APPW2025

Oranizers :Sen Takeda (Department of Anatomy, Teikyo University School of Medicine) and Junko Kurokawa (Department of Bio-Informational Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka)

JAA : Anatomical Science International（ASI）Editor-in-Chief, PSJ : Editorial Board of the Journal of Physiological Sciences, JPS : Journal of Pharmacological Sciences Editor-in-Chief

Academic journals are facing at drastic chnages in the last decade. While major journals spread their influences by starting sister journals covering broad specific area, those run by academics confront significant issues like decrease in submission, difficulty in assigning suitable referees, and costs for the open access. Moreover, scientifically illegal business such as “paper mills” becomes rampant, urging us to handle these issues appropriately. In this session, we have a short talk by Kiyoshi Kitamura, one of the bona fide controversialists in this field, who engaged in drafting and revising “the Guidelines for Medical Journal Publication” by the Japanese Association of Medical Journal Editors”. Following his talk, we have a discussion forum, where the speaker and Editor-in-Chief from three medical associations join as panelists. Going through active discussion with the floor audience, we aim at finding a new way to challenge the forthcoming new era.