About the Journal
Focus and Scope:
McMaster Medical Illustration serves as a creative and collaborative platform to explore and appreciate scientific art. Our journal is focused on publishing high-quality student works that utilize medical illustration to make complex medical and scientific concepts accessible to a broad audience. We feature detailed illustrative pieces, thought-provoking articles on biomedical illustration and biocommunication, and interviews with both students and professionals in the field.
Mission:
Our mission is threefold:
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To promote the art of medical and scientific illustration.
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To provide a platform for students to showcase their artistic and literary talents.
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To bridge the gap between art and medicine to foster innovation and education.
Open Access Policy:
This is an open access journal, providing immediate and free access to all published content. We believe in the unrestricted sharing of knowledge to support education and the dissemination of scientific art.
Copyright Notice:
Copyright for published content is retained by the author/creator. Works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0), allowing others to share and adapt the work with appropriate credit, for non-commercial purposes.
Sponsorship Disclosure:
McMaster Medical Illustration is a student-led initiative. Our operations are supported by McMaster University's student community.
History:
The journal was founded in 2025 to bring together the talented community of writers and artists at McMaster University, creating the first dedicated space to celebrate and advance the centuries-old practice of medical illustration through a modern publication.
Privacy Statement:
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
Archiving:
We are committed to the long-term preservation of our content. This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.
