Aims and Scope
African Journal of Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy Research publishes peer-reviewed research in clinical medicine, pharmacy, and related health sciences that advances patient care, therapeutic practice, medicine use, and health outcomes. The journal welcomes clinically relevant, methodologically rigorous, and ethically grounded studies spanning diagnosis, treatment, pharmacotherapy, pharmaceutical sciences, medication safety, and healthcare practice in diverse settings.
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Aims
Advance Clinical and Pharmaceutical Knowledge
Publish high-quality studies that improve diagnosis, treatment, pharmacotherapy, and rational medicine use.
Support Evidence-Based Patient Care
Disseminate research that strengthens clinical decision-making, medication management, and health service delivery through valid evidence.
Promote Safety, Quality, and Therapeutic Effectiveness
Encourage studies on drug efficacy, adverse effects, adherence, pharmaceutical quality, and patient-centered outcomes.
Strengthen Translational and Practice-Oriented Research
Welcome studies linking laboratory findings, pharmaceutical development, clinical application, and healthcare systems improvement.
Authors are encouraged to report study design, participant characteristics, clinical or pharmaceutical procedures, statistical analysis, ethical approval, informed consent where applicable, and implications for practice.
Scope
The journal considers original clinical studies, pharmacy practice research, pharmaceutical sciences investigations, observational and interventional studies, case-based analyses where methodologically justified, methodological papers, and systematic or scoping reviews in clinical medicine and pharmacy. Submissions should demonstrate clinical relevance, rigorous methods, transparent reporting, and appropriate ethics and regulatory compliance.
1) Internal Medicine and Clinical Specialties
Research in adult and specialty care, diagnosis, prognosis, disease management, therapeutic outcomes, and clinical decision support.
2) Pharmacotherapy and Rational Medicine Use
Drug utilization, treatment optimization, adverse drug reactions, medication adherence, antimicrobial stewardship, and therapeutic monitoring.
3) Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice
Pharmaceutical care, medication review, prescribing support, patient counseling, healthcare teamwork, and practice innovation.
4) Pharmaceutics, Formulation, and Drug Delivery
Dosage forms, formulation development, stability, bioavailability, compounding, and pharmaceutical technology.
5) Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Drug Safety
Mechanisms of action, drug interactions, toxicology, pharmacovigilance, safety assessment, and risk minimization.
6) Public, Community, and Hospital Health Services
Hospital care, community practice, medicine access, service quality, implementation studies, and health systems pharmacy.
7) Clinical Laboratory and Translational Interfaces
Clinical diagnostics, biomarker-related studies, translational findings relevant to therapeutic practice, and medicine-related laboratory research.
8) Reviews, Guidelines, and Evidence Synthesis
Systematic reviews, scoping reviews, evidence summaries, and critical analyses relevant to clinical medicine and pharmacy practice.
Types of Manuscripts Considered
The journal considers, among others: original clinical research articles, pharmacy practice studies, pharmaceutics and pharmacology papers, observational and interventional studies, clinically relevant laboratory investigations, methodological notes, carefully justified case-based analyses, and systematic or scoping reviews with transparent procedures. Submissions must demonstrate relevance to patient care or pharmaceutical practice, rigorous analysis, and ethically responsible conduct.
African Journal of Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy Research supports ethically grounded and practice-relevant scholarship that advances clinical medicine, pharmaceutical science, and the quality, safety, and effectiveness of healthcare.