PHM-Exch> Call for Papers: Southern Med Review

[Zaheer Babar]

Call for Papers: Southern Med Review (ISSN: 1174-2704)

Aims and Objectives of the Southern Med Review
The Southern Med Review (SMR) is a growing independent, open access; peer reviewed journal which is currently published from Auckland, New Zealand. The journal is focusing on “pharmaceutical policy” and the aim of the journal is to disseminate commentary and empirical research findings, with a view to improve the rational use of and access to essential medicines.

Indexing & Abstracting

All issues of the journal are freely accessible from the University of Auckland’s website 
www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/sop/smr

The journal is indexed in the 
•    Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
•    EBSCO Host
•    Open J Link
•    Gale
•    Global Health
•    CAB Abstract Databases
•    New Zealand’s National Library
•    Ulrich's Periodicals Directory

•    WHO’s Essential Medicines Documentation Database (the articles can be accessed from

http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/cl/CL3.1.6/clmd,50.html#hlCL3_1_6

Call for Papers

The Editor of Southern Med Review welcomes submissions for its next issue – Types of article include feature articles, full research papers, research-in-brief papers, viewpoints, policy briefs, commentaries, opinions and brief pieces on country’s pharmaceutical situation are welcome.. Full research papers should not exceed more than 5000 words. All other forms of articles should be within the range of 3500 words. Kindly send your submissions by 10th Dec, 2009.

Journal’s Instruction for Authors can also be downloaded from the following link:
http://www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/sop/smr/_docs/instructiontoauthors.pdf

Submission of Papers
The articles can be submitted electronically as a Word document to one of the following Editors for consideration.

Editors
Dr Zaheer Babar, Editor-in-Chief   z.babar at auckland.ac.nz  or editor_smr @yahoo.com
Shane Scahill, Associate Editor   s.scahill at auckland.ac.nz