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The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) has officially launched the Journal of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (JAAPI) during AAPI Heritage Month, The American Bazaar reports. AAPI is the largest ethnic medical association in the US with 80,000 members.
According to the website, AAPI’s vision is to promote professional solidarity in the pursuit of excellence in patient care, teaching and research. It also aims to bring American medicine distinctive contributions from India.
“The cover page is designed to reflect the heart of AAPI, an association of Indian American Physicians – with colors of the flag of India, our motherland, on top and the red and white stripes of American flag, over which the AAPI emblem rests, indicating the way we adopted this Great Land,” Dr. Bellomkonda Kishore, the Founding Editor in Chief of JAAPI said, according to The American Bazaar.
JAAPI will be registered with MEDLINE after one year of publication and will be indexed in databases such as PubMed. The journal will follow the next-generation peer-review model, a blind review process that discloses the identity of editors and reviewers after publication.
Dr. Bellomkonda Kishore, the Founding Editor in Chief of JAAPI, told The American Bazaar that this will allow editors and reviewers due credit while ensuring a fair review process. JAAPI is an Open Access journal that will welcome international authors.
“As a second generation physician of Indian Origin, we are excited at AAPI launching its own Medical Journal,” said Dr. Sajani Shah, Chair of AAPI Board of Trustees.
The journal’s announcement comes as the Indian American medical community continues to find ways to help India with its COVID-19 crisis. Doctors have been donating money and supplies, as well as providing telehealth support, CNN reports.
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