V37 N1 / 2022 

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FROM THE EDITOR & GUEST EDITOR

We hope you share our excitement that the American Medical Writers Association 

(AMWA) Journal has gone digital on the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform. 

OJS is cloud hosted, community-led open-source software that allows us to 

provide the journal in an enhanced format, with features that include

• direct access to subscriber-only content via your AMWA member login,

• easy indexing and discoverability, as recommended by Google Scholar,

• article abstracts in HTML format, which is ideal for search engine crawlers 

(keywords), and

• DOI indexing (forthcoming).

 A full PDF version each issue of the AMWA Journal will continue to be 

available to you via download from the AMWA Journal site on OJS. Archive issues 

will be debuted on the site as we continue to build up our presence online.

 Our initial online issue is dedicated to exploring trends and opportunities in 

medical communication, the theme of the 2021 AMWA Annual Conference. Our 

transition to a digital platform is in keeping with trends in our field, with other 

medical communication trends to be explored in future theme-based that will be 

announced on the AMWA Journal site. We encourage you to write for the Journal 

on a topic for an upcoming theme or for any of our regular sections.

 AMWA Journal will continue to bring you great content every quarter and we 

welcome your input on the digital format.

AMWA Journal on Open Journal Systems

Michael G Baker, PhD
Editor-in-Chief

Shari Rager, MS, CAE
2021-2022 Staff Liaison

http://www.amwajournal.org