From the Editor
Welcome to our Seventh SMRJ Journal Issue!
I’d like to welcome you to the seventh issue of The Spartan Medical Research Journal (SMRJ). As you will see in the Table of Contents, we are receiving an increasingly broader range of submissions! As noted inside the cover of this issue, the purpose of this online peer-reviewed journal is to provide an accessible formal publication option for research & QI papers and case reports from Michigan State University COM students, residents, fellows and faculty and associates. We continue to receive submissions from both Statewide Campus System affiliated and non-affiliated authors from other parts of the country and our readership continues to grow!
NOTE: All SMRJ submissions for future issue consideration will now need to be submitted using the ScholasticaTM submission software. We have already received a half-dozen submissions through this mechanism and have heard no concerns regarding
this change. The following link will take you directly to the new submission page through Scholastica: https://smrj.scholasticahq.com/for-authors
It is of note that our SMRJ has been online for over 24 months and as of this issue we have published exactly 60 manuscripts! As such, we have submitted an application for PubMed article number assignments and journal indexing through the US Library of Medicine. We hope to have this application reviewed in February 2019 and will keep all SMRJ authors and SCS-affiliated readers apprised of this process!
We at the SCS continue to be dependent on a large number of expert reviewers for SMRJ submissions. We are still recruiting expert reviewers from all medical specialty areas to be members of the Editorial Board. If you have an interest in participating as a
reviewer, please contact Chief Editor Bill Corser.
If you have comments or suggestions, please contact any of our editorial team
members at any time. Please remember that we also accept Letters to the Editor.
We hope that you enjoy this issue!
Sincerely,
Bill Corser, PhD, RN, NEA-BC
Chief Editor
corser@msu.edu; (517) 918-3470
Sam Wisniewski, MS
Assistant Editor
samw@msu.edu; (517) 884-7887
Luke Sandel,
Manuscript Editor and Website Coordinator