For Authors

Who can submit articles or videos on this portal?

You can submit an article or video on this portal if you are one of the authors. If you are not one of the authors, you must be able to show that the authors have transferred the copyright to you by submitting a scanned copy of the copyright form when asked to do so during article submission.

What are your charges?

Our services are currently completely free to use for both readers and authors. Howeve we will start charging authors a nominal amount from January 2012. We have also recently launched a premium paid service for authors who would like us to upload articles on their behalf.Our Advisory Board Members and Faculty Members (soon to be launched developments) will still be able to sponsor a number of institutes for free publishing on our portal.

Can authors modify the article?

Once an article has been published, authors will not be able to modify it. Authors should hence completely check the article and pdf before final submission. They are however allowed to submit revised versions of the article. In such cases, all versions of the article will stay on our website and will be cross linked to each other. Please link revisions to your original article during submission by putting the article ID in step 3 of submission process. In exceptional cases, we can make minor changes to the article text from our admin panel on authors' request.

Would you publish all the articles/videos submitted?

Yes, we publish all the articles/videos submitted to us as long as they make a scientific contribution.

What is your peer review policy?

Our peer review process is author driven. With our innovative method of publishing, peer review takes place after publication. It is authors' responsibility to organise at least three reviews for their articles. We aim to generate an open debate on the article after its publication. Please refer to our peer review policy in 'about us' section for further details.WebmedCentral reserves the right to invite additional reviews as and when necessary.

What is your copyright policy?

The articles are open-access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Please refer to our copyright policy for further details.

Are the articles published on WebmedCentral indexed with Pubmed/ Medline?

No. Artices published on WebmedCentral are currently not indexed with Pubmed/Medline. However, all our articles are indexed by Google, Google scholar and OAIster.

How do I cite my article?

Every article on WebmedCentral will clearly tell you how to cite that article on its web page and pdf.

How will users find my article?

Users can find any article by using general Google search. Our articles are also indexed by Google Scholar and OAIster.

Are the citations of the articles published on WebmedCentral tracked?

Google Scholar is tracking all the articles published on WebmedCentral.

What is the revenue model of this venture?

We are committed to open access and our services are completely free for end users. However we will start charging authors a nominal sum from January 2012. It would be our aim to keep such charges at an abolute minimum by keeping our costs low (with our fully automated services) and by generating revenue through sponsorship and advertising from biomedical industry. You can support and help us in this endeavour by using our services, scientifically reviewing as many articles as possible on our website and by encouraging your peers to publish with us.

Who is behind this venture?

We are a group of medical and management professionals with no affiliation to any major biomedical publishing group. Please refer to our about us section for further details.

Can I unpublish my article?

Articles once published on our portal cannot be unpublished. Authors can submit revised versions if necessary. WebmedCentral, however,reserves the right to unpublish any article at its sole discretion if the contents are found to be unscientific, incorrect, in violation of any copyright laws, or otherwise unsuitable for publication on WebmedCentral.

Do you have an Editor or Editorial board?

With our model of publishing, we do not need an editor or editorial board for our journal. Authors are completely in charge of the entire publication process including soliciting reviews and submitting revised versions of the manuscripts if needed.

Are the articles in WebmedCentral archived?

All the articles in WebmedCentral are archived in an OAI-PMH compliant repository (http://archives.webmedcentral.com). We are registered with http://www.dspace.org; http://roar.eprints.org; http://www.openarchives.org and http://www.oclc.org. This makes the articles permanently archived and widely accessible.

For Reviewers

How do I become a reviewer?

Any scientist can review an article in their specific area of interest. They will however need to register before posting any reviews. This is to maintain transparency in scientific communications. One can also choose to become our "Scholarly Reviewer" during registration process.

How do I become a scholarly reviewer?

During the login process, you would have an option to become a scholarly reviewer in your field of interest. You would be asked to provide references of relevant publications in the field to help us with our scholarly reviewer selection process. You can also apply to become a scholarly reviewer by changing your profile settings under my profile. We expect our scholarly reviewers to review at least 5 articles in a year to maintain their status.

How do I choose reviewers for an article?

During article submission, authors are required to submit the details of at least three reviewers who have published on the topic of interest. Authors are requested to choose reviewers without any bias and will be asked to invite more reviewers if initially invited reviewers decline or fail to review the article. WebmedCentral will intervene and invite additional reviewers, at its sole discrtion, if needed.

What happens if the author chosen reviewers do not respond?

You will be requested to submit details of more reviewers and if even that is unsuccessful, WebmedCentral will invite more reviewers. Furthermore, our scholarly reviewrs and faculty members (soon to be launched facility) will work towards getting every webmed article peer reviewed

What is your peer review policy?

We have introduced a novel method of post publication peer review, which is author driven. It is authors' responsibility to actively solicit at least three reviews on their article. Authors can seek more reviews, if they so wish. We discourage authors from choosing reviewers selectively. WebmedCentral reserves the right to invite further reviews on any article.Please refer to our Peer Review policy for details.

What is the incentive for reviewers?

WebmedCentral applauds scientific reviewers for their selfless contribution to the progress of science. It is truly an act of complete altruism and charity. We are aware that traditionally reviewers do not stand to gain much from this process and that the entire exercise is just their magnanimous contribution to the cause of scientific advancement. We aim to encourage such magnificent scientific traditions. Hence, we post all reviews in a transparent manner so that the scientific credits can be placed clearly without any bias. We also recognise some expert contributors as Scholarly Reviewers. Their profiles are displayed on our portal and they will be able to use our premium service for free. Further, all reviews posted on our portal are citable.

How can I review an article?

Any scientist can review an article in their specific area of interest. They will however need to register before posting any reviews. This is to maintain transparency in scientific communication.

For Readers

What are your charges?

We are an open access journal and the access to our platform is completely free for all users.

Are your articles peer reviewed?

Our articles do not undergo any editorial or peer review prior to publication. Peer Review takes place after the publication in an open and transparent manner. Please refer to our Peer Review policy for details.

Do I have to pay to download an article?

All users can download freely any article on this website for their personal non commercial use.

How do I report objectionable or harmful articles or reviews?

Please use contact us tab, to inform us of any misuse.