Review of the Journal Medical Archives in 2013

Abstract

lished a total of 125 articles (it was until now most ex-tensive volume of the journal). Submission was carried out only electronically trough the Data Base Management System: www.scopemed.org. Th e journal has its own web site: www.avicenapublisher.org and it is possible to down-load full articles in PDF format. Most reviewers are from Bosnia and Herzegovina, but there is a signifi cant number published articles from other countries. A large number of articles was returned to authors due to linguistic and technical shortcomings, but also relatively poor scientifi c content. Th ere is ongoing work on the promotion of peer reviewing process to prevent deceits, but also to improve journal scientometrics indicators (impact factor, citation of the article, journal citations, the number and order of authors in articles, etc.). Rejection rate was up to 60%. Th e structure of the articles published in the Medical Archives during 2013 was dominated by the original ar-ticles- 102, followed by case reports- 11, reviews- 2 and research papers- 3. Each issue of the journal as a rule con-tain contributions such as: news, book reviews, in memo-riam etc. Last year is also published the Guidelines with professional and educational features (1,2,3). Th e authors of the article published in the Medical Ar-

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