HBKU Press, the new publishing arm of Hamad Bin Khalifa University, has announced that the full archive of Qatar Medical Journal is  fully digitised and available on the online open access portal QScience.com.
Working with Hamad Medical Corporation, the backdated files from 1997 have been processed into PDF format and made available electronically for the first time. Functionality incorporated by the archive includes full text PDFs of each article and full text searching,  including all images and graphics.
This publishing initiative will make it easy for readers to share an unprecedented wealth of scientific knowledge instantly with researchers and scientists across the globe. Readers can now conveniently share the full-text of articles of interest with colleagues free of charge.
Christopher Leonard, head of academic and journals publishing at HBKU Press’ QScience portal said: “It has been a monumental effort to get all of the issues of Qatar Medical Journal online and free to read for anyone with an Internet connection. The enduring popularity of the older content within the journal has been reflected in the number of requests we have had for articles from many years.”
Dr Mohammed Hammoudeh, Qatar Medical Journal editor-in-chief said: “We believe that we are in the beginning phase of a major movement toward globalisation of medical and health education. By providing a platform, where the older content can be viewed it allows for a healthy debate about the challenges, and innovations in global medical and health education.”