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| Aversion for case reporting by major medical journals: A trend towards perfect dichotomy | ||||||
| Segun Adeoye | ||||||
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MD, MS, Attending Physician, Hospital Unit, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Horizon, Greenville, PA, USA.
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| Adeoye S. Aversion for case reporting by major medical journals: A trend towards perfect dichotomy. International Journal of Case Reports and Images 2014;5(5):323–328. |
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Abstract
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Introduction:
This case report introduces the traditional form of medical literature. It chronicles the contributions made by landmark case reports in the times of old as well as in the present.
Review: The author details the current case report publishing-aversion by major medical journals, and attempts to explain the rationale. The article describes the impact of evidence-based medicine and journal impact factor protection as facilitators of the "discrimination" against case reporting. The paper analyzes the case report acceptance policy of 20 medical journals across the whole spectrum of impact factors and identifies interesting patterns. The author chronicles the proliferation of case reporting journals and identifies the trend towards a perfect dichotomy in medical publishing. Conclusion: In concluding, the author gives his take on the many issues raised while proposing potential solutions. | |
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Keywords:
Case report aversion, Case studies, Impact factor, Medical journal publishing
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Author Contributions
Segun Adeoye – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published |
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Guarantor of submission
The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission. |
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Source of support
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Conflict of interest
Authors declare no conflict of interest. |
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Copyright
© 2014 Segun Adeoye et al. This article is distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original author(s) and original publisher are properly credited. Please see the copyright policy on the journal website for more information. |
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