The author prepares the manuscript ensuring originality, data integrity, and proper citation of all sources. All listed authors must meet internationally accepted authorship criteria. Required supporting documents — including ethical/IRB approval, informed consent records, conflict of interest declarations, and funding disclosures — are assembled before submission.
The author confirms the manuscript has not been submitted to any other journal simultaneously, then proceeds to submit the manuscript to LMJHCR.
Upon receipt, the editorial office conducts an initial assessment for scope and completeness, followed by plagiarism screening via Turnitin. Manuscripts that do not pass screening are returned to the author for revision and resubmission.
Manuscripts that clear screening enter double-blind peer review, where they are evaluated by subject-matter experts on scientific merit, methodology, and ethical standards. Based on reviewer feedback, the author may be asked to submit a major or minor revision. Revised manuscripts are re-evaluated before a final editorial decision is made.
If the manuscript is rejected, the author is notified with feedback. If the manuscript is accepted, the author receives a formal acceptance notification followed by an APC invoice. Upon confirmed payment, the manuscript proceeds to copyediting, typesetting, and galley proof preparation. The author reviews and approves the final proof before the article is published online.
Published articles remain under post-publication monitoring. Corrections may be issued for minor errors; retractions are issued in cases of confirmed serious misconduct or integrity failures.
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The Link Medical Journal of Health and Community Research (LMJHCR) is committed to full transparency regarding all publication-related fees, in accordance with the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing as defined by DOAJ, COPE, OASPA, and WAME.
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Article Processing Charge (APC) PKR 25,000 USD equivalent accepted for international authors, calculated at the prevailing State Bank of Pakistan interbank rate on the invoice date. Charged only after formal acceptance following peer review. Covers professional copyediting, typesetting and formatting, DOI assignment, online hosting, digital preservation and archiving, and editorial and administrative support. No additional charges are applied at any stage of the process. |
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Sources of Funding Journal Funding & Author Disclosure LMJHCR has no external source of funding. The journal receives no institutional, governmental, or commercial funding. Its sole source of revenue is the Article Processing Charge collected from authors of accepted manuscripts. This is disclosed in full accordance with DOAJ transparency requirements. Authors who receive any grant or institutional support covering publication costs must declare this in the Funding / Acknowledgements section of their manuscript. This declaration will appear in the published article. |
APC Payment Process
When and how the Article Processing Charge applies.
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This policy is maintained in accordance with the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (DOAJ, COPE, OASPA, WAME). Last reviewed by the editorial office of LMJHCR.
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