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IMPACT FACTOR

The 2007 Impact Factor (IF) for The Indian Journal of Medical Research(IJMR) has reached to a new height touching 1.670 (Journal Citations Reports 2007, Thomson Scientific) from the last year's 1.224. This is the highest ever for an Indian Scientific Journal.

Year 2008 (full text)

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February

January

May 2008

Editorial

The encouraging ‘COURAGE’
Sandeep Singh & V.K. Bahl

Commentaries

Bioimpedance and the estimation of human skeletal muscle mass
P.S. Shetty

Co-morbidities among injecting drug users with HIV in India - challenges in clinical management
Kamalesh Sarkar & Sekhar Chakrabarti

Review Article

Disease associations of mannose-binding lectin & potential of replacement therapy
Kshitij Gupta, R.K. Gupta & Krishnan Hajela

Original Articles

Total body muscle mass estimation from bioelectrical impedance analysis & simple anthropometric measurements in Indian men
Rebecca Kuriyan, Tinku Thomas & A.V. Kurpad

Comorbidities among HIV-infected injection drug users in Chennai, India
S. S. Solomon, C.S. Hawcroft, P. Narasimhan, R. Subbaraman, A.K. Srikrishnan, A.J. Cecelia, M. Suresh Kumar, Suniti Solomon, J.E. Gallant & D.D. Celentano

N-myc downstream-regulated gene 1 as a downregulated target gene of PTEN in the controlling of tumourigenesis in endometrioid carcinoma
Shuxia Li, Jiawei Chen, Zhaorui Yang, Guangzhong Lu Huamei Tang & Honghui Hu

Pharmacodynamics & toxicological profile of PartySmart, a herbal preparation for alcohol hangover in Wistar rats
M.V. Venkataranganna, S. Gopumadhavan, R. Sundaram, Ghouse Peer & S.K. Mitra

In vitro effect of four herbal plants on the motility of Brugia malayi microfilariae
K. N. Sahare, V. Anandharaman, V. G. Meshram, S .U. Meshram
D. Gajalakshmi, K. Goswami & M. V. R. Reddy

Estimation of faecal carriage of Clostridium difficile in patients with ulcerative colitis using real time polymerase chain reaction
Ramadass Balamurugan, V. Balaji & Balakrishnan S. Ramakrishna

Trend of antibiotic resistance of Vibrio cholerae strains from East Delhi
Shukla Das, Rumpa Saha & Iqbal R. Kaur

Evaluation of conventional & serological methods for rapid diagnosis of cryptococcosis
D.C. Saha, Immaculata Xess & Neena Jain

Tetany in kala azar patients treated with paromomycin
C.P. Thakur

Correspondences

Hepatitis B in India: Systematic review & report of the ‘IMA sub-committee on immunization’
Jacob M. Puliyel, Pallav Rastogi & Joseph L. Mathew

Vaccination policy for benefit and profit, public & private
T. Jacob John

The nexus & the ills afflicting the vaccination practices
Vipin M. Vashishtha

Who benefits from WHO recommendations on vaccines?
J.L. Mathew

PRIME- MD health questionnaire for diagnosis of common mental disorders
Rajesh Jacob

Authors' response
Ajit Avasthi, S.C. Varma, P. Kulhara, R. Nehra, S. Grover & S. Sharma

Book Reviews

Global age-friendly cities: A guide Bedside clinics in medicine

Some Forthcoming Scientific Events

Announcement

Guidelines for Contributors

The Indian Journal of Medical Research (IJMR) is one of the oldest medical Journals not only in India, but probably in Asia, as it started in the year 1913. The Journal was started as a quarterly (4 issues/year) in 1913 and made bimonthly (6 issues/year) in 1958. It was made monthly (12 issues/year) in the year 1964. The Journal is being indexed and abstracted by all major global current awareness and alerting services (Annexure).

The Indian Journal of Medical Research is published monthly, in two volumes and 12 issues per year. The IJMR publishes peer reviewed quality biomedical research in the form of original research articles, review articles, short papers and short notes. Research letters are also published in the corresponding section after peer review. Special issues and supplements are published in addition to the regular issues.

Criteria for consideration of papers - The papers should meet the following criteria – the material should be original, the methodology used should be standard and appropriate, results should be unambiguous supported with data/photographs, conclusions should be reasonable and based on the findings, the topic should be of biomedical interest and findings should have clinical significance. Papers involving human and animals should be ethically cleared by the local ethical committees.

Manuscript Preparation - Manuscript should be prepared in accordance with the Guidelines set by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) as uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals and should be submitted in triplicate (one original and 2 photocopies) with at least 2 sets of original Figures. Abstract should be structured (of about 250 words) under the subheadings Background & objectives, Methods, Results, and Interpretation & conclusions.

All correspondence regarding submission of manuscripts, reprints, subscription etc., should be addressed to the

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	Supplements
Year	Title	Vol. No.
1954	Review on Toxaemias of Pregnancy	Vol.42, Dec., 1954
1957	Infectious Hepatitis in Delhi (1955-56) A Critical Study	Vol.45, Jan., 1957
1968	Kyasanur Forest Disease Virus to Small Mammals	Vol.56, April, 1968
1968	Heart Disease - Myocardial Infarction	Vol.56, July, 1968
1971	Glaxo Symposium on Nutrition Growth & Development	Vol.59, July, 1971
1977	WHO/ICMR Research Unit on Genetic Control of Mosquitoes, New Delhi	Vol.65, 1977
1978	National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad Diamond Jubilee Number	Vol. 68, Oct.,1978
1978	Narangwal Experiment on Nutrition - Infection Interaction	Vol.68, Dec., 1978
1979	100 Years of Malaria Research	Vol.70, Dec., 1979
1980	Tuberculosis Prevention Trial, Madras	Vol. 72, July , 1980
1981	Parasitic Diseases	Vol. 73, Jan., 1981
1981	Domiciliary Tuberculosis Chemotherapy	Vol. 73, April, 1981
1982	Traditional Medicine	Vol. 76,Dec., 1982
1983	Cancer Research	Vol. 78, July, 1983
1987	Scientific Studies on Bhopal Gas Victims (Pt.A)	Vol. 86, 1987
2004	Streptococcus and Streptococcal Research	Volume 119, 2004
2005	24th Annual Convention of IACR & International Symposium on "HPV and Cervical Cancer"	Volume 121, Feb 2005

Year	Title	Vol. No. & Month
1964	Seminar on Cholera	Vol. 52, Aug.1964
1965	Outbreak of Dengue & Chikungunya Virus in South India	Vol. 53, Aug. 1965
1982	Communicable Diseases	Vol. 76, July, 1982
1984	Malaria Research	Vol. 80, July, 1984
1988	Medicinal Plants	Vol. 87, April, 1988
1995	85 Year of ICMR - Nutrition Research	Vol. 102, Nov., 1995
1996	Emerging & Reemerging Infections	Vol. 103, Jan., 1996
1996	Diarrhoeal Diseases	Vol. 104,July, 1996
1997	Commemorative Issue - Centenary of the Discovery of Malaria Transmission	Vol. 106, Aug., 1997
1997	Ageing in India	Vol. 106, Oct. 1997
1998	Commemorative Issue: 80 Years of National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR) Hyderabad (1918-1998)	Vol. 108, Nov., 1998
2004	Tuberculosis Research	Vol. 120, Oct., 2004
2005	HIV/AIDS	Vol. 121, Apr., 2005
2006	Leishmaniasis	Vol. 123,Mar., 2006
2007	Diabetes Research	Vol. 125,Mar., 2007
2007	Poverty & Human Development	Vol. 126,Oct.,2007
2008	Nutrition and Bone Health	Vol 127, Mar, 2008