Cureus

Cureus is an open access, online medical journal, which provides clinicians, students, faculty, and researchers a novel and effective platform to publish their clinical and research data. Cureus provides KPCOM students and faculty a no-fee and quick turnaround approach to publication with an average of 39 days to publication (26 days median). With an impact factor of 1.1, the journal receives approximately 1.5 million article reads monthly.

Zero Publication Fees and Easy Submission Process

All non-channel and non-competition original article, case report, technical report and editorial submissions undergo a preliminary review to determine if the article meets all Cureus editorial requirements (as listed in this Author Guide) and qualifies for free publication in our medical journal. There are no limits on authorship or references.

For more information about editorial requirements, visit

https://www.cureus.com/author_guide

Open Access

Cureus’s method of publishing medical articles means that content is freely available to all readers worldwide immediately upon publication, ensuring maximum dissemination of articles, posters and abstracts. Additionally, readers can access articles and other online content without registering for an account. Cureus utilizes a Continuous Article Publication (CAP) model, reducing publication times to a minimum and ensuring timely communication to the community.

Easy Online Submission

Cureus operates a merit-based publication system, in which we publish all articles that satisfy Cureus editorial requirements and contain no fraudulent or dangerous science. It is the submitting author’s responsibility to meet us halfway by submitting an article draft that meets all listed editorial requirements.

For more information on submitting an article, visit

https://www.cureus.com/author_guide#!/author-instructions/submitting-an-article

Expert Peer Reviewed

Cureus is a formally peer-reviewed medical journal. All articles accepted for peer review undergo a single-blind, pre-publication peer review process in which reviewers know the identity of the authors, but authors do not know the identity of the reviewers. Reviews are not posted with the published articles. Medical students are ineligible to serve as peer reviewers.

Priority Support

The support team is contactable by email at: support@cureus.com

For additional information, visit: https://www.cureus.com/support

You can also reach out to Beth Gilbert bgilbert1@nova.edu

Transparency

All information regarding submitted articles is confidential, and Cureus will never publicly comment on submitted or rejected articles. Additionally, reviewer identities will remain confidential unless permission is given to reveal those identities. Authors, reviewers and editors must also treat all correspondence as confidential unless explicitly stated otherwise.

For more information, visit:

https://www.cureus.com/author_guide#!/overview/introduction

Cureus Publication Metrics

The FLAGSHIP: Medical Scholarly Proceedings is committed to enhance the professional development of medical trainees, clinicians and medical educators by publishing state-of-the-art clinical, basic science and medical education research and consists of

FSU College of Medicine
UF University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville
FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
NSU KPCOM
NSU MD College
FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
LECOM Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine

Cureus Journal Flaghsip Publication Statistics

It is important that any student publishing in the Cureus journal includes a faculty member, attending, or physician in their publication authorship.

This individual needs to serve as the corresponding author when the manuscript is published.

It is necessary that all manuscripts meet the criteria outlined in the author guide, especially referencing.

To publish a publication in the Cureus journal, please follow the author guide link: https://www.cureus.com/author_guide
Reference instructions can be access through the link below. Please review before submitting article to Cureus. https://www.cureus.com/author_guide#!/author-instructions/references

In addition, for proper submission, where being a student within KPCOM, you will not incur fees, please submit through the flagship channel link below.

Make sure when submitting using this link, you scroll to the middle of the page and select “submit research” and ensure that you select NSU KPCOM as college to avoid any fees.
FLAGSHIP homepage:https ://www.cureus.com/channels/flagship

To access recently published articles through Cureus, visit

https://www.cureus.com/channels/nsu-flagship/articles

For further information, contact:

Beth Gilbert

Instructor, Science Grant Writer

bgilbert1@nova.edu

NSU’s KPCOM accepts posters from students and faculty that were presented at recent conferences held regionally, nationally, or internationally. Please note that posters and/or abstract can not already have been published through the conference website or as part of a journal publication.

Posters presented as part of the research practicum, FOMA, OGME, research days, and other NSU events are accepted and published through Cureus Journal.
Posters presented as part of FMA, ACP, and ACOEP and other external conventions are accepted and published through Cureus Journal.
Posters are not submitted in the same manner as manuscripts. Students and faculty are not allowed to submit posters themselves.
All authors on the poster and faculty members involved in posters need to approve the poster for submission prior to submitting the poster as directed on the next slide.

Instructions to submit a poster for publication

Submit an email addressed to Beth Gilbert (bgilbert1@nova.edu) cc Assma Twahir (at1218@nova.edu) that includes the following information below

Conference Name, Date, and Location (City, State)
PDF file of the poster
Abstract of the Poster (no more than 3500 words)
10 key words
A list of the authors including each of the authors’ information (Name, Email, University or Hospital Affiliation, Specialization, Location by city)*

*Note Medical Students in KPCOM should specify whether they are from the Ft. Lauderdale or Clearwater campus

To access recently published posters through Cureus, visit

https://www.cureus.com/posters

Cureus commonly has key focus areas, in which they offer a call for submissions.

Current call for submissions includes:

Systematic Reviews

The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews

To access the PRISMA 2020 statement, please visit:

https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n71

Scoping Reviews

For instruction on Scoping reviews, visit:

Scoping — PRISMA statement

Case Reports

Guidelines to writing a clinical case report.

For additional information, please visit:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5686928/

Meta-Analysis

Ten simple rules for carrying out and writing meta-analyses

For additional information, visit:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6521986/

Original Research

For additional information on the IRB, please visit:

https://www.nova.edu/irb/index.html

For additional guidance for writing a research paper, visit:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4404856/

Writing and Communication Center NSU

The Writing and Communication Center (WCC) is an innovative workspace where students, consultants, and faculty come together, in person and online, to talk about writing and communication. It offers individualized writing and communication assistance to all NSU students and provides assistance on all types of academic writing and communication projects at any stage of the writing process from brainstorming to editing

For additional information, please visit:

https://www.nova.edu/wcc/index.html

Make an Appointment:

https://nova.mywconline.com/

KPCOM Manuscript Assistance

For additional assistance with manuscript medical writing/editing/review process, contact Beth Gilbert. Beth assists both faculty and students with manuscript publication through the Cureus channel platform.