ApexMed – Journal of Health Sciences
At ApexMed, we are committed to a transparent, ethical, and scientifically rigorous editorial process. Each manuscript submitted to the journal is carefully evaluated to ensure that it meets the highest standards of research excellence, ethical compliance, and medical relevance. The following workflow outlines the journey of a manuscript from submission to publication:
All manuscripts must be submitted through the official ApexMed online portal:
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Submissions must fully comply with the journal’s formatting, ethical, and technical guidelines, as detailed in the author instructions.
Upon receipt, the editorial office performs a preliminary assessment to ensure the manuscript:
Falls within the scope of ApexMed
Complies with ethical standards (including IRB/ethical approval where applicable)
Passes a plagiarism screening (using Turnitin or equivalent).
Manuscripts with a similarity index above 10% may be returned or rejected outright.
Manuscripts that meet initial criteria are assigned to a relevant Section Editor or Associate Editor with subject-specific expertise. The editor evaluates the scientific quality, relevance, and novelty of the research.
Manuscripts passing editorial evaluation enter the double-blind peer review process, where identities of both authors and reviewers remain anonymous. At least two independent reviewers assess the manuscript based on:
Originality and scientific contribution
Research methodology and design
Clinical and/or public health relevance
Data integrity and statistical analysis
Ethical soundness and compliance
Reviewers provide detailed evaluations and submit one of the following recommendations:
✅ Accept without revisions
✏️ Accept with minor revisions
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❌ Reject
The Section Editor, in consultation with the Editor-in-Chief if needed, makes the final decision based on the reviewers’ feedback. The corresponding author receives a formal decision letter along with anonymized reviewer comments and instructions for any required revisions.
Authors are expected to submit revised manuscripts within the assigned deadline. The revision should include a point-by-point response to each reviewer comment. Depending on the extent of changes:
The revised manuscript may return to the original reviewers
Or it may be evaluated directly by the editorial team
Once all revisions are satisfactorily addressed, the editorial board issues a final acceptance. Authors are notified and the article proceeds to production.
Accepted manuscripts undergo professional copyediting to ensure accuracy, formatting consistency, and clarity. Authors are provided final proofs for review and approval before publication.
The final version is published in the next scheduled issue of ApexMed and made immediately open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
ApexMed actively promotes published articles via:
Indexing in medical and academic databases
Sharing across health science communities
Social media and email newsletters
Academic partnerships and citation alerts
Authors are encouraged to share their work broadly for maximum visibility and impact.
