Biomedical Journals in Republic of Macedonia: the Current State

Abstract

Several biomedical journals in the Republic of Macedonia have succeeded in maintaining regular publication over the years, but only a few have a long-standing tradition. In this paper we present the basic characteristics of 18 biomedical journals that have been published without a break in the Republic of Macedonia. Of these, more details are given for 14 journals, a particular emphasis being on the journal Prilozi/Contributions of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Section of Medical Sciences as one of the journals with a long-term publishing tradition and one of the journals included in the Medline/PubMed database. A brief or broad description is given for the following journals: Journals from Macedonia should aim to be published regularly, should comply with the Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals, and with the recommendations of reliable organizations working in the field of publishing and research. These are the key prerequisites which Macedonian journals have to accomplish in order to b included in renowned international bibliographic databases. Thus the results of biomedical science from the Republic of Macedonia will be presented to the international scientific arena.

Current Biomedical Scientific Impact (2013) of Institutions, Academic Journals and Researchers in the Republic of Macedonia

“…A total of 37 medical journals have been published in R. Macedonia since the Second World War, either in printed or electronic version [28]. Data referring to 14 titles of journals were obtained from COBIB.MK, but unfortunately only six of them are indexed in the Scopus database, which is an unacceptably low inclusion.…”

“…It was concluded that our medical journals should become a school on how medical problems are treated and how to prepare a paper for medical journals. However, the authors concluded that it is necessary to reach the European level of basic and clinical research in medical science in R. Macedonia [28].…”

Analysis of Macedonian Medical Scientific Papers in the Scopus Database

“…Medical journals published in the Republic of Macedonia since the Second World War were analysed in an earlier study [4]. A total of 37 journals, either in printed or electronic version, were included in the study.…”

“…It was concluded that our medical journals should become a school on how medical problems are treated and how to prepare a paper for medical journals. However, the authors concluded that it is necessary to reach the European level of basic and clinical research in medical science in the Republic of Macedonia [4].…”

“…It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991 [3]. Macedonian medical scientists have published the largest number of papers in domestic medical journals [4].…”