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The Journal of Kenya Association of Physicians (JOKAP) is a quarterly journal published by the Kenya Association of Physicians.

Authors submitting manuscripts to JOKAP do so on the understanding that if accepted they surrender all copyright to the journal. No part of this journal may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the written permission of the Editor-in-Chief.

The following categories of manuscripts will be considered for publication;

• Original articles: The article must contribute further to the existing knowledge of the subject. This must follow the

IMRAD format with the following sub-headings: Title; Structured abstract with the following sub-titles; background, objective(s), study design, methods, results and conclusion(s); Introduction; Materials and Methods; Results; Discussion; Conclusion(s), Recommendations (if any) and References (not exceeding 25. The article should not exceed 4000 words including text, figures, tables and references.

• Reviews: This must be a critical analyses of the subject reviewed. Reviews should preferably be written by an expert in that particular area and can be commissioned by the Editor-in-Chief. Reviews should not exceed 6000 words including tables, figures and references. The format should be as follows; title, structured abstract (with the following sub-headings; objective(s); data source, conclusions), Introduction and sub headings where necessary, results and conclusion(s) and references not exceeding 40.
• Case reports: This should be unique clinical syndromes or presentations. They should not exceed 2500 words. The format should be a Title, Abstract (prose form) not exceeding 200 words, Introduction, Case report, Discussion, Acknowledgement(s) and references not exceeding 15.
• Short communication: This should possess all the elements of a scientific paper but should be presented in prose form without sub-headings. It should have not more than 1500 words and 10 references.

Note that references should be numbered in order of appearance (Vancouver style) and strictly only those cited in the text should appear in the reference list.

All manuscripts should be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Omondi Oyoo, email: jokapkenya@gmail.com