About the Journal
Aims & Scope | Audience | Review Process | Editorial Team | About the Editors | Facts About the Journal | Abstracting and Indexing Information | Journal Ethics | Plagiarism Policy | Archival Policy | Open Access Publication and Creative Commons Licensing | Ahead of Print Policy | Advertisements | Subscription Information | Publisher
The Journal of Laboratory Physicians (JLP) is an open-access peer-reviewed journal committed to publishing high-quality articles in the field of Clinical Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Pathology, Microbiology, Radio-diagnosis, and various Molecular technologies. The journal is owned and published by Indian Association of Laboratory Physicians (IALP).
Aims & Scope
Journal of Laboratory Physicians (JLP) is the official journal of The Indian Association of Laboratory Physicians (IALP), a professional, literary, non-commercial, organization founded in 1990. It aims to promote laboratory sciences in all hemispheres. With the tremendous advancements in clinical care and developments in science, diagnostic branches like pathology, microbiology, immunology, biochemistry and radiology have come into the forefront in patient management. Globally, there has been an increase inpatient on life support systems, immunocompromised patients, preterm and geriatric patients, adding a new dimension to diagnostic medicine. Having this aim, the association started JLP in 2009, as a bi-annual journal. It became a quarterly publication in 2017.
The journal publishes original communications on all aspects of biomedical research and teaching in laboratory procedures contributing to the advancement of knowledge in all sub-specialties of diagnostic medicine. The scope of the journal allows publication of original research papers, review articles, recent and novel laboratory procedures, case reports, case discussions, and letters to the Editor on any aspect of diagnostic and laboratory medicine including clinical biochemistry, clinical microbiology(bacteriology, mycology, mycobacteriology, parasitology, and virology),clinical pathology (including chemical pathology, surgical pathology, cytopathology, hematology), immunology/serology including HIV/AIDS, human and animal genetics, endocrinology and hormone assays, applied biotechnology, nuclear medicine, molecular biology and other related disciplines. The Journal of Laboratory Physicians (JLP) is also associated with AIIMS, Bhopal and prestigious associations like Indian Pharmacological Society etc. The journal focuses on original articles and case reports predominantly and follows a double-blinded peer review process.
Audience
Our audience includes laboratory physicians, treating physicians from all major specialties and researchers from the field of Pathology, Microbiology, Clinical Biochemistry, Clinical Pharmacology and Molecular Medicine.
Review Process
JLP has a highly rigorous peer-review process that makes sure that manuscripts are scientifically accurate, relevant, novel and important. Authors disclose all conflicts, affiliations and financial associations such that the published content is not biased.
Editorial Team
The editorial board comprises a panel of experts from various disciplines of medical and allied sciences to provide their expertise and guidance in maintaining the clarity of content and focus of the purpose for the journal.
About the Editor
Prof. Sarman Singh, MD, FRCP, FRSC
Director Medical Research and Institutional Collaborations,
Aarupadai Veedu Medical College & Hospital (AVMC & H)
Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation (Deemed University)
Pondicherry, India
Email: editorinchief.jlp2020@gmail.com ; editor@jlabphy.org
Facts About the Journal
The JLP is the official journal of The Indian Association of Laboratory Physicians (IALP), a professional, literary, non-commercial, organization founded in 1998. It aims to promote laboratory sciences in all hemispheres. With the tremendous advancements in clinical care and developments in science, diagnostic branches like pathology, microbiology, immunology, biochemistry and radiology have come into the forefront in patient management. Globally, there has been an increase in patients on life support systems, immunocompromised patients, preterm and geriatric patients, adding a new dimension to diagnostic medicine. Having this aim, the association started JLP in 2009, as a bi-annual journal. It became a quarterly publication in 2017.
The journal publishes original communications on all aspects of biomedical research and teaching in laboratory procedures contributing to the advancement of knowledge in all sub-specialties of diagnostic medicine. The scope of the journal allows publication of original research papers, review articles, recent and novel laboratory procedures, case reports, case discussions, and letters to the Editor on any aspect of diagnostic and laboratory medicine including clinical biochemistry, clinical microbiology (bacteriology, mycology, mycobacteriology, parasitology, and virology), clinical pathology (including chemical pathology, surgical pathology, cytopathology, hematology), immunology/serology including HIV/AIDS, human and animal genetics, endocrinology and hormone assays, applied biotechnology, nuclear medicine, molecular biology and other related disciplines. JLP is also associated with AIIMS, Bhopal and prestigious associations like Indian Pharmacological Society etc. The journal focuses on original articles and case reports predominantly and follows a double-blind peer review process.
Abstracting and Indexing Information
The journal is indexed with, or included in, the following:
PubMed Central, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), DOAJ
Impact Factor® as reported in the 2023 Journal Citation Reports® (Clarivate Analytics 2024): 0.9
The journal is registered with the following abstracting partners:
Google Scholar, CrossRef, ReadCube, Portico, ProQuest, National Science Library, Indian Science Abstracts, EBSCO Publishing’s Electronic Databases
Journal Ethics
The Journal of Laboratory Physicians is committed to meeting and upholding the standards of ethical behavior at all stages of the publication process. We follow closely the industry associations, such as the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), that set standards and provide guidelines for best practices in order to meet these requirements. For a summary of our specific policies regarding duplicate publication, conflicts of interest, patient consent, etc., please visit our Ethical Guidelines section
Plagiarism Policy
The journal uses plagiarism check software (iThenticate) on the Editor’s and Reviewer’s panel in the manuscript management system which is used to check and control Plagiarism for each article. Any manuscript that is found to have plagiarism is rejected.
Archival Policy
We use PORTICO for our third-party repository for all articles published with us. All our articles are assigned a DOI number.
Open Access Publication and Creative Commons Licensing
Journal of Laboratory Physicians is an open-access journal, and manuscripts published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 License (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0), which allows others to remix, transform, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
Ahead of Print Policy
Articles published online under the Ahead of Print model are considered published and can be cited and quoted using the DOI as the reference source. Journal of Laboratory Physicians has a policy that changes will not be made after the publication of an article without following accepted procedures for making corrections to the scientific record.
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