This publication is produced by Oceania University of Medicine in partnership with the Samoan Ministry of Health, Samoan Medical Association and the Oceania University of Medicine. This journal will be published 3 times per year, beginning in September 2009. The journal is published in line with the editorial standards of the Council of Science Editors (www.CouncilScienceEditors.org).
The SMJ is intended to support and encourage medical research in Samoa and the Pacific as well as providing a source of current information to practising physicians. Its goal is to be one element targeting improvements in the quality of health care available to residents in this underserved region. The journal focuses on the Pacific situation - epidemiology, public health, research, interesting case studies, reviews of endemic diseases, local medical news and reviews of relevant articles and books published elsewhere.
It is a great pleasure to invite you to contribute to the Samoan Medical Journal. If you wish to submit your work to the journal, please provide us the title and an abstract (up to 250 words) of your article by email to surindar.cheema@oceaniamed.org. Alternatively, you may submit the full article.
Please note that submission of a manuscript is not a guarantee for acceptance for publication, as all manuscripts will be subjected to peer review.
Please could you also refer the journal to your colleagues and other contacts in the field, including your librarian, for promotional purposes, submissions and subscriptions.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Yours sincerely,
Professor Surindar S. Cheema, PhD.
Editor-in-Chief, SMJ.
Email: surindar.cheema@oceaniamed.org