About the Journal

 

AJCTM (AJCTM) is a peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal and the official journal of the Avicenna Medical & Research Initiative (AMRI). AJCTM publishes rigorous research across the basic, clinical, translational and applied health sciences.

The journal provides a platform for researchers, clinicians, educators and health professionals and promotes scientific integrity, methodological rigor, evidence-based practice, translational research, scholarly collaboration and research-capacity development.

Disciplines represented

·         Basic and molecular sciences

·         Clinical medicine

·         Cardiovascular sciences

·         Pharmacology and therapeutics

·         Medical and health professions education

·         Public health and epidemiology

·         Population and global health

·         Neurosciences

·         Genetics and molecular medicine

·         Immunology

·         Microbiology and infectious diseases

·         Virology

·         Oncology and cancer biology

·         Physiology and pathology

·         Allied health sciences

·         Translational medicine

·         Implementation science

·         Clinical trials

·         Observational and population-based research

·         Research methodology and scientific reporting

·         Health systems and policy research

Article types

·         Original Articles

·         Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses

·         Scoping Reviews

·         Narrative Reviews

·         Clinical Trials

·         Case Reports

·         Case Series

·         Short Communications

·         Methodological Articles

·         Viewpoints and Perspectives

·         Editorials

·         Letters to the Editor

·         Special Communications

·         Practice Guidelines

·         Conference Abstracts and approved Special Issues/Supplements

AIMS AND SCOPE

AJCTM aims to publish high-quality research that advances knowledge in medical and health sciences and has relevance to clinical practice, health professions education, population health, research methodology or health policy.

The journal welcomes basic, clinical and translational research; clinical studies and trials; population and public-health research; discovery and molecular medicine; microbiology; cellular biology; genetics; cancer biology; pharmacology; virology; immunobiology; physiology; pathology; qualitative and quantitative research; implementation science; and ethically conducted human, animal or laboratory studies.

AJCTM also considers high-quality secondary research, including systematic reviews, meta-analyses, scoping reviews, narrative reviews, evidence-based articles and practice guidelines.

·         Manuscripts should be comprehensible to a broad health-sciences readership.

·         Submissions should contribute meaningfully to practice, education, research or policy.

·         Manuscripts, tables, figures and illustrations must be original and not simultaneously under consideration elsewhere.

·         AJCTM aligns editorial and publication practices with relevant ICMJE, COPE, WAME and accepted reporting-guideline principles.

Open Access, APC and Waiver Information

 

AJCTM is an open-access journal. All published articles are immediately available without subscription or access charges.

·         No submission, editorial-assessment or peer-review fee is charged.

·         Standard APC after formal acceptance: PKR 40,000 for authors based in Pakistan; USD 250 for authors based outside Pakistan.

·         The APC is payable only after formal acceptance and does not influence editorial or peer-review decisions.

·         AJCTM may announce full or partial APC waivers. Temporary waiver notices should be date-stamped and applied transparently.

·         AJCTM does not offer paid fast-track acceptance, guaranteed acceptance or preferential editorial decisions.

·         Payment instructions are issued only after acceptance through the official Editorial Office.

·         Unless otherwise stated, articles are published under CC BY 4.0. Authors retain copyright.