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2. What is WebmedCentral? Webmed Limited is a unique biomedical publishing company with a twin approach to scientific publishing. WebmedCentral(WMC) publishes scientific content without peer review in a climate of post publication peer review. WebmedCentral plus will only publish scientific content after peer review.

3. Who are WebmedCentral? WebmedCentral is a publishing portal owned by Webmed Limited, UK. The company is owned and managed by Deepak Kejariwal (CEO), Kamal Mahawar (Chairman), and Manish Jain (Director). Chairman, Webmed Limited, Deepak Kejariwal (CEO), Deepak Kejariwal is a Consultant Gastroenterologist in United Kingdom. Kamal Mahawar is a Consultant General and Bariatric Surgeon in United Kingdom.

4. How does WebmedCentral (WMC) work? All “scientific” content published within 48 hours of submission after an initial check. Authors fully in charge of publication process. Post Publication Peer Review by a team of faculty, scholarly reviewers, and external reviewers. Minimal publishing charges of £25 per article for authors. Post Publication Peer Review by a team of faculty, scholarly reviewers, and external reviewers. Open named peer review. (with a provision for anonymous reviews)

5. How will WebmedCentral plus work? plus will only publish articles after peer review. plus articles found unsuitable after peer review will be offered publication on WMC, thus defending freedom of speech. Article processing charge of £ 200 per article (£100 for developing countries). Post publication review and commentary freely allowed.

6. Team WebmedCentral (WMC) Our team includes Main Advisory members, Speciality Advisory members, Lead Faculty, Faculty, and Scholarly Reviewers. Main Advisory The mission of “WebmedCentral Advisory Board” would be to enhance its relationship with biomedical scientists by understanding the platform, providing constructive feedback and helping it develop further. The advisory board members advise WebmedCentral management on various scientific and policy matters concerning the portal.

7. Team WebmedCentral (WMC) Speciality Advisory WebmedCentral Specialty Advisory Board members are overall in charge of publication, reviews, and comments on their specialty pages on WebmedCentral. They help guide the direction of debate and are encouraged to freely share their views on important matters. They ensure that post publication peer review system on WebmedCentral works efficiently. They work with Lead Faculty/Faculty/Scholarly Reviewers in their specialty to ensure that reviews maintain scientific objectivity and are fair and impartial. They invite and appoint any deserving scientist as lead faculty/faculty in their specialty. In future, they will have an important say in deciding continuing role of lead faculty/faculty in their specialty. WebmedCentral Specialty Advisory Board members are overall in charge of publication, reviews, and comments on their specialty pages on WebmedCentral. They help guide the direction of debate and are encouraged to freely share their views on important matters. They ensure that post publication peer review system on WebmedCentral works efficiently. They work with Lead Faculty/Faculty/Scholarly Reviewers in their specialty to ensure that reviews maintain scientific objectivity and are fair and impartial. They invite and appoint any deserving scientist as lead faculty/faculty in their specialty. In future, they will have an important say in deciding continuing role of lead faculty/faculty in their specialty.

8. Team WebmedCentral (WMC) Lead/Faculty Members Lead Faculty, along with their respective Faculties, ensure all articles in their speciality on WebmedCentral get as many faculty reviews as possible but ensure a basic minimum of two reviews for each article. Lead Faculty actively promote WebmedCentral in their professional circles. Lead Faculty manage and run the debate on various scientific issues in their speciality page on WebmedCentral. Lead Faculty, along with their respective Faculties, ensure all articles in their speciality on WebmedCentral get as many faculty reviews as possible but ensure a basic minimum of two reviews for each article. Lead Faculty actively promote WebmedCentral in their professional circles. Lead Faculty manage and run the debate on various scientific issues in their speciality page on WebmedCentral.

9. Team WebmedCentral (WMC) Scholarly Reviewers Scholarly reviewers are reviewers who have registered with our reviewer database.

10. Reviewing Pathway on WMC Article published in our portal are available online to review. Articles are reviewed by author invited reviewers and our faculty. Authors are given every opportunity to respond to the reviews using Authors' comment section and the readers would have full access to the entire communiqué. Our Plus team includes Chief Editor, Speciality Editors and Speciality Editorial Board members.

11. Team WebmedCentral plus (plus) Our Plus team includes Chief Editor, Speciality Editors and Speciality Editorial Board members. Prof. George Perry Chief Editor George Perry is dean of the College of Sciences and professor of biology at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Perry is recognized in the field of Alzheimer's disease research particularly for his work on oxidative stress. Perry received his bachelors of arts degree in zoology with high honors from University of California, Santa Barbara. After graduation, he headed to Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Hopkins Marine Station and the Marine Biological Laboratory and obtained his Ph.D. in marine biology under David Epel in 1979. He then received a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Cell Biology in the laboratories of Drs. Bill Brinkley and Joseph Bryan at Baylor College of Medicine where he laid the foundation for his observations of abnormalities in cell structures. George Perry is dean of the College of Sciences and professor of biology at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Perry is recognized in the field of Alzheimer's disease research particularly for his work on oxidative stress. Perry received his bachelors of arts degree in zoology with high honors from University of California, Santa Barbara. After graduation, he headed to Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Hopkins Marine Station and the Marine Biological Laboratory and obtained his Ph.D. in marine biology under David Epel in 1979. He then received a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Cell Biology in the laboratories of Drs. Bill Brinkley and Joseph Bryan at Baylor College of Medicine where he laid the foundation for his observations of abnormalities in cell structures.

12. Team WebmedCentral plus (plus) The Speciality Editor will act as the handling Editor for manuscripts submitted to his/her speciality. The Speciality Editor will act as the handling Editor for manuscripts submitted to his/her speciality. Speciality Editors The Speciality Editor will make the initial evaluation of the submitted manuscript, and if suitable, send the manuscript to two Editorial Board members to review. Specialty Editors can invite/approve suitable candidates to the editorial board of their specialty.

13. Team WebmedCentral plus (plus) Members of these speciality editorial boards have published widely in the field and have some experience of reviewing manuscripts in the past. Editorial Board Members Editorial Board Members will review manuscripts on request from Specialty Editors. They will assist specialty editors in determining if a manuscript is “scientifically sound” and deserves to be published Specialty Editors can invite/approve suitable candidates to the editorial board of their specialty.