New journal proposals

San Lucas Medical welcomes proposals for the launch of new journals or the publishing of existing journals should a society wish to change its current provisions.

In order to evaluate a proposal for a new journal, we would need the following:

• Main title and subtitle, with some alternatives.
• The initial number of issues, and the number and type of articles that might be published (reviews, commentary, primary research, methods, educational summaries, etc).
• A short Aims and Scope of up to 150 words and a longer discursive one of 4-5 paragraphs (the former might appear in the journal itself, the latter would be used for marketing and on the San Lucas Medical website).
• The name and address (postal and email) of the proposed Editor and Co-editors.
• The names of people who might serve on the editorial board (subject to confirmation).
• A comprehensive review of the competition with the salient features of each title and the reasons why the new journal would be different.
• A list of topics on which the journal would seek to publish and a list of past papers that it might have published.
• The ISI category under which the new journal would be classified.
• At least seven headwords that could be used for a database search to assess the number of potential authors for the new journal.
• National and international conferences that potential authors and subscribers would attend.
• The prospects of the journal being adopted by a professional or scholarly society. In such circumstances, would the journal be included in the membership fee?
• The possibility of receiving sponsorship for some of the start-up costs, including the editors' expenses.
• The names of societies from which we might be able to obtain mailing lists for promotion.
• The names and addresses of at least six referees that would be able to give us an assessment of the merits of the proposal.

Please send your proposal to:
Mohammed Imran
Medical Association Manager
Email: imran@sanlucasmedical.com