New journals for publishing medical case reports
New journals for publishing medical case reports
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DOI：
10.3163/1536-5050.104.2.010
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发表时间：
2016-04-01
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2
通讯作者：
Akers, Katherine G.
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作者：
Akers, Katherine G.
由于它们在证据等级中的排名不高，也不经常被引用，所以描述单个患者的临床情况的病例报告很少被医学期刊发表。然而，许多临床医生认为，病例报告具有重要的教育价值，提高了医学知识，并补充了循证医学。在过去的几年里，大量(类似于160种)新的同行评议期刊涌现出来，专注于发表案例报告。这些期刊通常是开放获取的，接受率相对较高。然而，大约一半的案例报告期刊出版商从事有问题的或“掠夺性的”出版做法。案例报告的作者可能受益于更多地了解这些新的出版场所，以及能够区分信誉良好的期刊出版商和不信誉的期刊出版商。
Because they do not rank highly in the hierarchy of evidence and are not frequently cited, case reports describing the clinical circumstances of single patients are seldom published by medical journals. However, many clinicians argue that case reports have significant educational value, advance medical knowledge, and complement evidence-based medicine. Over the last several years, a vast number (similar to 160) of new peer-reviewed journals have emerged that focus on publishing case reports. These journals are typically open access and have relatively high acceptance rates. However, approximately half of the publishers of case reports journals engage in questionable or "predatory'' publishing practices. Authors of case reports may benefit from greater awareness of these new publication venues as well as an ability to discriminate between reputable and non-reputable journal publishers.