Canadian medical journal faces threat from new online rival | BMJ. 2006 Aug 12

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Summary:

"The journal of the Canadian Medical Association, CMAJ, whose editor and deputy editor were dismissed in February in a fight over editorial independence (BMJ 2006;332: 503. [PubMed]), may have to compete with a new open access journal. It is being created by former CMAJ editors, including the deputy editor, Anne-Marie Todkill, and editorial board members.

The new journal, Open Medicine, is a “Canadian health and clinical medicine journal dedicated to furthering integrity, independence, and open access in scholarly publishing,” says its website, www.openmedicine.ca. The site is currently under development, although the journal is accepting and reviewing manuscripts.

The website says that Open Medicine will help international researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and the public understand health and health care, improve clinical practice, and encourage open discussion and dialogue on all health related issues.

On 3 August CMAJ published an online editorial outlining its new governance plan, which, the editorial says, has resulted in a “renewed atmosphere of trust, integrity and good faith that will allow CMAJ to press forward at good speed.”..."

Link:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1539081/

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Date tagged:

08/08/2018, 09:10

Date published:

08/08/2018, 05:10