Journal of Contemporary Medical Sciences In the first years of the journal life the Journal of Contemporary Medical Sciences (JCMS) acquired high successful rate and more researchers to publish with it. We thank all the researchers and subscribers who supported this magazine. Our journal deals with different subjects of basic and clinical medical sciences. It is an open access, peer-reviewed journal which has been accepted both nationally and internationally and encourages the researchers to publish with this journal. This journal addresses four major aspects of writing journal-style scientific papers: (1) fundamental style considerations,  (2)  a suggested strategy for efficiently writing up research results, (3) the nuts and bolts of format and content of each section of a paper (describes how to follow instructions precisely to write a scientific paper), and (4) basic information regarding peer critiques of scientific writing. Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Abbas Matrood Bashi College of Applied Medical Sciences University of Kerbala-Iraq Editorial Note 1