-in-Chief who is turn relay same to the authors through the corresponding author.

Please note that, JJMEDSCI non-conformed manuscripts will be immediately returned to the authors for re-submission following required corrections. All manuscripts received will be treated with absolute confidentiality and will be shared only with individuals directly involved with the publication processes.

Publication Charges

JJMEDSCI charges a -non-refundable publication fees of Thirty Thousand Naira (₦30,000) only or One hundred USD ($100) only which is expected to be paid into JJMEDSCI Naira Account (GTBank, 0639772643) or USD Account (GTBank, 0639772650). This will only be paid following acceptance of the manuscript. Opportunity for waiver (part or full) will be provided for authors with financial challenges and who have requested for waiver with convincing evidence during submission of the manuscript. JJMEDSCI will not reject manuscript based on inability of the authors to fulfill their financial obligation provided such manuscript is of exceptional quality.