#125: Journal of Global Surgery feat. Saqib Noor

We talk to Saqib Noor, an Orthopedic & Trauma Surgeon committed to medicine and surgery in the developing world. He is the founder of One.Surgery, an organization dedicated to empowering the progression of global surgery. Saqib is also Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Global Surgery, the first community-funded, peer-review, open-access, equitable scientific journal, fully powered by Bitcoin Cash.

This was a very enjoyable conversation. Please share your thoughts in the comments.

Links:

Saqib on Twitter: https://x.com/saqibnoorcom

The Journal Of Global Surgery (ONE) on Twitter: https://x.com/jogs_one

The Journal Of Global Surgery website: https://jogs.one/

One.Surgery: https://one.surgery/

Saqib’s website: https://www.saqibnoor.com/

Episode slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yixRV9YvGlkO8UolzFXMJ4g42d9g-Ib3/edit#slide=id.g1001e085589_0_4

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Timestamps:

00:00 Video starts

00:38 Intro, Saqib’s crypto backstory

10:25 Saqib’s medical backstory

12:20 Haiti, Pakistan, Cambodia, and Gaza

18:58 Global Surgery initiative

22:07 Global Surgery & BCH: similarities & differences

33:13 Scientific publishing and peer-review

38:16 Current problems in scientific publishing

44:26 Solutions: Sci-Hub, etc.

50:48 Journal of Global Surgery's solution: 4 innovations

57:37 BCH powering a global scientific economy

1:01:09 Saqib's side gig or full time?

1:04:16 BCH as the currency of science

1:06:41 Accepting Bitcoin Cash payments

1:09:30 Getting indexed at PubMed

1:12:53 Getting to a sustainable model

1:22:18 Next: 1st issue, ISSN #, special print edition

1:31:34 Saqib’s relationship with General Protocols

1:36:58 General Protocols vision

1:49:48 Other news

1:53:27 BCH Bull-ish?

1:55:02 Saqib’s message to the community

1:56:19 Podcast supporter appreciation

1:57:13 Shoutouts and outro