Hi Tim and all, As I understand it a journal needs to have at least 2 published issues before getting indexed in Medline etc.
The electronic Journal of Health Informatics will cross that threshold pretty soon I understand and will be indexed then I have been told. I must say it is good to see the increasing number of journals in the area. Agree the MJA will get excellent OZ coverage. Cheers and a Great 2007! David ---- Dr David G More MB, PhD, FACHI Phone +61-2-9438-2851 Fax +61-2-9906-7038 Skype Username : davidgmore E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HealthIT Blog - www.aushealthit.blogspot.com On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 12:28:07 +1100, Tim Churches wrote: > Oliver Frank wrote: >> Tim Churches wrote: >> >>> Well, if one is flogging evidence-based medicine products, I think that >>> one's advertising and promotional material needs to be evidence-based... In this >>> case, since the details of the cases and the exact search terms used by the investigators are all provided (see >>> http://www.bmj.com/cgi/data/bmj.39003.640567.AE/DC1/1) it is but an hour or >>> two's work to plug those search terms into HCN's MD Reference Tool product >>> and see what the results are, using methods as described in the BMJ paper. >>> Perhaps someone with access to the HCN MD Reference Tool product might like to >>> do this little study for them, and to publish the results here, and/or >>> submit the results as a letter to the Editor of the MJA (I'm happy to help, but >>> don't have access to the HCN products in question)? >>> >> >> And can also consider publishing it in the: >> >> electronic Journal of Health Informatics (sic - no upper case in electronic) >> >> http://ejhi.net/ojs/index.php/ejhi >> >> which describes itself: >> >> "The electronic Journal of Health Informatics is an international journal >> committed to scholarly excellence and dedicated to the advancement of Health >> Informatics and information technology in healthcare. It is a journal for >> all health professions and informaticians of all levels. >> > > Hmm, maybe, but it is not indexed by Pubmed or MEDLINE (try searching for it > at > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=search&DB=journals ) > although Google Scholar does know about it. > > I think that a letter to the MJA editor would a) be published and b) get wider readership (since the MJA is also open access). Nevertheless, things like eJHI > should be supported, if they are, in fact, resourced adequately and are hence > likely to grow and persist beyond the initial enthusiasm stage. That is not > entirely clear, I must say, as most of the people behind eJHI seem to be > health informatics academics who aren't exactly rushing to publish their own papers > in it (probably because publication in it doesn't get them many DEST > (Australian Govt Dept of Education, Science and Technology) brownie points for their > faculty reviews). There are several other good open access journals for health informatics and related topics, but all levy fairly substantial author charges > to cover their costs, presumably in a sustainable manner: > > http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcmedinformdecismak/ > > http://www.plosone.org (rather new, but looks promising if they can make > their web site perform better) > > http://www.jmir.org/ (oldest of such journals by far) > > But a letter to the MJA costs nothing (well, AMA members foot the bill) and > if published can be read by all god's children for free. > > Tim C > > _______________________________________________ > Gpcg_talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk > > __________ NOD32 1950 (20061231) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com
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