About the Journal

About the Journal

Aims & Scope

High Yield Medical Reviews (HYMR) is a peer-reviewed open-access journal that aims to support medical researchers with high yield articles in medical research and practicing physicians with quality and up-to-date evidence on topics of the highest yield to their practice.

HYMR generally publishes review articles in medicine. While we focus on systematic reviews on high yield topics suggested by field experts, we also publish review articles on other topics, in addition to original articles (aka., Research Articles) related to suggested topics, novel methods, and scholarly publishing among others.

The journal publishes two issues per year, each including a wide variety of review articles, research articles, commentaries, and editorials. Review articles include systematic reviews with or without a meta-analysis, narrative reviews, or rapid reviews. All published articles undergo an anonymous peer review process, except for editorials. While we do not accept case reports, interested authors can perform a review article and report the case they have as part of this review in a separate section. We encourage submitting research methodology articles or articles investigating topics related to methodologies as research articles, where such articles discussing new methods, updated methods, or descriptions of methods applied in research will be given priority. Articles are published Online First ahead of the issue assignment.

Publisher

HYMR is published by High Yield Medicine, a Jordan-based publisher that aims to support medical research for physicians and students in Jordan and around the world. We strive to publish high-quality, evidence-based reviews to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of a specific topic within the field of medicine. Written by experts on emerging topics, each published article follows strict methodological guidelines that ensure its reproducibility with high reliability. HYMR is published in proud collaboration with the Jordan Medical Association (JMA).

Editorial Policies

High Yield Medical Reviews considers mainly research articles and review articles, including, but not limited to, systematic reviews with or without meta-analysis, narrative reviews, reviews of systematic reviews, or rapid reviews. All aforementioned article types will undergo rigorous editorial and peer review. Authors can submit their ready-for-submission manuscripts through the submission system.

The editor-in-chief or handling editor considers reviewer feedback and their own evaluation of the manuscript in order to reach a decision. The following decision types are available:

  • Reject
  • Major revision
  • Minor revision
  • Accept

Decisions are communicated to the corresponding author in a formal letter, along with reviewer feedback and any other requirements from the journal office.

Statement of Publication Ethics

High Yield Medical Reviews (HYMR) is committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics and ensuring the scholarly integrity of all published review and research articles. The journal strictly aligns its policies with the Core Practices and guidelines established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

1. Duties of Authors

  • Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must ensure that their work is entirely original. If authors use the work and/or words of others, this must be appropriately cited or quoted. Text recycling, redundant publication, and plagiarism in any form constitute unethical publishing behavior and are unacceptable.
  • Data Integrity and Transparency: Authors are encouraged to share underlying data via platforms like Dataverse or Dryad to ensure transparency and reproducibility, in line with the HYMR Data Sharing Policy. Fabrication, falsification, or manipulation of data is strictly prohibited.
  • Ethical Approvals & Participant Protection: For research involving human or animal subjects, authors must confirm that appropriate Institutional Review Board (IRB) or ethics committee approval was obtained. Explicit written informed consent must be secured from all research participants if identifiable patient data is utilized, protecting privacy and confidentiality.
  • Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: All authors must disclose any financial, professional, or personal relationships that could be perceived to influence their work during the manuscript submission process.

2. Duties of Reviewers

  • Objectivity and Fairness: Reviewers must evaluate manuscripts objectively based purely on their scholarly merit, scientific rigor, and methodological soundness. Personal criticism of authors is inappropriate.
  • Confidentiality: HYMR operates on a strict double-blind peer review process. Reviewers must treat any manuscripts received for review as confidential documents and must not share or utilize unpublished data.
  • Disclosure of Conflicts: Reviewers must decline to review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

3. Duties of Editors

  • Publication Decisions: The Editor-in-Chief and handling editors are solely responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal will be published. Decisions are guided by the journal’s editorial policies and reviewer feedback, free from discrimination based on race, gender, religious belief, ethnic origin, or political philosophy.
  • Integrity and Corrections: In cases of alleged or proven scholarly misconduct, fraudulent publication, or plagiarism, the editorial board will take all appropriate measures to clarify the situation and amend the article in question. This includes the prompt publication of errata, clarifications, or, if necessary, retractions in accordance with COPE guidelines.

Peer Review Process

All article types published by HYMR are peer-reviewed, except for editorials that do not have original data. Peer reviewers are experts in the field of the topic discussed in the article or its methodology. They are suggested by the editorial board members through frequent communications between board members. External reviewers are contacted by the assigned editor or the managing editor, and their reports are assessed by the assigned editor and the editor-in-chief to reach a decision about each submission. Reviewers who provide rich peer reviews that might be generalized and help a variety of topics, not just the peer-reviewed article, will be offered to be published with its own Digital Object Identifier (DOI). Such published reviews will guide future reviewers to do high-quality peer reviews and provide authors of prospective articles an overview of what reviewers will look for.

The journal uses a double-blinded peer review process for all review articles, in which both the reviewers and the authors are anonymous. Reviewers are requested to fill out a form related to the quality of the methodology, and writing quality, among other factors. Reviewers are also invited to submit comments to the editor and the authors. Finally, the reviewer is asked to suggest a recommendation, from acceptance without changes to rejection. Reviewers will receive a certificate of recognition for completing a review for the journal. Moreover, reviewers can choose to claim this review and add it to their Web of Science (formerly Publons) profile. While the editor can suggest further comments to authors, the journal’s policy is to communicate the reviewer’s comments to the authors as is without any alteration.

Any dispute or matters arising regarding the peer review process not mentioned here will be resolved according to The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines.

Appeals

Authors may submit a formal appeal for rejected submissions. Appeal requests must be made in writing to the editor-in-chief with the word “appeal” in the subject line. Authors must provide detailed reasons for the appeal and point-by-point responses to the reviewers' and/or Academic Editor's comments. Decisions on appeals are final without exception.

Archiving & Digital Preservation

High Yield Medical Reviews ensures the long-term preservation of its content through the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN). Our journal is archived using the LOCKSS program, which provides decentralized and distributed preservation, guaranteeing seamless perpetual access to the content. This system preserves the authentic original version of all articles, ensuring that our content remains accessible and unaltered for future generations.

Policies on Conflict of Interest, Human and Animal Rights, and Informed Consent

Policies on Conflict of Interest: Authors are required to disclose any conflicts of interest that may influence their work in the manuscript and during the submission process. Conflicts of interest may include financial, professional, or personal relationships that could be perceived as affecting the objectivity of the research. The journal will not consider articles for publication if the authors have a significant financial interest in the topic being studied.

Policies on Human and Animal Rights: The journal will only consider articles for publication that have been conducted in accordance with relevant laws and regulations regarding the use of human and animal subjects in research. All research involving human subjects must have been approved by an appropriate ethics committee and must have received informed consent from the participants. All research involving animal subjects must have been approved by an appropriate ethics committee and must have followed guidelines for the care and use of animals in research.

Policies on Informed Consent: When authors use patient data in their manuscript, informed consent must be obtained from all research participants. Authors are required to provide evidence of informed consent in the form of a signed consent form or other appropriate documentation when requested. The journal will not consider articles for publication that involve the use of sensitive personal data without the explicit consent of the individuals concerned. The journal will ensure that the privacy and confidentiality of all research participants are protected, and will not publish any personal information that could potentially identify them.

Open Access Statement & Publication Fees

This is an open access journal, meaning all content is freely accessible without any charges to the user or their institution. Users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, and to use them for any other lawful purposes, without needing prior permission from the publisher or the author. This aligns with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition of open access.

Note on Charges: High Yield Medical Reviews does not charge authors any Article Processing Charges (APCs) or submission fees. Publishing in this journal is completely free of charge.

Data Sharing Policy

The journal encourages authors to share the data underlying their review articles, to the extent that this is possible and appropriate. This will enhance the article’s reproducibility and will allow future projects to build on it. Authors are required to provide a statement in their submission describing their plans for data sharing, including whether and how the data will be made available and how to access it. The journal will consider the availability of data as an important factor in the review and acceptance of review articles and ensures that any data shared is properly cited and credited to the original sources. We also encourage the use of data-sharing platforms for large datasets, such as Dataverse or Dryad, to make data widely and easily accessible to other researchers. The journal will respect any legal or ethical restrictions on data sharing, such as privacy laws or participant consent agreements. Moreover, we will take steps to protect the integrity and security of shared data, including implementing appropriate measures to prevent unauthorized access or misuse.

Copyright & Licensing

Published content is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Authors retain the copyright to their work without restrictions.

Contact Information

Main Office: Prince Mohammad Street, Amman 11118, Jordan.

Email: contact@highyieldmed.org

ISSN

Online ISSN: 2960-1630