Dear Medico-arthropodologists,
We are pleased to inform that the Society of Medical Arthropodology (SOMA) will be bringing out the inaugural issue of its mainstream periodical Journal of Medical Arthropodology on December 1, 2020. This will be an ISSN number bearing open access
journal, to be published annually. It is general policy that all manuscripts are critically peer-reviewed. For details please see the journal’s opening pages of ‘Editorial Board’ and‘Suggestions to Authors’ attached herewith.
The science of medical arthropodology (including fascinating disciplines like medical entomology, medical acarology, medical myriapodology and medical carcinology), is the study of the parasitic effect of arthropods, not only as parasites but also as vectors, pest and source of envenomation, allergy and psychological infirmity. Presently, it has evolved into an incredibly exciting discipline which constitutes an integral part of public health, biomedicine, pharmacology and bioengineering, not to mention in least its importance in substituting protein and minerals in human food and animal feed. The grandness of the science of medical arthropodology has probably been never so deeply appreciated as done now in the form of launching the Journal of Medical Arthropodology.
A journal always belong to its authors, and a good journal is but a reflection of the quality manuscripts published in there. Therefore, we request all the medical arthropodologists, human vector-borne disease scientists, public health researchers and all those having interest in any allied science involving arthropods as their object, to kindly submit their manuscripts to the Journal of Medical Arthropodology.
The last date for receiving a manuscript is September 30, 2020.
Looking forward to hearing from you before very long, we remain, with kindest regards, Yours very sincerely,
Prof. Dr B.K. Tyagi Editor in-Chief, JoMA Dated the 5th May, 2020 |
Dr Rina Tilak Executive Editor, JoMA |
Plans for open access annual e-periodicals, JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ARTHROPODOLOGY (to commence July 1, 2019), and semiannual, SOMA Newsletter (to commence March 1, 2019), were approved with Editorial Boards provisionally constituted as follows:
Chief Editor |
Prof. B.K. Tyagi, VIT Univ, Vellore |
Editor |
Dr Vijay Veer, Ex-DRDO, Dehra Dun |
Associate Editors |
Dr Kailash Chandra, ZSI, Kolkata Prof. Devinder Singh, PU, Patiala Prof. B. Reddya Naik, OU, Hyderabad Prof. Karimbhai Meredia, MSU, USA Prof. Jagbir Singh, PU, Patiala Dr R.S. Sharma, c/o ICMR, New Delhi |
Assistant Editors |
Dr D.S. Suman, ZSI, Kolkata and Dr Varun Tyagi, DRL, Tejpur |
Editorial Board |
Dr. Rina Tilak, AFMC, Pune Prof. Neera Kapoor, IGNOU, Delhi Dr Sajal Bhattacharya, AC, Kolkata Dr R.K. Jauhari, DAV Coll., Dehra Dun Prof. N. Chandrasekaran, VIT, Vellore Dr P.K. Srivastava, Ex-NVBDCP, Delhi Dr Murli Mendki, NMRL, Mumbai Dr M. Ruth, MSU, USA Dr Arti Prasad, MLSU, Udaipur Prof. S. Sudhakar, MSU, Tirunelveli Dr M. Govindraju, BU, Tiruchirappalli Dr. S. Anbalagan, GAC-MKU, Madurai Dr. Jhansi Charles, Ex-MMC, Madurai Dr I.P. Sunish, RMRC, Port Blair Dr Bisu Singh, Sikkim Univ., Sikkim Dr Manish Chandra, ZSI, Kolkata |
Editor in-Chief |
Prof. B.K. Tyagi |
Editor |
Dr Rina Tilak |
Managing Editor |
Prof. Neera Kapoor |
Editorial Board |
Dr D. Samba Shiva Dr Deepchandan Chakraborty Dr Girima Nagda Dr Devindra Gupta Siddaiah Madpathi Dr Ramar Marimuthu |