The Journal of Korean Medical Science (JKMS) is an international, peer-reviewed Open Access journal of medicine published weekly in English. The Journal’s publisher is the Korean Academy of Medical Sciences (KAMS), Korean Medical Association (KMA). JKMS aims to publish evidence-based, scientific research articles from various disciplines of the medical sciences. The Journal welcomes articles of general interest to medical researchers especially when they contain original information. Articles on the clinical evaluation of drugs and other therapies, epidemiologic studies of the general population, studies on pathogenic organisms and toxic materials, and the toxicities and adverse effects of therapeutics are welcome. 'Information for Contributors' is available at jkms.org or www.editorialmanager.com/jkms.

JKMS is indexed/tracked/covered by MEDLINE, PubMed, PubMed Central, Web of Science (SCIE), KoreaMed, Synapse, KoMCI, BIOSIS Previews, SCOPUS, EMBASE, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), Biological Abstracts, Current Contents Clinical Medicine, OUCI, KCI and Google Scholar.

This journal is supported by the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies Grant funded by the Korean Government.