African Annals of Medicine

Editor : Dr. Jean Marie Kayembe

Affiliation : University of Kinshasa

Mentors : Mali Medical, Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), and More recentely, New england Journal of Medecin (NEJM)

AJPP status : Since 2013

Indexed : Yes (AIM, DOAJ)

Online : Yes

Scholar 1 : no

Language : French and English

Immediate Needs : Increasing visibility by developing a marketing/social media plan ; establish use of Scholar1 to streamline uneven peer review process, Need a Francophone volunteer.

Key Challenges : transferring from print to online and developing a viable online business mode/plan

Training Needs : Hold a regional [francophone] worshop to enable medical students, journal editors and other academics across the DRC develop their reseach, autorship, peer review and ethics skills. Offer weekly, smaller scale trainings in collaboration with the medical librarian. Improve journal website, social media outreach, get indexed into Web of Science and Scopus, implement journal content email alerts and social media, and connduct reader survey.

Volunteer Timing : Oct 2016 – March 2017

Volunteer Location : Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Kinshasa

Volunteer Stay : Guest house of the University around 100 Usd inscluding meals per day within walking distance.

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