EURORAD: Europeisk opplæringsprogram

for radiologer

Davide CaramellaEURORAD Scientific Director

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e-mail Learning resources On-line journals Teaching files Image databases

e-mail Learning resources On-line journals Teaching files Image databases CME

EURORAD

EU Project: 1997-1999 5th Framework Programme

EURORAD

EU Project: 1997-1999 5th Framework Programme

Peer-review started in 1999

Since 2001: official program of EAR

Award for the 1000th submitted case at ECR 2002

Review Process

Every case is anonymously peer reviewed The Editorial process relies upon a three

levels system: Editor-in-Chief 13 Section Editors > 100 Section Reviewers

Section EditorsBreast O Jarlman Cardiac A. de Roos Chest C.J. Herold Gastrointestinal O. Ekberg Genital (female) J.O. Barentz Head & neck M. Becker Interventional D. Vorwerk Liver, pancreas, spleen C. Bartolozzi Musculoskeletal J.L. Bloem Neuro P.M. Parizel Pediatric H Carty Urinary & genital male C. RoyVascular J Struyven

Editorial Organization

The Eurorad Publication Coordinator (EPC) ensures:

technical check of casessupport for authors and members of the

Editorial Boardcontrol of the copy editing process

Review tools

The Editor-in-Chief, Section Editors and Section Reviewers conduct the review in a specialized database

Emails are used for correspondence between review board members and authors

Case collection

Case collection progress

Case collection progressCases submitted Cases Published

Italy 198 121

Turkey 177 126

United Kingdom 170 90

Belgium 110 96

France 110 65

Greece 84 59

Switzerland 79 60

Germany 68 61

Netherlands 46 44

Spain 22 13

eurorad.org traffic statistics

SessionsOct 2002 13.152Nov 2002 13.086Dec 2002 11.272

eurorad.org traffic statistics

Technical developments

Jan 2002: new server setup with enterprise class security settings

Several developments made to ease the editorial management

Version 5 will feature: new homepage with enhanced links and improved

navigation new submission process integrating video and

DICOM submissions

Submission of cases

Channel 1: ”Direct to EURORAD web site” Link from ECR Abstract submission page to

EURORAD web site Open between 18/9/02 and 31/12/02 9 contributors Review of cases was done by EURORAD editorial

board Accepted cases published and presented at ECR

2003

Submission of cases

Channel 2: “ Flagging of Scientific Papers” 925 abstracts as potential EURORAD cases Authors have been contacted by ECR office By 7/1/03, 184 cases have been submitted Review of cases is done by EURORAD

editorial board Accepted cases will be published and

presented at ECR 2003

Submission of cases

Channel 3 “Post Congress process of Scientific Exhibits” through EPOS

After ECR 2003, Scientific Exhibits on EPOS will be examined to detect potential EURORAD cases

The material will be processed to allow preparation of EURORAD cases

Authors will be encouraged to finalize their cases and submit to EURORAD

EURORAD

• Multinational program• Not-for-profit• Support of Scientific Societies

EURORAD

• Multinational program• Not-for-profit• Support of Scientific Societies• Peer review

EURORAD: next steps

• Further improvement of submissions

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Increasing the number of cases

Accepted cases Total # of cases

EURORAD: next steps

• Further improvement of submissions• Reduction of time-to-publication• Stronger collaboration with ECR• CME