About the Institute

Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) is a leading multi-speciality hospital and teaching institute in the Union Territory of Puducherry on the eastern coast of South India established in 2001. The vision of PIMS is to serve the community through holistic health services and an excellent system of education where we follow the defining principles of ethics, excellence, care and research, in line with our motto “To Reach The Unreached”

The medical college has state-of-the-art facilities and experienced faculty who have been drawn from all over India. PIMS offers its students a stimulating atmosphere to pursue their dreams. At present, the institution offers undergraduate, postgraduate and super speciality programmes in several disciplines with emphasis on excellence in education, healthcare and research. The institute emphasises on high quality research by its faculty and students. The institute is part of many multi-centric studies and funded projects. It regularly holds national conferences, workshops and trainings in health care and research. It is also a part of several national disease control programmes.

About the Journal

Journal of Current Research in Scientific Medicine (JCRSM) is the official scientific publication of PIMS. It is a global platform for disseminating scientific information in health sciences since its inception in 2015.

It is a peer-reviewed print + online semi-annual (two issues per year) journal. The journal's full text is available online at http://www.jcrsmed.org. The journal allows immediate free access (Open Access) to its contents and permits authors to self-archive the final accepted version of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional / subject-based repository.

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The journal is indexed with, or included in, the following:
DOAJ

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The journal will cover technical and clinical studies related to health, ethical and social issues in field of recent advances, trends and progress in subjects related to the Health Sciences.. Articles with clinical interest and implications will be given preference.

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