Publication of clinical trial protocols – what can we learn?

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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine (SJTREM) receives about 220 submissions for publication every year. Based on the principles of open access publishing, all scientifically sound manuscript that are original and in compliance with ethical and author guidelines will be considered for publication. Such editorial policies are in effect in most journals, and together with rigorous peer-review they are the cornerstones of scientific dissemination. The rejection rates for submitted papers and the citations to published papers are considered when overall quality or impact of a journal is evaluated; however, both these metrics have serious shortcomings and can’t be used for comparison between journals without caution. SJTREM currently rejects 60% of all submitted papers; the current impact factor is 1.85. …