Open Medicine (John Willinsky journal) explained

Open Medicine
Abbreviation:Open Med.
Discipline:Medicine
Editor:Anita Palepu
Publisher:John Willinsky
Country:Canada
History:2007-2014
Frequency:Quarterly
Openaccess:Yes
License:Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike 2.5 License
Eissn:1911-2092
Oclc:123294121
Website:http://www.openmedicine.ca/
Link2:https://web.archive.org/web/20150908081536/http://www.openmedicine.ca/issue/archive
Link2-Name:Online archive

Open Medicine was a peer-reviewed open-access medical journal established in April 2007 by former editors from the Canadian Medical Association Journal.[1] [2] In 2014, the editor-in-chief was Anita Palepu from the University of British Columbia and the publisher was John Willinsky.[3] The journal ceased publishing in November 2014, with the editors citing limited funding as among the reasons for the closure.[4] [5] The journal was abstracted and indexed in MEDLINE/PubMed.[6] All content is archived on PubMed Central.

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Notes and References

  1. 10.1136/bmj.333.7563.319 . Canadian medical journal faces threat from new online rival . 2006 . Spurgeon . D. . . 333 . 7563 . 319 . 16902209 . 1539081.
  2. News: Former CMAJ editors launch advertising-free medical journal . 2007-04-17 . CanWest MediaWorks Publications . canada.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20150212145023/http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=02876723-8858-434d-87ce-03a4bd7f7b69 . 12 February 2015.
  3. Book: 2014-01-01. The Future of the Academic Journal. en. 331–356. 10.1533/9781780634647.331. Willinsky. John. Murray. Sally. Kendall. Claire. Palepu. Anita. 9781843347835. Doing medical journals differently: Open Medicine, open access and academic freedom.
  4. Kendall. Claire. Maskalyk. James. Palepu. Anita. 2014-11-04. Closing Open Medicine. Open Medicine. 8. 4. e147–e149. 1911-2092. 4242792. 25426183.
  5. Web site: Canadian medical journal, Open Medicine, stops publishing . . 4 November 2014 . 5 November 2014 . Canadian Press.
  6. Web site: Open Medicine . NLM Catalog . . 2014-12-05.