Information For Librarians

The Journal of Clinical and Advanced Medicine (JCAM) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that supports academic libraries, institutional repositories, and research centers by providing unrestricted access to high-quality scholarly literature in clinical and medical sciences.

JCAM is designed to integrate smoothly with library systems and open-access infrastructures, supporting global dissemination and long-term accessibility of published research.

Library Recommendation

Librarians are encouraged to include JCAM in their electronic journal collections to support:

  • Faculty research and scholarly communication
  • Student learning and academic development
  • Institutional and funder-mandated open-access initiatives

The journal follows recognized scholarly publishing standards to ensure content reliability, transparency, and sustainability.

Archiving & Preservation

JCAM is published using the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform, which supports:

  • Long-term digital preservation of published content
  • Stable online archiving and persistent access
  • Digital Object Identifier (DOI) assignment for each published article

The journal is compatible with recognized digital preservation initiatives such as LOCKSS and CLOCKSS, which may be activated as part of the journal’s long-term preservation strategy.

Open Access & Licensing

All articles published in JCAM are openly available under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, permitting:

  • Unlimited reading and downloading
  • Redistribution and sharing
  • Archiving in institutional and subject repositories
  • Educational and scholarly reuse with proper attribution

This licensing model supports open science and maximizes the visibility and impact of published research.

Support for Libraries and Repositories

JCAM welcomes and supports:

  • Inclusion of published articles in institutional repositories
  • Metadata harvesting by libraries and discovery services
  • Collaboration with indexing and abstracting platforms
  • Library partnerships that enhance global access to medical research

Librarians may register on the journal website to receive publication updates, assist authors with submissions, or support institutional open-access workflows.