Instruction to Authors

Ceylon Medical Journal 1996: 41; 2; p 83 - 86


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SELECTION FOR PUBLICATION

SELECTION FOR PUBLICATION

All articles received will be acknowledged to the corresponding author. Each manuscript will be read by the Editors to decide whether it should be further reviewed. Those selected for review will be sent anonymously to a referee, along with a structured format and written guidelines. When necessary a manuscript may also be reviewed anonymously by a medical statistician

Peer review

Referees are asked to treat papers as confidential communications and not to share their content with anyone except colleagues they have asked to assist them in reviewing, or to use content for their own purposes. They are asked to declare any conflicts of interest (such as personal ties to authors) and not to copy manuscripts.

Editorial board

All articles which receive favourable reviews are submitted anonymously to the Editorial Board which meets once a month. Members of the board are asked to assess articles on the basis of importance of the research problem, scientific strength, clarity of presentation and appropriateness for readers of the CMJ.

Referees' comments, and the gist of observations of the Editorial Board are conveyed to authors of articles that are rejected or require substantial modification.

Editors reserve the right to modify style, shorten articles, make editorial corrections where necessary, and to determine priority and time of publication.



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