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Prioritising the most deadly conditions and risk factors.
In the editorial for April's issue the PLoS Medicine editors lay out their plans for the future scope of the journal, and specifically their intention to take an evidence-based approach to prioritizing for publication the conditions and risk factors that lead to the greatest losses in years of healthy life worldwide. In addition, the journal will specifically seek to publish papers that have relevance across a range of settings and that address the major environmental, social, and political determinants of health, as well as the biological. The editorial concludes, "We believe our new, evidence-based approach will not only ensure that open-access publishing reflects the health priorities of the 21st century, but will also reaffirm and revitalize the long tradition of medical journals leading, rather than following, the debate over research priorities." The image, a montage by Lizzy Parisotto, illustrates many of these priorities.
Image Credit: Lizzy Parisotto, PLoS. Orange: Umberto Salvagnin 2008. Food Aid: New Ways Merka at Wikimedia 2008. Pregnant woman and child: Valarie Apperson at Flickr.com 2008. Hands with Drugs: Brendan Bannon 2007. Pills/leaf: Dr. Johannes Friesen. Hospital: Rod Escombe. X-ray: Ninette Amariglio.
Citation: (2009) PLoS Medicine Issue Image | Vol. 6(4) April 2009. PLoS Med 6(4): ev06.i04. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pmed.v06.i04
Published: April 28, 2009
Copyright: © 2009 Public Library of Science. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
In the editorial for April's issue the PLoS Medicine editors lay out their plans for the future scope of the journal, and specifically their intention to take an evidence-based approach to prioritizing for publication the conditions and risk factors that lead to the greatest losses in years of healthy life worldwide. In addition, the journal will specifically seek to publish papers that have relevance across a range of settings and that address the major environmental, social, and political determinants of health, as well as the biological. The editorial concludes, "We believe our new, evidence-based approach will not only ensure that open-access publishing reflects the health priorities of the 21st century, but will also reaffirm and revitalize the long tradition of medical journals leading, rather than following, the debate over research priorities." The image, a montage by Lizzy Parisotto, illustrates many of these priorities.
Image Credit: Lizzy Parisotto, PLoS. Orange: Umberto Salvagnin 2008. Food Aid: New Ways Merka at Wikimedia 2008. Pregnant woman and child: Valarie Apperson at Flickr.com 2008. Hands with Drugs: Brendan Bannon 2007. Pills/leaf: Dr. Johannes Friesen. Hospital: Rod Escombe. X-ray: Ninette Amariglio.