Important Notice

Important notice for JRM authors when submitting an article
JRM is going to be a semi-open access (OA) journal from April 2021

 

  1. From the beginning of April 2021, JRM does NOT require the first author to be a member of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine (JARM) or International Association of Rural Health and Medicine (IARM) when submitting an article. Co-authors have been already exempt from membership since November 2010.

  2. Instead, when the article is accepted, the first author must become a member of JARM/IARM or pay the article processing charges (APC) 10,000 JPY in Japanese or 100 USD in non-Japanese for publication.

  3. The authors should be limited to 7 people or less, and each author may be required to specify their contributions in the submitted paper.

 

December 8, 2020

Shuzo Shintani, MD
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Rural Medicine (JRM)
President, Japanese Association of Rural Medicine (JARM)
President, International Association of Rural Health and Medicine (IARM)
27F JA Bldg. 1-3-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6827
Tel: +81-3-3212-8005, FAX: +81-3-3212-8008
E-mail: iarmmaillive.jp
E-mail: dw4s-sntnmailasahi-net.or.jp