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