- Focus and Scope
- Section Policies
- Peer Review Process
- Publication Frequency
- Open Access Policy
- Archiving
- Index/List/Archive
Focus and Scope
Discussion of Clinical Cases (PRINT ISSN 2375-8449, ONLINE ISSN 2375-8473) is an open-access journal, dedicated to keep scientists, clinical and medical practitioners, researchers informed about the ongoing research and the current developments regarding typical diseases. Articles must be authentic, understandable, educational and clinically interesting to an international audience of surgeons, trainees and researchers in all medical subspecialties, as well as clinicians in related fields.
Authors are encouraged to submit complete, unpublished, original, and full-length articles that are not under review in any other journals. The journal is striving to achieve high quality through double-blind peer review, as specified in Author Guidelines.
The journal was acquired by Sciedu Press in March 2019, and now is jointly published by the Third Affilliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University and Sciedu Press.
Section Policies
Original Articles
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Case Reports
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Reviews
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Reports
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Perspective
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Letter to Editor
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Peer Review Process
We use a double-blind system for peer review; both reviewers’ and authors’ identities remain anonymous. The paper will be reviewed by at least two experts: one editorial staff member and at least one external reviewer. The review process may take 4-10 weeks.
Publication Frequency
2023 Quarterly, published in March, June, September and December
2022 Quarterly, published in March, June, September and December
2021 Quarterly, published in March, June, September and December
2020 Quarterly, published in March, June, September and December
2019 Quarterly, published in March, June, September and December
2018 Quarterly, published in March, June, September and December
2017 Quarterly, published in March, June, September and December
2016 Quarterly, published in March, June, September and December
2015 Quarterly, published in March, June, September and December
2014 Quarterly, published in October
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Archiving
This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...