Pan African Medical Journal

Name

Pan African Medical Journal

Legal name

Pan African Medical Journal - CEPHRI (Pan African Medical Center for Public Health Research and Information)

Website

https://panafrican-med-journal.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Open Access Medical Journal Publishing

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

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STM Publishing (Science, Technical & Medical)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Educational & Academic Publishing (Textbooks, Scholarly, STM)

Keywords

• Open access publishing
• Medical journal publishing
• Scholarly publishing platform
• Peer reviewed research
• Scientific manuscript management

Headquarters

HQ city

Nairobi

HQ country

Kenya

HQ region

Africa

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Article Processing Charges (APC): The PAMJ operates on an Open Access business model, charging Article Processing Charges per manuscript accepted for publication. The APC varies by manuscript type and country classification (African countries, LMIC/UMIC Non-African, HIC). Submissions prior to 1 January 2023 are maintained at $180 US. Authors or research sponsors are responsible for payment within 30 days of acceptance. Authors can request partial or complete waiver during submission.
2. Advertising Revenue: The PAMJ accepts advertisements from institutions, private, and public organizations including job advertisers, conference organizers, medical software companies, pharmaceutical companies, medical book publishers, universities, and hospitals. Fixed price rates are charged for ads with varying costs based on position and duration.
3. Supplement Publication Fees: Progressive costing structure for supplement publication. Costs are determined case-by-case based on geographical location of sponsoring organization, institutional size, annual budget, and specific requirements. Lower fees applied to small organizations from LMICs; higher fees for large international organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

PAMJ is an Open Access peer-reviewed medical journal publisher that disseminates African health research under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. It operates a portfolio of affiliated journals (general medicine, clinical medicine, one health, primary health care, health economics) supported by a proprietary in-house publishing platform (Haraka), Manuscript Hut author submission system, PAMJ Workflow editorial manager, and commissioned supplements for organisations such as WHO, AFENET and US CDC. Authors pay Article Processing Charges to publish; advertising and supplement commissions provide additional revenue.

Product overview

The Pan African Medical Journal operates a multi-platform publishing ecosystem centered around the main Pan African Medical Journal (PAMJ), a general medical journal covering public health, epidemiology, and clinical medicine across Africa. The core infrastructure is built on the Haraka Publishing Platform, a custom manuscript management system developed in-house using open source technology (PHP, Apache, MySQL). This platform comprises two main user-facing systems: the PAMJ Manuscript Hut for author submission and tracking, and the PAMJ Workflow for editorial management with over 80 functionalities across multiple user profiles. The PAMJ also publishes several affiliated journals including PAMJ One Health (chronic disease, non-communicable diseases, veterinary medicine), PAMJ Clinical Medicine (clinical medicine), Primary Health Care Practice Journal (PHCP), and African Journal of Health Economics, Systems and Policy. Supporting products include the PAMJ Blog for announcements and discussions, PAMJ Conference Management System, PAMJ Conference Proceedings, PAMJ Supplements for commissioned collections, and PAMJ Author Services for manuscript preparation support. All journals operate under an Open Access model with Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licensing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Manuscript Hut: Custom manuscript submission and management platform for PAMJ journals
• Haraka Publishing Platform
• PAMJ Blog

Products and services

• Pan African Medical Journal (PAMJ) Peer-reviewed, open-access general medical journal covering public health, epidemiology, clinical medicine, and related social, political, and economic sciences across Africa; published bimonthly with ~3-month timelines from submission to publication.
• PAMJ One Health Affiliated open-access journal publishing articles from the field of chronic disease, non-communicable diseases, and veterinary medicine across Africa.
• PAMJ Clinical Medicine Affiliated open-access journal publishing peer-reviewed articles in clinical medicine for African researchers and practitioners.
• Primary Health Care Practice Journal (PHCP) Affiliated open-access journal focused on primary health care practice and related research across Africa.
• African Journal of Health Economics, Systems and Policy Affiliated open-access journal covering health economics, health systems, and health policy research across Africa.
• PAMJ Supplements Commissioned collections of papers on specific themes, typically sponsored by external organisations (WHO, CDC, AFENET, AMREF) and published as supplements to PAMJ journals, with case-by-case pricing.
• PAMJ Author Services Author-facing services providing resources, tools, and support for manuscript preparation and submission for PAMJ journals.
• PAMJ Conference Proceedings Open-access publication platform for scientific conference proceedings managed by PAMJ.
• PAMJ Conference Management System Web platform for organising and managing scientific conferences hosted or co-published with PAMJ, including proceedings.

Quantifiable outcome

• Rapid peer review with first decision within 6 weeks on average
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• AMREF Kenya (African Medical and Research Foundation)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 December 2012AMREF Kenya commissioned supplements on maternal and child health initiatives, documenting evidence and lessons learned from their health programs in Africa.
• African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011AFENET has been a long-standing partner commissioning supplements on field epidemiology training programs across Africa. The partnership began with a supplement in 2011 showcasing FETP work across the continent.
• US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Global Immunization DivisionmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011CDC Global Immunization Division has partnered with PAMJ for supplement publications related to polio eradication, immunization programs, and public health workforce training.
• World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2008WHO AFRO has commissioned supplements in the PAMJ, including publications on immunization programmes, Universal Health Coverage, and regulatory harmonization. The partnership supports dissemination of WHO-led public health initiatives across Africa.
• ORCIDcoreTechnology or IntegrationPAMJ is an ORCID member organization. The Manuscript Hut integrates ORCID for author authentication, allowing users to log in with ORCID credentials or associate existing PAMJ accounts with ORCID profiles.
• CrossrefcoreTechnology or IntegrationPAMJ participates in CrossMark through Crossref, providing standard way for readers to locate current version of published content. Also uses iThenticate through Crossref partnership for plagiarism checking.
• Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPAMJ is a member of COPE and follows international standards for editors and authors, as well as COPE guidelines on investigating scientific misconduct.
• Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (EMPHNET)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEMPHNET has commissioned supplements on teaching case studies in field epidemiology for the Eastern Mediterranean Region and related public health topics.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• JMIR Publications: Open-access publisher focused on digital health and medicine. Comparable to PAMJ on OA medical publishing and APC revenue, with overlap in public health and clinician audiences and a strong digital focus.
• Frontiers: Large open-access scientific publisher with extensive health and medical journal titles. Comparable to PAMJ on OA peer-reviewed publishing model and APC-based revenue, with much larger scale and editorial capacity.
• PLOS: Non-profit open-access publisher of peer-reviewed journals across science and medicine. Closely comparable to PAMJ as a mission-driven OA publisher using APCs, with overlapping medical and global health audiences.
• Dove Medical Press: Open-access medical publisher (now part of Taylor & Francis) specializing in clinical medicine and healthcare. Directly comparable to PAMJ on OA medical publishing, APC pricing, and target audience of clinicians and researchers.
• African Journals Online (AJOL): Aggregates and hosts African-published scholarly journals. Directly comparable to PAMJ on African research dissemination mission; differs in being primarily an aggregator/index rather than a publisher, but overlaps heavily in audience and content scope.
• MDPI: One of the largest open-access publishers globally, with rapid publication cycles and a broad journal portfolio including many medical/health titles. Directly comparable to PAMJ on OA model, APC revenue, and target author base, but with significantly larger scale and marketing.
• BMC (BioMed Central): Part of Springer Nature, BMC operates a large portfolio of peer-reviewed open-access journals across medicine and life sciences. It is a direct comparable to PAMJ in business model (author-paid APCs, OA) and audience (medical researchers), though with global reach and scale.
• BMJ Open: BMJ's flagship open-access journal covering medical research. Comparable to PAMJ as a peer-reviewed OA medical journal with APC-based revenue, though embedded within a much larger established publisher.
• PeerJ: Open-access peer-reviewed publisher in life and medical sciences. Comparable to PAMJ on OA peer review, author-paid APCs, and indexed medical research, though with a different subject breadth and a for-profit structure.

Emerging players

• F1000Research: Open-research publishing platform using post-publication peer review. Comparable to PAMJ in OA medical/scientific publishing and APC model, but with a distinct open-peer-review workflow and different scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

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