The Journal of Surgery and Medicine (JOSAM) is committed to real open access and equitable scholarly dissemination. JOSAM operates under a Platinum / Diamond Open Access model:
All published articles are immediately, permanently, and freely accessible online to readers worldwide under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) without any subscription or paywall barriers.
All operational, editorial processing, digital typesetting, Crossref DOI allocation, and long-term digital archiving costs are fully sponsored and covered by the publisher, SelSistem Publishing.
Editors and reviewers participate independently and receive no financial remuneration for editorial decisions, guaranteeing complete editorial independence and zero commercial influence on manuscript acceptance.
Starting from Volume 10, Issue 11 (2026), the Journal of Surgery and Medicine (JOSAM) has transitioned its open-access licensing framework from CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 to the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) to strengthen research accessibility, international discoverability, and compliance with global indexing standards.
Starting from Volume 10 Issue 6 (2026), JOSAM has adopted an electronic article identifier (e-location) system instead of traditional page numbering.
Title: Journal of Surgery and Medicine
e-ISSN: 2602-2079
Publisher: SelSistem Publishing
NLM Title Abbreviation: J Surg Med
ISO Abbreviation: J Surg Med
Other Titles: JOSAM
Category: Health Science
DOI: 10.28982/josam
Peer Review: Double-blind
Review Time: Average 8 - 14 weeks
Publication Format: Electronic
Publication Policy: Open Access; COPE guide
Publication Type(s): Periodicals
Publication Period: Monthly
Language: English
Contact email: josam@jsurgmed.com
