title: Small scientific journals from small countries: breaking from a vicious circle of inadequacy.
abstract: In this editorial we describe the confounding factors that contribute to the poor international recognition of small journals: author pool, review process, finances, language, and visibility. These factors originate from relative scientific inadequacy of the local environment and close a positive feedback loop (vicious circle) of journal inadequacy. We argue that small journals may provide important information and outline the ways in which they can be assisted.
authors.affiliation: Croatian Medical Journal, Zagreb University School of Medicine, Salata 3, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marusic
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marusic
mesh_terms: D017523:Croatia; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D011643:Publishing / Q000592:standards*