Aims and Scope

The Journal of Ethnomedicine and Medical Wellness (Jemedwell) welcomes contributions that foster the exchange of ideas and rational discourse among practicing educators, healthcare professionals, and medical researchers worldwide. For a comprehensive understanding of our journal's focus, please refer to our Aims and Scope pages.

We evaluate manuscripts not only on the quality of their output but also on their potential impact and contributions to the advancement of medical and healthcare development, with particular emphasis on ethnomedicine and integrative wellness approaches. All submissions must originate from the 34 basic medicine departments (see list). Manuscripts addressing unrelated topics will be automatically rejected.

Language and Style

Articles should be written in clear, concise English (US) following the scientific writing recommendations found in Scientific Style and Format, the Council of Science Editors (CSE) style manual (7th ed., 2006, Reston, VA, Council of Science Editors).

Originality and Prior Publication

Only material that has not been previously published, whether in print or electronic format, and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere will be considered. An exception is made for abstracts published in conference proceedings. Prior presentation of data at scientific meetings does not preclude publication in Jemedwell.

All submissions will be screened for possible duplicate or prior publication using the Turnitin plagiarism detection system. Authors found to have submitted previously published work will be banned from future submissions to the journal, and their funding bodies and/or institutions will be notified.

Manuscript Templates

To assist in manuscript preparation, we provide the following downloadable templates:

• Template (Original Article)

• Template (Case Report)

• Template (Review)

Mandatory Submission Items

Before beginning the editing process based on our Author and Review Guidelines, authors must prepare and clearly state the following six items within their manuscripts. Manuscripts lacking any of these items will be automatically rejected.

1. Ethical Clearance: Provide the ethical clearance register number along with a copy of the clearance certificate. For case series or case reports, submit the patient/family informed consent (in English) and complete the ICMJE form (available for download below).

2. Conflict of Interest: Clearly state any conflicts of interest in the paper.

3. Funding Disclosure: State any funding sources in the paper. (Forms 2 and 3: Download ICMJE form here)

4. Author Contributions: Provide a clear statement of each author's contributions. (Download here)

5. Author Declaration: Submit a declaration regarding no self-referencing or self-citations. (Download here)

6. Generative AI Disclosure: Submit a declaration regarding the use of any Generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, etc.). (Download here)

7. Reporting Guideline Checklist: Submit a completed reporting guideline checklist appropriate to your study type (e.g., STROBE for observational studies, PRISMA for systematic reviews and meta-analyses, CARE for case reports, CONSORT for randomized trials, etc.). This checklist must be uploaded as a supplementary file during submission. Manuscripts submitted without the appropriate checklist will be automatically rejected.

Double-Blind Peer Review Guidelines

Jemedwell employs a double-blind review process, ensuring that both reviewer and author identities remain concealed from one another throughout the review process.

1. Submission Preparation

To facilitate double-blind review, authors must ensure their manuscripts are prepared in a manner that does not reveal their identity. Please observe the following when submitting to Jemedwell:

• Title Page: Submit the Title Page containing author details as a separate file.

• Blinded Manuscript: Submit the Blinded Manuscript with no author details as a separate file.

Preparing the Title Page
This should include:

• Manuscript title

• Authors' names, affiliations, and ORCID IDs

• Complete address for the corresponding author, including telephone number and e-mail address

Preparing the Blinded Manuscript
In addition to removing names and affiliations under the manuscript title, take the following steps:

• Use the third person to refer to the authors' previous work (e.g., replace "as we have shown before" with "...has been shown before").

• Ensure figures do not contain any affiliation-related identifiers.

• Do not eliminate essential self-references, but limit them to papers relevant to reviewing the submitted work.

• Cite the authors' published papers in the text as follows: "...has been shown before.¹"

• Remove references to funding sources.

• Do not include acknowledgments.

• Remove any identifying information, including author names, from file names and ensure document properties are anonymized.

2. Initial Assessment

Manuscripts undergo an initial assessment to verify:

• Topic relevance to the journal's aims and scope

• Language Assessment Tool by American Journal Experts (AJE)

• Completion of the six mandatory submission items described above

3. Peer Review

After passing the initial check, manuscripts are reviewed by two acknowledged experts in their respective fields.

In addition to our reviewer guidelines, we encourage reviewers to use a checklist when assessing manuscripts.

We maintain and regularly update reviewer checklists at the following links:

1. Publons Reviewer Guidelines

2. Other checklists for review

Reviewers may decide to:

• Reject the article, or

• Provide comments and suggestions, clarifying any parts of the article assigned to them

Authors will have 7 days to respond to reviewers' questions and inquiries and resubmit to the system. The reviewer will then re-evaluate the manuscript and provide their final decision (Accept/Reject/Revisions Required).

4. Editorial Process

If the article passes the reviewing process, it is sent to the editor for final proofreading and editing. The author must confirm the final version for publication and address minor revisions based on the editor's suggestions before the article is converted to PDF gallery format and published on the website.

Authorship

Authorship should be based on:

1. Substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data

2. Drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content

3. Final approval of the version to be published

4. Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved

All persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship, and all who qualify should be listed. Each author should have participated sufficiently to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content. Acquisition of funding, data collection, or general supervision of the research group alone does not constitute authorship.

For work conducted by a large, multicenter group, the group should identify individuals who accept direct responsibility for the manuscript. These individuals must fully meet the authorship criteria defined above, and editors will ask them to complete journal-specific author and conflict-of-interest disclosure forms.

All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an Acknowledgments section. Examples include individuals who provided purely technical help or writing assistance, or department chairs who provided only general support.

Important: The journal currently does not permit authors to change, add, or delete authors after paper submission. Changing the author sequence after submission is also prohibited. Please determine the author sequence carefully. Those who made the greatest contribution are generally listed first. If all co-authors contribute similarly, alphabetical order may also be used.

Manuscript Format

Manuscripts must include a title page containing:

• A short running title

• First name, middle initial, and last name of each author

• Affiliation (in English) of each author during the study

• Name, current address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, and ORCID ID of the corresponding author

• Word count and number of tables and figures

Formatting Requirements:

• Title page text: Center-aligned

• Main text and tables: Microsoft Word document format

• Font: 12 pt Times New Roman

• Main text: Double-spaced with justified margins

• Do not use headers, footers, or endnotes in your paper

Article Types

Research Articles

Research Articles should present significant advances in pre-clinical medicine and/or clinical medicine. Arrange in the following order:

1. Title page

2. Abstract

3. Introduction

4. Methods

5. Results

6. Discussion

7. Conclusion

8. Acknowledgments

9. References

10. Tables (each with title and legend)

11. Figures

Abstract Requirements:

• Unstructured, concise, and precise

• Convey essential findings of the manuscript

• Maximum 300 words

• Include: rationale, objectives, findings, and conclusions

• Do not include references, primary data, or statistical significance

• Define nonstandard abbreviations

References:

• Maximum 25 references

• Reference section: Single-spaced with justified margins

• Include CrossRef DOI numbers

Review Articles

Review articles should provide comprehensive, critical reviews of research topics and/or methodological approaches highly relevant to investigators in medical research. Reviews should be interpretative rather than merely summary-based, describing various available approaches and their relative merits, limitations, and specific applications.

Tables

• Double-spaced on separate pages at the end of the text document

• Include table number and title

• Create tables using Word's "Insert Table" command, do not use tabs and/or spaces to create tables, columns, or rows

• Tables with internal divisions (Tables 1A and B) should be submitted as individual tables (e.g., Tables 1 and 2)

• Symbols for units should be confined to column headings

• Keep abbreviations to a minimum and define them in the table legend

• Avoid shading

• For explanatory symbols in the legend, use the following sequence (top to bottom, left to right): *, †, ‡, §, ||, ¶, #, **, ††, ‡‡, etc.

• If tables are taken from other sources, note this in the legend. Authors must provide written permission for reproduction obtained from the original publisher and author.

Figures

Jemedwell uses digital publishing methods throughout the production process. If your article is accepted, it will be published online. Follow these formatting guidelines to ensure the best possible reproduction of your images.

Size: Figures should be produced at the size they are to appear in the printed journal. Ensure figures fit in one or two columns in width. Multi-paneled figures should be assembled in a layout with minimal blank space.

Font: At 100% size, fonts should be 8–10 points and used consistently throughout all figures.

Text: Axis information should be succinct, using abbreviations where possible. The y-axis label should read vertically, not horizontally. Key information should be placed in available white space within the figure; if space is not available, place it in the legend. Figures with multiple parts should be marked A, B, C, etc., with a description of each panel included in the legend rather than on the figure.

Line and Bar Graphs: Lines and symbols should be bold enough to be easily read after reduction. Data points are best marked with easily distinguishable symbols. Please use words rather than symbols in the figure legend (e.g., "black circles = group 1; white squares = group 2; black bars = Hb1AC; white bars = glucose levels"). Bars should be black or white only unless more than two datasets are presented; additional bars should use clear, bold hatch marks or stripes, not shades of grey.

Lines, bar graphs, or flow charts with text should be created in black and white, not shades of grey, which are difficult to reproduce in even tones.

Reproductions: If materials (e.g., figures and/or tables) are taken from other sources, note this in the legend. Authors must provide written permission for reproduction obtained from the original publisher and author.

Figure Legends: Clearly number figure legends and include them at the end of your document, do not include them in separate figure/image files. Use words to describe symbols used in the figure (e.g., "black circles = group 1; white squares = group 2; black bars = Hb1AC; white bars = glucose levels").

Abbreviations

Use abbreviations only when necessary, such as for long chemical names (HEPES), procedures (ELISA), or terms used throughout the article. Abbreviate units of measure only when used with numbers. Abbreviations may be used in tables and figures.

Units

• Clinical laboratory values should be in the International System of Units (SI) form

• Use kilocalories rather than kilojoules

• HbA1c values should be dually reported as "% (mmol/mol)"

• Use the NGSP's HbA1c converter at http://www.ngsp.org/convert1.asp to calculate HbA1c values as both % and mmol/mol

References

References should be listed according to the Vancouver Style and numbered in the order they are cited in the text.

All references must be processed using a citation manager (e.g., Mendeley, Zotero, or EndNote). Authors are required to use a reference management tool to collect, organize, and format their citations. The reference list should be generated directly from the citation manager to ensure accuracy and consistency. Please verify that the output is formatted correctly according to the Vancouver Style before submission.

Examples:

• Thomas MC. Diuretics, ACE inhibitors, and NSAIDs – the triple whammy. Med J Aust. 2000;172:184–185. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jmbi.1995.0238

• Guilbert TW, Morgan WJ, Zeiger RS, Mauger DT, Boehmer SJ, Szefler SJ, et al. Long-term inhaled corticosteroids in preschool children at high risk for asthma. N Engl J Med. 2006;354:1985–97. http://dx.doi.org/.........

Style Guidelines:

• All authors must be listed

• Provide inclusive page numbers

• Journal titles should be abbreviated as in the National Library of Medicine's List of Journals Indexed for Medline; provide complete journal titles for unlisted journals

Failure to follow these instructions may result in publication delays if your manuscript is accepted.

Last Updated: June 16, 2026