[Symposium 23] The Future of Psychiatry and Its Journals: Insights from Editors-in-Chief

[SY-23] The Future of Psychiatry and Its Journals: Insights from Editors-in-Chief

Itsuo Asai⁵, Kimbery Yonkers¹, Chee Ng², G. Eric Jarvis³, Tadafumi Kato⁴ (1.UMass Chan Medical School(United States of America), 2.University of Melbourne(Australia), 3.McGill University(Canada), 4.Juntendo Medical School(Japan), 5.Heart Clinic Medical Corporation(Japan))

Keywords:

Publishing,psychiatry,Periodicals as Topic,Peer Review,Research,Editorial Policies

In this symposium, we will hear from the editors-in-chief of four journals Editors. They will discuss the journals’ functions, challenges, and future : Yonkers Kimberly, Professor of Psychiatry at UMass Chan Medical School, former Editor-in-Chief of the online APA journal, Psychiatric Research and Clinical Psychiatry and current Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, will discuss how writing for journals can help authors grow and succeed, inspire colleagues, and invigorate their institutions; Professor Chee Ng of the University of Melbourne, Editor-in-Chief of the Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, the official journal of the PRCP, will discuss how journals can be a tool for collaboration among researchers and psychiatric societies to develop and share innovations in psychiatric advancement and clinical practice. Professor G. Eric Jarvis of McGill University, Editor-in-Chief of Transcultural Psychiatry, the journal of the WACP, will discuss the journal from a historical perspective, the problems it faces today, and its future development. Professor Tadashi Kato of Juntendo Medical School, Editor-in-Chief of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, the official journal of the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology, will discuss how to maintain and improve the quality of academic journals in an increasingly diverse world where there are many non-peer-reviewed print publications. We hope that the audience will develop a deeper interest in academic publishing and actively contribute to the journals from a variety of perspectives to enhance the professional, practice and policy development in psychiatry.