Letters to the Editor

We, as clinicians come across interesting, or challenging clinical cases in our everyday practice. Few of these cases stand apart, as they may be combined with an interesting observation, a rare clinical sign, unexplored association of various clinical manifestations, etc.¹ Unfortunately, case reports are not being accepted by many reputed journals and are tagged as the lowest level of research.² Many journals flatly refuse to accept case reports and consider them as beyond the scope of publishing. Sadly, some journals, which do accept them, quote exorbitant article processing charges, which demotivates the authors further. Most indexed journals do not support publishing case reports, which has paved the way for predatory and dubious journals to fill this void, publishing case reports while charging the fees. This is one of the known barriers, preventing competent clinicians from sharing their experiences in the form of case reports and series.