{"id":617,"date":"2009-03-16T18:11:04","date_gmt":"2009-03-16T17:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/?p=617"},"modified":"2009-03-17T13:30:47","modified_gmt":"2009-03-17T12:30:47","slug":"matiram-pun-backs-web-only-only-publication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2009\/03\/16\/matiram-pun-backs-web-only-only-publication\/","title":{"rendered":"Matiram Pun backs web-only publication"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Matiram Journals historically started as print publications and, after reaching the library, were catalogued and arranged systematically for readers to find articles easily. Sometimes academics were confused and so would ask library staff to find the journal or\u00a0articles in it.<\/p>\n

Then journals were entered into library computers of library. This made it far easier for users and librarians to see and find a particular journal or book.<\/p>\n

Now we have the internet. Journals have web versions and we can access them online on the day they are published. Even more importantly, some online journals offer free access too.<\/p>\n

When I joined The Journal of Young Investigators<\/a>\u00a0as an Associate Editor in 2006, it was\u00a0an online only journal and it\u00a0still is.\u00a0I\u2019m now its\u00a0research editor.<\/p>\n

Many times I\u00a0raised\u00a0concerns in meetings about launching a print version\u00a0of\u00a0the journal because of the costs. So it remains an\u00a0online-only, open access journal.<\/p>\n

Journals sucy as\u00a0PLOS ONE\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0have been online only from their very early launch periods, with the objective to allow\u00a0access to\u00a0all scientific discoveries and findings, even\u00a0negative studies, provided the science has been well followed (study design, methodology and manuscript preparation). Online only publication has achieved huge cost savings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some\u00a0print journals which are going online only too. The High Altitude Medicine and Biology<\/a>\u00a0went\u00a0online only in 2009.\u00a0Its\u00a0editor-in-chief,\u00a0 John B West, wrote an emotional and farewell editorial<\/a> in the December 2008 issue of December, entitled “An important change to our journal.”<\/p>\n

To me, it seemed rather like a print journal’s\u00a0swansong. The editor accepts the change, and in the future, there won\u2019t be any surprise if other publications also become\u00a0online only.<\/p>\n

As well as journals, there are also\u00a0more and more professional discussion forums where we participate and discuss about different medical issues. BMJ group has launched\u00a0doc2doc<\/a>, a professional networking site. There are also\u00a0BMJ blogs<\/a>. Other\u00a0journals such as the Lancet,\u00a0are also launching online only activities (its Student blogs<\/a>, for instance.<\/p>\n

Rapid response facilities, such as the BMJ’s<\/a>, \u00a0also encourage\u00a0interaction. Such\u00a0online only activities\u00a0 encourage people to participate in the discussion, express their ideas, and reduce production costs such as\u00a0printing and distribution, and are\u00a0open access to all (though not all online only publications are freely accessible).<\/p>\n

Competing Interest:<\/strong> I\u2019m Research Editor in The Journal of Young Investigators and won\u00a0the 2009\u00a0Research Development Award<\/a>.\u00a0I have been involved with\u00a0doc2doc<\/a> since it launched.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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