Sahni P, Reddy P P, Kiran R, Reddy K S, Pande G K, Nundy S
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Lancet. 1992 Jun 27;339(8809):1589-91. doi: 10.1016/0140-6736(92)91844-x.
Although Indian doctors produce half the articles published from the third world, little has been written about Indian medical journals. We examined 75 of the 113 serious English-language journals published in India. Of the 22 included in the Cumulated Index Medicus only 8 were judged by Indian and foreign referees to be of international standard. A survey of Indian authors indicated that foreign journals were chosen for the best papers because of their wider circulation, better refereeing practices, and punctuality. More than 98% of medical articles from India probably go unnoticed by the international medical community.
尽管印度医生发表的文章占第三世界发表文章总数的一半，但关于印度医学期刊的报道却很少。我们研究了印度出版的113种严肃英文期刊中的75种。在被《医学索引》收录的22种期刊中，只有8种被印度和外国评审人员判定为具有国际水准。一项对印度作者的调查表明，最好的论文之所以选择在国外期刊发表，是因为其发行量更大、审稿流程更完善以及出版更准时。印度超过98%的医学文章很可能未被国际医学界注意到。
