ROLE OF REGULATORY BODIES IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF MEDICAL JOURNALS OF PAKISTAN

Akhtar Sherin

Abstract

History of medical journals in Pakistan can be traced back to 1953, when the 1st issue of “Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association” (JPMA) was published. Over the years, exponential growth of medical journals was observed in Pakistan along with increasing number of medical colleges and professional societies of various specialities. There are 79 medical journals available on Pakmedinet, largest database of medical journals in Pakistan1 and 72 journals are included in Index Pakistan, maintained by Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PMDC).2 Higher Education commission (HEC) Pakistan has recognized 47 health journals including 4 journals in W category, 5 in X category, 23 in Y and 15 in Z category.3 Every year, new medical journals are published and are in pipeline to be evaluated and recognized by PMDC & HEC. However, despite an increase in number of the journals, quality of medical journals in Pakistan is not improving. There are only four biomedical journals indexed in Medline and four medical journals are having “impact factor” as per “Journal Citation Reports” published by Thomson Reuter.

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