Editor in Chief's Invitation to Contribute

Dear colleagues,

It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a paper to Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports, an electronic open access peer reviewed journal.

Case reports are not only of academic interest across a wide readership but are also of immediate relevance to practicing clinicians. The majority of doctors across the world practise medicine, and without doubt most have at some time come across “memorable patients” from whom they (and possibly their colleagues as well) have learnt. Many yearn to share their experience; Clinical Medicine: Case Reports now offers the ideal vehicle. Reading case reports commonly triggers a variety of memories, emotions and ideas from personal practice and experience. This I feel is a major difference from the research studies published in traditional medical journals: these may or may not infl uence practice tomorrow whereas case reports can impact today.

Busy clinicians who are prepared to present their patient’s case in an educational forum or informally are sometimes reluctant to write about their experience as they feel “intimidated” by what they perceive as the effort involved in transforming bedside clinical discussions into a cogent and coherent paper. Yet the typical case report does not differ greatly from that of cases presented during Ward Rounds, Group Discussions or in Grand Rounds. Simply ask: “What have I learnt from my patient?” “Lots”. “Will this information be of interest to others?” “Yes”. If so, then try and put the message across directly and in brief. Effort? Yes. Rewards to oneself? Far greater!

Advantages of Publishing

• Visibility: high on-website open access visibility and indexing in Directory of Open Access Journals, EBSCO Academic Search Complete, EBSCO CINAHL Complete, EMBase, OAlster, Open J-Gate, SCOPUS, Socolar

• Speed: just 21 days average to first editorial decision including two high-quality peer reviews

• Service: accessible professional staff

• Author rewards: submit more than one paper over 365 days and high-priority processing and production and progressively higher levels of article processing fee discount

What Do Your Colleagues Say?

"My experience with Libertas Academica was excellent. The review process was smooth and speedy. After publishing, I received a kind and favorable response from a reader. I have never experienced such a comment after my publications to orthodox journals." -Dr Hiro Koshiyama.  More testimonials...

Read more about preparing your manuscript for submission and watch a video on how to submit it.

Yours sincerely,

Dr Chandu Bardhan
Editor-in-Chief
Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports