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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Ibnosina Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 2021; 13(04): 156-160
DOI: 10.4103/ijmbs.ijmbs_57_21
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Charity starts at home: Emerging Journals should receive “positive discrimination” by their regional academia

Salem Beshyah
The Endocrine Department, Yas Clinic, Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi and Department of Medicine, Dubai Medical College for Girls, Duabi, UAE
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Scientific journals are published by commercial, no-profit, or society publishers. Most of these publishers and journals are based on the West, with the resulting gap between North and South in research work and literature productivity. This situation has resulted in a falsely perceived doubt about the value and validity of the submissions to international journals from developing regions. However, a recent increase in scientific productivity resulting from some countries' investments made into research was associated with developing many emerging national or regional journals. These journals aim to overcome barriers facing authors from producing regions to get their scholarly work published. They also aim to increase the research capacity and foster a culture of South-South collaboration. However, emerging journals face many challenges including a lack of recognition on their grounds. In this personal paper, the challenges facing emerging journals are highlighted, and the proposed urgent need for “positive discrimination” for emerging journals by regional academia is argued.

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Alternative bibliometric indices - bibliographic databases - English lingua franca - journal impact factor - nonmainstream science - periodicals as a topic - publication ethics - scientific evaluation scientific journals scientific literature - scientific publications

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Publication History

Received: 01 August 2021

Accepted: 30 August 2021

Article published online:
14 July 2022

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