About the Journal

About the Journal

About the ASIDE Internal Medicine

Vision and Mission

ASIDE Internal Medicine Journal is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal committed to advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in healthcare through scholarly publication. As part of ASIDE Healthcare, the journal reflects these values in all activities and publications.

Our mission is to advance internal medicine by promoting innovative research, informed practice, and transformative ideas that prioritize health equity. We serve as a platform for voices historically underrepresented in medical research, offering insights that challenge traditional narratives and promote a more inclusive healthcare environment.

Scope

ASIDE Internal Medicine publishes original research, reviews, clinical case studies, and commentary across all subspecialties of internal medicine, including cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, nephrology, pulmonology, rheumatology, and infectious diseases. We particularly value work addressing social determinants of health, innovative care for underserved populations, and interdisciplinary approaches to complex issues.

Publication Frequency

ASIDE Internal Medicine Journal is published quarterly (four issues per year). Each issue contains peer-reviewed original research articles, reviews, case reports, and other scholarly content in the field of internal medicine.

Readership

Our readers include physicians, medical researchers, healthcare professionals, policy makers, and educators dedicated to building a healthcare system that serves everyone. With a global reach, the journal invites submissions worldwide to foster a diverse dialogue on internal medicine.

Open Access & Licensing Policy

ASIDE Internal Medicine provides immediate open access to all content. The full text of every article is freely available to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to without delay, with no embargo and no registration requirement.

Unless otherwise indicated, all articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license (legal code). This license permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, including commercial use, provided appropriate credit is given to the original authors and the source, a link to the license is provided, and changes are indicated.

Authors retain copyright to their work and grant the publisher a non-exclusive right of first publication under the above license. The copyright holder and license are clearly displayed on each article’s HTML page and PDF.

 Content (e.g., images, figures, data) not covered by CC BY 4.0 is identified by a credit line noting the different terms. Permission may be required for uses beyond those allowed by the stated license.

The journal charges no submission or publication fees (no APCs).

Editorial Process

We uphold a rigorous peer-review process managed by an international editorial board committed to advancing medical science and upholding fairness, diversity, and inclusiveness in academic publishing.

ASIDE Internal Medicine Journal maintains editorial independence by not accepting any form of advertising.

Direct Marketing Policy

ASIDE Internal Medicine may occasionally send targeted calls for papers or informational messages to researchers whose expertise aligns with the journal’s aims and scope. Any outreach conducted on behalf of the journal is appropriate, well-targeted, and unobtrusive. All information about the journal and publisher is truthful and not misleading.

We do not guarantee acceptance, indexing, or publication outcomes in any communication, and we do not request or require payment as a condition of submission. Messages clearly identify the journal and publisher, the article types sought, relevant deadlines, and link to our policies. Recipients can opt out at any time, and we promptly honor unsubscribe requests. We do not buy third-party email lists; contact details are gathered from publicly available academic sources or prior voluntary interactions. Outreach practices comply with applicable regulations (e.g., CAN-SPAM/GDPR).

Peer Review Policy (Double-Blind)

1. Introduction to Peer Review

1.1 What is Peer Review? Independent experts assess submissions for originality, validity, and significance to inform editorial decisions.

1.2 Purpose at ASIDE Internal Medicine To validate scientific accuracy and relevance so that published research is trustworthy and contributes meaningfully to internal medicine.

2. Types of Peer Review

2.1 Double-Blind Peer Review Both reviewers and authors remain anonymous to minimize bias related to identities.

3. Double-Blind Process

  1. 3.1 Manuscript Submission
    • Authors submit via the journal’s system, ensuring manuscripts and supplementary files contain no identifying information.
    • Editorial staff assess scope fit and guideline adherence before review.
  2. 3.2 Reviewer Selection
    • Editors invite expert reviewers based on subject expertise, prior review quality, and impartiality.
  3. 3.3 Conducting the Review
    • Reviewers evaluate significance, originality, methodology, data analysis, and presentation using predefined criteria.
    • Confidentiality is mandatory; conflicts of interest must be declared.
  4. 3.4 Reviewer Recommendations
    • Possible recommendations: accept, minor revisions, major revisions, or reject, with constructive feedback to strengthen the work.
  5. 3.5 Decision Making
    • Editors consider all feedback; in case of conflicting opinions, additional reviews may be solicited.
  6. 3.6 Revision and Re-review
    • Authors address comments and resubmit; further rounds may occur to ensure concerns are fully resolved.
  7. 3.7 Acceptance and Publication
    • Accepted manuscripts proceed to copyediting, layout, and proofing prior to publication.

4. Why Double-Blind?

To enhance impartiality and focus evaluation on academic content and scientific merit.

5. Ensuring Integrity and Fairness

Attempts to circumvent anonymity (e.g., identifying authors or reviewers) should be reported and will be addressed seriously.

6. Conclusion

The peer-review process is designed to uphold the highest standards of scientific integrity and publication quality, contributing valuable knowledge to internal medicine.

Policies on Editorial Involvement and Endogeny

Policy on Editorial Involvement in Manuscripts

Conflict of Interest for Editorial Members

  • If the Editor-in-Chief, an Associate Editor, or an editorial board member is a co-author of a submitted manuscript, they must recuse themselves from handling that manuscript.
  • Another qualified editor with no authorship role will manage the review to ensure unbiased evaluation and decision-making.

Decision Making and Access

  • Editorial members who are co-authors will not have access to the review process for their own manuscripts and will not influence the decision.

Ethical Standards

Introduction

ASIDE Internal Medicine adheres to the codes and best practices of COPE, ICMJE, OASPA, and the Think. Check. Submit. initiative to ensure integrity, transparency, and fairness. This section clarifies expected ethical behavior for authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher.

1. Editorial Standards

  • Integrity: We follow COPE and ICMJE guidance to maintain the scholarly record.
  • Fair Play: Manuscripts are evaluated for intellectual content without regard to authors’ personal attributes or beliefs.
  • Confidentiality: Editorial information is disclosed only to parties directly involved in the editorial process.

2. Duties of Reviewers

  • Contribution: Reviews assist editorial decisions and help authors improve their work.
  • Promptness: Reviewers who are unqualified or unavailable promptly notify the editor.
  • Confidentiality: Manuscripts under review are confidential.
  • Objectivity: Reviews should be evidence-based and free of personal criticism.
  • Conflicts of Interest: Reviewers must decline when conflicts exist.

3. Duties of Authors

  • Reporting Standards: Present accurate work and objective discussion of significance.
  • Data Access & Retention: Provide data for editorial review and public access when requested.
  • Originality & Citation: Submit original work with proper citation of sources.
  • Redundant/Concurrent Publication: Do not publish substantially similar work elsewhere.
  • Authorship: Limit authorship to those with significant contributions.
  • Disclosures: Declare financial or substantive conflicts that could influence results or interpretation.

4. Publishing Ethics Issues

  • Monitoring Ethics: The editorial board follows COPE in addressing ethics concerns and correcting the record.
  • Retractions: Confirmed misconduct will result in retraction when warranted.

Authors are encouraged to consult the principles of the Think. Check. Submit. initiative when selecting journals. For questions, contact the editorial office at [email protected].

Preservation & Archiving Policy

ASIDE Internal Medicine is committed to the long-term preservation and accessibility of its content through the following:

  • PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN): Application submitted; upon activation, all published content will be preserved automatically through the PKP PN service for OJS journals.

  • Internet Archive: All issues and article PDFs are deposited in the Internet Archive (archive.org) for long-term preservation and public access. Core journal pages are also captured periodically via the Wayback Machine.

  • Institutional & Library Repositories (Self-archiving): Authors are encouraged to deposit all versions—preprint, accepted manuscript, and version of record—without embargo, in institutional or subject repositories of their choice.

  • OAI-PMH: Metadata and content are available for harvesting via our OAI-PMH endpoint: https://asidejournals.com/index.php/internal-medicine/oai

If the journal were to cease publication, archived content will remain permanently accessible via the Internet Archive and any active preservation services (e.g., PKP PN).

Repository & Self-Archiving Policy

ASIDE Internal Medicine permits and encourages authors to deposit all versions of their articles in institutional, subject, funder, or personal repositories, and on academic profiles, without embargo:

  • Submitted version (preprint): may be shared at any time.
  • Accepted version (Author Accepted Manuscript, AAM): may be shared immediately upon acceptance.
  • Published version (Version of Record, VoR): may be shared immediately after publication.

Include a full citation and a link to the Version of Record (article page or DOI) wherever a version is deposited. Articles are published under CC BY 4.0. Journal metadata is harvestable via OAI-PMH: https://asidejournals.com/index.php/internal-medicine/oai.

Data Sharing & Reproducibility

ASIDE Internal Medicine supports open, reproducible research. All research articles must include a Data Availability Statement describing where the data, code, and materials that support the findings can be accessed, with persistent identifiers (e.g., DOIs) wherever possible. For clinical trials, authors must provide an ICMJE-compliant data sharing statement.

Underlying data (raw and processed), analysis scripts/code, protocols, and other materials necessary to reproduce the results should be shared unless restricted for ethical, legal, or proprietary reasons. Where restrictions apply, authors must explain them and provide conditions for controlled access.

Deposit datasets in a trusted repository—preferably a discipline-specific repository (e.g., genomic sequences in GenBank; functional genomics data in GEO). When no domain repository fits, use a generalist repository that issues DOIs (e.g., Zenodo, Dryad, OSF). Authors can locate suitable repositories via the re3data registry. Software/code should be in a public version-controlled repository (e.g., GitHub) and archived with a DOI (e.g., via GitHub→Zenodo integration) for citation.

Use open, non-proprietary formats where feasible (e.g., CSV/TSV, JSON, TXT, PNG/TIFF). Provide sufficient documentation/metadata to make data FAIR—Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (e.g., README files, variable dictionaries, licenses).

Human-participant data must be de-identified and shared in line with informed consent, IRB/ethics approvals, and applicable regulations. If data cannot be made public, deposit metadata and specify a controlled access mechanism or qualified point of contact in the Data Availability Statement.

Data and code should be deposited by acceptance and publicly available on publication. Include dataset and software citations (with DOIs) in the reference list and provide repository links in the Data Availability Statement.

 

Publisher Information

Publisher: American Society for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in Healthcare (ASIDE)
Registered Address: 16192 Coastal Highway, Lewes, Delaware 19958, USA
Country: United States of America
Publisher Website: https://www.asidehealthcare.org
Journals Portal: https://asidejournals.com
Publisher Contact Email: [email protected]