Affiliations 

  • 1 Production Editor, Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
  • 2 Chief Editor, Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health kampus, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
Malays J Med Sci, 2016 Jul;23(4):1-4.
PMID: 27660539 DOI: 10.21315/mjms2016.23.4.1

Abstract

The Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences (MJMS) has conducted a simple analysis of its scholarly publication, based on the auto-generated data compiled from ScholarOne Manuscripts(™), an innovative, web-based, submission and peer-review workflow solution for scholarly publishers. The performance of the MJMS from 2014-2015 is reported on in this editorial, with a focus on the pattern of manuscript submission, geographical contributors and the acceptance-rejection rate. The total number of manuscript submissions has increased from 264 in 2014, to 272 in 2015. Malaysians are the main contributors to the MJMS. The total number of manuscript rejections following the review process was 79 (29.9%) in 2014, increasing to 92 (33.8%) the following year, in accordance with the exacting quality control criteria applied by the journal's editor to the submitted manuscripts.

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