ABS: Marusic, Small scientific journals from small countries: Breaking from a vicious circle of inadequacy

[Gretchen Whitney]

AU Marusic, A
   Marusic, M
TI Small scientific journals from small countries: Breaking from a
   vicious circle of inadequacy
SO CROATIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL
LA English
DT Editorial Material
NR 32
SN 0353-9504
PU PABST SCIENCE PUBLISHERS
C1 Univ Zagreb, Sch Med, Zagreb 41001, Croatia.
   Univ Zagreb, Sch Med, Zagreb 41001, Croatia.
DE Croatia; electronic publishing; indexing; Internet; journals;
   medical education; peer review; periodicals; publishing
ID IMPACT FACTOR; INFORMATION
AB In this editorial we describe the confounding factors that
   contribute to the poor international recognition of small
   journals: author pool, review process, finances, language, and
   visibility. These factors originate from relative scientific
   inadequacy of the local environment and close a positive
   feedback loop (vicious circle) of journal inadequacy. We argue
   that small journals may provide important information and
   outline the ways in which they can be assisted.
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TC 1
BP 508
EP 514
PG 7
JI Croat. Med. J.
PY 1999
PD DEC
VL 40
IS 4
GA 264CE
PI LENGERICH
RP Marusic A
   Univ Zagreb, Sch Med, Zagreb 41001, Croatia.
J9 CROAT MED J
PA EICHENGRUND 28, D-49525 LENGERICH, GERMANY
UT ISI:000084161800010
ER
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