Abstract
Astonishing revolution in information technology, developments in electronic publishing and availability of manuscript management software's has provided lot of facilities to authors, reviewers as well as editors but it has also given birth to lot of e-problems. This communication highlights some of these e-problems besides discussing the manuscript management system practiced by Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences through modified Open Journal System. It also cautions the editors of small journals faced with financial and human resource constraints to keep themselves abreast of all these developments, go for automation in e publishing gradually as all the stake holders i.e. authors, reviewers and office management staff learns these and become used to it.
Highlights
Publishing and editing a good quality peer reviewed medical journal is quite frustrating and stressful job in developing Third world countries faced with financial as well as human resources constraints which has been very well documented.[1,2,3,4,5] with the advent of e-publishing in electronic era many software’s are available which offers numerous advantages but it has created lot many problems for the editors who remain over-worked with too many submissions and a large number of approved manuscripts waiting for publication
Ahmad Badar has highlighted some of these problems i.e. lack of emotions in this system, switch over from “pen and paper editors” to “electronic editors” and tremendous increase in workload of the Editors.[6]
All the editors may not be performing their duties and responsibilities to the entire satisfaction of the authors and reviewers but one has to look at the whole working set up, environment and in view of the financial as well as human resource constraints, the Editor faced with this plethora of e-problems, do need some sympathy and encouragement and not the uncharitable remarks and comments from the authors
Summary
Publishing and editing a good quality peer reviewed medical journal is quite frustrating and stressful job in developing Third world countries faced with financial as well as human resources constraints which has been very well documented.[1,2,3,4,5] with the advent of e-publishing in electronic era many software’s are available which offers numerous advantages but it has created lot many problems for the editors who remain over-worked with too many submissions and a large number of approved manuscripts waiting for publication. In case the reviewers have made track changes and made some other comments and suggestions on the manuscript, the authors are asked to make all the changes in the same file which is being sent to them and highlight all changes or additions made.
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