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Future of the Biomedical Journals
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Friends,
Ron LaPorte and Akira Sekikawa are holding a symposium on the Future
of Biomedical Journals at the 4th Internet World Conference of Bio-
medical Sciences, which started on December 8 and will end on 19;
see:
http://4iwc.med.uoeh-u.ac.jp/home.html
The presentation proposes various possibilities of the future bio-
medical journals by the Internet. It is along the line with the
Global Health Network (GHNet) articles "The Death of Biomedical Jour-
nals":
http://www.bmj.com/bmj/archive/6991ed2.htm
"Rights, wrongs, and journals in the age of cyberspace":
http://www.bmj.com/archive/7072fd2.htm
and Ron's debate at Prague convention by BMJ, JAMA, and Project HOPE.
The Conference is a purely Internet-based and chaired by Dr. Yahata
at University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, who we
have collaborated in GHNet activities in Japan.
You are very welcome to participate in the discussion on the future
biomedical journals. You can register the Conference in the below
page for FREE:
http://4iwc.med.uoeh-u.ac.jp/
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Below is a summary of the presentation:
The Future of Biomedical Journals: a Discussion
Information technology (IT) is moving at an extremely rapid rate. The
transfer of information through paper journals, moves at a snail's
pace. The current journal system is a monopoly with paper publishers
controlling the system. However, in the next few years two competi-
tors will emerge.
The first is the research scientist themselves who will put their re-
search communications directly on the web. The second will be silicon
valley type companies such as Microsoft that "eat their children".
The business acumen has been honed in the fiercely competitive IT
wars. These two competitors will markedly reduce costs, while at the
same time increase services 1000 fold. We argue that many, if not
most scientific journals will go belly up.
The discussion is targeted to discuss what the scientific journal of
the future will look like in 10 years.
Akira Sekikawa MD, MPH, PhD
for the Global Health Network
Graduate School of Public Health
University of Pittsburgh, USA
mailto:[email protected]
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