BMJ Journals, a division of The BMJ Group, is set to launch a new online resource, BMJ Case Reports. BMJ Case Reports will launch with more than a 1000 case reports, reproduced from articles recently published within BMJ and specialty journals such as Heart, Gut and Thorax.
Individual medical case reports, highlighting rare or unusual conditions, are often criticised for being of peripheral interest. As such, mainstream journals can be reluctant to publish them. However, when looked at collectively, case reports contain a wealth of information and data that can be analysed to identify important trends or new areas for research that might not otherwise be apparent. To support the sophisticated functionality required to extract the full value of individual articles, an advanced new online platform is being developed for BMJ Case Reports, in partnership with HighWire Press.
BMJ Case Reports is slated for launch in September 2008. A beta site is currently available at http://casereports.bmj.com. BMJ Journals is offering free Fellowships to BMJ Case Reports until the end of 2009 for the first 100 corresponding authors to submit their cases for publication.
