A BRIEF HISTORY ON THE PUBLICATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AHWAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES 1971-2005

According tos evidences from historical records, the old, now ruined, Jondishapur University was built by the inspirations of the Persians and Roamns in the town of Jondishapur, a town located in the Northwestern part of present Ahwaz and South-eastern part of Susa in Khozestan province, was one of the first universities in the world. However, the ruling of Abbasit in Bagdad, this university gradually became a ruin and only its name remained.In the year 1334 of Persian calendar (1955), the present Jondishapur university was built with two faculties namely the medical faculty in Ahwaz and Agriculture faculty in Vaise and Rameenm. This year we celebrate the golden jubilee year of its establishmentWith much efforts made by the scientific community of the university, the first Scientific Medical Journal of Jonshishapur university was first published 34 years earlier in 1350 (1971). The publication of the Journal can be divided into four eras according to editorial board members, its general layout, its size, front-page cover, type of paper used, and lithography. All the papers published are research–based, reviews or case reports and have English abstracts.The first era: Entitled: the Medical Journal of Jundishapur, was published quarterly by the medical faculty in 1350-1355 (1971-1976). In year 1976, two independent medical centres were running, namely Jondishapur Medical Centre and Golsetan Medical Centre. Each had their own independent editorial staff and published two medical journals namely: Jondica and Medical Journal of Golstan Medical Center respectively. Their publication ceased in 1357 (1978)The second era: The journal was re-published twice a year in 1364 (1985) and named The Scientific Medical Journal of Medical Faculty of Ahwaz Shaheed Chamran University. The third era: In 1367 (1988), with separation of the medical faculty from Shaheed Chamran and became an independent Ahwaz Scientific Medical university under the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, was published twice a year until 1380 (2001).The forth era: Stated from 1381 (2002), the Journal has a new was built by the inspirations of the Persians and Romans layout and has been published quarterly with glossy cover page and colour was added for illustrations. It is currently being typo-graphed semi electronically. We are planning for full electronic version and linking via internet for future publications.