The Journal of Registry Management, the official journal of the National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA), invites submission of original manuscripts on topics related to management of disease registries and the collection, management, and use of cancer, trauma, birth defects, HIV/AIDS, and other disease registry data. JRM is a peer-reviewed open access, online-only journal and is published quarterly.

JRM encourages authorship by registrars who are (Oncology Data Specialist) ODS-certified; special value is placed on manuscripts with ODS-certified professionals’ collaboration and publication of articles or documents related to the registry profession. Three (3) NCRA continuing education (CE) credits are awarded for published articles or documents, and additional information can be found here.

Manuscripts may be submitted for publication in the following categories: 

• Articles addressing topics of broad interest and appeal to the readership, including methodology papers about registry organization and operation;
• Research papers reporting findings of original research, literature reviews, data-based research; 
• Primers providing tutorials on relevant subjects; and
• “How I Do It” papers are also solicited

JRM invites submission of: 

• Opinion papers/editorials including position papers, commentaries, and essays that analyze current or controversial issues and provide creative, reflective treatments of topics related to registry management;
• Letters to the Editor; and
• Specifically targeted Bibliographies of significant interest are also invited 

Reprinting of previously published material will be considered for publication only when it is of special and immediate interest to the readership.

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