Authors: W C Peh, K H Ng

The basic structure of a scientific paper is summarised by the acronym IMRAD. Many types of papers are published in medical journals. These include original articles, case reports, technical notes, pictorial essays, reviews, commentaries and editorials. Authors should be aware that each type of paper is specific in nature, serve a distinct purpose, and is judged by different criteria. Authors submitting their work in the most appropriate format will be able to maximise their material and enhance the chances of manuscript acceptance.

Topics: Biomedical Research; Journalism, Medical; Periodicals as Topic; Professional Competence; Publishing; Writing

PubMed: 18695858
DOI: No ID Found

Authors: Mitch Wilson, Margaret Sampson, Nick Barrowman...

IMPORTANCE

A significant portion of neurology literature is published in general medicine journals. Despite this, a detailed examination of publication patterns of neurology articles in these journals has not yet been carried out.

OBJECTIVE

To examine the publication patterns of neurology articles in general medicine journals during a 10-year period using a bibliometric approach.

DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS

This cross-sectional bibliometric analysis identified the top 5 general medicine journals using the 2017 Journal Citations Report. Four other medical subspecialties (ie, immunology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, and pulmonology) were selected for comparison of publication patterns with neurology. Using MEDLINE, the 5 journals were searched for articles published between 2009 and 2018 that were indexed with the following MeSH terms: nervous system diseases, immune system diseases, endocrine system diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, and respiratory tract diseases. Data analysis was conducted from February 2019 to December 2020.

MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES

Publications were characterized by journal, specialty, and study design. These variables were used for comparison of publication numbers.

RESULTS

The general medicine journals with the 5 highest journal impact factors (JIF) were New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM; JIF 79.3), Lancet (JIF 53.3), JAMA (JIF 47.7), BMJ (JIF 23.6), and PLOS Medicine (JIF 11.7). Our bibliometric search yielded 3719 publications, of which 1098 (29.5%) were in neurology. Of these 1098 neurology publications, 317 (28.9%) were published in NEJM, 205 (18.7%) in Lancet, 284 (25.9%) in JAMA, 214 (19.5%) in BMJ, and 78 (7.1%) in PLOS Medicine. Randomized clinical trials were the most frequent neurology study type in general medicine journals (519 [47.3%]). The number of publications in each of the other specialties were as follows: immunology, 817; endocrinology, 633; gastroenterology, 353; and pulmonology, 818.

CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE

The results of this study provide some guidance to authors regarding where they may wish to consider submitting their neurology research. Compared with other specialties, neurology-based articles are published more frequently in general medicine journals.

Topics: Bibliometrics; Cross-Sectional Studies; General Practice; Humans; Journal Impact Factor; Neurology; Periodicals as Topic

PubMed: 33856477
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.5840

Review

Authors: G Richtig, M Berger, B Lange-Asschenfeldt...

The companies publishing predatory journals are an emerging problem in the area of scientific literature as they only seek to drain money from authors without providing any customer service for the authors or their readership. These predatory journals try to attract new submissions by aggressive email advertising and high acceptance rates. But in turn, they do not provide proper peer review, and therefore, the scientific quality of submitted articles is questionable. This is important because more and more people, including patients, are reading such journals and rely on the information they provide. Consequently, predatory journals are a serious threat to the integrity of medical science, and it is crucial for scientists, physicians and even patients to be aware of this problem. In this review, we briefly summarize the history of the open access movement, as well as the rise of and roles played by predatory journals. In conclusion, young and inexperienced authors publishing in a predatory journal must be aware of the damage of their reputation, of inadequate peer review processes and that unprofitable journals might get closed and all published articles in that journal might be lost.

Topics: Authorship; Biomedical Research; Deception; Editorial Policies; Humans; Journal Impact Factor; Open Access Publishing; Peer Review, Research; Periodicals as Topic

PubMed: 29729106
DOI: 10.1111/jdv.15039

Authors: Saumya Panda

Topics: Fees and Charges; Humans; Peer Review; Periodicals as Topic

PubMed: 31975699
DOI: 10.4103/ijdvl.IJDVL_22_20

Review

Authors: Lorraine E Ferris, Margaret A Winker

Predatory journals, or journals that charge an article processing charge (APC) to authors, yet do not have the hallmarks of legitimate scholarly journals such as peer review and editing, Editorial Boards, editorial offices, and other editorial standards, pose a number of new ethical issues in journal publishing. This paper discusses ethical issues around predatory journals and publishing in them. These issues include misrepresentation; lack of editorial and publishing standards and practices; academic deception; research and funding wasted; lack of archived content; and undermining confidence in research literature. It is important that the scholarly community, including authors, institutions, editors, and publishers, support the legitimate scholarly research enterprise, and avoid supporting predatory journals by not publishing in them, serving as their editors or on the Editorial Boards, or permitting faculty to knowingly publish in them without consequences.

Topics: Humans; Internet; Journalism; Open Access Publishing; Peer Review, Research; Periodicals as Topic

PubMed: 28694719
DOI: 10.11613/BM.2017.030

Authors: W C G Peh

Topics: Humans; Journalism, Medical; Periodicals as Topic; Publishing

PubMed: 14976573
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Authors: T Scott Plutchak

Topics: Access to Information; Budgets; Cooperative Behavior; Ethics, Business; Humans; Journalism, Medical; Libraries, Medical; Licensure; Organizations, Nonprofit; Periodicals as Topic; United States

PubMed: 14762457
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Authors: Dominika Dudek, Jerzy A Sobański, Katarzyna Klasa...

Dear Readers We are happy and proud to announce that we managed to achieve intention announced in the last issue: for the first time in PubMed there is a possibility of direct and free access to the full texts published in Polish Psychiatry (Polish and English language versions are available)!!! For the issue 6/2014 they have been downloaded by Medline users already 500 times. Owing to this, papers by Polish scientists-psychiatrists are more readily available to colleagues from around the world interested in them, and Polish Psychiatry actually becomes journal of international scope. We hope that it will result in a marked improvement in the bibliometric indicators (which, however, is unrealistic to expect in the current or next year) in the following years. Spring issue of Polish Psychiatry touches several important problems. We pay attention to the texts on addiction - behavioural (Internet addiction) and alcohol. Two papers by prof. M. Wojnar's team summarize the issues related to the coexistence of alcohol dependence with other psychiatric disorders. The issue of dual diagnosis has already appeared in our magazine (for example [1]). This is an extremely difficult problem, and patients are a real challenge, both therapeutic and diagnostic. They often require a comprehensive approach: pharmacotherapy of comorbid mental illness, psychoeducation, addiction treatment programmes. For these patients the maintenance of abstinence is particularly difficult, especially in a situation of exacerbation of psychopathological symptoms. An important direction is searching for additional pharmacotherapeutic methods which help to reduce the degree of alcohol abuse and the resulting damage. These include: acamprosate, drugs which are opioid receptor antagonists [2], and in the current issue the authors from the University of Cagliari focused on baclofen. (...).

Topics: Humans; Information Dissemination; Journalism, Medical; Mental Disorders; Periodicals as Topic; Poland; Psychiatry; Publishing; Research; Societies, Medical

PubMed: 26093586
DOI: 10.12740/PP/42177

Authors: Adeilton Brandão, Elisa Cupolillo, Claude Pirmez...

Topics: Brazil; Humans; Periodicals as Topic

PubMed: 28953992
DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760170001

Authors: Claudia A M Wheeler-Kingshott

Topics: Biomedical Technology; Humans; Journalism, Medical; Nervous System Diseases; Neurology; Neurosciences; Periodicals as Topic

PubMed: 23402673
DOI: No ID Found