Bahrain Medical Bulletin

Aims and Scope:

The Bahrain Medical Bulletin is a scientific publication devoted to the advancement of biomedical, clinical and other health related sciences. It is published by an independent Editorial Board. Submission of works either in Arabic or English is invited.

The scope of publication includes original research articles, reviews, case presentation, short communication, letter to the editor, medical quiz, editorials, views and news, book and journal review, report and proceedings of conferences. Articles on medical education, health report, history of medicine, personal views can also be considered.

All submissions are subjected to review by the editors of the Bahrain Medical Bulletin and a panel of referees in appropriate specialties. The receipt of all submissions will be acknowledged to the principal author and once accepted these submissions including artwork shall remain the property of the Bahrain Medical Bulletin. Proof reading will also be carried out by the editors of the Bulletin. All submissions including advertisements must conform to standard codes of ethics.

The acceptability of each article into the appropriate section of the Bahrain Medical Bulletin shall be decided by the editors and referees of the Bulletin and this will be communicated to the authors before publication.

Manuscripts are received with the understanding that they are submitted solely to the Bahrain Medical Bulletin, not under simultaneous consideration by another publisher; have not been previously published and the data in the manuscript has been agreed on by all authors. An abstract published prior to submission of the full manuscript is not considered as a duplicate publication.

To encourage scientific research the editors of the Bahrain Medical Bulletin also organize

periodic workshops on research methodologies and related aspects as well as courses on writing and editing. A Research Advisory Panel has also been established to help investigators planning their research works. Social integration is maintained through regular lectures and seminars on subjects of public interest.

BAHRAIN MEDICAL BULLETIN

IS AN OPEN-ACCESS JOURNAL

Bahrain Medical Bulletin believes that medical research is an international public resource and should be provided with an open-access license. All our articles are freely available online and deposited in a public archives immediately after publication. You are free to copy, distribute, and reuse Bahrain Medical Bulletin content as long as you credit the original author and source.

All works published in Bahrain Medical Bulletin are subjected to the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http:⁄⁄creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5) unless otherwise noted.