Publication policy

 

The journal is open access and publishes original, unpublished articles, review articles, clinical case reports, relevant short communications, cases of radiological interest, letters to the editor, as well as related opinions expressed in editorials and letters received by the editorial committee commenting on published articles. Manuscripts are accepted for publication only if they have not been previously published.

 

The journal assumes no responsibility for the consequences of the use of the information contained in its publications. These reflect the exclusive point of view of their authors.

 

Frequency of publication

 

The Revista Médica de Panamá, published since 1976, is published in Spanish in digital format, but all works have their title and abstract in English, with quarterly publication.

 

Distribution, use, and license

 

Authors grant the Publisher an exclusive license to reproduce and distribute the material submitted. The published content may be used for individual and academic purposes, but not for commercial use. For commercial use of the material, or its distribution, redistribution requires the written authorization of the Publisher.

 

The use of material submitted through this site must not be modified, nor may any logo be removed. All identification of its primary source must be presented as is in the digital document.

 

Publication cost

Publishing in the Revista Médica de Panamá is free of charge for authors. Publication is subsidized by the Panamanian Academy of Medicine and Surgery, a non-profit academic organization.

 

The CC–BY license option is an international license for the free distribution or OPEN ACCESS of your article. Likewise, the content of your manuscript will be in full text and PDF format with a CC-BY license.

 

Good practices

 

The Revista Médica de Panamá adheres to the good practices, recommendations, and procedures proposed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) for the editing of scientific journals.

 

Authors should take into account the principles of the World Medical Association on research in humans and the well-known Declaration of Helsinki (https://www.wma.net/policies-post/wma-declaration-of-helsinki- principios-éticos-para-la-investigación-médica-en-sujetos-humanos/).

 

Likewise, the Journal endorses the recommendations of the ICMJE for the conduct, writing, editing, and publication of papers in medical journals. (http://www.icmje.org/recomendaciones/).

 

Clinical studies should use the CONSORT or TREND guidelines when appropriate. Meta-analysis studies should follow the PRISMA guidelines. Diagnostic reports should follow the STARD guidelines. Epidemiological studies should consult the STROBE Initiative. Microarray reports should follow the MIAME guidelines and be published in accessible repositories. In biomedical research, authors may evaluate the BioShari guidelines.

 

Informed consent

 

Studies must follow privacy regulations and request signed informed consent.

 

The Revista Médica de Panamá requires researchers to request consent from study subjects, in accordance with international WHO regulations and local ICGES regulations.

 

Studies containing personally identifiable information will not be accepted.

 

Declaration of conflict of interest and sources of funding

Authors must also declare any potential conflict of interest in a short paragraph at the end of their manuscript. Our journal regulates under the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). This declaration includes holding shares, providing consulting services, membership in organizations, financial associations, travel fees, or royalties.

 

A conflict of interest must be identified by any direct or indirect benefit, whether financial or not, derived from the publication and provided by a third party. Similarly, authors must disclose the source of funding for their work or any sponsors who supported the research directly or indirectly.

 

When the author submits the manuscript, each listed co-author will receive an email with a link to the digital potential conflict of interest form. This must be completed by each co-author by clicking on the submit button. The form template was taken from the International Committee of Medical Editors.

 

About correspondence

 

Correspondence related to subscriptions, changes to subscription information, paid advertisements, announcements of medical and scientific conferences, as well as correspondence related to requests for copies or use of the Journal's material in any form, editorials, publication of articles, case reports, cases of radiological interest, images

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Copyright Notice

Copyright and Reproduction Rights.

The Medical Journal of Panama is a non-profit academic entity that is part of the Panamanian Academy of Medicine and Surgery. Its publications are FREE and PERMANENTLY ACCESSIBLE for individual and academic use, without restriction. The copyright of each article is retained by its authors and is not transferred even after publication. By publishing in the Revista Médica de Panamá, the author grants a permanent, exclusive, and irrevocable license to the Panamanian Academy of Medicine and Surgery to publish the manuscript in PDF format on its website Revista Médica de Panamá, to distribute it, and to place it in national and international repositories.

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal will be used exclusively for the purposes set forth herein and will not be provided to third parties or used for other purposes.

Conflict of Interest Statement

Authors must declare that they have no conflict of interest with the publication of their work. This includes holding shares, providing consulting services, membership in organizations, financial associations, travel fees, or royalties. A conflict of interest must be identified by any direct or indirect benefit. Next, if applicable, note which bioethics committee approved the work and, if there is a financial source that supported it, specify it.

Example: Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest associated with the publication of this manuscript. This work was approved by the Bioethics Committee of Santo Tomás Hospital. I received financial assistance from Senacyt.

Good medical practices

Clinical studies should use the CONSORT or TREND guidelines when appropriate. Meta-analysis studies should follow the PRISMA guidelines. Diagnostic reports should follow the STARD guidelines. Epidemiological studies should consult the STROBE Initiative. Microarray reports should follow the MIAME guidelines and be published in accessible repositories. In biomedical research, authors may evaluate the BioSharing guidelines.

Use of artificial intelligence to generate texts.

The use of any type of generative artificial intelligence is not permitted in the writing of a manuscript or for the creation of figures, graphs, tables, or their corresponding captions or legends.

Studies in humans

In the case of clinical experiments in humans, studies must have institutional and ethics committee approval, statements of good clinical practice implementation, and documentation of how informed consent was obtained. If requested by the Journal, authors must provide this material. This includes following the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. In addition, registration of clinical trials with the WHO or ICMJE may be requested.

Informed consent

Studies must follow privacy regulations and request signed informed consent when applicable. Studies containing personally identifiable information will not be accepted.

 

Animal studies

Animal studies must be conducted in accordance with internationally accepted standards. Institutions must obtain approval from their institutional committees or equivalent (ethics committees). This information must be reported in the manuscript.

Revised. December 2024.