title: Are the Editors faced with e-problems performing their duties and responsibilities satisfactorily?
abstract: Astonishing revolution in information technology, developments in electronic publishing and availability of manuscript management software's has provided lot of facilities to authors, reviewers as well as editors but it has also given birth to lot of e-problems. This communication highlights some of these e-problems besides discussing the manuscript management system practiced by Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences through modified Open Journal System. It also cautions the editors of small journals faced with financial and human resource constraints to keep themselves abreast of all these developments, go for automation in e publishing gradually as all the stake holders i.e. authors, reviewers and office management staff learns these and become used to it.
authors.affiliation: Shaukat Ali Jawaid, Managing Editor, Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, Karachi - Pakistan.
authors.forename: Shaukat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ali Jawaid
authors.affiliation: Dr. Masood Jawaid, MCPS, MRCS, FCPS, Assistant Professor Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi - Pakistan.
authors.forename: Masood
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jawaid
keywords: Electronic publishing; Manuscript Management Software’s; e-problems