Abstract
JRSM Open is an online-only, peer-reviewed, open-access companion journal to JRSM. JRSM Open was launched in June 2010 and is rapidly developing into a leading international online resource of clinical papers, reviews and case reports on all aspects of improving patient care. As with other open access journals, authors are required to pay a small fee for published articles to cover the production costs and ensure that their article is freely available to readers. Articles published in JRSM Open are included in PubMed, PubMed Central and Google Scholar.
You can find JRSM Open on the Internet at http://jro.sagepub.com. To submit a clinical paper or case report to JRSM Open, visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/shorts. For submission inquiries contact Dr Kamran Abbasi, editor of JRSM and JRSM Open, by email at kamran.abbasi@rsm.ac.uk.
Articles published in JRSM Open will also be mentioned in the print edition of JRSM. Here are the articles published in JRSM Open in September 2014:
Research
Sarah Clayton, Elizabeth Apperley, Fergus Hannon, Anika Karia, Victoria Baxter, and Steven A Julious. A survey of birth order status of students studying for medical degree at the University of Sheffield. JRSM Open September 2014 5: 2054270414533327, doi:10.1177/2054270414533327 Helen M Goodyear, Indumathy Lakshminarayana, David Wall, and Taruna Bindal. Choosing a career in paediatrics: do trainees’ views change over the first year of specialty training? JRSM Open September 2014 5: 2054270414536552, doi:10.1177/2054270414536552
Case Reports
Natalie Joyce, Kavil Patel, Andrew Whitehead, Richard Armstrong, Nilangi Virgincar, and Apurba Chatterjee. A curious case of confusion. JRSM Open September 2014 5: 2054270414536551, doi:10.1177/2054270414536551 Naji Al-Khudairi and Adam Meir. Isolated tuberculosis of the posterior spinal elements: case report and discussion of management. JRSM Open September 2014 5: 2054270414543396, doi:10.1177/2054270414543396 Irene Braithwaite, Gordon Maxwell, Sarah Sparks, Richard Beasley, and Phillipa Shirtcliffe. A man who collapsed after using the internet. JRSM Open September 2014 5: 2054270414543397, doi:10.1177/2054270414543397
Research Letter
Joseph R Fitchett, Michael G Head, and Rifat Atun. Investing in sepsis research: systematic analysis of UK public and philanthropic funding 1997–2010. JRSM Open September 2014 5: 2054270414538954, doi:10.1177/2054270414538954
Clinical Review
Lopa Patel, Duncan McGrouther, and Kaushik Chakrabarty. Evaluating evidence for atrophic scarring treatment modalities. JRSM Open September 2014 5: 2054270414540139, doi:10.1177/2054270414540139