Open AccessKnowledge and attitudes of Indian surgeons regarding professional medical writing support
Author(s) -
Natasha Das,
Saurendra Das
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
perspectives in clinical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2229-5488
pISSN - 2229-3485
DOI - 10.4103/picr.picr_88_17
Subject(s) - publication , publishing , medical education , medicine , medical journal , family medicine , political science , law
The number of scientific papers published from India each year is low. We tried to determine how often Indian surgeons publish in biomedical journals, challenges preventing them from publishing more often, their awareness of the international guidelines that acknowledge professional medical writing as an ethical service, and their willingness to hire medical writers for their publications.