Mali Medical in few words

Prof. S. SidibeEditor in Chief of Mali Medical

Chair of FAME

Background

• 1975 : Mali Medical first issue was published• 1975-1996 : between one and four issues / year• 1996 : New editorial board• 1996 - 2000 : Support from– Ministere of Health– Ministere of Education– Faculty of Medicine• 1998 : recognized by CAMES

• Since 2001 : Lack of funding• 2003: Partnership´s establissment

Mali Medical´s structural features

• Mali Medical– Publication organ of Medical Society of Mali– Quaterly general biomedical journal

• Editorial board : 7 volunteer persons– Director of publication– 3 editors– Treasurer

• National and international peer review committee• Managing editor

Mali Medical publication´s process

• More than 80 manuscripts / years– 60% from African french speaking countries

• Submission and peer review process – Guidelines for contributors (author and reviewer)– Submission and review through hard copy– 2 independant reviewers for each manuscript

• Double blind process

• Four issues per year• Rejection rate 42,8% (2007)

Mali Medical distribution and dissemination

• Distribution– No subscribers but we distribute free copies :

• Local – Individual : 60 – Institution : 4 (60 copies per issue)

• Foreign– Institution (free copies)

» Library for African french speaking medical schools : 12 (5 copies each / issue)

» WHO Geneva : 5 copies/issue» WHO Afro Brazzaville : 5 copies/issue

Mali Medical distribution and dissemination

• Readership – Oneline publication with open access : 2004– Indexed in Medline : 2006– ISSN : 2006

Mali Medical financial operation

• Locally – Lack of financial support• No subscribers• No support from institutions• Submission fees : less than 10 €/manuscript

– Reduction of number of copy / issue– Perspectives• Majoration of submission fees• Obligatory subscription for all medical school teachers

Mali Medical financial operation

• Partnership subvention– Equipement : 2006– Training (regional workshops)• Peer review : 2006• Journal managing : 2009

– Managing editor salary • August 2006 - July 2008• June 2009 - May 2010

Mali Medical submission and publication information

Year manuscripts submited

Articles published

Manuscripts rejected

Remarque

2005 88 48 28 (31,8%)

2006 92 54 38 (41,3%)

2007 112 64 48 (42,8%)

2008 105 30 38 (36,2%)* 37 (PRP)

2009 (30 April) 50 6 PRP

Majors improvements

• Fair energetic and enthusiastic editors• Under partnership – Workshops on

• Writen and reading scientific manuscript• Managing a journal

– Equipement – Indexation on Medline

Majors improvements

• Consequency– Regional area for training in scientific publication– More than 100 manuscripts per year (since 2008)

• 60 from others french speaking countries (since 2006)

– On time publication of issues• Publication rate : 57,2% (training results)

So our challenge

• Manuscripts handling times and flow in Mali Medical in 2009– Day 1: manuscript arrives; registration and acknoledge to authors– Day 2 to15 : prereview by editor in chief and reviewer designation– Day 16 to 45 : peer reviewers– Day 46 to 60 : sent for revision or refused– Day 61 to 100 : revised manuscript reception– day 120 : decision sent to author, thank to reviewer

SWOT analysis• S

– Editorial board as a leader, specially editors / CAMES recognization– Regional medical journal / on time and online publication / Medline indexed

journal– More and more manuscripts every year– National and regional peer reviewer committee

• W– Lack of financial support

• O– Young authors– Regional training center on scientific publication– Agrement of a librarian to join the editorial board

• T– Editorial board is not attactive for Young reseachers

SOS

• Need to extend partnership project to more journals published in french without forgoten those published in spanish and portugesis within Africa (FAME Chair).

Thank you for your attention