The process and costs of publishing medical journals in Sri Lanka: an economic evaluation.

ABSTRACT: Objectives Medical journals have contributed to the advancement of medicine by helping to disseminate scientific knowledge and providing a forum for medical communities to debate issues in depth. To the authors' knowledge, there are no studies examining the process of medical journal publication in developing Asian countries. The authors analysed the process and costs of publishing medical journals in Sri Lanka, a developing country in South Asia. Methods Data were collected by interviewing the editors and perusing the records at the editorial offices of the respective medical journals. Articles published in 2009 (or 2008 for journals not published in 2009) were analysed by perusing the respective journals. Results A total of 44 medical journals were published in Sri Lanka's history, of

SUBMITTER: Ranasinghe P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3191407 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature