1 Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, (2015) 33(Supplement 1): S1-1
Editorial
Publishing supplement of a Journal *A Kapil
For the first time in the history of Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, we are bringing out a supplement issue What is the purpose of a supplement in journals—it can be a sponsored issue or based on invited articles on a related subject ora conference proceedings. However, it has been the experience in the scientific publishing world that such issues are either not cited or not recognized by scientific expert as they do not undergo a strict peer review. Bringing out supplements has been discussed in the annual meetings of Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists too! So should we have supplements or not? The commercially sponsored supplements are anyway not acceptable due to obvious reasons. *Corresponding author (email: ) Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India Received: 27-01-2015 Accepted: 27-01-2015 Access this article online Quick Response Code:
Website: www.ijmm.org
To have the same theme articles put together as supplement is editors’ nightmare as it affects the processing policy of journals, because the publication time of the article may not be based on the date of acceptance, but rather on the subject. This also may be unfair to the contributors and may not interest all microbiologists alike. The last option of the conference proceedings are of limited purpose as they are not read by anyone, anyway. Well so what is this supplement about! Some of the contributing authors of this issue called me as they were a little anxious to know if this issue will be indexed or not. Well for sure, this Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology supplement (February 2015) will be indexed and it has all peer reviewed articles as has been done all along. The reason for this supplement was a large number of manuscripts being submitted and processed by Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. The volumes published are only four in a year and to ensure a high turnaround time for the accepted articles; a supplement had to be published. Therefore, in terms of scientific content it is not different from any other issue. Enjoy an extra scientific feast this year!
PMID: *** DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.150857
How to cite this article:Kapil A. Publishing supplement of a Journal. Indian J Med Microbiol 2015;33:S1-1.
“Quick Response Code” link for full text articles The journal issue has a unique new feature for reaching to the journal’s website without typing a single letter. Each article on its first page has a “Quick Response Code”. Using any mobile or other hand-held device with camera and GPRS/other internet source, one can reach to the full text of that particular article on the journal’s website. Start a QR-code reading software (see list of free applications from http://tinyurl.com/ yzlh2tc) and point the camera to the QR-code printed in the journal. It will automatically take you to the HTML full text of that article. One can also use a desktop or laptop with web camera for similar functionality. See http://tinyurl.com/2bw7fn3 or http://tinyurl.com/3ysr3me for the free applications.
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Editorial
Publishing supplement of a Journal *A Kapil
For the first time in the history of Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, we are bringing out a supplement issue What is the purpose of a supplement in journals—it can be a sponsored issue or based on invited articles on a related subject ora conference proceedings. However, it has been the experience in the scientific publishing world that such issues are either not cited or not recognized by scientific expert as they do not undergo a strict peer review. Bringing out supplements has been discussed in the annual meetings of Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists too! So should we have supplements or not? The commercially sponsored supplements are anyway not acceptable due to obvious reasons. *Corresponding author (email: ) Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India Received: 27-01-2015 Accepted: 27-01-2015 Access this article online Quick Response Code:
Website: www.ijmm.org
To have the same theme articles put together as supplement is editors’ nightmare as it affects the processing policy of journals, because the publication time of the article may not be based on the date of acceptance, but rather on the subject. This also may be unfair to the contributors and may not interest all microbiologists alike. The last option of the conference proceedings are of limited purpose as they are not read by anyone, anyway. Well so what is this supplement about! Some of the contributing authors of this issue called me as they were a little anxious to know if this issue will be indexed or not. Well for sure, this Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology supplement (February 2015) will be indexed and it has all peer reviewed articles as has been done all along. The reason for this supplement was a large number of manuscripts being submitted and processed by Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. The volumes published are only four in a year and to ensure a high turnaround time for the accepted articles; a supplement had to be published. Therefore, in terms of scientific content it is not different from any other issue. Enjoy an extra scientific feast this year!
PMID: *** DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.150857
How to cite this article:Kapil A. Publishing supplement of a Journal. Indian J Med Microbiol 2015;33:S1-1.
“Quick Response Code” link for full text articles The journal issue has a unique new feature for reaching to the journal’s website without typing a single letter. Each article on its first page has a “Quick Response Code”. Using any mobile or other hand-held device with camera and GPRS/other internet source, one can reach to the full text of that particular article on the journal’s website. Start a QR-code reading software (see list of free applications from http://tinyurl.com/ yzlh2tc) and point the camera to the QR-code printed in the journal. It will automatically take you to the HTML full text of that article. One can also use a desktop or laptop with web camera for similar functionality. See http://tinyurl.com/2bw7fn3 or http://tinyurl.com/3ysr3me for the free applications.
Copyright of Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology is the property of Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use.
