Increasing Students' Publication Productivity: Could Launching a University Scientific Journal be a Catalyst?

Cureus. 2019 Jan 24;11(1):e3953. doi: 10.7759/cureus.3953.

Abstract

Our institution established an online medical journal to promote publication opportunities and to foster a culture of scholarship. In two years of activity, there was an increase in the proportion of students reporting authorship of peer-reviewed publications at our institution suggesting an increase in students' scholarly interest and output.

Keywords: evidence-based medicine; innovation; medical student; publications.

Publication types

  • Editorial