Empowering Local Scholarship: The Centralized Roster of Philippine Medical Journals (CENTRAL)
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https://doi.org/10.32412/pjohns.v40i2.2727Keywords:
periodicals as topic, open access publishing, Philippines, publishing, standardsAbstract
Philippine medical and health-related journals have long struggled with visibility, accessibility and global recognition. As President of the Philippine Association of Medical Journal Editors (PAMJE), I wanted to find a way to address this problem. While browsing the web, I came across the African Journals Online (AJOL) platform, which has expanded global access to research
published in African journals for 25 years. Their mission — to make African scholarship visible to the world — resonated deeply with me. I began to imagine what a similar platform could mean for the Philippines.
I shared this idea in one of our PAMJE meetings. Our officers, especially our Founding President Dr. Joey Lapeña, were fully supportive. Encouraged, I drafted a funding proposal and submitted it to the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD). The Research Information, Communication, and Utilization Division, headed by Ms. Ullyann Garcia, with Information and Products Services Head Ms. Violeta Intia, endorsed the proposal, and Dr. Jaime Montoya, PCHRD Executive Director, subsequently approved it. Aboard was Renzell Ann Parino, our Project Officer, to monitor our progress. We began work in August 2023, and from there, a dedicated team was assembled to bring the vision to life. (Figure 1)
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