Abstract
It is clear that academic dissemination has a system of checks and balances which authors may experience as barriers. We all want to be sure that scientific information disseminated in academic journals is based on solid data, ethically collected and correctly interpreted. The process of peer reviewing helps to prevent bad science and/or poor scientific papers being published. Many published scientific papers differ from the original submitted manuscript since papers go through a process of peer-review, editing and rewriting. However, there are other potential obstacles in the field of academic publishing. This paper is a case-study of one methods paper which stumbled upon a number of barriers related to the viability and continued existence of a number of academic journals in Nepal. Finally, we offer some advice to help health journals to survive when their editors leave.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/nje.v2i4.7093Nepal Journal of Epidemiology Vol.2(4) 2012 pp.213-215
Highlights
In 2007 the first two authors conducted a bibliographic study on the state of health and health-care research in Nepal[1]
On the basis of this paper’s conclusions we applied for a grant with academic colleagues at Stupa College (Kathmandu) to do systematic review training with higher education staff. This application for a DELPHE grant from Department for International Development (DfID) was not successful at the time, but it made us think about the importance of writing a short methods paper outlining the systematic review method to health care providers, researchers and policy-makers in Nepal
The systematic review methods paper Early 2012 saw the publication of our methods paper on systematic reviews in the Nepal Journal of Epidemiology[6]. This was quite an achievement considering that various versions had previously been submitted and accepted by three other English-language academic journals based in Nepal over a five-year period
Summary
In 2007 the first two authors conducted a bibliographic study on the state of health and health-care research in Nepal[1]. Many published scientific papers differ from the original submitted manuscript since papers go through a process of peer-review, editing and rewriting. This application for a DELPHE grant from Department for International Development (DfID) was not successful at the time, but it made us think about the importance of writing a short methods paper outlining the systematic review method to health care providers, researchers and policy-makers in Nepal.
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