Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37928130›Full record

ArticleJournal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA2023

Journals accepting case reports.

Terri Gotschall, Angela Spencer, Margaret A Hoogland, Elisa Cortez, Elizabeth Irish

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Article in Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence for Clinical Vignettes.HCA healthcare journal of medicine · 2026
    Article
  2. RevisitingJournal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2025
    Article
  3. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Terri Gotschallterri.gotschall@ucf.edu, Scholarly Communications Librarian, Health Sciences Library, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, FL.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6397-1299
Angela Spencerangela.spencer@slu.edu, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6233-053X
Margaret A HooglandMargaret.Hoogland@Utoledo.edu, Associate Professor, University Libraries, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9932-3605
Elisa Cortezelisa.cortez@ucr.edu, Medical Education and Clinical Outreach Librarian, UC Riverside Library, Orbach Science Library, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9755-7218
Elizabeth Irishirishe@amc.edu, Associate Professor, Schaffer Library of Health Sciences, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0993-4195

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Few resources exist to support finding journals that accept case reports by specialty. In 2016, Katherine Akers compiled a list of 160 journals that accepted case reports, which many librarians continue to use 7 years later. Because journals' editorial policies and submission guidelines evolve, finding publication venues for case reports poses a dynamic problem, consisting of reviewing a journal's author guidelines to determine if the journal accepts case report manuscripts. This project aimed to create a more up to date and extensive list of journals that currently accept case reports. Case Presentation: 1,874 journal titles were downloaded from PubMed. The team reviewed each journal and identified journal titles that accept case reports. Additional inclusion factors included being indexed in MEDLINE, accessible on the internet, and accepting and publishing English language submissions. Discussion: The new journal list includes 1,028 journals covering 129 specialties and is available on the Open Science Framework public page.

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MedicinePeriodicals as TopicCase Reports as TopicEditorial PoliciesMEDLINECase ReportsJournalsPublishing

Identifiers

PMID37928130
PMCPMC10621715

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