Akers Katherine G
J Med Libr Assoc. 2016 Apr;104(2):146-9. doi: 10.3163/1536-5050.104.2.010.
Because they do not rank highly in the hierarchy of evidence and are not frequently cited, case reports describing the clinical circumstances of single patients are seldom published by medical journals. However, many clinicians argue that case reports have significant educational value, advance medical knowledge, and complement evidence-based medicine. Over the last several years, a vast number (∼160) of new peer-reviewed journals have emerged that focus on publishing case reports. These journals are typically open access and have relatively high acceptance rates. However, approximately half of the publishers of case reports journals engage in questionable or "predatory" publishing practices. Authors of case reports may benefit from greater awareness of these new publication venues as well as an ability to discriminate between reputable and non-reputable journal publishers.
由于病例报告在证据等级中排名不高且不常被引用，描述单个患者临床情况的病例报告很少被医学期刊发表。然而，许多临床医生认为病例报告具有重要的教育价值，能推动医学知识发展，并补充循证医学。在过去几年中，涌现出大量（约160种）专注于发表病例报告的新的同行评审期刊。这些期刊通常是开放获取的，接受率相对较高。然而，大约一半的病例报告期刊出版商存在可疑或“掠夺性”的出版行为。病例报告的作者可能会受益于对这些新出版渠道的更多了解，以及区分声誉良好和声誉不佳的期刊出版商的能力。
