Call for Papers
Osteopathic Family Physician is the ACOFP’s official peer-reviewed journal. The quarterly publication features review articles, clinical images, and patient education handouts about preventive medicine, managed care, osteopathic principles and practices, pain management, public health, medical education, practice management, and more.
OFP is actively seeking review articles, brief reports, and clinical images of general interest to osteopathic family physicians, as well as related to our upcoming issue themes. Submit an article at https://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/ofp, or view information about article categories.
Reserve a Topic
If you are interested in writing on one of the suggested article topics below, or if you have another topic in mind, you can reserve the topic by emailing the OFP Editorial Office. Please provide your name and the review title you would like to reserve. Once you reserve a review article topic, you will receive an email confirmation from ACOFP. This will initiate a 3-month deadline for submission. If the paper is not received within 3 months, the system will release the review article topic for other authors to reserve. Articles submitted for publication must be original in nature and may not be published in any other periodical. Material for publication should be of clinical or didactic interest to osteopathic family physicians. Any reference to statistics and/or studies must be footnoted. Material by another author must be in quotations and receive appropriate attribution. OFP reserves the right to edit all submissions. Visit ofpjournal.com to view author guidelines, policies, and manuscript checklist.
Upcoming Themes
Fall 2024: Obesity Medicine (submissions due by 7/1/2024)
- Weight loss strategies
- Review of different diets or medicines
- Fat as an endocrine organ
- Weight loss clinics - Dr. Suba-Cohen
- A review of fad diets and success rates
- Most recent recommendations on diet and exercise
- Wonder drugs: new medication strategies for adult obesity, are they safe?
- Pediatric obesity (relating to new AAP guidelines/USPSTF) and how to approach the pediatric obese patient
- Surgeries for obesity: types, when to consider them and why? What postsurgical complications should the family physician be aware of?
- How to approach the weight conversation with patients
- The psychology behind obesity: healthy lifestyle counseling
- A dietician's perspective on counseling patients (editorial)
- Exercise tactics/regimens/suggestions for elderly patients
- Healthy trends in exercise options and how to talk to your patients about them
- Genetics and obesity
- Obesity in pregnancy
- Fasting and the neuro gut benefits
