Crucially, PAMJ has a strong for authors who face financial hardship. The APC structure is tiered, taking into account the country and institution of the first author , ensuring that researchers from the most resource-limited settings are not prevented from publishing.
There is no point in copying the chronic care models of Germany or Japan. Africa’s health workforce shortage (47% of countries in the region have less than 1 physician per 5,000 people) demands innovation. Here are three pragmatic avenues that PAMJ contributors are currently validating:
Highlights clinical practice, case reports, and innovative management of diseases in African settings.
Despite its success, PAMJ faces persistent challenges. The rapid growth in submissions has put pressure on operational resources, including the availability of peer reviewers and editorial staff. Many young African researchers, who form the bulk of submitters, often lack basic scientific writing skills, leading to high rejection rates on grounds of poor writing quality. PAMJ also operates in a global publishing environment where there can be unconscious biases against African journals and where large, predatory publishers threaten the emergence of a local scientific industry.
[Your Name] is a [Your Title] at [Your Institution]. The Pan African Medical Journal welcomes counterpoints and research submissions on health systems strengthening.
PAMJ's scope encompasses a broad range of healthcare topics, including but not limited to:
Crucially, PAMJ has a strong for authors who face financial hardship. The APC structure is tiered, taking into account the country and institution of the first author , ensuring that researchers from the most resource-limited settings are not prevented from publishing.
There is no point in copying the chronic care models of Germany or Japan. Africa’s health workforce shortage (47% of countries in the region have less than 1 physician per 5,000 people) demands innovation. Here are three pragmatic avenues that PAMJ contributors are currently validating:
Highlights clinical practice, case reports, and innovative management of diseases in African settings.
Despite its success, PAMJ faces persistent challenges. The rapid growth in submissions has put pressure on operational resources, including the availability of peer reviewers and editorial staff. Many young African researchers, who form the bulk of submitters, often lack basic scientific writing skills, leading to high rejection rates on grounds of poor writing quality. PAMJ also operates in a global publishing environment where there can be unconscious biases against African journals and where large, predatory publishers threaten the emergence of a local scientific industry.
[Your Name] is a [Your Title] at [Your Institution]. The Pan African Medical Journal welcomes counterpoints and research submissions on health systems strengthening.
PAMJ's scope encompasses a broad range of healthcare topics, including but not limited to: