Mali Medical in the publication world Prof. S. Sidibe Editor in Chief of Mali Medical

Background 1975 : Mali Medical first issue was published 1998 : recognized by CAMES 2003: Partnership´s bulding up 2004 : Oneline publication with open access 2008 : Indexation in Medline – ISSN : (paper) ; (electronic) 2008 : Indexation in PubMed

Background More than 100 manuscripts / years – 60% from African french speaking countries – 4 issues / year – 14 ressearch articles / issue Submission and peer review process – Guidelines for contributors (author and reviewer) – 2 independant reviewers for each manuscript Double blind process

Background Distribution – No subscribers – Distribution of free copies Readership – Oneline publication with free open access since 2004

Mali Medical major actions and improvements during ’s cycle Under partnership – Grant for Desk secretary Intern – Equipement A new MP printer and software Association of francophone editors

Major actions and improvements Locally – Volontary action in the EB team as at the begining – Fair energetic and enthusiastic editors – Dynamic and enthusiastic intern and desk secretary – World wide origin of manuscripts More than 60 % from outside the country

Origin of manuscripts CountryNumber of articles (%) Mali 26(36.11%) Other country46 (63.89% Burkina Faso 10 Cote d’Ivoire 08 Senegal 06 Cameroon / Guinea (Conakry) 05 each Benin 04 Morocco 03 France 02 China / Tchad / Tunisie 01 each TOTAL72

Major actions and improvements Locally – Better manuscript tracking process Intern‘s action lump sum for each reviewer – Online issues, on time publication Publication rate : 40,7% Four issues 9-14 researches articles / issue – Yearlly volume printing Regionally – Leading actions in establishment of AFR (Francophone editors association)

Manuscripts handling times and workflow statement Day 1 – manuscript registration and acknowledge to authors Day 2 to15 – prereview by editors Day 16 to 45 – peer reviewers Day 46 to 60 – peer reviewers recommandations to authors Day 61 to 100 – revised manuscript reception day 120 – decision to authorship ; thank to reviewers ; publication

About Mali Medical website in 2012 Visits : 3,998 Page/visit : 4.68 Average visit duration : 04mn 15 % new visits : 53.18% Bounce rate : 51.83% Origine of visitors : 81 countries / territories

Main origin of Mali Medical website’s visitors (Jan 1, 2012 – Dec 31, 2012 Country/TerritoryVisitsPages/visit% New visits Mali France Côte d’Ivoire United State Senegal Morocco Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Monaco Togo Nb3,998 (81 countries / territories)

SWOT analysis S – Editorial board as a leader, / CAMES recognization – Regional medical journal / on time and online publication / Indexed journal – Better quality of yearly manuscripts – National and regional peer reviewer committee W – Lack of local support (logistic, finance) O – Young authors / readers – Regional training center on scientific publication T – Editorial board is not attactive for Young reseachers (volontary?)

Challenge Moving to oneline submission and review – Scholarone Manuscripts system Local or regional workshop – oneline manuscripts submission and review Building a regional training center in scientific publication – African Journal Partnership Project – Ministere of Education – AFR

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