Shaukat Ali Jawaid, Managing Editor, Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, Karachi - Pakistan.
Dr. Masood Jawaid, MCPS, MRCS, FCPS, Assistant Professor Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi - Pakistan.
Pak J Med Sci. 2013 Sep;29(5):1087-92. doi: 10.12669/pjms.295.4179.
Astonishing revolution in information technology, developments in electronic publishing and availability of manuscript management software's has provided lot of facilities to authors, reviewers as well as editors but it has also given birth to lot of e-problems. This communication highlights some of these e-problems besides discussing the manuscript management system practiced by Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences through modified Open Journal System. It also cautions the editors of small journals faced with financial and human resource constraints to keep themselves abreast of all these developments, go for automation in e publishing gradually as all the stake holders i.e. authors, reviewers and office management staff learns these and become used to it.
信息技术的惊人革命、电子出版的发展以及稿件管理软件的可用性为作者、审稿人以及编辑提供了大量便利,但也带来了许多电子问题。本通讯除了讨论巴基斯坦医学科学杂志(Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences)所采用的经过改良的开放期刊系统(Open Journal System)之外,还强调了其中一些电子问题。它还警告面临财务和人力资源限制的小型期刊编辑,要跟上所有这些发展,逐步实现电子出版的自动化,因为所有利益相关者,即作者、审稿人和办公室管理人员,都要学习这些并习惯使用这些。