In the field of science and medicine it is mandatory to publish research work if one has to grow in their career. A science needs to be frequently updated, previous theories disapproved, new theories brought to the fore, so on and so forth. There is a famous quote 'publish or perish' which all researchers know very well.
Ayurveda is going in tandem with modern medicine.More importance has been given to conduct research and publish the findings.But there is a paucity of good peer reviewed Ayurvedic journals. Hence even though researchers are interested in publishing articles, they always find themselves in the sea of journals but only a handful of journals are available to publish . Journals being only a handful and adding to it the tedious review process , it is to one's dismay the duration it takes to publish an article.
I personally enjoy conducting research and also want to share the knowledge and results with my peers. But until more good peer reviewed journals are available , it is a tedious process to publish and hence it seems like a curse.
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