Medical Writing: Challenges in the Contemporary Era
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Publication of a research article in medical journal is reflection
of scholarly activity and academic credentials.1 History of
medical writing dates back to very ancient times but in the
contemporary era, medical writing has been changed a lot
and also changing continuously with each passing day. The
time was not far in the past when the dictum “publish or
perish” was popular but soon only “publish” was not enough.
This noble statement is constantly changing its form to
become “publish in a good journal or perish”, then “publish
in impact factor journal or perish”, “publish in high impact
factor or perish”, “continuously publish in high impact factor
journal or perish” and so on. Medical writing also became
important in our region when academic promotions were
made dependent on number of scientific publications
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