Electronic Publishing and Acupuncture in Medicine

2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian White
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Electronic Publishing ◽  
Universal Access ◽  
Publishing Research ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Scientific Publishing ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Paper Format

The internet has fundamentally altered scientific publishing; this article discusses current models and how they affect this journal. The greatest innovation is a new range of open access journals published only on the internet, aimed at rapid publication and universal access. In most cases authors pay a publication charge for the overhead costs of the journal. Journals that are published by professional organisations primarily for their members have some functions other than publishing research, including clinical articles, conference reports and news items. A small number of these journals are permitting open access to their research reports. Commercial science publishing still exists, where profit for shareholders provides motivation in addition to the desire to spread knowledge for the benefit of all. A range of electronic databases now exists that offer various levels of listing and searching. Some databases provide direct links to journal articles, such as the LinkOut scheme in PubMed. Acupuncture in Medicine will continue to publish in paper format; all research articles will be available on open access, but non-subscribers will need to pay for certain other articles for the first 12 months after publication. All Acupuncture in Medicine articles will in future be included in the LinkOut scheme, and be presented to the databases electronically.

scholarly journals NAROS: Northern Areas Open Scholarly Documents

Nordlit ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leif Longva
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Fast Growing ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Northern Areas ◽  
Search Service ◽  
Open Archives ◽  
The Way

A living discourse needs to be communicated and disseminated. The Internet is a very powerful tool in this respect. Internet has been around for a while now, but how to utilize the Internet as a communication and dissemination tool, is still evolving (Tananbaum, 2007).NAROS is a planned service. The intention of NAROS is to utilize the possibilities of the Internet to improve the awareness and the accessibility of scholarly works on topics related to northern areas, thus hopefully paving the way for expanding the arctic discourses. NAROS will collect information on applicable documents through a standard way of automatically harvesting metadata, and utilize the fast growing trend of making scholarly works available through open archives and open access journals. Through the search service of NAROS, researchers, students, and others will have easy access to scholarly documents within the thematic scope of the northern areas.

The History and Future of Scientific Publishing

2020 ◽  
pp. 10-33
Author(s):  
Alan Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Scientific Paper ◽  
Scientific Journals ◽  
Scientific Publishing ◽  
The Past ◽  
Current State ◽  
Open Access Journals

This chapter reviews the development of the modern scientific paper, from the sixteenth century forward, and explores the ways in which scientific information has been disseminated in the past. Great scientific advances of the past are discussed in the context of how they were first published, or otherwise brought to the attention of the broader scientific community, and the modern scientific publishing sector is explored. The types and categories of scientific journals are discussed, along with an overview of current publishing trends, such as the exponential increase in number of journals, changes in the ways in which researchers access the literature, and in particular the emergence and current state of open access journals. In addition, various ways in which journals are ranked are discussed, and key trends in such lists over the last ten years or so explored.

Citations, Open Access and University Rankings

2017 ◽  
pp. 129-139
Author(s):  
Clive Baldock
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Research Performance ◽  
Citation Impact ◽  
Publishing Research ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
University Rankings ◽  
Highly Cited Papers ◽  
Ranking Systems ◽  
Number Of Citations ◽  
Highly Cited

The citation impact of research articles contributes to the assessment of the research performance of universities in some international university ranking systems either as the number of citations per paper, number of citations per faculty, total number of citations, number of highly cited papers or percentage of highly cited papers. Publishing research articles in Open Access (OA) journals has the potential for increasing the citation impact of research articles and in so doing improve an institutions position in university rankings. This chapter reviews the evidence for an increase in citations through publishing in Open Access publications.

scholarly journals Editorial - Open Access and accessing openness

Seminar.net ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yngve Nordkvelle
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Electronic Publishing ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Academic Publishing ◽  
Research Assessment ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
The Uk ◽  
National Languages

Seminar.net enters it’s fourth year, and has reached a state of maturity in a number of meanings: it receives manuscripts from all continents, the articles are read from 134 countries, of which India represents the highest number of readers, a number of articles have been read by more than 10 000 interested persons, and the frequency of issues is now three per year, and will reach four by next year. Interested parties now approach us in order to learn about our policies and practices.It takes time to become established and influential in the sense that articles are cited and referred to in prestigious publications. Still, the most prestigious publications are on paper. Many countries now embark on a policy that rewards researchers that publish in international journals, preferably in English. National languages are rendered less significant. In the UK, the research assessment exercise (RAE), and several other countries with a publication or citation based reward system in research, tend to favour quantitative dimensions at the expense of the quality of the publication. International publishing houses are huge profit-making companies that over years have increased their profit rates, charging increasingly economically pressured higher education institution with high subscription rates. With the advent of electronic publishing their position is severely challenged. It has been noted that the most significant publication of the last couple of decades was an electronic publication: Tim Berners Lee published the protocol for the World Wide Web in 1990. It was never refereed, nor was controlled by appointed gatekeepers of the “establishment”. The number of Open Access publications is rising every day, and the number of e-journals for academic publishing is reaching higher and higher numbers. In a recent case The Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University decided, that Harvard employees must publish all their material simultaneously on the electronic archive in their home institution. This means they should avoid publishing in articles that refuse parallel publishing. This is one of many encouraging events that might pave the way for more Open Access journals. In this issue of Seminar.net, we present four articles and a book review.

Open access journals: a bibliometric study in SSCI

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsu-Jui Ma ◽  
Gwo-Guang Lee
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Bibliometric Study ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Publication Trends ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Basic Reference ◽  
Prolific Authors ◽  
Article Citation

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe a bibliometric study of journal articles in Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) related to open access journals. Publication trends from 1993 to 2016, core journals, prolific authors and article citation frequencies were examined to provide librarians and scholars with a basic reference of relevant resources. Design/methodology/approach Among articles published in journals which have been listed in SSCI during 1993-2016, titles were searched for the term “open access journal”. The data were evaluated in response to five research questions concerning topics including publication trends from 1993 to 2016, core journals, prolific authors and article citation frequencies. Findings In total, 115 articles on open access journals were authored by 215 individuals from 1993 to 2016. The 115 articles analyzed were cited 842 times in 57 journals. Originality/value This paper describes a bibliometric study on open access journal publication, which has rarely been performed within the specific context of document supply issues. It provides a foundation for further research on titles as well as resources for librarians and scholars.

scholarly journals Completeness of reporting in abstracts of randomized controlled trials in subscription and open access journals: cross-sectional study

Trials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iva Jerčić Martinić-Cezar ◽  
Ana Marušić
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trials ◽  
Randomized Study ◽  
Median Number ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Completeness Of Reporting

Abstract Background Open access (OA) journals are becoming a publication standard for health research, but it is not clear how they differ from traditional subscription journals in the quality of research reporting. We assessed the completeness of results reporting in abstracts of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published in these journals. Methods We used the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials Checklist for Abstracts (CONSORT-A) to assess the completeness of reporting in abstracts of parallel-design RCTs published in subscription journals (n = 149; New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, Annals of Internal Medicine, and Lancet) and OA journals (n = 119; BioMedCentral series, PLoS journals) in 2016 and 2017. Results Abstracts in subscription journals completely reported 79% (95% confidence interval [CI], 77–81%) of 16 CONSORT-A items, compared with 65% (95% CI, 63–67%) of these items in abstracts from OA journals (P < 0.001, chi-square test). The median number of completely reported CONSORT-A items was 13 (95% CI, 12–13) in subscription journal articles and 11 (95% CI, 10–11) in OA journal articles. Subscription journal articles had significantly more complete reporting than OA journal articles for nine CONSORT-A items and did not differ in reporting for items trial design, outcome, randomization, blinding (masking), recruitment, and conclusions. OA journals were better than subscription journals in reporting randomized study design in the title. Conclusion Abstracts of randomized controlled trials published in subscription medical journals have greater completeness of reporting than abstracts published in OA journals. OA journals should take appropriate measures to ensure that published articles contain adequate detail to facilitate understanding and quality appraisal of research reports about RCTs.

Academicians’ awareness, attitude, and use of open access during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 096100062110165
Author(s):  
Yigit Emrah Turgut ◽  
Alper Aslan ◽  
Nuran Varlı Denizalp
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Research Assistant ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Demographic Information ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Open Access Journals

The aim of this research is to reveal academics’ awareness, attitude, and use of open access. In line with the research purpose, the survey research design is adopted. This research consists 151 academics from 12 basic research areas; eight of them being Professor Dr, 17 being Associate Professor Dr, 49 being Doctor Lecturer, and 77 being Research Assistant or Lecturer. A questionnaire consisting of 19 open access and five demographic information questions was used for the data collection tool. The research results show that 75% of the academics have open access awareness and that their awareness is generally created by information that they obtain through the Internet and their friends. In addition, most of the academics indicate that their awareness of open access has increased during the pandemic period. When considering the level of academics’ use of open access, it is found that 75% of the academics use articles in open access journals for their own research and 51% of the academics do not publish any articles in open access journals.

scholarly journals Dealing with predatory journal articles captured in systematic reviews

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle B. Rice ◽  
Becky Skidmore ◽  
Kelly D. Cobey
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Predatory Journals ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Predatory Journal

Abstract Background Systematic reviews appraise and synthesize the results from a body of literature. In healthcare, systematic reviews are also used to develop clinical practice guidelines. An increasingly common concern among systematic reviews is that they may unknowingly capture studies published in “predatory” journals and that these studies will be included in summary estimates and impact results, guidelines, and ultimately, clinical care. Findings There is currently no agreed-upon guidance that exists for how best to manage articles from predatory journals that meet the inclusion criteria for a systematic review. We describe a set of actions that authors of systematic reviews can consider when handling articles published in predatory journals: (1) detail methods for addressing predatory journal articles a priori in a study protocol, (2) determine whether included studies are published in open access journals and if they are listed in the directory of open access journals, and (3) conduct a sensitivity analysis with predatory papers excluded from the synthesis. Conclusion Encountering eligible articles published in presumed predatory journals when conducting a review is an increasingly common threat. Developing appropriate methods to account for eligible research published in predatory journals is needed to decrease the potential negative impact of predatory journals on healthcare.

scholarly journals Open Access dynamics and prospects

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Grynkiewicz ◽  
Katarzyna Filip
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Electronic Publishing ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
New Era ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Green Route

The www has started a new era in dissemination of scientific information, which is already to such extent propagated by electronic media that it has become practically independent from the system of subscription driven printed journals. These developments of marked increase in availability of scientific information, commonly described as Open Access, have profound consequences for functioning of all segments of scientific community and also strategically influence education systems. Generally, there are growing expectations for freely available results of publicly funded research. Open Access (OA), which is developing for ca 25 years, has generated a number of large publishers (i.e. BioMedCentral) and over 5 000 of scholarly peer reviewed journals, which can be checked in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ; https://doaj.org/). Leaving aside new types of business models which evolved in connection with widespread of electronic publishing, we will analyze the OA phenomenon from the point of view of an active life science researcher, as a reader and an author. Thus, the OA “for profit” publishing modalities, distinguished as “green route” and “gold route” will be presented as well as some extracts from ongoing debate on the economics of particular variants. Finally, the question of choice between publishing options for prospective results in getting cited, will be touched upon.

scholarly journals Open Access dynamics and prospects

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Grynkiewicz ◽  
Katarzyna Filip
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Electronic Publishing ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
New Era ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Green Route

The www has started a new era in dissemination of scientific information, which is already to such extent propagated by electronic media that it has become practically independent from the system of subscription driven printed journals. These developments of marked increase in availability of scientific information, commonly described as Open Access, have profound consequences for functioning of all segments of scientific community and also strategically influence education systems. Generally, there are growing expectations for freely available results of publicly funded research. Open Access (OA), which is developing for ca 25 years, has generated a number of large publishers (i.e. BioMedCentral) and over 5 000 of scholarly peer reviewed journals, which can be checked in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ; https://doaj.org/). Leaving aside new types of business models which evolved in connection with widespread of electronic publishing, we will analyze the OA phenomenon from the point of view of an active life science researcher, as a reader and an author. Thus, the OA “for profit” publishing modalities, distinguished as “green route” and “gold route” will be presented as well as some extracts from ongoing debate on the economics of particular variants. Finally, the question of choice between publishing options for prospective results in getting cited, will be touched upon.

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