Canada’s first p2p medical journal
p2pnet.net news:- What is probably Canada’s first p2p medical journal launched yesterday. Called Open Medicine, it’s an online peer-reviewed general medical publication
Another medical publication jealously guarded by a vested-interest board of antiques? Not this time.
Open Medicine is running under a Creative Commons license independently of a commercial publisher or medical association, leaving the ownership of articles in the hands of authors and with all content, not just abstracts, immediately available online.
“We are launching Open Medicine as an open-access journal because we believe the current, closed-access model is inconsistent with the values of medicine,” says Anita Palepu, MD, co-editor. “When medical research – especially publicly funded research – is accessible to only a small group of subscribers, the benefits of that research are beyond the reach of many of those who need it.”
Open Medicine, founded by former Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) editors, along with colleagues from across Canada, will publish original medical research, as well as reviews and articles on practice, policy, ethics and the medical humanities of interest to Canadians and to an international audience.
Using open-source software and a CC Attribution License, Open Medicine sets a new standard for access and academic freedom in rigorously peer-reviewed medical journals, says John Willinsky, interim publisher and Pacific Press professor of literacy and technology at the University of British Columbia.
Says a statement:
In medical publishing, conflicts over editorial independence are not uncommon. One such dispute prompted several of Open Medicine’s founding editors to write that ‘the dissemination of medical science is, or should be, ultimately a humanitarian project, and not merely the special preserve of professional associations.’ Consistent with this belief, and in an effort to safeguard its editorial integrity, Open Medicine is published by an independent, non-profit organization and does not accept pharmaceutical or medical-device advertising.
Open Medicine’s editorial team is comprised of respected and experienced editors from the CMAJ as well as new members who bring important and timely new vision to the online journal. The editorial team is working in conjunction with a growing editorial board that includes prominent researchers from Canada, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Argentina, India, Uganda and Mexico. Together, they are committed to publishing the highest-quality health research, to promoting international dialogue and collaboration on health issues, to improving the practice of medicine, and to deepening the global community’s understanding of health and health care.
Vol 1, No 1 (2007)?
Research
Factors related to use of prostate cancer screening: The Alberta Tomorrow Project
Rural medical students at urban medical schools: Too few and far between?
Accuracy of administrative databases in identifying patients with hypertensionReview
A systematic review of studies comparing health outcomes in Canada and the United StatesAnalysis and Comment
Direct-to-consumer advertising and expenditure on prescription drugs: A comparison of experiences in the United States and CanadaThe joys and challenges of being an open access medical journal
Peer review in open access scientific journals
The media–medicine mix: quality concerns in medical reporting
(Cheers, Russell)
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