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Randomized trials (CONSORT)
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Case reports (CARE)
Qualitative research (SRQR
Diagnostic / prognostic studies (STARD)
Quality improvement studies (SQUIRE)
Economic evaluations (CHEERS)  
Animal pre-clinical studies (ARRIVE)
Study protocols (SPIRIT)
Clinical practice guidelines (AGREE)


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Elmer Press Inc.
9225 Leslie Street, Suite 201
Richmond Hill
Ontario, L4B 3H6
Canada
Tel:  647-671-2629


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A Message From the Director

Since its founding, Elmer Press has committed to promote medical research information exchange via open access journals’ publishing, these journals cover broad clinical medicine
disciplines, and are indexed in world leading databases, such as PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, Web of Science. Our commitments are “Quality, Innovation, and Efficiency”. We’re on the path of continuous improvement and innovation in the medical publishing, we deliver cutting-edge medical research advancement to medical communities, we take pride in providing the medical community with high quality service and meet their academic needs. Our employees, with outstanding dedication, creativity and talent, work together to fulfill these initiatives and goals, I’m proud of how our employees rally together and the commitment, passion, and optimism they show. I invite you to explore our journals and submit your research works for publication with us, we welcome submissions from all over the world, we ensure that your manuscripts are processed scientifically, professionally, and timely. Looking back at the years of positive change and accomplishments, I am confident of our role in the medical research and advancement, we look forward to the exciting years ahead to work with world researchers and scientists. 

Richard Liu, MD, MSc
Director, Elmer Press Inc.
Toronto, Canada
Collaboration contact: publisher@elmerpress.com 

Company Profile

Company Registration and History

Elmer Press Inc is an independent academic publisher, it is registered and operated as a federal incorporation in Canada, the Federal Corporation Number is 8179590. The Elmer Press was originally established in Montreal, Quebec, and started medical publishing from 2008. In the summer of 2016, the company moved to Toronto, Ontario. 
Address of the Publishing Company
Elmer Press Inc., address: 9225 Leslie Street, Suite 201, Richmond Hill, Ontario, L4B 3H6, Canada. Tel: 647-671-2629

Mission Statement
Elmer Press Inc is a medical and academic publisher of print and online journals and books. Elmer Press provides readers and the world academic community with high quality of scientific information across broad spectrum of disciplines. Other publication media encompasses audio and video multimedia materials. The open access journals published by Elmer Press are peer-reviewed and international, dedicated to the rapid academic exchange. Has been in the publishing business since 2008, currently the publisher publishes 14 open access medical journals, focusing on the clinical medicine research in various disciplines, new titles are to be launched.

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Publishing

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English Editing

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Data Conversion

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Research Designing

Publishing medical journals and books in print and online. All journals are international, open access and peer-reviewed.

English editing for manuscripts from non-native English speakers. Translating manuscripts written in other languages into English version.

Composition of STM Journals, STM Books. Data conversions to and from various formats, such as article XML conversion.

Designing clinical study projects, retrospective and prospective, single and multi-centre studies, following the research guidelines.

Location (Full Address) of Corporate Office

Elmer Press Inc.
9225 Leslie Street, Suite 201
Richmond Hill
Ontario, L4B 3H6
Canada
Tel: 647-671-2629
Email:

Open Access Publishing
By default, Elmer Press publishes all journals and articles under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International CC-BY-NC 4.0), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Journal Indexing

PubMed/PubMed Central
Journal of Clinical Medicine Research
World Journal of Oncology
Gastroenterology Research
Cardiology Research
Journal of Hematology

Journal of Medical Cases

Web of Science - Core Collection

World Journal of Oncology
Gastroenterology Research
Cardiology Research
Journal of Endocrinology & Metabolism
Journal of Hematology
Journal of Clinical Medicine Research

Scopus
Journal of Endocrinology & Metabolism

Gastroenterology Research
World Journal of Oncology
Cardiology Research
Journal of Clinical Medicine Research
Journal of Medical Cases

Publishing Policies and Ethics

The Individuals Responsible for the Scientific Quality of Publications

The main mechanisms for ensuring the scientific quality of published articles are peer-review, editorial scrutiny. To this end, the submitted articles are rigorously peer-reviewed to ensure to accept the high quality submissions, and the quality is controlled by the Editor(s)-in-Chief or section editors. The editorial board members and peer reviewers are all experts in their field from various countries and regions around the world. The published articles reflect the up-to-date research findings, with reliable results, objective and un-biased discussion of the results.

In the production stage, the copyediting, layout, proofreading, online and printing publication are all maintained in highest possible quality.

Editorial Policies

Author contributions

The authors are those who have made significant and substantial contributions to the manuscript, including conception, design, execution and interpretation of the findings being published, and drafting and revising the article. Those who have made other contributions to the work, such as laboratory supporting work, should be listed in the Acknowledgements. The guidelines in ICMJE clearly define the authorship, click here for more details. For change of authors after submitting, the COPE guidelines should be followed. The corresponding author should contact the journal for any change of authors.

Study subjects

Animal experiments involving vertebrates or higher invertebrates should comply with all relevant institutional and national animal welfare laws, guidelines and policies, this should indicate in the Methods section of the manuscripts.

For any clinical study with human participants, informed consent must have been obtained from each participant, this should indicate in the Methods section of the manuscripts. All clinical studies should comply with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki, click here for details.

Corrections and retractions

If serious error or scientific misconduct occurs, the article will be retracted during any stage of publishing. If the paper with error has been published, and the error is minor without affecting the overall results and conclusions of the study, a correction statement will be published in the next available issue.

If errors were found in a published article, which affect scientific meaning of the report, the journal will publish Correction in print and online. The journal will take responsibility if errors were caused by the publishing staff during the editing and publishing process. If errors were caused by the authors, a Correction will be published with the authors paying the respective publishing charge (for rates, see journal site). Corrections will be published in the journal in the next earliest possible issue on numbered pages, the issue TOC should contain the Correction title, in the text, the changes being made should be clearly and fully described.

If serious error or scientific misconduct occurs, the article will be retracted during any stage of publishing, and post publication. If fraudulent behavior is suspected, a further investigation may be triggered, authors’ employers or governing bodies may be contacted for the investigation.

Publication fees

The journals published by Elmer Press Inc are open access, in open access publishing, the fulltexts of published articles are freely available to all the interested readers around the globe without delay. Article publishing in this open access journal is subject to publication charge, this publication fee is to cover the cost of editorial work, editing, publishing online and in print, it will be billed to the submitting author or corresponding author upon acceptance of the article. For rates of publication fee, please refer to individual journals.

Copyrights

In the open-access journal, published articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Conflict of Interest

All authors should declare any conflict of interests related to the manuscript, these interests include but not limited to commercial, personal, political and intellectual aspects. All editors, editorial staff and reviewers should also report potential conflict of interests related to the submissions they are working with.

Specific Study Designs

·        Reporting guidelines for some specific studies are recommended as follows.

·        RCT: CONSORT Statement.

·        Systematic reviews and meta-analyses: PRISMA statement.

·         Diagnostic studies: STARD requirements.

·        Observational studies in epidemiology: STROBE initiative.

·        Microarray experiments:  MIAME guidelines.

Disclaimer

The statements and opinions contained in this journal are solely those of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the editors or the publisher. The appearance of advertisements in the Journal is not a warranty, endorsement or approval of the products or services advertised or of their safety. The Editor-in-Chief and the Publisher disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas or products referred to in the articles or advertisements.

Editorial Decision

The single most important criterion for acceptance is the originality of the work. However, a decision to accept a manuscript is not based solely on the scientific validity of its content. Other factors may affect decisions, such factors are, but not limited to, the extent and importance of new information in the paper compared with that in other papers being considered, the Journal's need to represent a wide range of topics, and the overall suitability for the target journal.

Publishing Policy

The single most important criterion for acceptance is the originality of the work. However, a decision to accept a manuscript is not based solely on the scientific validity of its content. Other factors may affect decisions, such factors are, but not limited to, the extent and importance of new information in the paper compared with that in other papers being considered, the Journal's need to represent a wide range of topics, and the overall suitability for the target journal.

Peer Review Processes and Policies

Peer-review process
The peer-review process and editorial scrutiny are the main mechanisms for ensuring the quality of published articles. To this end, the submitted articles are rigorously peer-reviewed to ensure the high quality submissions are accepted and published; these published articles reflect the up-to-date research findings, with reliable and sound results, objective and unbiased discussion of the results. The journal’s editorial board consists of research scientists and medical specialists with rich research and publication experiences.

1) Manuscript submitted via the journal online submission system, then a manuscript No. is assigned.
2) Primary manuscript check by the editorial assistant against the submission Checklist, to check if components of manuscript are complete and conforming to the submission requirements, whether there is issue of duplicate submission, plagiarism, and other concerns. If manuscript does not meet the submission requirements, the manuscript will be returned to the authors for corrections and resubmission, or even rejected for ethical violation concerns.
3) When the submitted manuscript is complete, it will be reviewed first by the Editor-in-Chief for novelty, scientific importance, and relevance to the journal’s general readership.
4) If the manuscript is found lacking sufficient quality or the topic is not well within the journal scope, or is very poorly written, lack of suitable English language correctness and readability, without sufficient research creative novelty, or any other serious ethical issues, the manuscript will be rejected outright promptly without further consideration and review (a “desk reject”).
5) Manuscript that passes the initial screening will be sent to and reviewed by peer reviewers.
6) Each manuscript is reviewed by at least two external expert reviewers who will provide unbiased, critical and independent assessment of the submission; Reviewers are asked to complete the review within the assigned time (usually 2 weeks). The peer reviewers’ comments will be sent to the Editor-in-Chief, who will decide whether to accept with/without revision, or reject the submission. The corresponding/submitting author is notified of the editorial decision.
7) Manuscripts which are returned to the authors for minor or major revisions should be resubmitted within assigned deadline. If necessary, the revised manuscripts are reassessed by the same reviewers to determine if the authors have satisfactorily addressed their criticisms and comments. Depending upon the reevaluation, the Editor-in-Chief will make the final decision.
8) The above review process may be repeated (one or more times) if a manuscript revision (major or minor) is requested.
9) The peer-review process is single blinded with the reviewers aware of whom the authors of the manuscript are, the authors do not know who the reviewers are.
10) All manuscripts are treated by the editorial staff, editors and assigned reviewers as privileged and confidential information. Reviewers’ comments are not published. The reviewers’ identity remains anonymous. The manuscripts under review are not revealed to anyone other than the peer reviewers and editorial staff.
Reviewer conflict of interest
Conflict of interest (COI) self-assessment must be performed by members of the editorial team and external peer reviewers involved in the assessment of manuscripts. Common examples of COI include situations where there is financial gain, or when authors who are collaborating, directly competing, or are members of the same institution are reviewing each other’s work. To some extent, especially within highly subspecialized fields, some degree of conflict of interest may be difficult to avoid.
Editors and reviewers will be asked to provide a COI statement when reviewing articles addressing the following questions:
1.    Is there any financial gain that may result from your review of this work? (Yes or No)
2.    Currently or in the last 2 years, is there an existing relationship with any of the manuscript authors such as shared grant support, shared publications, or collaborative projects? (Yes or No)
3.    Currently or in the last 2 years, do you share institutional or other affiliations with any of the authors that may affect your judgement of this work? (Yes or No)
4.    Do you have (currently or in the past) a personal or family relationship with any of the authors that may result in a conflict or a perceived conflict of interest? (Yes or No)
If the answer to any of these statements is “Yes” the editor or reviewer should recuse themselves from the review of the manuscript and the article will be assigned to a different editor or reviewer.
Submissions from members of the editorial board
Members of the editorial board are permitted to submit articles for consideration by the journal. In order to minimize the possibility of COI, the managing editor for the submission will be a member of the editorial board who is from a different institution. The editor submitting the article will not be included in editorial discussions, the peer review process, or decisions regarding the manuscript. For purposes of the submission, they will receive the same treatment as any other author who submits work to the journal.
Similarly, article submissions from the editor in chief will be handled by a member of the editorial board from a different institution, who will oversee the editorial process and peer review. The editor in chief will not be permitted to participate in the editorial process and final decision regarding the manuscript will be made by the managing editor.
As above, determining the editorial team members and peer reviewers who are best positioned to assess the manuscript, will be guided by the above-mentioned COI self-assessment.

Advertising Polices for Print and Web Publications

Missions  

The mission of The Elmer Press medical journals is to provide a fast, reliable and thought-provoking media outlet to the world medical communities in both basic research and clinical practice, with timely coverage of diverse medical disciplinary topics.

The nature of all our journals are open access, which means all the contents of the journals are accessible freely to all viewers from every part of the world as long as they have internet accessibility, our viewers are from all over the world.

In addition to the contemporary online editions of journals, we also have print editions of journals circulating all over the world, this traditional media platform can meet different needs of our customers.  

Advertising content

All advertising contents should be clearly indicated as an advertisement, they should not be confused with the editorial contents and articles. The editorial policy and publishing policy are not affected by any advertisers.

Competitive rates

Our rates for advertising are very competitive, we can offer you prime advertising space for a very reasonable price. Our professional team can help you in each steps of advertising and strives to meet your need.

Submission of AD

Your may submit your advertisement in acceptable formats, or we can design your AD in an affordable rates, these rates are decided on a case-by-case basis.

Terms of advertising

All advertising contents are subject to the approval of the publisher. Advertised products should be legal and compliant with any  national or international laws which may apply.  AD placement or page/webpage positions can be requested but will not be guaranteed. The Elmer Press is not responsible for errors in advertisements following proof approval or self-submission.

Disclaimer

The statements and opinions contained in the advertisement are solely those of the advertisers and do not necessarily reflect those of the editors or the publisher. The appearance of advertisements in the journals is not a warranty, endorsement or approval of the products or services advertised or of their safety. The editors and the Publisher disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas or productions referred to in the articles or advertisements.

Statements Concerning Conflict of Interest, Human and Animal Rights, and Informed Consent for Publications

All authors should declare any conflict of interests related to the manuscript, these interests include but not limited to commercial, personal, political and intellectual aspects. All editors, editorial staff and reviewers should also report potential conflict of interests related to the submissions they are working with.

Animal experiments involving vertebrates and higher invertebrates should comply with all relevant institutional and national animal welfare laws, guidelines and policies, this should indicate in the Methods section of the manuscripts.

For any clinical study with human participants, informed consent must have been obtained from each participant, this should indicate in the Methods section of the manuscripts. All clinical studies should comply with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki, click here for details.

Do Your Journals Comply with the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors’ Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts?

Yes. All journals published by Elmer Press comply with the ICMJE uniform requirements for manuscripts, this is clearly indicated in the Author’s Submission Guidelines of each journal, click here to enter this page of Journal of Clinical Medicine Research, as an example.

Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing

Journals published by Elmer Press follow the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) recommendations for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals, the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines, and the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.