Online, open access journals: the only hope for the future
Calicut Medical Journal 2003;1(1):e1Medical journals all over the world are facing a crisis. The crisis was initially foreseen as an impending, rather inevitable death of print journals , while the future appeared to be bright for on line journals. Some even dreamt of a worldwide scientific community , created by the omni-potent Internet. The oft stressed advantages are many - research findings can be presented to scientific community much faster; it is less expensive and more equitable; researchers in developing countries tend to get benefited, as generally they get only a lesser share of print journal space. It has been taken note of that, while 25 % of all researchers live in developing countries, they publish less than 3% of the total scientific articles published.
