A Young Journal with a Big Heart (original) (raw)

WHO Regional Conference on Medical Journals: Its impact on publications in general and PJMS in particular

2003

Pak J Med Sci 2003 Vol. 19 No. 4 www. pjms. com. pk 243 editors, guiding the authors and better communication amongst the editors. Pakistan Medical Journalists Association (PMJA) is proud to have organized two workshops on Peer Review System for the first time in Pakistan5. The importance of having good functional editorial board, having a statistician on the Board, encouraging young professionals and able diligent young scientists was also highlighted.

Institute for Scientific Information-indexed biomedical journals of Saudi Arabia. Their performance from 2007-2014

Saudi Medical Journal, 2016

Objectives: To compare the journal impact factor)JIF(and Eigenfactor score)ES(of Institute for Scientific Information)ISI(-indexed biomedical journals published from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)KSA(over the last 8 years. Methods: This is a retrospective study, conducted at Alfaisal University, Riyadh, KSA from January to March 2016. The Journal Citation Reports of ISI Web of Knowledge were accessed, and 6 Saudi biomedical journals were included for analysis. Results: All Saudi journals have improved their IF compared with their baseline. However, the performance of the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Neurosciences has been exceptionally good. The biggest improvement in percent growth in JIF was seen in the Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal)approximately 887%(followed by Neurosciences)approximately 462%(. Interestingly, the ES of all biomedical journals, except Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology and Saudi Medical Journal, increased over the years. The greatest growth in ES)more than 5 fold(was noted for Neurosciences and Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal. Conclusion: This study shows that the overall quality of all Saudi biomedical journals has improved in the last 8 years.

How to choose a proper journal for publication?—Credential assessment: A review

IP Archives of Cytology and Histopathology Research, 2022

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