title: [Medical publications and information technologies].
abstract: The development of the computer science during the last 30 years has had a very important influence in human life, changing paradigms on all daily activities like public policies, commerce, education and science development. The aim of this editorial is to communicate some considerations about the way the development of technology in information and communication had influenced on the spread of scientific knowledge in its using on medical publications.
authors.affiliation: Editor de la Revista Médica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Espinosa-Larrañaga
mesh_terms: D008490:Medical Informatics; D011643:Publishing
keywords: information science; publication formats; scientific communication and diffusion