The publication process of the Journal of Military Pharmaco-medicine consists of the following steps:

1. Submission

Manuscripts are submitted by authors through the online submission management system at:
https://jmpm.vn/index.php/jmpm/about/submissions

2. Initial Screening

- The Editorial Secretary screens and evaluates submitted manuscripts to ensure compliance with the Journal’s policies on scope, subject relevance, formatting and structure, plagiarism/self-plagiarism, conflict of interest, and research ethics.

- Authors will be notified of the manuscript’s status as one of the following:
+ Rejected;
+ Requires revision before peer review;
+ Sent for peer review.

3. Peer Review

- The Editor-in-Chief assigns appropriate experts to review each manuscript.
- The Editorial Secretary sends review invitations to the selected reviewers.
- Upon acceptance, reviewers receive the anonymized manuscript and the review form.

Each manuscript is reviewed by two independent reviewers under a double-blind process. The contents of the manuscript are treated as confidential, and reviewers must not share any information without prior authorization from the Editor-in-Chief.

- Reviewers submit their evaluation reports through their assigned online reviewer accounts.
Possible review outcomes include:
+ Accept without revision;
+ Accept with revision and re-review;
+ Accept with revision, no re-review required;
+ Reject.

4. Handling Review Outcomes

a. Both reviewers recommend acceptance
- The Editorial Secretary informs the author of the reviewers’ (anonymous) comments.
- The author revises the manuscript according to the reviewers’ feedback and submits the revised version, along with a response letter, within two weeks.
- If the author disagrees with any reviewer’s comments, the issue is referred to the Editor-in-Chief for decision.

b. One reviewer recommends acceptance, one recommends rejection
- The Editorial Secretary informs the author of both reviewers’ comments and sends the manuscript to a third independent reviewer (maintaining anonymity).
- If the third reviewer recommends acceptance, the process proceeds as in section (a).
- In cases of conflicting opinions, the Editor-in-Chief makes the final decision.

c. Both reviewers recommend rejection
- The Editorial Secretary informs the author of the review outcome. The manuscript will not be considered for publication.

5. Editing

- Accepted manuscripts, after author revisions and reviewer approval, undergo technical editing and issue scheduling.
- Issue arrangement follows these principles: chronological order of acceptance, thematic grouping, and article type.
- The Editorial Secretary compiles the manuscripts and accompanying materials (e.g., figures, images) and forwards them to the design/layout team.
- The layout designer sends the proof to the editorial secretary for language, grammar, and style review.
- The final version is submitted to the Editor-in-Chief for approval prior to publication.

6. Publication

- After final approval by the Editor-in-Chief, the issue is sent to print and published online on the Journal’s website on the 28th day of January, February, March, April, June, August, September, October, and December.
- Each printed issue contains approximately 200 copies, with about 300 pages per issue.
- The Journal is published nine times per year, in both Vietnamese and English editions.