We welcome all original research articles, case reports and ‘Spotlight’ or ‘Research Abroad’ columns. In case you would like to comment on previously published content, please submit a ‘Letter to the Editor’. Amsterdam Medical Student journal publishes educational content which is assigned to members of our Editorial Board in advance. We also accept open submissions for other types of columns in our AMSj Guidelines, such as ‘Teachable moments’ and ‘Initiatives with impact’. In case you would like to submit your paper in one of these categories (or another one), please contact us first. Please read our Author Guidelines before submitting your manuscript to AMSj.
Article
Manuscripts containing original material are accepted for consideration if neither the article nor any part of its essential substance, tables, or figures have been submitted elsewhere before appearing in the Journal. Please make sure your manuscript meets the submission guidelines as listed in the “Guideline” PDF.
Review
Manuscripts of (systematic) reviews are accepted for consideration if neither the article nor any part of its essential substance, tables, or figures have been submitted elsewhere before appearing in the Journal. Please make sure your manuscript meets the submission guidelines as listed in the “Guideline” PDF.
Case report
We accept papers of clinical observations, consisting of the initial presentation, medical history, physical examination, tests performed, eventual outcome and discussion on the case, backed up by scientific literature. Please make sure your manuscript meets the submission guidelines as listed in the “Guideline” PDF.
Letter to the Editor
Letters to the editor can be submitted regarding an article published in the Amsterdam Medical Student journal (AMSj), or regarding a (bio)medical topic that is of importance or interest to our readers. The aim of letters to the editor is to spread information or opinions about medical topics and critically assess, and thereby improve, research of your colleagues or in general. Letters to the editor are usually not peer reviewed, however, all letters will be assessed by our editorial board before publication. Submit your letter to the editor as a word document at www.amsj.nl. Your letter will be published in print and online at www.amsj.nl. Please make sure your manuscript meets the submission guidelines as listed in the “Guideline” PDF.
Spotlight
Some students may have published their research elsewhere. To honor these students and to spread information about the research, an author can summarize the scope and main results of his/her research in ‘Spotlight’. Please note that this column is available for students only, that are the first or second author of an article published elsewhere. To prevent for plagiarism, it is very important that this narrative report cannot be an exact copy of the abstract in the original article. Please make sure your manuscript meets the submission guidelines as listed in the “Guideline” PDF.
Research Abroad
In this column medical students share their experiences with doing a research internship abroad. Please make sure your manuscript meets the submission guidelines as listed in the “Guideline” PDF.
Other
What ‘Other’ column/paper are you submitting (name in the AMSj Guidelines?