Download the Guidelines for Author here [Download PDF].

Agreement Form. The form must be submitted via email. Manuscripts will ONLY be processed when we receive this form. All authors and co-authors are required to read and sign the Authorship
[Download Authorship Agreement Form]

For manuscripts containing pictures of identifiable patients, the Patient Consent Form must be submitted as well.
[Download Patient Consent Form]

All new submissions of manuscripts, except solicited, are to be submitted to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/maljms. For first time users, authors are required to register and create accounts for manuscript submission and future access. This online submission system will streamline the review process as well as the final decision process.

Checklist of New Submission Preparation

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission’s compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors who failed to submit these required documents.

1. Main manuscript
2. Title page
3. Tables
4. Figures
5. Videos (for video manuscript)
6. Authorship Agreement Form
7. Patient consent Form (if applicable)

Checklist of Submission Preparation for Publication

Accepted manuscripts for publication are to be submitted to mjms.usm@gmail.com together with the following documents:

1. Cleaned language-edited main manuscript
2. Updated title page
3. Revised tables
4. Revised figures
5. Updated videos (for video manuscript)
6. Updated Authorship Agreement Form
7. Patient Consent Form (if applicable)
8. License to Publish Form
9. Proof of language editing service