The long and winding road to publication

Authors

  • Edwin Roland van Teijlingen Visiting Professor, Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal & Professor, Bournemouth University, UK
  • Padam Prasad Simkhada University of Sheffield
  • Bibha Simkhada Executive Director, INTER Nepal
  • Jillian Catherine Ireland Poole Foundation NHS Trust & Bournemouth University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/nje.v2i4.7093

Keywords:

Publishing, peer review, editors

Abstract

It is clear that academic dissemination has a system of checks and balances which authors may experience as barriers.  We all want to be sure that scientific information disseminated in academic journals is based on solid data, ethically collected and correctly interpreted.  The process of peer reviewing helps to prevent bad science and/or poor scientific papers being published.  Many published scientific papers differ from the original submitted manuscript since papers go through a process of peer-review, editing and rewriting.  However, there are other potential obstacles in the field of academic publishing.  This paper is a case-study of one methods paper which stumbled upon a number of barriers related to the viability and continued existence of a number of academic journals in Nepal.  Finally, we offer some advice to help health journals to survive when their editors leave.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/nje.v2i4.7093

Nepal Journal of Epidemiology Vol.2(4) 2012 pp.213-215

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Author Biographies

Edwin Roland van Teijlingen, Visiting Professor, Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal & Professor, Bournemouth University, UK

Professor at Bournemouth University,

Visiting Professor, Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal

Visiting Professor, Nobel College, Pokhara University, Nepal

Honorary Professor, University of Aberdeen, Scotland

Honorary Visiting Professor, London Metropolitan University, England

Padam Prasad Simkhada, University of Sheffield

Senior Lecturer in International Health

Visiting Professor, Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Visiting Professor, Nobel College, Pokhara University, Nepal

School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR)

Bibha Simkhada, Executive Director, INTER Nepal

Executive Director,

Jillian Catherine Ireland, Poole Foundation NHS Trust & Bournemouth University

Community Midwife & Visiting Fellow

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Published

2012-12-31

How to Cite

van Teijlingen, E. R., Simkhada, P. P., Simkhada, B., & Ireland, J. C. (2012). The long and winding road to publication. Nepal Journal of Epidemiology, 2(4), 213–215. https://doi.org/10.3126/nje.v2i4.7093

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Editorial