Journal of Surgical Specialties and Rural Practice (JSSRP), a publication of the Institute of Family Medicine and Primary Care, is a peer-reviewed print + online 3 Issues journal. The journal's full text is available online at http://www.jssrp.org. The journal allows free access (Open Access) to its contents. It permits authors to self-archive the final accepted version of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional / subject-based repository.
Abstracting and Indexing Information
The journal is registered with the following abstracting partners:
Baidu Scholar, CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), EBSCO Publishing's Electronic Databases, Ex Libris – Primo Central, Google Scholar, Hinari, Infotrieve, Netherlands ISSN centre, ProQuest, TDNet, Wanfang Data
The journal is indexed with, or included in, the following:
DOAJ
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Open Access Publication and Creative Commons Licensing
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Digital Archiving
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Ahead of Print policy
Articles published online under the Ahead of Print model are considered published and can be cited and quoted using the DOI as the reference source. Wolters Kluwer Medknow has a policy that changes will not be made after publication of an article without following accepted procedures for making corrections to the scientific record.
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Scope of the journal
Rural health or rural medicine is the interdisciplinary study of health and health care delivery in rural and remote habitat. The concept of rural medicine integrates disciplines such as geography, midwifery, nursing, sociology, economy, telehealth, or telemedicine. People in rural areas generally have poor access to healthcare than their urban. Fewer healthcare professionals, medical practitioners, mental health programs, and healthcare facilities in these areas often mean low quality of care and often nonexistent emergency service. For rural residents to have sufficient access, necessary and appropriate healthcare services must be available and obtainable on time. Poor health constitutes suffering and deprivation of the most fundamental kind. Rural habitat poses a severe disadvantage to the rural population in terms of access to healthcare services. Only a comprehensive approach can address these inequities arising from inadequate healthcare systems.
The lack of healthcare workers has resulted in unconventional healthcare delivery to rural dwellers, including innovative and exceptional procedural interventions and medical consultations by phone digital means. Attracting health professionals to isolated locations need incentives for rural practice.
Surgery is increasingly becoming an integral part of public health and health systems development worldwide. Such surgical care should be provided at the same type and level in both urban and rural settings. However, the provision of necessary surgery in remote and rural areas of developed and low and middle-income countries remains inadequate and poses significant challenges. Rural and remote surgery is a multidisciplinary domain involving General Surgeons, Anesthetists, Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Dental Surgeons, Nursing professionals, Healthcare technicians, Public Health Professionals, Physicians, and Surgeons.
JSSRP facilitates multidisciplinary research, education, training, and education of surgical specialties and rural practice.
Scholars of all applied sciences, broad specialties, subspecialties, and other professionals are welcome to publish their research and findings towards an interdisciplinary dialogue for better health outcomes. The manuscripts may belong to basic, fundamental, applied, and clinical sciences.
Who can submit
Professionals of General Surgery, Anesthesia, Orthopedic Surgery, Trauma and Accident, Neurosurgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ophthalmology, ENT, Point of care technology, Point of Care, Diagnostics, Radiology, Sonography, Lab Technology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Virology, Pathology, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Family medicine, general internal medicine, Public administration, Hospital administration, Rural Health, Remote Health, Public health, Policymakers, Medical students, Nursing students, etc. are invited to submit their work. Scholars of all applied sciences, broad specialties, subspecialties, and other professionals are welcome to publish their research and findings towards an interdisciplinary dialogue for better health outcomes. The manuscripts may belong to basic, fundamental, applied, and clinical sciences.
APC: Article Processing Fee
There is no submission fee, processing fee, or publication fee applicable to this journal. Submission and free access publication are entirely free of charge.
The First Issue: Make a Mark in History - The first issue of any journal is a historical opportunity to make a mark in the given research domain. The scope and domain of this journal are unique. Students, trainees, residents, researchers, faculty are invited to contribute to this entirely new knowledge domain and its development right from the beginning.
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Founded in 1997, Medknow is a well-respected medical publisher that fully supports many of the popular open access models through its peer-review management system. Medknow’s open access policy has resulted in more than a half a million article downloads monthly for all of its journals.
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