The Australasian Medical Publishing Company (AMPCo) publishes Journals and Books, and provides Publishing Services for researchers, public health educators, specialist societies, government health departments and others who need to publish medical information.

Journals

We publish:

• The Medical Journal of Australia for the Australian Medical Association [www.mja.com.au]
• Australian Health Review for the Australian Healthcare Association [www.aushealthreview.com.au]
• ADF Health for the Australian Defence Force Health Service [www.defence.gov.au/health/infocentre/journals/i-ADFHJ.htm]
• Critical Care and Resuscitation for the Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine [www.anzca.edu.au/jficm/resources/ccr/]

AMPCo provides affordable academic publishing of the highest standard, both in print and on the web. We help learned societies, professional associations and other organisations improve the presentation, cost-effectiveness and reach of their journals.

“Working with the AMPCo team has been a valuable experience. We have renovated the Australian Health Review journal together. AMPCo's input on design and format, and the team’s publishing experience was first class. The transition to using the web-based ‘Editorial Manager’ program was smoother than we expected, and it has delivered some real efficiencies for us as editors, and hopefully for our authors as well. The team are always available to give advice, we expect and get quick turn-around on queries and problems, and they have brought discipline to the workup of the production schedule. They have assisted us with academic issues (including ISI impact factor) and with developing a more consistent house style. We are happy to recommend AMPCo to other health sector journals.”

—  Professor Judith Dwyer and Dr Sandra G Leggat, Co-editors, Australian Health Review

“It gives me great pleasure to affirm the professional assistance of the team of editors who produce ADF Health, now in its 7th year and 14th edition. Four ADF Reserve medical officers have been editors over that time and each has been ably assisted in that role by AMPCO editorial staff. This includes support in editing manuscripts, coordinating referees’ assessments, dealing with authors regarding modifications to manuscripts, establishing any conflict of interest by authors, arranging layout and locating suitable illustrations. All of the editors would agree that without the expertise, energy and experience of AMPCO, ADF Health would not have become the quality military medicine journal it is today. ”

—  Commander Mike O’Connor, MD, FRANZCOG, RANR, Editor, ADF Health

For more information on journal publishing solutions, contact the Editorial office.

Books

AMPCo publishes books on health and medicine for professionals and the general public.

To submit a publishing proposal to AMPCo, we ask authors for:

• Proposed title of the work

• A short statement about the book and its intended readership (like the back cover précis from a published book)

• Synopsis or chapter outline

• An estimate of the book length (word count)

• A note about any special requirements for illustrations or use of colour

• Sample chapters

• Brief information about the author

• The author's assessment of the potential price, readership and selling points for the book

Book proposals and enquiries should be directed to Dr Ruth Armstrong in the Editorial department.

Sponsored publications: Sometimes a proposed book has a sponsor who wishes to finance the production. Sponsors may be the author, the author's institution, or some other governmental or commercial organisation. Usually the sponsor wishes to ensure that the book is available to a target audience for free or at a subsidised price. AMPCo performs the publishing function for a fixed fee, and the proceeds from booksales are shared with the sponsor/author according to a prearranged agreement.

Sponsorship can make possible the publication of a book that would otherwise not be viable.

Publishing services

AMPCo provides a wide range of publishing services to clients who require expert assistance for specific publishing projects. AMPCo provides expertise in

• Peer review and critical evaluation
• Technical editing
• Technical illustration
• Page layout and design
• Print production
• Web publishing
• XML data creation and transformation
• Targeted distribution to doctors and other health professionals

Enquiries: please contact the Editorial office.

MJA Reprints

MJA Reprints are unabridged reproductions of original papers, editorials and reviews that have been published in The Medical Journal of Australia (MJA). Reprints may be ordered by anyone who requires multiple copies of an MJA article.

Authors' enquiries: contact the Editorial office | Other enquiries: contact MJA sales.

MJA Focus documents

MJA Focus documents are collections of selected MJA research articles, editorials, updates and reviews dedicated to a particular topic. Clients (in discussion with the MJA Editor) can select MJA articles that they wish to collect. Authors of the selected papers must give their permission before their papers are reprinted in the new document. Authors may also elect to revise their papers before republishing. At the client's request and/or the Editor's discretion, a bridging article or editorial may be commissioned to improve the continuity or broaden the perspective of the document. Authors of bridging articles are selected and commissioned by the MJA.

MJA Focus publications make useful educational texts for conveying research-focused and state-of-the-art information.

MJA Supplements

MJA Supplements are comprehensive articles (or collections of articles) that deal with a particular medical subject. They are published as separate documents, and are usually circulated with an issue of the MJA.

Supplements may be commissioned for publication in the MJA by organisations and associations seeking to disseminate medical information, research or viewpoints. A prerequisite is that the contents must be original and current. Articles developed as MJA Supplements undergo full editorial processing and scrutiny through peer review.

MJA Practice Essentials Monographs

MJA Monographs are compilations produced from the MJA’s highly regarded “Practice Essentials” series. Monographs contain 10 to 15 articles written by experts in each topic's respective field, and designed specifically to be of practical use for GPs and doctors in everyday clinical practice.

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