www.mmj.medcol.mw

▪ Editor in Chief – Prof. Malcolm Molyneux - provides guidance, is not involved in the day to day running of the journal▪ Editor - Dr. Chiwoza Bandawe -involved in day to day

running of the journal, makes final decision on content of the journal, responsible to the EIC and Chairman of the Board▪ Desk editor – Thengo Kavinya - only paid employee of the

journal, runs the office, manages advertising, subscriptions, distribution, and also writes articles for the journal▪ 7 Editorial Board members all members of the College of

Medicine (one sits on MAM executive)▪ Postgraduate Dean’s office - liaison with College of

Medicine management

• More editorial board involvement in the content of the MMJ and lessens the pressure on the editor▪ Manuscripts submitted via Manuscript Central▪ Editor checks for suitable – either accepts or rejects▪ Manuscript assigned to member of editorial board▪Member manages manuscript - invites two reviewers, looks at comments for reviewers and recommends decision to the editor based on reviewers comments▪Editor makes final decision and communications with authors▪EB responsible for copyediting▪Review is blinded

Content Make up of MMJ

EditorialOriginal ResearchCase Reports InterviewOpinions (Abstracts)

Website is hosted by the College of Medicine

Open access Content: contacts, podcast, blog, events,

submission, past & current issues usage statistics – Google Analytics report Articles available in pdf and html

1st Jan 2008 to 1st May 2009 439 Visits 340 Absolute Unique Visitors 988 Page views 2.25 Average Page views 00:01:59 Time on Site 50.34% Bounce Rate 75.63% New Visits Countries – Malawi, US, UK, South Africa,

Germany, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Australia, India

▪ On acceptance the word file is downloaded from Manuscript Central and copied into Adobe Indesign

▪ Layout is done by the Desk editor ▪ File are burnout onto a CD and then sent to the

printers▪ Quarterly publication – March, June, September,

December▪ Distributed free to all CHAM and DHO hospitals▪ 250-150 print issues▪ Posted on the MMJ website with an email sent to a

MMJ emailing list▪ On sale during dissemination conferences and

workshops COMREC, NAC and MAM▪ Pdf emailed to AJOL and SPi

▪ Revenue ▪College of Medicine pays for printing of two issues▪Advertising▪Subscriptions▪Sponsorship for special issues

▪ Working on strategic plan/business plan▪ Likely to get some further assistance

from Malawi Research Council

▪ Accepted for indexing in Medline in October 2008▪ accepted for inclusion in PMC – working with SPi to have issues from vol 13 available on PMC▪ also accepted in Thomson ISI’s from 2008

▪ Promote the journal locally with personal visits to academic and research institutes – publish in MMJ for promotion▪ Business plan▪ Impact factor (2010/11)

MMJ manuscript flow figures

2006 2008 2009

Manuscripts received

42 43

Acceptance rate 80% 76.5% 70%

Time from submission to first action

2 weeks 32 days (to first decision)

14 days (to first decision)

Time from submission to acceptance

2 months 43 days (final decision)

50 days (final decision)

Time from submission to publication

6 months 4 months 4 months

Editorial content▪ new features included Malawi Health News, Opinions on, a Deeper Look and Case reports

Services▪ emailing list ▪CPD points

COM librarian sits on BoardCOM library runs classes

undergraduate and postgraduate (MPH) on information retrieval

Authors▪ workshop in 2007 with Tim Albert, writing

tutorials with MPH and COM 4th year students, occasional email alerts, planning a workshop in June, 2 research methodology workshops with RSC

Local news media ▪ occasional press releases, Editor had a

weekly column in the Weekend Nation newspaper, ?science communication workshop?

Science cafes with MLW

Annette and Ana Marusic (CMJ) facilitated author/reviewer workshop in 2006

Guidance and advice on Medline, PMC, support with SPi

Scholarly publishing workshop on xml – arranged for our participation

Africa Health Science visited the Malawi Medical Journal to learn about ScholarOne in 2008

Developed systematic review proposal with David, GMJ submitted to TDR

Site visit to JAMA with new Business Manager/ Desk Editor

Continued guidance and advice

Zikomo Kwambiri(Thank you very much)