학회지‘신경정신의학’발전방향：좋은 잡지로의 접근 지침

Master Plan of Journal for the Korean Neuropsychiatric Association： Guidelines of Approaching to Good Journal

To develop into a good jounal, it takes constant and consistent time and the efforts. “Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association” has been tried and revised through workshop and research development subcommittec. As “an editor-in chief”, I reviewed about the good journal evaluation principles especially four main aspects of the ISI journal selection process for Science Citation Index (SCI) and Index Medicus. These involve examination of basic journal publishing standards, editorial content, international diversity, and citation analysis. Aslo, I reviewed the important and problems of redundant publication and on-line publication. Through these current important issues, I suggests a Master plan for the Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association