Exploring new vistas in biomedical journal publishing
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To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get sensible people to read it, are the three great difficulties in being an author (Charles Caleb Colton, English sportsman and writer, 1780-1832). Scholarly journals have been the basic tool for scientific communication for over three centuries, since the Flemish itinerant craftsman William Caxton and his assistant Wynkyn de Worde set up his heavy wood and metal German designed printing press in the shadow of St Paul’s Cathedral in 1476. Scientific societies publish and distribute these journals to their members as a part of their subscription. With the huge investments in basic scientific research which occurred after the Second World War, the scientific societies had great difficulty in keeping pace with the phenomenal growth in the number of publications that sprouted. Journals catering to new disciplines arose when researchers in these specialised areas found it difficult to get their works published in the journals which kept to traditional views of the boundaries of disciplines [1]. Publishers, in general, ceased to be their own booksellers in the 18 century and their own printers in the 19 century. In the 20 century, they coped with a remarkable technological shift in printing and book manufacturing technology from hot metal to cold setting. In the 21 century, the focus in publishing is on information management and not technology. Publishers create content, and they manage, add value to, stretch, recycle, translate, and transmit it. In addition, they have been successful from a very early stage in distancing themselves from delivery technology and leaving the task of managing ever-obsolescing technology, the mechanics of distribution and delivery, to others. Despite these achievements, publishers and journals face challenges on account of the following:
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دوره 2 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2006