About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The Journal of Chittagong Medical College Teachers' Association (JCMCTA) has been launched in 1990 in response to the perceived need for a continuing forum of publication and communication of scientific experiences in a peer reviewed standard print format for the members of Chittagong Medical College Teachers Association who are serving as the faculty members of Chittagong Medical College in particular and for all medical professionals beyond the campus in general. Chittagong Medical College is the second oldest and largest public run medical institute in the country for conducting basic medical education and training since the establishment in 1957. It has also been entrusted for conducting 31 postgraduate programs as well. A medical journal is an essential complementary organ in academic and professional pursuits. The editorial policy of the journal is as follows:

To facilitate making of authors for medical publications.
To establish the culture of peer reviewing of the publications.
To inspire for systematic documentation in education and practice leading towards operational and other researches as initiation for publication.
To kindle the art of debate on relevant professional issues.
To act as a media for continued medical education and professional communication.
To foster evidence based medicine in real life professional activities.
To support for an enabling environment of scholastic exercises leading towards professionalism.
To energize trickling of scientific writing habit to medical students.

The first of its kind at the time of launching in the country the JCMCTA has been planned to roll through one volume per year with two issues per volume.

Publication Frequency

The journal produces one volume per year with two issues per volume (June and December). Citation pages by issue.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Editorial Board

Founder Editor
Professor A K M Nurul Anwar

Editor:
Professor Emran Bin Yunus

Managing Editor:
Dr Suzon Al Hasan

Assistant Editors
Dr S M Ashraf Ali
Dr Shahanara Chowdhury
Dr Nasir Uddin Mahmud
Dr Md Shakeel Ahmed
Dr Aniruddha Ghose
Dr Md Abdus Sattar

Editorial Board
Professor Md Gofranul Hoque
Professor Aminuddin A Khan
Professor Hasan Md Abdur Rouf
Professor Nayeema Akhter
Professor Omar Faruque Yusuf
Professor Mahtab Uddin Hassan
Professor Abdus Saleque Mollah
Professor Saroj Kumar Mazumder
Dr Rokeya Begum

Publisher

Chittagong Medical College Teachers Association