The New Iraqi Journal of Medicine: An Emerging International Iraqi Peer-Reviewed Medical Journal The New Iraqi Journal of Medicine: An Emerging International Iraqi Peer-Reviewed Medical Journal Aamir Jalal Al Mosawi MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics Editor -In-Chief The Fourth Regional Conference on Medical Journals in The Eastern Mediterranean 5-7 November Bahrain Al Manama

Iraq [Mesopotamia]

Iraq [Mesopotamia] was Iraq [Mesopotamia] was home to the world's first known civilizations [5000 BC] of Sumerians, Acadians, and Babylonians. These civilizations produced the earliest writing and the first sciences ; hence its common epithet,the "Cradle of Civilization“.

There has been a tremendous need for an independent peer- reviewed medical journal which aims at the advancement of medical knowledge rather than promotion in this country

Journal foundation From the first beginning of this journal in 2005 as Al Karkh Journal of Medicine, the decision was made that the journal should adhere to the internationally accepted standards of modern peer-reviewed medical journals. All the editorial policies were adapted from the policies of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), World Association of Medical editors (WAME), and the Committee on publication ethics (COPE). From the third issue of December 2005 the journal has become The New Iraqi Journal of Medicine the official peer- reviewed medical journal of the Iraqi ministry of health

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The Journal goal Initially, the primary goal of the Journal was to publish research works confined to Iraq, which were of importance for both local and international readers. Another aim was to make the research work easily available for international readers thus a sincere attempt was made to disseminate the medical knowledge to all medical fraternity of the world

International journal From the issue of September 2007, editors from many parts of the world joined the journal. Now we have editors from the 4 major continents in the world (Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America). In addition we have an International Editorial Board who have the privileges of the Editor in Chief, as they can receive and evaluate manuscripts and provide the journal with an editorial decision. Until now the journal has been successful in publishing papers in more than 25 areas and disciplines of medicine Authors located in Iraq, USA, India, Malaysia, Jordan, Qatar, Malawi, Zambia, and Iran have contributed research papers to the journal.

Indexation The New Iraqi Journal of Medicine is one of few Iraqi medical journals which have been abstracted and listed in more than one indexing systems including international indexing systems

Indexation and Listing 1-WHO index medicus: EMR index medicus (EMR Virtual health science library). 2-EMR Journal information Directory EMR online Journals Directory EMR Union Catalogue for Health Sciences Journals: Union Catalogue for Health Sciences Journals 5-Copernicus International Journal master list EMR medex beta

Online Iraqi Medical Journals The New Iraqi Journal of Medicine is the only Iraqi Medical journal of the 105 online journals in EMR online Journals Directory available at e.aspx [accessed at 14th of May 2008] e.aspx Full text articles PDFs have become available for free download

Electronic download statistics- Index Copernicus October 27 According to the electronic statistics published in Index Copernicus publisher panel (accessed on October 27) 2179 full texts were downloaded from IC™ Journal Master list from 25 countries in the world

25 Countries

International indexation Journal indexing in international systems is a great challenge for journals in developing countries. Our journal is now fully indexed and abstracted in Copernicus International journal master list at: Medical journals from many developing countries have been indexed in the US National Library of Medicine, which is one of the most widely used journal index. Our journal has applied for this US index medicus indexation and the journal evaluation will be started once they receive four recent issues (Print copies).