Highlights from volume 6 issue 3
Editorial: South African pre-hospital guidelines: Report on progress and way forward
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Original article:
Developing metrics for emergency care research in low- and middle-income countries
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Original article: Bedside ultrasound training at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Hospital San Carlos in Chiapas, Mexico
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Original article: A pilot training program for point-of-care ultrasound in Kenya
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Original articles: Added value of graded compression ultrasound to the Alvarado score in cases of right iliac fossa pain
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Brave African Discussions in Emergency Medicine (#BAD.EM blog)
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#badEM (Brave African Discussions in Emergency Medicine) are all about promoting the special uniqueness of Emergency Medicine in Africa. We welcome any contributors, if you feel you have something that is Brave and African please contact us at info@badem.co.za
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Call for papers: PAediatrics Special Issue
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Scheduled for June 2017 experts with experience of working in Africa, will review some of the common paediatric emergency topics that are encountered in Africa in a special issue for the African Journal of Emergency Medicine. Topics covered will be the management of shock, major trauma and burns, child abuse, acute convulsions and respiratory support. Our aim is to be practical, locally applicable and evidence based.
Original articles, reviews and viewpoints on acute paediatrics are welcome and must be submitted by January 2017 for peer review. |
Why should you publish in afjem?
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AfJEM is the only emergency medicine journal in Africa. We excel at publishing research that relates to everyday emergency care resource limitations in the African region. In fact we publish 20% of all related research (see figure below, ref: Scopus analysis 2016). It is a quarterly journal (issues in March, June, September and December) and is published through Elsevier (ISSN: 2211-419X)
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Scimago journal rankings: second quartile journal out of 73 emergency medicine journal
Submission to first decision: 20 days (2015 average)
Submission to final decision: 2.5 months (includes author revision time, 2015 average)
Submission to first decision: 20 days (2015 average)
Submission to final decision: 2.5 months (includes author revision time, 2015 average)
Author Assist: our novel, free, author support service. Yes we'll can help you improve your paper without biasing the peer review process
Free open access to information to all: we do not restrict access to information (decent African research) from the populations it originated from. African research stays accessible to Africa.
No author fees: there are no author fees, subscription fees or any other fees. At AfJEM providing free, open access to information is that important.
Free open access to information to all: we do not restrict access to information (decent African research) from the populations it originated from. African research stays accessible to Africa.
No author fees: there are no author fees, subscription fees or any other fees. At AfJEM providing free, open access to information is that important.
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Some of our team members are on twitter. You can follow them by clicking the links below:
Editors-in-chief Stevan Bruijns (@afjem) Lee Wallis (@wallis_lee) Production editorial team Rachel Allgaier (@RachelAllgaier) Editorial team Petra Brysiewicz (@PetraBrysiewicz) Jennifer Chipps (@chippsj) Roger Dickerson (@RogerDickerson) Timothy C. Hardcastle (@vemadoc) Gabrielle A. Jacquet (@globalemed) Hein Lamprecht (@heinlamp) Terrence Mulligan (@tmullligan) Maxwell Osei-Ampofo (@moampofo) Melanie Stander (@EMStander) Mike Wells (@docmikewells) International advisory team Bob Jarman (UK), @bob_jarman Giles Cattermole (UK), @gilesmole Bret Nicks (USA / Tanzania), @GlobalEMMD |
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What will I get when I sign up? WhatsApp links to the latest African acute care relevant, open access publications or papers discussed in Uchunguzi (Journal Watch/ Montre de Journal). The rules are simple. You can post any African acute care related research as long as it is open access. You can sign up to either the English or the French WhatsApp group.
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Forthcoming African conferences
Submission area
AfJEM is currently listed by the Emerging Sources Citation Index (Thompson Reuters Web of Science), Sciverse Scopus (Elsevier, subscription required), the African Index Medicus (World Health Organisation), the South African Department of Higher Education and Training index, EMBASE (Elsevier, subscription required) and Google Scholar. AfJEM is signed up to the ICMJE's uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals and the principles set out by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Manuscripts submitted to AfJEM are checked for plagiarism with iThenticate software. Similarity reports are interpreted on a case by case basis but in general a similarity score of more than 10% is not acceptable.
Submit a paper for peer review
So you have written a stunning original research article, review of the literature or case report and you want to submit? Fantastic, we can't wait to send your paper for peer review. You should know that we take on average 5 weeks from submission to first decision. That is pretty quick by industry standards. Please read our easy guidance for authors prior to submitting to avoid delays entering the review process.
Guidance for authors
Before you start your submission you should probably have a look at our easy to follow, though comprehensive guidance for authors.
Author assist
AfJEM is dedicated to supporting all authors who wish to make an attempt at publication on an African emergency care topic. In order to maintain and produce a high quality, international standard Emergency Medicine journal, AfJEM has devised Author Assist. AfJEM uses a team of experienced volunteers (Author Assistants) to help improve the quality of manuscripts before peer-review submission.
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Submit a paper for peer review
So you have written a stunning original research article, review of the literature or case report and you want to submit? Fantastic, we can't wait to send your paper for peer review. You should know that we take on average 5 weeks from submission to first decision. That is pretty quick by industry standards. Please read our easy guidance for authors prior to submitting to avoid delays entering the review process.
Guidance for authors
Before you start your submission you should probably have a look at our easy to follow, though comprehensive guidance for authors.
Author assist
AfJEM is dedicated to supporting all authors who wish to make an attempt at publication on an African emergency care topic. In order to maintain and produce a high quality, international standard Emergency Medicine journal, AfJEM has devised Author Assist. AfJEM uses a team of experienced volunteers (Author Assistants) to help improve the quality of manuscripts before peer-review submission.
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Author area
Free resources to help your writing
> Elsevier Publishing campus research writing skills modules (College of Skills Training)
> Research4Life author skills training module (Part A to F)
> Viper plagiarism scanner
Research reporting checklists
Research reporting checklists are an amazing resource that helps researchers to structure their outputs in a consistent manner. Below are some of the most useful checklists that you may find useful when you prepare you manuscript:
> For randomised control trials: Consort statement
> For cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional studies: Strobe statement
> For case reports: Care statement
> For resource tiered reviews: Resource tiered checklist
> For systematic reviews: Prisma statement
> More checklists: Equator network
Other documents you may need along the way
> Mandatory inclusions: Find all the forms in the guidance for authors
> Patient consent forms: English consent form and French consent form
> Practical Pearl template: Download the template
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> Elsevier Publishing campus research writing skills modules (College of Skills Training)
> Research4Life author skills training module (Part A to F)
> Viper plagiarism scanner
Research reporting checklists
Research reporting checklists are an amazing resource that helps researchers to structure their outputs in a consistent manner. Below are some of the most useful checklists that you may find useful when you prepare you manuscript:
> For randomised control trials: Consort statement
> For cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional studies: Strobe statement
> For case reports: Care statement
> For resource tiered reviews: Resource tiered checklist
> For systematic reviews: Prisma statement
> More checklists: Equator network
Other documents you may need along the way
> Mandatory inclusions: Find all the forms in the guidance for authors
> Patient consent forms: English consent form and French consent form
> Practical Pearl template: Download the template
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Reviewer area
Reviewers play an essential part in science and in scholarly publishing. For more than 300 years, scientists and scholars have relied upon peer review to validate research, engage other specialists in the support of submitted work, and increase networking possibilities within specific specialist communities. AfJEM is no different. All original submissions to the journal pass through a rigorous peer review process with each paper reviewed by a minimum of two reviewers as well as an editor. Reviewers are in a sense the back bone of our journal. We have our wonderful reviewers to thank for our fantastic journal turnaround time of 29.8 days.
Important reviewer information
> Reviewer code of conduct
> Reviewer guidelines
> Thank you reviewers of 2015
Free reviewer resources
> Elsevier Publishing Campus peer review modules (College of Skills Training)
> Free 30-day access to Scopus following a review
> Free 30-day access to ScienceDirect following a review
> Online Reviewers’ Information Pack
> Elsevier reviewer's update
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Important reviewer information
> Reviewer code of conduct
> Reviewer guidelines
> Thank you reviewers of 2015
Free reviewer resources
> Elsevier Publishing Campus peer review modules (College of Skills Training)
> Free 30-day access to Scopus following a review
> Free 30-day access to ScienceDirect following a review
> Online Reviewers’ Information Pack
> Elsevier reviewer's update
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The official journal of the African Federation for Emergency Medicine, the Emergency Medicine Association of Tanzania, the Emergency Medicine Society of South Africa, the Egyptian Society of Emergency Medicine, the Libyan Emergency Medicine Association, the Ethiopian Society of Emergency Medicine Professionals, the Sudanese Emergency Medicine Society, the Society of Emergency Medicine Practitioners of Nigeria and the Rwanda Emergency Care Association
AfJEM is an affiliate journal of the Trauma Society of South Africa and the Namibian Medical Society
