About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The Kansas Journal of Medicine (KJM) publishes original research, brief reports, journal club articles, reviews, commentaries, and case reports on all aspects of clinical medicine, health care delivery, health policy, and medical education. The journal is a publication of the University of Kansas Medical Center (ISSN: 1948-2035). Although submissions are not restricted by geography or affiliation, authors with current or past association within the institution or Kansas are targeted, as well as manuscript topics related to Kansas healthcare institutions and populations.

KJM publishes on a bi-monthly rotation, or six issues yearly (Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug/, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec), with the occasional supplemental issue. 

Open Access

KJM is an open-access journal, which means that all content is freely available immediately upon publication without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, per the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0) International License, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.

KJM does not charge authors any fees to publish in the journal.

Copyright

Authors retain copyright in their work. All articles in KJM are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC-ND) License.

Peer Review

KJM adheres to rigorous academic standards. All articles submitted to the journal undergo a comprehensive review process. Articles are first internally reviewed for relevance to KJM and scientific merit by the Publication Manager and Editor-in-Chief. Only articles deemed relevant will be sent for external review. 

Relevant articles will be sent for external double-anonymous review. Identities of author and reviewers are hidden from each other. 

Ethics

This journal follows best practices for publishing and follows the Principles of transparency and best practices in scholarly publishing, including those outlined in the Publication ethics and related editorial policies and Peer review sections.

Archiving

In the event that KJM or KU Libraries stops operating, the journal is indexed in PubMed Central (PMC) and is therefore electronically backed up for long term digital preservation. The journal is indexed under the title Kans J Med in PMC, as well as PubMed.

The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability, status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, gender identity, gender expression, and genetic information in the university's programs and activities. Retaliation is also prohibited by university policy. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies and is the Title IX coordinator for all KU and KUMC campuses: Associate Vice Chancellor for the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX, civilrights@ku.edu, Room 1082, Dole Human Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045, 785-864-6414, 711 TTY.