The Journal
Port Harcourt Medical Journal or PHMJ (ISSN: Print-0795-3038) is a peer-reviewed journal published on behalf of the College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt. The journal publishes information relating to basic and clinical medical topics as well as dentistry. The Journal is published three times annually in January, May and September.

Abstracting and Indexing information
The journal is registered with Google Scholar, African Journals Online (AJOL) and African Index Medicus.

Information for Authors
There are page charges for submissions to the journal. All manuscripts must be submitted online at www.phmj.org.ng.
Acceptance fee:    N60,000.00 | $100.00
Colour picture:   N7,500.00(per Picture) | $10.00

Subscription Information
A subscription to Port Harcourt Medical Journal comprises three (3) issues in a Volume. Annual subscription rates are
Individual:    N60,000.00
Institution:    N80,000.00
Overseas: US $100.00 or equivalent
For mode of payment and other details, please visit www.phmj.org.ng

Claims for missing issues will be serviced at no charge if received within 60 days of the cover date for domestic subscribers and 3 months for subscribers outside Nigeria. Duplicate copies cannot be sent to replace issues not delivered because of failure to notify publisher of change of address.
The journal is published and distributed by the College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt. Copies are sent to subscribers directly from the publisher’s address. It is illegal to acquire copies from any other source. If a copy is received for personal use, one cannot resale or give away the copy for commercial or library use.

The copies of the journal to subscribers are sent by ordinary post. The editorial board, College of Health Sciences or publisher will not be responsible for non-receipt of copies. If any subscriber wishes to receive the copies by registered post or courier, kindly contact the Editor-in-Chief. If a copy returns due to incomplete, incorrect or changed address of a subscriber on two consecutive occasions, the names of such subscribers will be deleted from the mailing list of the journal. Providing complete, correct and up-to-date address is the responsibility of the subscriber. Please send change of address information to the Editor-in-Chief.

Advertising policies
The journal accepts display and classified advertising. Frequency discounts and special positions are available. Inquiries about advertising should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief.

The journal reserves the right to reject any advertisement considered unsuitable according to the set policies of the journal.

The appearance of advertising or product information in the various sections of the journal does not constitute an endorsement or approval by the journal and/or its publisher of the quality or value of the said product or of claims made for it by its manufacturer.

Advertisement rates per issue:
Full page (cover pages)    N200,000.00
Inside full page        N150,000.00
Half page                N100,000.00
Quarter page            N60,000.00

Copyright
On acceptance, the copyright of a manuscript is transferred to the Editor-in-Chief and the publisher. The entire contents of the Port Harcourt Medical Journal are protected under Nigerian and international copyrights. The Journal, however, grants to all users a free, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual right of access to, and a licence to copy, use, distribute, perform and display the work publicly and to make and distribute derivative works in any digital medium for any reasonable non-commercial purpose, subject to proper attribution of authorship and ownership of the rights. The Journal also grants the right to make small number of printed copies for their personal non-commercial use.

Permissions
For information on how to request permissions to reproduce articles/information from this journal, please contact the Editor-in-Chief.

Disclaimer
The information and opinions presented in the Journal reflect the views of the authors and not of the Journal or its Editorial Board or publisher. Publication does not constitute endorsement by the Journal. Neither the Port Harcourt Medical Journal nor its publishers nor anyone else involved in creating, producing or delivering the Port Harcourt Medical Journal or the materials contained therein, assumes any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information provided in the Port Harcourt Medical Journal, nor shall they be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages arising out of the use of the Port Harcourt Medical Journal. The Port Harcourt Medical Journal, nor its publishers, no any other party involved in the preparation of material contained in the Port Harcourt Medical Journal represents or warrants that the information contained herein is in every respect accurate or complete, and they are not responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of such material. Readers are encouraged to confirm the information contained herein with other sources.

Mission Statement
Port Harcourt Medical Journal has the objective to: disseminate medical information from the College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt and the rest of the national and international medical community; act as a medium for the articulation od research and findings from same as well as proceedings of medical conferences of professional societies among the national and international medical community and promote cooperation among medical scientists worldwide. 

Addresses
Editorial Office
Prof. RC Echem
Editor-in-Chief
c/o Department of Surgery,
University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital,
Port Harcourt,
Rivers State,
Nigeria.
Telephone: +234 8037062322
E-mail: phmedjournal@gmail.com,  pharcourtmedj@yahoo.com
Website: www.phmj.org.ng