2010 african journals partnership project meeting david ofori-adjei editor-in-chief ghana medical...

2010 African Journals Partnership Project Meeting

David Ofori-AdjeiEditor-in-Chief

Ghana Medical Journal

Atlanta, GA 18-19 May 2010

Ghana Medical Journal (GMJ)• Office space

• GMA House

• Staff• Rather dicy

• Equipment• Computers• Scanner• Printer

• Internet• DSL – problematic service


GMJ - Basics• Established 1962• Publisher

• Ghana Medical Association

• Financed by• Membership dues• Advertisements

• Frequency• Quarterly

• Manuscript review process• Peer-review


GMJ –Editorial Changes

• Editors– Three new young editors (Child Health,

Surgery, Internal Medicine)• Attended Peer Review Workshop

• Advisory Board• Internship– One completed


Chapter 1: GMJ - Production• Print issues

• Quarterly• 2000 copies• Delays mainly editorial / printer

• Electronic issues• Quarterly • www.ghanamedassn.org

www.ghanamedj.org • Precedes print issue

• Content• Consistency


http://www.ghanamedassn.org/

http://www.ghanamedj.org/

GMJ - Content• Editorial/Commentary– Issue content/Subject of interest

• Original research– Five/issue

• Special Articles/Review Article– One/issue

• Case Reports– Two/issue

• Correspondence/NewsAtlanta, GA 18-19 May 2010

GMJ - Submissions

• Manual Processing– E-mail

• Online Processing– Started April 2008– Challenges• Corresponding Authors• Reviewers


GMJ Submissions

2006 2007 2008* 2009

Total Submission

49 61 30 + 44 115

Number from Outside Ghana

11 18 5 +19 16

Number Rejected

18 25 3 + 17 44

% Rejection 36.7 40.9 27.0 38.3


Online Submission 2008


n Accept RejectReject Rate

In Process Ghana

% Ghana

Case Reports 18 10 7 38.89 1.00 12 66.67

Letters 2 0 2 100.00 0.00 0 0.00Original Articles 24 13 8 33.33 3.00 13 54.17

Total 44 23 17 38.64 4 25 56.82

Online Submission 2009


n Accept RejectReject Rate

In Process Ghana % Ghana

Case Reports 21 5 10 47.62 6.00 8 38.10Original Article 90 23 34 37.78 33.00 51 56.67

Letters 1 1 0 0.00 0.00 0 0.00Invited Articles 3 0 0 3.00 1 33.33Total 115 29 44 38.26 42.00 60 52.17

Turn-around time

• 2008 – 24.6 days (online submissions)• 2009 – 26 days


Special Issues

• Non-communicable diseases • Women’s Health (Harvard)


GMJ – Supporting Activities

• Training– Local Courses• Academics (Africa Partners & Mayo Clinic)• General Practitioners – Writing Case

Reports

– International Courses• Peer Review Workshop• E-Publishing Workshop


GMJ - Indexing

• AJOL– Not that active

• CABI Publishing• African Index Medicus• PubMed Central Archive• Medline (in preperation)• ISI (???)


GMJ - Opportunities

• CPD credits (for re-certification)– Authors– Reviewers– Quiz (based on published articles)

• Surveys (re-inspired by 2009 CSE course on Journal Metrics)– Authors– Readers


Partners• SPi– Excellent relationship

• Manuscript Central– Basic system working well– Customisation and training– Author and reviewer surveys

• Lancet– Scientific writing slide set– More engagement


Other Associates

• COPE• WHO

• African Journals (? TropIKA.net, AIM)• FAME


GMJ


So what?

• Moving the agenda forward– Continued visibility– Sustainability– Capacity building– Efficient Workflow– Media engagement


Thank You


AJPP

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