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 June 2017:
Research papers
Jennifer O'Donnell, Rachel Foskett-Tharby, and Paramjit Gill. General practice views of managing childhood obesity in primary care: A qualitative analysis. JRSM Open June 2017 8(6), doi: 10.1177/2054270417693966 Khalis Boksh, and Nitin Patwardhan. Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans: Has its diagnostic accuracy improved with time? JRSM Open June 2017 8(6), doi: 10.1177/2054270417692731 Perry Gardner Rigby, and Ramnarayan Paragi Gururaja. World medical schools: The sum also rises. JRSM Open June 2017 8(6), doi: 10.1177/2054270417698631
Case reports
Jake Natalini, Hala Borno, Lan Jin, and Trevor Jensen. An unusual manifestation of diabetic ketoacidosis and acute colonic pseudo-obstruction. JRSM Open June 2017 8(6), doi: 10.1177/2054270417698632 Rishi Mandavia, Richard Fox, and Adam Meir. Atlantoaxial TB with paralysis. Posterior-only cervical approach with good results. JRSM Open June 2017 8(6), doi: 10.1177/2054270417697866