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 October 2015:
Research papers
Ka Y Bonnie Ng, Jack Garnham, Usama M Syed, Ben L Green, Robert Watson, Nicholas D Gollop, Joseph Shalhoub, and Mahiben Maruthappu. Knowledge of driving vehicle licensing agency guidelines among NHS doctors: a multicentre observational study. JRSM Open October 2015 6: 2054270415601586 doi:10.1177/2054270415601586 Robert C Amland, Jason J Lyons, Tracy L Greene, and James M Haley. A two-stage clinical decision support system for early recognition and stratification of patients with sepsis: an observational cohort study. JRSM Open October 2015 6: 2054270415609004, doi:10.1177/2054270415609004 Mosiur Rahman, Syed Emdadul H, Md. Jahirul Islam, Md. Golam Mostofa, and Khandakar SM Saadat. Association of socioeconomic status with diagnosis, treatment and control of hypertension in diabetic hypertensive individuals in Bangladesh: a population-based cross-sectional study. JRSM Open October 2015 6: 2054270415608118, doi:10.1177/2054270415608118