Open Access
Open Access
Open Access statement
This is an open-access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition of open access.
Creative Commons Statement
All articles published by the Sierra Leone Journal of Medicine are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This permits anyone to copy, redistribute, remix, transmit and adapt the work provided the original work and source is appropriately cited.
Open Access statement
This is an open-access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition of open access.
Creative Commons Statement
All articles published by the Nigerian Stethoscope are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This permits anyone to copy, redistribute, remix, transmit and adapt the work provided the original work and source is appropriately cited.
Focus and scope
Frequency: Twice a year
Subject: Medical sciences and clinical specialties including Basic Medical Sciences, Internal Medicine, Paediatrics, Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Community Medicine, Laboratory Medicine and Dentistry. Also included are allied professional fields such as Nursing, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, and Clinical Psychology among others
Readership: Local and international researchers, practicing physicians, resident doctors, allied health professionals, medical students, policy makers and the general public.
Archiving: Authors of articles published in the Sierra Leone Journal of Medicine are permitted to self-archive both the submitted (preprint) and accepted (peer-reviewed) versions of the articles at any time and for whatever purpose they deem fit.
Indexes
- Limit of Premature Viability — A Comparison of Several Countries: A Systematic Review
Background The objective was to carry out a systematic analysis of mortality in preterm infants from different countries to answer the question about which countries have the highest and lowest […]
- Hypoxaemia and Associated Factors among Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Anaemia in Steady State in a Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria
Background Patients with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) develop complications as a result of repeated crises. Hypoxaemia has been observed in children with SCA in the absence of overt cardiopulmonary […]
- Lung Function Abnormalities and its Associated Factors Among Stroke Survivors in Two Tertiary Hospitals in Southwest Nigeria
Background Stroke is a medical condition with significant influence on daily life activities among its survivors who have residual motor deficit. The motor deficit could affect respiratory muscles […]
- Impact of Red Acalypha (Acalypha Wilkesiana) Extract on Weight, Oxidative Stress, Memory, and Hippocampal Structure in Sprague-Dawley Rats
Background The therapeutic potential of medicinal plants in neurological health has gained attention. Acalypha wilkesiana, or Red Acalypha, has traditionally been used for anti-inflammatory, […]
- Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Regarding Unsafe Abortion Among Female Undergraduates of Osun State University (Osogbo Main Campus)
Background Millions of unsafe abortions are performed every year, undergraduates with unintended pregnancies may result in unsafe abortions to prevent related stigma and may result in related […]