Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal

Aims & Scope

The Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal, a publication of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, is a peer-reviewed online journal with quarterly print on demand compilation of issues published.

The journal’s full text is available online at http://www.npmj.org.

The journal allows free access (Open Access) to its contents and permits authors to self-archive final accepted version of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional / subject-based repository.

The journal charge token fees for submission, processing and publication of manuscripts.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Medicine, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 11,025.00 INR. Learn more.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Principles and methods of validity and reliability testing of questionnaires used in social and health science researches

  Citation: 676

  Authors: OladimejiAkeem

• Sample size estimation for health and social science researchers: The principles and considerations for different study designs

  Citation: 95

  Authors: OladimejiAkeem

• A review of the health problems of the internally displaced persons in Africa

  Citation: 89

  Authors: EmeT, ObiomaC, TumininuO, EniolaO

• COVID-19 pandemic: A global health burden

  Citation: 57

  Authors: OluwatosinWuraola, TanimolaMakanjuola

• COVID-19: A review of the effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions

  Citation: 49

  Authors: BabatundeA, OlumuyiwaO, TinuolaO, WhenayonS

• Exploring Artificial Intelligence in the Nigerian Medical Educational Space: An Online Cross-sectional Study of Perceptions, Risks and Benefits among Students and Lecturers from Ten Universities

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Kehinde Sunday, Adekunle Olatayo, Sulaiman Olayide, Timothy Eyo, Mustapha Ibrahim, Mtaku Bata, Ndubuisi Onu, Ali Mohammed, Adejare, Lawal Ya’u

• Uterine and umbilical artery doppler in women with pre-eclampsia and their pregnancy outcomes

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Adebola, AdemolaJoseph, JanetAdetinuke, AbiodunOludotun

• Dysphagia following acute stroke and its effect on short-term outcome

  Citation: 32

  Authors: SaniAtta, BelloYusuf

• Stroke recurrence in Nigerian children with sickle cell disease treated with hydroxyurea

  Citation: 30

  Authors: IA, BJ, OO

• Carriage rate of hepatitis-B surface antigen (HBsAg) in an urban community in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.

  Citation: 30

  Authors: ND, MO, JA, E, C, D, A, S