Getting back into Medline

Abstract

In this last issue of the year 2003, it is important that we take .1 look at the journal and recognize some of those who have brought us where we are now. The end of 2003 also marks the end of the fifth year of this particular Editorial Committee. The journal now comes out four issues a year with an average of eight articles an issue. The Editorial Committee and the Advisory Board deserve our congratulations for keeping the journal going in difficult times. It is important to appreciate that all editorial staff arc voluntary. This means that journal acclivities arc on top of their regular job and other responsibilities. Our reviewers deserve our gratitude for their contribution to the journal and its contents. For a journal to be considered peer-reviewed this process is an important one. Finally, authors who submit manuscripts for publication provide us with the reason for our existence. While each one of these actors is important to the success of the journal. there is lots of room for improving the quality of the journal. Currently efforts arc being made to get the journal back on Medline PubMed. The journal was excluded from index Medicus in the 1970s. It is very important that we all work towards this objective as the advantage of such citing is clear to all who desire \0 publish in medical/scientific journals.