Aims. KSRJMS aims to publish reliable, ethically conducted research that improves the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease and the delivery of health care. The journal follows the ICMJE Recommendations and values transparent methods, complete reporting and findings that are useful to clinicians and health policymakers.

Scope. The journal welcomes work in, but not limited to, the following areas:

• Clinical medicine:internal medicine and its specialties, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, psychiatry, dermatology, emergency and critical care
• Surgery and allied specialties:general and specialist surgery, anaesthesia, orthopaedics, ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology
• Public health and epidemiology:community medicine, infectious and non-communicable diseases, health policy and systems, environmental and occupational health
• Basic and biomedical sciences:anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathology, microbiology, immunology, genetics and molecular medicine
• Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences:clinical pharmacology, drug safety, pharmacovigilance, rational drug use
• Dentistry and oral health
• Nursing and allied health sciences:nursing, physiotherapy, medical laboratory science, radiology and imaging
• Nutrition and lifestyle medicine:clinical and public health nutrition, obesity, metabolic health
• Medical education and digital health:training and assessment, telemedicine, AI in health care

Article types: Original Research Article, Systematic Review / Meta-analysis, Narrative Review, Case Report, Case Series, Short Communication, Clinical Image, Letter to the Editor.

Manuscripts outside this scope may be returned without review.