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除了指数化外,如果提交的因素影响研究文章发表时间和费用,除了选择高质量的期刊，对作者成为一个困难的决定。因为一些期刊索引要求较高。下面的essay代写范文进行详述。

Abstract
There are no specific criteria to measure a journals quality, but indexation of a journal in a reputed database such as PubMed/Medline, SCOPUS, EMBASE etc, and whether the journal is having an impact factor produced by Thomson Reuters are looked upon. Many more indexation database have come up recently, and authors are publishing more articles than before. Key Words: Indian medical research; Indexed journal; Impact factor; Publication

Introduction
The first question of an author after completing his research is, where to publish? Although there are many factors to consider while submitting a research paper to a journal, two most important things are indexation of the journal and controversial impact factor (IF). It is considered that papers published in journals with high IF or indexed with Pubmed are likely to have a higher research impact compared to papers published in non-indexed or low-IF journals. Hence, an author gives preference to journals with Pubmed indexing or high IF.(1) But the problem is coverage of Indian journals in databases like the Pubmed, Science Citation Index, EMBASE, SCOPUS is very low.

For example, of the 5500 plus journals covered in the Pubmed system, just 39 (0.71%) are from India. Similarly, in the EMBASE of Elsevier, the number of Indian journals is 128 (1.71%). It is no better in any other global databases.(2) Regarding IF, it is used as a proxy for measuring the quality of a journal. IF is awarded to the journals indexed in Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports. IF has long been a controversial issue and has been criticized for manipulation and incorrect application. (3) When an author is looking for indexed or a high impact journal, he wants his research to reach maximum possible readers. Indexation services give journals wider coverage for easy accessibility to their published articles.

Apart from indexation and IF, the other factor which affect the submission of a research article are publication time and fees, ease of submission, reach of the journal, online submission and simple author instructions. Selection of high quality journal becomes a difficult decision for the authors as there is no clarity on the issue. Since some journals are indexed in highly rated indexation services like Pubmed but have no IF, while some have high IF but are not indexed in Pubmed. Recently many more indexation services have come up. These include Directory of open access journal (DOAJ), Genamics Journal Seek, Hinari, Index Copernicus, Open J Gate, Pro Quest, get cited, new jour, Ulrich's International Periodical Directory etc.

Here the question of relevance of these indexation services arises and also whether the journals indexed with any of these databases will be considered as indexed. India publishes a huge number of journals, there are about 600 journals in biomedical subject alone. (2) But, the major question is how to assess the quality of these journals. Due to pressure of publishing by academic institutions and so called publish or perish culture, there has been increase in number of publications from India, but these articles are published in journals which are not indexed in PUBMED, SCOPUS, EMBASE and also the quality of these publications remains dismal. Due to lack of quality of these publications and also due to increased number of journals and publications in future it might lead to a new culture known as "get international, get indexed and cited or perish". If we go by the numbers, a recent article on scientometric analysis of Indian research (4) concluded that India holds 12th rank among the productive countries in medicine research with a global publication share of 1.59% and registering a growth rate of 76.68% for the papers published during 1999-2003 to 2004-2008. But the paper also states that high quality research in India is grossly inadequate and requires strategic planning, investment and resource support. Considering all the above factors, we came up with the present study, with an objective to know the opinion of health care professionals towards submitting a research publication to a journal.

Material and Methods
This was a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study conducted in two medical colleges in south India, in November 2013. Prior approval was taken from the Institutional Ethics Committee to conduct the study. Structured questionnaire contained 15 close ended questionnaires. In addition, space was provided to give suggestions and provide any additional information. Participants were explained the purpose of study and were requested to complete and return the questionnaire immediately. The selected teaching faculty was from different cadres i.e. from tutors to professors. Those who had published at least three original articles were included in the final analysis. More than one response was allowed in some questions (Appendix I). The questionnaire was pre-tested in ten junior faculty members and was suitably modified before administering to the respondents.

Results for other questionnaires
The criteria taken into consideration while submitting a manuscript to a journal are the rapid publication within two months and online submission (70% of the respondents opted for these two criteria's). Only 11% of the Faculty responded positively for all the criteria (question 3). About 59% of them published for getting academic promotions whereas 20% of the faculty opted for all the three criteria (question 4). The respondents preferred the journals having international reach, journals having easy instructions to authors, and the Version of either print or online did not matter to most of the respondents. Maximum of the respondents (77%) opted for new journals which are indexed (not Pubmed indexed, but indexed in other database). The knowledge regarding Indian journals database like IndMed and MedInd was very low amounting to only 11%.

Around 72% of the faculty responded that acceptance rate is the most difficult factor for publishing articles in Pubmed indexed journals followed by instructions to authors. The respondents were least concerned about the publication time. Most of the faculty 87% ) have not heard of any other bibliometric indices of a journal apart from impact factor. 90% of the faculty opined that publications should be made compulsory for promotions, and 69% of the faculty were willing to publish till their elevation to the post of professor. Only 12% were willing to publish till retirement. Regarding submission to an international journal, only two professors had submitted case reports to LANCET which was rejected and rest of the faculty did not submit to any international journal of repute such as JAMA, NEJM etc. In national journals 59% of the staff had submitted either to JIMA, IJMR, NMJI etc and the acceptance was around 30% of all the staff.

Discussion
Scientific publishing capabilities, which includes both quality and quantity, reflect the strength of science and technology of a country, but recently in India, only the number of articles has increased rather than the quality.(4) The low rates of internationally published articles, the 'inadequate' or 'poor' quality of the articles published, and the lack of relevant research have often been commented upon.(5-7) Due to internet revolution there has been in increase in number of journals, which are publishing more than hundreds of manuscripts in a single issue and it is highly impossible to conduct peer review process in a quarter.

It is the worst part of the journal publishing and such journals will damage the country's image on scholarly content and its publishing.(8) Authors should be wise enough and have good sense in choosing a right journal, which will impact their writing and could be further used and cited by other researchers. Journal quality will always be judged based on many factors, such as editor's experience, Editorial board, Quality of articles, Quality of peer review, Reviewers, publishing on time, noninterruption in publishing of issues etc". (9,10) Nowadays authors are interested in increasing the number of papers in their resume, and are not concerned about the quality of journal.

Conclusion
The knowledge regarding quality of a journal, particularly to that of indexation and impact factor of a journal is grossly inadequate among the doctors. Necessary steps should be taken by editorial board of reputed journals and associations such as ICMJE and regulatory authority such as MCI to spread the knowledge about quality of a journal.

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