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Journal Policy

Military Medicine accepts feature articles, clinical/case reports, guest editorials/perspectives, and letters to the Editor for publication.

Contributions are suitable for consideration by Military Medicine if they represent original material, have not been published previously, are not being considered for publication elsewhere, and have been approved by each author. The Guidelines for Authors are in accordance with the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals," as published by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors at www.icmje.org.

In accordance with the standards of the ICMJE, "When reporting experiments on human subjects, authors should indicate whether the procedures followed were in accordance with ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national)….When reporting experiments on animals, authors should be asked to indicate whether the institutional and national guide for the care and use of laboratory animals was followed."

Authors submitting articles that fit the description in the US Copyright Act of 1976 of a "US Government Work," are responsible for obtaining any required clearance from the appropriate federal agency prior to submission.

Military Medicine corresponds with only one author per manuscript. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to forward information to the other authors, maintain the author account, and obtain and forward publication documents.

The current status of a manuscript submitted for review can be checked through the author link available through the AMSUS website, www.amsus.org. There are several behind the scenes steps to each process, so it may appear your manuscript is not moving through the process when in fact it is.

The time limit for author revisions is 30 days. If no communication is received within 30 days, the contribution will be considered withdrawn.

Military Medicine maintains a peer review system for all submissions. ALL contributions (including editorials/perspectives, but excluding letters to the editor) must pass peer review before they are considered for publication. Peer reviewer names are kept confidential, author names are not.  Letters to the editor may need to pass peer review, as well at the discretion of the Editor.

Manuscripts that do not comply with the Guidelines for Authors do not fit the general submission criteria, or whose use of the English language makes it difficult to understand will not be reviewed. The submitting author will be notified via email.

Authors alone are responsible for the opinions expressed in the paper.

Military Medicine is a copyrighted journal. While some papers submitted fit the description of the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976 of a "U.S. Government Work" and are therefore considered to be Public Domain Information, Military Medicine reserves the right to copyright its design and layout of that information.

Feature Articles treat research and other topics in full and address new subjects. They are limited to 4,000 words of text including an abstract of not more than 150 words.  When counting the word total, do not include the abstract, references and illustrative material.  References, tables, and figures should be sufficient in number to reasonably support the content of the manuscript. As a general rule, together they should increase the number of print pages by fewer than 50%, however.

Clinical/Case Reports present new research findings, data from pilot studies, worthwhile replication studies, therapeutic interventions, or reports of noteworthy cases. Clinical/Case Reports are limited to 3,000 words, including an abstract of not more than 150 words. When counting the word total, do not include the abstract, references and illustrative material.  The author(s) should indicate in the cover letter if the submission is a clinical or a case report.

Guest Editorials/Perspectives are viewpoints, opinions, or proposals that discuss current knowledge concerning a subject of interest to the readership. Editorials/Perspectives should not exceed 1,500 words. References will be accepted, but must be kept to a minimum, generally not more than six. No tables or figures will be accepted with editorials/perspectives. Please see the attachments for a sample of the format. Print space in the journal is at a premium so editorials will be printed as space permits.

Letters to the Editor are a means of communication to the readership permitting publication of current commentary or criticisms on issues and on the contents of Military Medicine. Letters may explain, amplify, correct, or make other comments and may not exceed 1,000 words. References may NOT be cited in a Letter to the Editor unless specifically requested by the Editorial Staff. Should the author wish, the phrase "References available from the author(s)" may be placed at the end of the letter. If deemed appropriate by the Editor, the author of the original paper will be invited to provide a response that will be published with the letter. Letters may be edited and may be held for publication until space is available. Letters are not acknowledged. Please see the attachments for a sample of the format.