?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Opinion+of+Health+Care+Professionals+towards+Submitting+a+Research+Article+to+a+Journal.&rft.creator=Srikanth%2C+S&rft.creator=Niveditha%2C+G&rft.creator=Rana%2C+S&rft.creator=Brahma%2C+B&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=There+are+no+specific+criteria+to+measure+a+journals+quality%2C+but+indexation+of+a+journal+in+a+reputed+database+such+as+PubMed%2FMedline%2C+SCOPUS%2C+EMBASE+etc%2C+and+whether+the+journal+is+having+an+impact+factor+produced+by+Thomson+Reuters+are+looked+upon.+Many+more+indexation+database+have+come+up+recently%2C+and+authors+are+publishing+more+articles+than+before.+This+questionnaire+based+study+was+conducted+in+November+2012+in+two+medical+colleges+in+south+India+with+the+aim+to+know+the+opinion+of+health+care+professionals+towards+submitting+a+research+publication+to+a+journal.+Prior+approval+was+taken+from+the+Institutional+Ethics+Committee+to+conduct+the+study.+The+selected+participants+were+from+tutors+to+professors.+The+information+was+recorded+and+analyzed+using+Microsoft+Excel+(2007+version).+A+total+of+297+respondents+participated+in+the+study%2C+out+of+which+263+completed+the+questionnaire.+Assistant+professors+had+more+number+of+publications+and+also+had+the+maximum+number+of+publications+as+first+author.+Among+the+papers+published+%3C10%25+were+published+in+journals+which+are+pubmed+indexed.+Highest+percentage+of+pubmed+indexed+journals+were+published+by+professors+which+was+around+10%25.+The+knowledge+about+impact+factor++was+higher+among+the++junior+faculty+than+the+professors.+The+knowledge+regarding+quality+of+a+journal%2C+with+respect++to+indexation+and+impact+factor+of+a+journal+is+grossly+inadequate+among+the+doctors.+Necessary+steps+should+be+taken+by+editorial+board+of+reputed+journals+and+associations+such+as+International+Council+Of+Medical+Journal+Editors+or+regulatory+authorities+such+as+Medical+Council+of+India+to+spread+the+knowledge+about+quality+of+a+journal.&rft.publisher=Kakkilaya+BS&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2013-08-25&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9160%2F1%2F2013-2-12.pdf&rft.identifier=++Srikanth%2C+S+and+Niveditha%2C+G+and+Rana%2C+S+and+Brahma%2C+B++(2013)+Opinion+of+Health+Care+Professionals+towards+Submitting+a+Research+Article+to+a+Journal.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9160%2F