Revue de stomatologie et de chirurgie maxillo-faciale
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Rev Stomatol Chir Maxillofac · Nov 2001
[The French Journal of Stomatology and Maxillofacial Surgery: what is the future?].
A scientific journal reflects the dynamics of a specialty and should allow wide diffusion of clinical as well as fundamental research findings in order for all practitioners to keep up with changes in their specialty. These objectives are totally different from a journal designed to meet teaching objectives where general reviews, technical notes or clinical cases are in the forefront. The purpose of this work was to determine the current role of the Revue de Stomatologie et de Chirurgie Maxillo-faciale in an attempt to determine future perspectives. ⋯ Considering that the substance of a scientific review lies in the abundance of its original articles, whether the work reports fundamental or clinical research, but more particularly clinical research for a surgery review, one is obliged to observe that the volume of French publications produced annually is insufficient to fullfil the objectives of a truly scientific journal. The 45% submission rate of case reports is in line with this observation. The number of international publications clearly does not explain this situation since globally, over a 2.5 year period, the number of original articles published was to order of one-third of the number published in the Revue de Stomatologie et de Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale in the single year of 1999, and since the teams involved were the same.