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www.mmj.medcol.mw. Malawi Medical Journal. Editors, Editorial staff, and Editorial Board. Editor in Chief – Prof. Malcolm Molyneux - provides guidance, is not involved in the day to day running of the journal
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www.mmj.medcol.mw Malawi Medical Journal
Editors, Editorial staff, and Editorial Board • Editor in Chief – Prof. Malcolm Molyneux - provides guidance, is not involved in the day to day running of the journal • Editor - Dr. Chiwoza Bandawe -involved in day to day running of the journal, makes final decision on content of the journal, responsible to the EIC and Chairman of the Board • Desk editor – Thengo Kavinya - only paid employee of the journal, runs the office, manages advertising, subscriptions, distribution, and also writes articles for the journal • 7 Editorial Board members all members of the College of Medicine (one sits on MAM executive) • Postgraduate Dean’s office - liaison with College of Medicine management
Manuscript submission and review process • More editorial board involvement in the content of the MMJ and lessens the pressure on the editor • Manuscripts submitted via Manuscript Central • Editor checks for suitable – either accepts or rejects • Manuscript assigned to member of editorial board • Member manages manuscript - invites two reviewers, looks at comments for reviewers and recommends decision to the editor based on reviewers comments • Editor makes final decision and communications with authors • EB responsible for copyediting • Review is blinded
Content Make up of MMJ • Editorial • Original Research • Case Reports • Interview • Opinions • (Abstracts)
Website www.mmj.medcol.mw • Website is hosted by the College of Medicine • Open access • Content: contacts, podcast, blog, events, submission, past & current issues • usage statistics – Google Analytics report • Articles available in pdf and html
Google Analytics Report 1st Jan 2008 to 1st May 2009 • 439 Visits • 340 Absolute Unique Visitors • 988 Page views • 2.25 Average Page views • 00:01:59 Time on Site • 50.34% Bounce Rate • 75.63% New Visits • Countries – Malawi, US, UK, South Africa, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Australia, India
Production process, frequency of publication, dissemination and circulation • On acceptance the word file is downloaded from Manuscript Central and copied into Adobe Indesign • Layout is done by the Desk editor • File are burnout onto a CD and then sent to the printers • Quarterly publication – March, June, September, December • Distributed free to all CHAM and DHO hospitals • 250-150 print issues • Posted on the MMJ website with an email sent to a MMJ emailing list • On sale during dissemination conferences and workshops COMREC, NAC and MAM • Pdf emailed to AJOL and SPi
Business and financial operations • Revenue • College of Medicine pays for printing of two issues • Advertising • Subscriptions • Sponsorship for special issues • Working on strategic plan/business plan • Likely to get some further assistance from Malawi Research Council
PubMedCentral, Medline, AJOL • Accepted for indexing in Medline in October 2008 • accepted for inclusion in PMC – working with SPi to have issues from vol 13 available on PMC • also accepted in Thomson ISI’s from 2008
Sustainability plans • Promote the journal locally with personal visits to academic and research institutes – publish in MMJ for promotion • Business plan • Impact factor (2010/11)
Major improvements • Editorial content • new features included Malawi Health News, Opinions on, a Deeper Look and Case reports • Services • emailing list • CPD points
Medical librarians assistance • COM librarian sits on Board • COM library runs classes undergraduate and postgraduate (MPH) on information retrieval
Outreach activities • Authors • workshop in 2007 with Tim Albert, writing tutorials with MPH and COM 4th year students, occasional email alerts, planning a workshop in June, 2 research methodology workshops with RSC • Local news media • occasional press releases, Editor had a weekly column in the Weekend Nation newspaper, ?science communication workshop? • Science cafes with MLW
Past interactions with international partners • Annette and Ana Marusic (CMJ) facilitated author/reviewer workshop in 2006 • Guidance and advice on Medline, PMC, support with SPi • Scholarly publishing workshop on xml – arranged for our participation • Africa Health Science visited the Malawi Medical Journal to learn about ScholarOne in 2008 • Developed systematic review proposal with David, GMJ submitted to TDR
Future interactions with international partner • Site visit to JAMA with new Business Manager/ Desk Editor • Continued guidance and advice