In the era of evidence-based practice, we need practice-based evidence. The basis of this evidence is the detailed information from the case reports of individual people which informs both our clinical research and our daily clinical care. Each case report published in this journal adds valuable new information to our medical knowledge.
Prof Michael Kidd AM, Editor-in-Chief
Report of the Month: Recurrent spontaneous pneumothoraces and vaping in an 18-year-old boy
Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) is a common disorder occurring in young adults without underlying lung disease. Although tobacco smoking is a well-documented risk factor, an association between electronic cigarette use (that is, vaping) and PSP has not been noted. This report covers a case of an 18-year-old boy presented with recurrent right-sided spontaneous pneumothoraces twice in two weeks. He reported a history of vaping just prior to both episodes. (Bonilla et al., 2019)
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A Guide to Writing and Using Case Reports
This thematic series, published in 2016, provides a valuable resource for clinicians who are considered producing a case report. It comprises of a special editorial series of guides on writing, reviewing and using case reports.
Developed by the CARE Group in 2013, the CARE guidelines provide a framework that supports transparency and accuracy in the publication of case reports and the reporting of information from patient encounters.
Aims and scope
Journal of Medical Case Reports will consider any original case report that expands the field of general medical knowledge, and original research relating to case reports.
Case reports should show one of the following:
Suitable research articles include but are not limited to: N of 1 trials, meta-analyses of published case reports, research addressing the use of case reports and the prevalence or importance of case reporting in the medical literature and retrospective studies that include case-specific information (age, sex and ethnicity) for all patients.
Article accesses
Throughout 2016, articles were accessed from the journal website more than 1.7 million times; an average of over 4,600 accesses per day.
Peer Review Mentoring Scheme
The Editors at Journal of Medical Case Reports endorse peer review mentoring of early career researchers.
If you are a senior researcher or professor and supervise an early career researcher with the appropriate expertise, we invite you to co-write and mentor them through the peer review process. Find out how to express your interest in the scheme here.
About the Editor-in-Chief
Prof Dr Michael Kidd is the Chair of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto, Honorary Professor of Global Primary Care with the Southgate Institute for Health, Equity and Society at Flinders University, and Professorial Fellow with the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia. He served as president of the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) from 2013-2016 and as president of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners from 2002-2006. He is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Medical Case Reports, the world's first PubMed-listed journal devoted to publishing case reports from all medical disciplines.
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Speed
136 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
129 days to first decision for all manuscripts
185 days from submission to acceptance
47 days from acceptance to publication
Citation Impact
0.509 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
0.262 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
0.690 - CiteScore
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813 Altmetric mentions
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