Antony Sajjeev X, Al-Hussaini Ala'Aldin
SQU Journal for Scientific Research: Medical Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khod, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
Saudi Med J. 2004 Jan;25(1 Suppl):S13-7.
Regional journals often face constraints that threaten their growth, calling for novel coping strategies. This paper outlines the problems and challenges in editing and publishing the SQU Journal for Scientific Research: Medical Sciences, the only peer-reviewed medical journal in the Sultanate of Oman. These included the absence of secretarial support and the consequent need to reduce paperwork, the fact that most papers required substantial editing even after peer review, and the lack of a single workflow for creating documents for the press and the Internet. These challenges were successfully met by creating an unconventional all-electronic workflow that catered to both the print and the online versions. The paper describes this workflow and offers suggestions for journals wishing to streamline theirs.
地区性期刊常常面临威胁其发展的限制因素，这就需要新的应对策略。本文概述了编辑和出版《苏丹卡布斯大学科研杂志：医学科学》（阿曼苏丹国唯一的同行评审医学期刊）过程中存在的问题和挑战。这些问题包括缺乏秘书支持以及因此需要减少文书工作，大多数论文即使经过同行评审仍需要大量编辑，以及缺乏为印刷版和网络版创建文档的单一工作流程。通过创建一个适合印刷版和网络版的非常规全电子工作流程，成功应对了这些挑战。本文描述了该工作流程，并为希望简化自身流程的期刊提供了建议。
