Last change 1/1/2025
Journal Policy
Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal (PAFMJ) to publish articles with content pertaining to different fields of biomedical sciences, providing sufficient contribution to medical knowledge. The journal is presently being published bimonthly. PAFMJ is nationally recognized by the Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PM&DC), the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan (CPSP), and the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan. It is included in the “Y” category of HEC journals. The articles include new experimental methods of medical importance; new interpretation of existing results or data pertaining to clinical problems and epidemiological work giving substantial scientific information pertaining to biomedical sciences. All such articles aim for development of medical concepts contributing to the diverse body of existing medical literature.
EDITORIAL FREEDOM
Chief Editor has full authority over the editorial content of the journal. There is no interference in the evaluation; selection or editing of individual articles either directly or by creating an environment that strongly influences decisions.
EDITORIAL OFFICE
The editorial office has been established at Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The members of the editorial board are appointed keeping in view their professional competence in different fields of biomedical sciences. In addition to advisors/specialists from Armed Forces, competent professionals from civil sector as well as from foreign countries are included with approval of the senior members of the editorial advisory board.
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
The editorial committee consists of Chief editor, Editor, Associate editor, Joint editor(s), Assistant editor(s) and National and International Editorial Board members. The local members meet at least once a month to expedite the business of the journal. The editorial committee follows the guidelines provided by International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) in uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals: which can be downloaded fromhttp://www.icmje.org/.
PUBLICATION TIMELINES
Timelines for print and online publications are as under: -
| Issue | Month | Date |
| 1 | Jan, Feb | 28th Feb |
| 2 | Mar, April | 30th Apr |
| 3 | May, June | 30th Jun |
| 4 | July, Aug | 31st Aug |
| 5 | Sep, Oct | 31st Oct |
| 6 | Nov, Dec | 31st Dec |
The Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal (PAFMJ) is committed to promoting scholarly research and encouraging contributions from authors worldwide. To support this goal, PAFMJ is pleased to announce the waiver of all processing and publication charges for international authors.
We have updated the processing and publication fees for the Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal. For detailed information about the new fee structure, please visit this link.
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