Introduction

Clinical Archives of Integrative Medicine (hereinafter referred to as "Archives") is an integrated digital platform for case submission, peer review, storage and publication, clinical evaluation and open access, jointly built by Society of China University Sci-tech Journals and Beijing Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, in order to implement the spirit of the Guidance on Deepening the Reform of the Professional Title System for Health Professionals issued by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the National Health Commission and the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Visit the website: case.jcme.net.cn.

Papers published in the "Archives" have been peer reviewed, and have their unique digital object identifier (DOI). They can be cited by peers, searched by academic engines and recognized first in the industry, and they also can acquire the right of originality and network launch, and obtain the inclusion certificate issued by the sponsor. The copyright of the content published online in the "Archives" belongs to the author, which allows author to republish it in other media.

Aims

"Archives" is an open access database based on the clinical field of integrative medicine. It encourages authors to publish and share scientific research findings and clinical results in the first time, and can be stored in the database after peer review. While protecting authors’ original rights and first publication rights, it ensures the academic quality of the cases in the database and promotes open access to scientific research results. Cultivate, exercise and improve practitioners' level of the teaching, scientific research and clinical practice, and provide reference for the evaluation of clinical results and the reform of professional title review.

Scope

The " Archives " accepts cases, papers and findings covering the clinical research field of integrative medicine, including but not limited to medical records, ward round cases, case discussion, consultation cases, teaching plans, etc.

Online submission

The " Archives " adopts the same steps and processes of online submission and editing as journals. Submit your manuscript at website: https://author.case.jcme.net.cn.

  After real-name registration and login, the author will fill in the title of the manuscript online, all author names and their corresponding institutions (units), abstract, keywords and other basic information. The manuscript can be uploaded as an attachment in Word file format. Charts and supplementary data can be created in one or more separate files and uploaded as attachments.The copyright transfer agreement must be filled in and the photos/scanning copy should be uploaded.

Ethics and reporting

Authors must declare compliance with the relevant code of ethics at the time of submission; Clinical trials should be registered in an internationally recognized trial registry, and the trial number should be included in the manuscript or supplementary documentation should be provided; Provide a statement of conflicts of interest; financial support and sponsorship should be declared if any; Provide statements of medical ethics; The written informed consent of the patient (or family member/guardian) is required for publication of the manuscript.

Publish

The " Archives " adopts the peer review system, that is, the initial review by the editor, the peer review, and the final review by the review committee.

The PDF version of the paper is generated after three corrections and typesetting of the case manuscripts that meet the conditions and the scope of inclusion. The online publication time of the case is subject to the peer review time. The manuscript with peer review and proof confirmed by the author can be published online within 7 days at the earliest.

Retraction and deletion

If authors no longer stand by their findings/conclusions or acknowledge a fundamental error in their articles, the articles will be retracted and labeled as "retracted", with a retraction statement made on the archives.

Because the articles published on the Archives have their DOIs, which can be cited, and are part of the scientific record, deleting them is not allowed according to the policy of Archives. In rare cases, papers will be deleted for legal or special reasons, such as serious untrustworthiness, academic misconduct (including plagiarism, data fabrication and data manipulation) or non-subjective errors; research that violates medical ethics; there are serious defects in the release process; violating relevant laws and regulations, etc.

Contribute to journals

The peer review model used in the Archives, which reviews cases and papers for academic quality, has the criteria to be representative of clinical outcomes. The Archives platform is only published online, and allows authors to publish again in other media. To be on the safe side, authors should consult the submission policies or guidelines of the target journals before publishing this “Archives”. If in doubt, please contact the journals intended to submit to.

Reference

Papers published online in the “Archives” can be referenced using their DOI. The assigned DOI will include a marker for the date of submission.

Example: Author 1, Author 2, Author 3, et al. Year of publication. Title [DB/OL]. Clinical Archives of Integrative Medicine. DOI: 10.12209 / draft number.

Copyright

The copyright of papers in the " Archives " belongs to the author, the copyright of the articles is open, as the articles are published under  Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). The articles can be searched, shared, cited and reviewed, allowing text and data mining through search engines or researchers. Under such conditions, the author shall transfer the non-exclusive right of publication and dissemination to the "Archives".

Fees and standards

"Archives" adopts Open Access (OA) publishing mode. Authors will paid "Article Processing Charge (APC)", and no fee will be charged for manuscripts that are not accepted.