Journal: BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (JBPKIHS)
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ISSN
ISSN 2616-0323 eISSN 2616-0390
Publisher
BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences
Editor-in-Chief
Upadhaya, Paricha
Description
About the Journal
General Information
The Journal of BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (JBPKIHS) is the official journal of B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences but operates with a complete editorial autonomy. The journal would be of interest to all those who are involved in patient care, biomedical research, education of health professionals and administration of health services and community at large. The journal welcomes original article, review article, important case report, brief communication, and correspondence.
Mission and Scope
The Journal of BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (JBPKIHS) exists for the benefit of improving the quality of health care and medical education, particularly in the context of developing countries with limited resources. The journal welcomes papers relevant to basic sciences, medical, dental, nursing, public health, and allied health sciences. The scope and content of JBPKIHS is wide ranging yet pragmatic.
Publication Frequency
Two issues of the journal are published in a calendar year.
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Article Processing Charge
There is no fee to submit and publish the articles.
Disclosure
While all efforts have been made by the editors to ensure that no inaccuracies or misleading statement appear in the articles being published in this journal; it is, however, clarified that all such statements appearing in this journal are those of the authors, and they themselves are solely responsible for the correctness of the same. The statements made herein may not necessarily be the opinion of the editorial board or those of B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal. The editorial board and B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal take no responsibility or liability, whatsoever, for the consequences of any form arising out of any of the articles included in this journal.
While all efforts are made for ensuring the accuracy of schedules or protocols of various modalities of treatment that appear in this journal, the readers are, however, advised to re-verify and get familiar with them, especially for newer or unfamiliar drugs/ protocols/ procedures etc. before starting to practice them.
B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of the editorial contained in this journal and such editorial materials do not represent the official policy or recommendations of the university.
The names and email addresses provided to this journal will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
The Editorial Process
A manuscript not adhering to the journal submission guidelines is returned to the authors for technical correction before it is further processed. The Editorial Office screens all submitted manuscripts for plagiarism, using a plagiarism detection software, prior to peer review. All papers must represent original work.
A manuscript fulfilling the journal technical guidelines is assigned an editor who carefully evaluates the manuscript for scientific quality, novelty, importance, and interest to our readership, all of which contribute to a priority score. A manuscript with insufficient originality, serious scientific or technical flaws, or lack of important message is rejected without peer review. In the case of poorly written but valuable content, the authors are asked to resubmit after revision. A manuscript with a high priority score is sent to two or more expert reviewers blinded to the contributor’s identity. The final decision on whether to accept or reject the article is taken by the Editor-in-Chief based on the evaluation by the editorial board, peer reviewers and the guidelines of ICMJE, WAME, CSE, and COPE. This usually takes four to six weeks after submission. The comments received from the reviewers and editors are conveyed to the authors irrespective of the decision on the manuscript.
Manuscripts accepted for publication are copy edited for grammar, punctuation, print style, and format. Page proofs are sent to the corresponding author. The corresponding author is expected to return the corrected proofs within three days.
Blinding
This journal uses double blind peer-review process where the identity of author(s) is masked from the reviewers and vice versa.
Copyright and permissions
© Journal of BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences
Authors are required to transfer their copyright to the journal.
Creative Commons Licence
The articles in JBPKIHS are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
Non Commercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
No Derivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.
Publisher
BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences
Editorial Team
Chief Editor
Paricha Upadhaya
Professor, Department of Pathology
BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal
Email: paricha.upadhyaya@bpkihs.edu
Joint Editors
Sami Lama
Professor, Department of Psychiatry Nursing
BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal
Narayan Raj Bhattarai
Professor, Department of Microbiology
BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal
Robin Maskey
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal
Deepak Poudel
Additional Professor, Department of ENT
BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal
Rajesh Gyawali
Additional Professor, Department of Orthodontics
BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal
Editors
Mannu Vikram
Professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal
Nidhi Shah
Additional Professor, Department of Dermatology, BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal
Dhan Keshar Khadka
Additional Professor, Department of Dermatology, BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal
Abhishek Karn
Additional Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal
Nirmala Pradhan
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry Nursing, BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal
Kriti Thapa
Additional Professor, Department of Psychiatry Nursing, BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal
Dharanidhar Baral
Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Community Medicine
BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal
Surendra Kumar Uranw
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal
Shailesh Bhattarai
Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Community Medicine
BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal
Basanta Gelal
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry
BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal
Bishal Babu Basnet
Associate Professor, Department of Prothodontics
BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal
Bhupendra Shah
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal
Parineeta Thapa
Associate Professor
Department of Anaethesiology & Critical Care,
BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal
Amit Limbu
Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics,
BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal
Mona Dahal
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology,
BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal
Laxmi Subedi
Assistant Professor
School of Public Health and Community Medicine,
BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal
Shital Gupta
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal
Niraj Pokhrel
Editorial Support
Advisory Board
Om Prakash Kharbanda, MDS, M. Orth RCS, M. MEd, FDS RCS (Hon.), FAMS
Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Dr. C.G. Pandit
National Chair of ICMR
Email: dr.opk15@gmail.com
Indika Mahesh Karunathilake, MBBS, D. MedEd, M. MedEd, FCGP (Hon.), FHEA, FCME, FRCP
Professor, Department of Medical Education
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Head, WHO Collaborating Centre for Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Editor-in-Chief, South East Asian Journal of Medical Education (SEAJME)
Vice President, Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH)
Vice President, Organization of Professionals’ Association
Email: karunathilake@hotmail.com, indika@medarc.cmb.ac.lk
Archana Shrestha
Associate Professor, Department of Public Health
Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences, Dhulikhel, Nepal
Assistant Professor Adjunct, Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Center of Methods for Implementation and Prevention Science
Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, USA.
Director, Institute for Implementation Science and Health, Kathmandu, Nepal
Email: archana@kusms.edu.np
Moritoki Egi
Associate Professor, Division of Anesthesiology,
Department of Surgery Related, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
Kobe, Japan
Email: moriori@tg8.so-net.ne.jp
Anuj Bhatia, MBBS, MD, PhD(C), FRCA, FFPMRCA, FIPP, FRCPC (Anesthesia & Pain Medicine), EDRA, CIPS, ASRA-PMUC
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management
University of Toronto, Canada
Director, Anesthesia Chronic Pain Clinical Services
Staff, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management
University Health Network, Mount Sinai Hospital and Women's College Hospital
Clinician Investigator, Krembil Research Institute
Altum Medical Director, Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Affiliated Faculty, Techna Institute for the Advancement of Technology for Health (Techna)
Email: anuj.bhatia@uhn.ca