BMJ Open récupère des articles, et celui-ci a eu 6 versions avant publication le 18 juin 2011… et 19 pages ont été nécessaires pour les échanges de courrier entre reviewers et auteurs. Il y aurait 28 journaux médicaux dont le tirage est d'environ 200 exemplaires, et certains publient un numéro par an…
Que retenir ? Voici le résumé : "A total of 44 medical journals were published in Sri Lanka's history, of which only 28 journals remained in publication after 2007. A majority (54%) of the journals published after 2007 were published once per year. Seventeen journals in publication after 2007 were published in paper version only, and 11 journals were also available online. The mean cost of printing one issue was US$888. The cost of distribution ranged from US$18 to 1273. The mean cost of publishing one article was US$60. A total of 456 articles were published in 2009 (/2008). The total number of pages published was 1723. Conclusion The infrastructure for medical journal publishing in Sri Lanka has many good qualities such as free access, minimum charges for authors and potential for online availability. The journals are solely academic (non-profit), but the costs remain high."
En bref, pas d'infos sur la qualité des articles… etc… décevant… Mais BMJ Open existe…. Quelle valeur pour un public international ?
Ranasinghe P et al.The process and costs of publishing medical journals in Sri Lanka: an economic evaluation. BMJ Open doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000057
