Intensive care research and publication in India: quo vadis?

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It is indeed an honour for an Indian to be represented on the Editorial Board of a journal of the stature and caliber of Intensive Care Medicine. One of the responsibilities of the International Editor is to attract the best research in critical care in India to be published in the journal. The magnitude of the task at hand is evident when a search of the SCOPUS database since 1977 revealed only 72 articles from India published in three major critical care journals, of which 32 were in Intensive Care Medicine. This is despite the vast pool of clinical expertise and experience available in the country, and English being the medium of instruction for all medical education. How can we increase the contribution of Indian research and data on the global stage? What are the strengths that we can exploit and the weaknesses we need to overcome? Perhaps a look into the evolution of intensive care medicine in India [1] can provide some answers. …