
The primary purpose of this peer-reviewed journal is to provide a formal publication option for research completed by MSUCOM students, residents and faculty. SMRJ's mission is to advance medicine and medical education through the timely publication of peer-reviewed clinically-oriented research, clinically-relevant basic science research, healthcare quality research, and medical education research from the MSUCOM community, with the ultimate goal of improving patient care and the education of patients and care providers. SMRJ is the official scholarly publication of the Statewide Campus System (SCS) of MSUCOM. It provides a forum for communicating research findings, clinical practice observations, philosophic concepts, and other biomedical and medical education advances to MSUCOM medical students, residents, fellows and faculty, and any other interested readers.
SMRJ is a free on-line journal, open to all viewers, housed on the MSUCOM Statewide Campus System website.
PubMed Central status: Pubmed Central (PMC) application complete as of October 2020. The SMRJ has been accepted for indexing in PMC. This means that all published articles going forward will receive a Pubmed Central ID number (PMCID). In addition all past 90 + SMRJ articles will be retrospectively assigned a PMCID. Specific timelines on implementation of both items TBD.

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Spartan Medical Research Journal:
Volume 4, Number 1, Summer 2019
Individual Articles:
Individual articles for the latest issue of SMRJ are available for viewing and download at Scholastica:
https://smrj.scholasticahq.com/
Complete Issue:

SMRJ, Vol 4, Num 2, Winter 2020
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SMRJ Staff
Executive Editor: Andrea Amalfitano, DO, PhD, DABMG, Sr. Associate Dean MSUCOM
Chief Editor: William Corser, PhD, RN
Assistant Editor: Sam Wisniewski, MS
Manuscript Editor and Website Coordinator: Luke Sandel
Editorial Board and Reviewers:
Information for Reviewers
Appeals Policy
An author who disagrees with a decision to reject a submitted manuscript may file a written appeal with the Chief Editor stating reasons for the disagreement. Within one week of receipt, the Chief Editor will submit the manuscript in question to a second panel of three reviewers with expertise in the subject area of the manuscript and who were not involved in the initial review. At least two of these three reviewers will not be members of the SMRJ editorial board. This second panel of reviewers will return their reviews to the Chief Editor within two weeks of receipt of the manuscript. The Chief Editor will then take the recommendations of this second panel of reviewers into consideration in making a final decision on the acceptability of the manuscript.
Contact
Chief Editor: Bill Corser, PhD, RN
A336 E. Fee Hall
965 Wilson Rd.
East Lansing, MI 48824
For further information, please contact SMRJeditor@hc.msu.edu.