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Editorial scope and policies

Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy (JMCP) is dedicated to providing managed care pharmacists with the current information they need to excel in their daily practices.

As the official journal of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, JMCP is a cornerstone of membership services for one of the fastest-growing associations in pharmacy. The journal is peer reviewed, and only articles meeting high scholarly standards indicative of sound, reproducible, and valid research are accepted.

Editorial content is determined by the Editor-in-Chief with suggestions from the Editorial Advisory Board. The views and opinions expressed in JMCP do not necessarily reflect or represent official policy of the Academy or the authors' institutions unless specifically stated.

Editorial Content

Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy contains three basic types of editorial material: peer-reviewed scholarly articles, news-oriented feature articles, and departments. Articles should be organized, written, and formatted for a specific part or section of the journal. Instructions for Authors are published in each issue of JMCP.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

The heart of the journal is its peer-reviewed scholarly research, review, and report articles in five sections:

• Comparative Research: articles using the scientific method to compare definitively two or more alternative hypotheses.
  
• Review Articles: papers that review recent clinical, economic, or management literature and offer synthesized summaries relevant to the managed care pharmacy field.
  
• Descriptive Reports: articles describing experiences or solutions to practical problems within managed care pharmacy settings.
  
• Reprise: articles reprinted from other journals of special importance to managed care or managed care pharmacy.
  
• Continuing Education: invited reviews of timely topics with continuing education credit (generally published in each issue).
  

Feature Articles

Feature articles highlight news and information of current interest to managed care pharmacists, pharmacy personnel, and other health care providers. Topics are selected based on advice from JMCP's Editorial Advisory Board of managed care pharmacists and administrators, educators, and industry representatives.

The Spotlight section in each issue focuses on a single topic of importance in managed care.

Departments

Departments provide member-contributed and staff-written information of practical and immediate value to journal readers:

• Feedback: JMCP's letters to the editor.
  
• Perspectives: editorials by outside contributors as well as the editors.
  
• CE Exam: continuing education material for Continuing Education articles.
  
• Campus: updates from the pharmacy education world about inclusion of managed care topics in college curricula, activities of faculty and students interested in managed care, and techniques for teaching managed care principles to pharmacy students.
  
• Trends: news articles about current events in managed care pharmacy.
  
  
• Pipeline: coverage of newly approved drugs and those in development.
  
• Caveats: updates from the legal and regulatory world.
  
• International: articles describing managed care and/or pharmacy developments and emerging markets in foreign countries.
  
• Media: updates, critiques, and information on books, software, multimedia, and other forms of current literature.
  
• Events: calendar for managed care pharmacists.
  
• AMCProgress: news and information about the Academy and the activities of its leaders, members, and staff on behalf of managed care pharmacy

Advertising Policy

A copy of the full advertising policy for JMCP is available from AMCP headquarters and the Advertising Representative listed on the masthead. All aspects of the advertising sales and solicitation process are completely independent of the editorial process. Advertising is interspersed throughout the editorial material other than peer-reviewed articles. Advertising is not accepted for placement opposite or near related editorial copy.

Employees of advertisers may submit articles for publication in the editorial sections of JMCP, subject to the usual peer-review process. Financial disclosure and conflict of interest statements are required when manuscripts are submitted, and these may be published at the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief if the article is printed.