Journal Committee (standing committee)
- Ethical committee
The ethical committee of JWMC conduct the meetings as per requirement but not less than four meetings per year.
Roles of the committee
The committee has following roles:
- Advising editors on ethics questions that arise during routine editorial work including scrutinizing papers referred by editors or peer reviewers worried about some aspect of the conception, design, conduct, presentation, authorship, or peer review of the work described in those papers.
- Advising editors on duties and responsibilities to patients, research participants, authors, reviewers, publishers, other editors, and readers.
- Keeping editors informed of developments in research and publication ethics.
JWMC Ethical Committee Members
Member 1
Dr. Syed Touqeer Abbaas
Professor,
Biochemistry Department, WMC.
Member 2
Dr Rabbiah Manzoor Malik
Assistant. Professor,
Biochemistry Department, WMC.
Member 3
Dr. Khalida Ajmal
HOD & Professor,
Pharmacology Department, WMC.
Member 4
Dr. Sumera Gul
Associate Editor, JWMC
HOD & Professor, Physiology Department, WMC.
- Complain and Appeal Scrutiny Committee Members
All appeals and complaints regarding (but not limited to) misconduct, authorship conflicts or plagiarism in publications at JWMC will be directed to the JWMC Complain and Appeal Scrutiny Committee. Authors whose articles have been rejected have the right to send a letter of appeal giving detailed explanations. This will be reviewed in-house, and a decision will be taken accordingly. Revised articles will not be considered at this stage.
JWMC Complain and Appeal Scrutiny Committee Members
Member 1
Dr. Musarat Ramzan
Editor, JWMC
Vice Principal & Dean, Wah Medical College
Member 2
Mr. Asad Ellahi
Editorial assistant, JWMC
Biostatistician, Wah Medical College