Instructions for Authors

The International Medical Graduates Research Journal (IMGRJ) welcomes original scholarly work from physicians, researchers, medical trainees, and healthcare professionals worldwide. The journal particularly encourages research and academic contributions involving International Medical Graduates (IMGs), global medical education, clinical medicine, healthcare systems, and physician workforce development.

Article Types

IMGRJ considers:

• Original Research Articles

• Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses

• Narrative Reviews

• Case Reports

• Clinical Research

• Medical Education Research

• Perspectives and Viewpoints

• Editorials

• Letters to the Editor

Manuscript Preparation

Manuscripts should be written in clear English and submitted as a Microsoft Word document.

Title Page

Include:

• Article title

• Full names of all authors

• Institutional affiliations

• Corresponding author name and email

• ORCID IDs, when available

Abstract

Original research articles should include a structured abstract with:

• Background

• Methods

• Results

• Conclusions

Keywords

Include 3–6 keywords relevant to the manuscript.

Main Text

Original research articles should generally follow:

• Introduction

• Methods

• Results

• Discussion

• Conclusions

References

References should follow AMA style.

Ethical Requirements

Research involving human participants must include approval from an appropriate Institutional Review Board or Ethics Committee when required.

The manuscript should include the name of the approving institution and approval number when applicable.

Authors must state whether informed consent was obtained when required.

Clinical trials should include trial registration information when applicable.

Authorship

All listed authors must have made meaningful contributions to the work.

IMGRJ follows the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) recommendations for authorship and contributorship.

All authors should approve the final version of the manuscript before submission.

Conflict of Interest

Authors must disclose any financial, professional, institutional, or personal relationships that could potentially influence the submitted work.

Artificial Intelligence

Authors must disclose the use of generative artificial intelligence tools when these tools materially contributed to manuscript preparation.

Artificial intelligence tools cannot be listed as authors.

Authors remain responsible for the accuracy, integrity, originality, and content of their manuscript.

Originality

Submitted manuscripts must represent original work and must not be simultaneously under consideration by another journal.

Suspected plagiarism, duplicate publication, data fabrication, falsification, inappropriate authorship, or other forms of research misconduct may result in rejection or further investigation.

Peer Review

Manuscripts considered suitable for IMGRJ undergo independent peer review.

Research manuscripts will generally be evaluated by at least two independent reviewers with relevant expertise.

Authors may be asked to revise their manuscript in response to reviewer and editor comments.

Final publication decisions are made by the editorial team.

Submission

Manuscripts should be submitted through the Submit a Manuscript page of the journal website.

There is currently no submission fee or publication fee.

For questions regarding manuscript preparation or submission, please contact:

Editorial Office

International Medical Graduates Research Journal (IMGRJ)
Email: editorial@imgrj.org
Website: www.imgrj.org