Secretary general of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Roy Abraham Kallivayalil has called upon the Union government to give top priority to medical research.
The WPA secretary general was inaugurating the WPA-accredited national workshop on ‘Medical Journals, Research and Peer Review,’ organised in association with the Indian Medical Association National Committee for Mental Health at the Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences in Thiruvalla on Tuesday.
He said it was important for the governments, universities, medical institutions, and other agencies in the country to try for increased funding for medical research.
Dr Kallivayalil said researchers should be encouraged, and young researchers should publish their research work in peer-reviewed journals.
According to him, peer review prevents dissemination of irrelevant findings, unwarranted claims, unacceptable interpretations, and personal views.
Manuscripts which are not peer reviewed are not considered authentic.
