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Biomedical publications in Spain on debate (II): the on-going revolutions and their application to neurological journals

J. González de Dios, A. Pérez-Sempere, R. Aleixandre-Benavent [REV NEUROL 2007;44:101-112] PMID: 17236150 DOI: https://doi.org/10.33588/rn.4402.2006417

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Volumen 44 | Number 02 | Nº of views of the article 3.750 | Nº of PDF downloads 1 | Article publication date 16/01/2007

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Aim and development. To debate about the application of on-going revolutions in medical knowledge to Spanish neurological journals in the 21st century. This article reviews the current status of five revolutions in the field of health sciences, in general, and in neurological sciences, in particular: 1) the knowledge revolution: to translate the scientific investigation to the patient, with knowledge needs-driven research agenda with founder commissioning research to answer questions posed by clinicians, managers and patients, and systematic and critical appraisal reviews as the creator of quality improved knowledge; 2) the evidence based medicine revolution: the pyramid information of 4S, with systems (guidelines and computerized decision support systems), synopses (secondary journals), syntheses (systematic reviews and meta-analysis) and studies (original studies published in journals); 3) the web revolution: the possibility of dissemination of biomedical documentation by means of the Internet network are producing changes in the traditional way of conceiving scientific publication; the Internet represents a great advantage for investigation and also for clinical practice, since it permits free, universal access to databases and the interchange of texts, images and videos; 4) the open access revolution: to take full control over all operations related to the process of publish (to create, publish, communicate, distribute, reproduce and transform) with no need of any intermediaries, and to transform fundamental aspects concerning the circulation of knowledge, its use and availability; and 5) the librarian revolution: the project of a Virtual Health Library in Spain as a tool to access and disseminate scientific and technical knowledge on health through the Internet. KeywordsBiomedical publications Evidence-based medicine Neurological sciences Open access

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