About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Nepalese Respiratory Journal (NRJ)is a biannual, indexed, peer-reviewed, open-access, medical journal. It is indexed in NepJol and Google Scholars. NRJ is an official journal of Nepalese Respiratory Society (NRS) and is published jointly as an academic endeavor from national and international members of NRS.

NRJ serves as a forum for the respiratory researchers throughout the world and Nepal to present their research in a common planform. NRJ focuses on publishing well conducted in Pulmonary, Critical care and Sleep Medicine. However, it is not limited to this alone and accepts all interesting work as an allied genre. NRJ accepts original articles, review articles, invited articles, case reports, interesting medical images, editorials, letters to the editor, NRS guidelines and viewpoints.

NRJ has been inaugurated in the year of 27th July 17, 2021 on the occasion of second anniversary of Nepalese Respiratory Society and will continue to serve as an academic and publication wing of NRS.

Nepalese Respiratory Journal (NRJ) is a biannual, peerreviewed, open-access, international medical journal with Print ISSN 2822-1893 and Online ISSN as 2822-2016 NRS publishes original research and reviews in relation to pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine. It is the official journal of Nepalese Respiratory Society (NRS) and is published twice a year (January and July). Each issue of NRJ publishes original articles, review articles, case reports, case series, medical images, editorials, letters to the editor, opinions, NRS guidelines and invited articles. Authors do not have to pay for the submission, processing or publication of articles in NRJ. Manuscript can be submitted directly by email to: nrjeditors@gmail.com

Any manuscripts or related data submitted to NRJ must not be under consideration by any other journal. The manuscript should not have already been published in any journal or other citable form. NRJ is determined to maintain the standard and quality of the respiratory research in Nepal.

Categories: Clinical research, clinical trials, case reports, case series, review articles, opinion, guidelines in relation to Pulmonary, Critical care and sleep medicine, Internal Medicine and allied subjects, Genetics, biomolecular and translational studies, breath analyses and chemical-based studies in the field of respiratory medicine.

Audience: Respiratory physicians, Critical care physicians, Sleep specialists, Specialist of medical disciplines, Internist, Medical Faculty Member, Fellow, Resident and Researcher.

PEER REVIEW PROCESS

NRJ follows a double blinded peer review process

SUBMISSIONS

NRJ will only accept online submission. Only papers declaring ethical clearance letter from their institute, hospital or Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC) will be cleared for further processing. The office of the editor will send an e-mail response to the corresponding author acknowledging receipt of a manuscript upon new or repeat submission.

REVIEW PROCESS

Each manuscript will be analyzed by the editorial group for quality, appropriateness and manuscript structure for publication. It will then be forwarded to the experts in the appropriate area for peer review. Two to three anonymous reviewers will be assigned for one manuscript. These reviewers provide feedback and constructive comments to the editors and authors. The peer-review process will take 4 to 6 weeks and the time taken from submission to online publication will take about 12 weeks.

DECISIONS

An original, justified and time relevant articles will be accepted. The scientific content and scientific validity make the most important factor for acceptance. It is important for NRJ to know what new scientific theory or fact has been proven by a given new manuscript and NRJ will focus on this at the time of acceptance. The authors will be informed about their manuscript via email. The authors will receive the decision on their manuscript as: accepted for publication, declined for publication, resubmission with minor changes or resubmission with major changes.

OPEN ACCESS POLICY

NRJ provides open access to all its content free of charge for the greater cause of scientific research and development.

PUBLICATION ETHICS AND POLICIES

The manuscript publication is a respectful cause for the knowledge. It reflects upon the qualities of its authors and their institutions. Peer-reviewed articles follows a strict scientific method. The ethical responsibility relies on authors, editors, reviewers and owners of the journal. Based on a number of industry organizations, notably the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (Consort) and Elsevier Publication a comprehensive policy on publication ethics is summarized here, which addresses all the major areas NRJ considers important. Policies are given in order of manuscript supervisions.

ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

The approval letter for research and data collection should be obtained from the researcher’s institute or any other ethical governing body if the country or state. Such Letter should be submitted along with the manuscript.

FOLLOWING INFORMATION SHOULD BE PRESENTED

Manuscripts should mention in the method section that the informed consent was obtained from each patient and the study protocol conforms to the ethical guidelines of the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki as reflected in a priori approval by the institution’s human research committee. NRJ will not accept or consider manuscripts involving animal related experiments.

PATIENT CONSENT

Informed written consent should be obtained from all participants and volunteers. This should be mentioned in the submitted manuscript. Patients’ right must be respected. Identifying information: photos, names, initials, hospital numbers, should not be disclosed in any form (video, audio, written description, photograph, and pedigrees), unless the information is essential for scientific purposes and written informed consent has been obtained for publication in print and electronic form from the patient (or parent, guardian or next of kin where applicable). If such consent is made subject to any conditions, NRJ must be informed. Written consents must be provided to NRJ upon request of the editors or reviewers. All non-essential identifiable details should be omitted, if possible, even after the consent. If identifying characteristics are altered to protect anonymity, such as in genetic pedigrees, authors should provide assurance that alterations do not distort scientific meaning and editors should so note. If no consent has been taken, all personal details of patients must be removed before submission from all aspects and part of the manuscript.