Publication Policies of Health Journals


 

Publication Date: November 2007

Publisher: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Author(s): M. Nakashian

Research Area: Health

Type: Report

Abstract:

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) grants often result in reports or articles that are published in peer-reviewed journals. Recognizing the importance of disseminating research findings as widely as possible, RWJF posts findings in Grant Results reports, writes abstracts and provides full texts of reports or articles on rwjf.org. The Foundation defers these postings if Web posting would jeopardize publication of papers in peer-reviewed journals. At times these deferrals have resulted in long delays between the completion of the research and its availability on the RWJF Web site.

To expedite the posting of results and findings from grants on rwjf.org, RWJF interviewed the editors of 35 journals about their policies regarding publishing articles. Interviews were preceded by research on journal Web sites.
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