scholarly journals Accessibility to the knowledge on anatomical variations from dentomaxillofacial CBCT

NEMESIS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Raphael Olszewski ◽  
Aleksandra Hebda
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Anatomical Variations ◽  
Exclusion Criteria ◽  
The Public ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Visual Marking ◽  
Pubmed Database ◽  
Text Reading ◽  
Author Publication

Objective: to investigate the accessibility of open access article on anatomical variations described on cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) using PubMed database. We wanted to investigate how many journals are sharing articles without pay-wall and how many are sharing articles without author publication charges. Material and methods: a search equation was designed with exclusion criteria limiting the search in PubMed to articles published in English and French. The search was performed by one observer. We had found 2228 articles; among them 709 were accessible as ‘full text’. After applying exclusion criteria and after full text reading only 50 articles remained for the review. Results: the 50 selected articles shared 306 annotated (visual marking, explanation like arrows) and 432 not annotated figures with the public. The 76% of articles were single studies on one specific topic. The main topic was endodontics with 22 articles. 28 journals from all continents participated in the effort of sharing of figures on anatomical variations from CBCT. However, only 2 journals were completely free of charges for authors and readers. Conclusions: we have found only 15 annotated and 3 not annotated figures in 2 articles published in 2 different open access journals (without reader pay-wall and without author publication charges). Sharing the knowledge on anatomical variations from dentomaxillofacial CBCT represents an exception in dental literature.  

scholarly journals ‘No comment’? A study of commenting on PLOS articles

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-100
Author(s):  
Simon Wakeling ◽  
Peter Willett ◽  
Claire Creaser ◽  
Jenny Fry ◽  
Stephen Pinfield ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Community Perceptions ◽  
Substantial Variation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Broad Scope ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Academic Discussion

Article–commenting functionality allows users to add publicly visible comments to an article on a publisher’s website. As well as facilitating forms of post-publication peer review, for publishers of open-access mega-journals (large, broad scope, open-access journals that seek to publish all technically or scientifically sound research) comments are also thought to serve as a means for the community to discuss and communicate the significance and novelty of the research, factors which are not assessed during peer review. In this article we present the results of an analysis of commenting on articles published by the Public Library of Science (PLOS), publisher of the first and best-known mega-journal PLOS ONE, between 2003 and 2016. We find that while overall commenting rates are low, and have declined since 2010, there is substantial variation across different PLOS titles. Using a typology of comments developed for this research, we also find that only around half of comments engage in an academic discussion of the article and that these discussions are most likely to focus on the paper’s technical soundness. Our results suggest that publishers are yet to encourage significant numbers of readers to leave comments, with implications for the effectiveness of commenting as a means of collecting and communicating community perceptions of an article’s importance.

scholarly journals Introducing the Open Access Digital Theological Library (OADTL)

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Phillips ◽  
Drew Baker ◽  
Ann Hidalgo
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
First Time

This article introduces the Open Access Digital Theological Library (OADTL), a new, fully open access digital library for religious studies. The OADTL, curated by professional librarians and employing OCLC's integrated library system, seeks to apply the principles of professional librarianship to make all open access content in religious studies fully discoverable to a global audience. The initial collections contain over 100,000 ebooks and over 200,000 full text, peer-reviewed, articles. The project is funded by a not-for-profit corporation, the Digital Theological Library, a 501c3 charity. Collections include recently published OA content, dissertations, public domain documents, and books from institutional repositories--as well content for Open Access journals. Much of the content is cataloged as e-content for the first time in this library. There are no fees of any kind for use.

A Lost Dimension in the Open Scholarly World

2015 ◽  
pp. 762-772
Author(s):  
Sumeer Gul ◽  
Tariq Ahmad Shah
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
The Public ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Views And Perceptions

The movement of free accessibility of scholarly literature on the public Web has brought uprising in the intellectual class of the digital world. Though several studies have been carried out to understand the end-users' awareness level and the benefits they avail from this revolution, researchers/authors who play a pivotal role and without whom Open Access (OA) could not have seen the dawn and could not have been successful so far, have remained least studied, if not, unnoticed. Regardless of the use of OA platforms, earlier research has to some extent indicated the experiences, behaviour, and attitudes of authors towards open access. The way they think about OA has been explored by authorities from various dimensions. The current chapter is an attempt to understand their experiences, perceptions, and the opinions they hold about open access publishing. The chapter highlights the growing awareness, views, and perceptions of 336 authors in the field of medicine towards OA publishing. The survey instrument, an online questionnaire covering e-mail invitation to participate, was sent to the authors publishing their works in OA journals. The authors who had made recent submissions in the open access journals were consulted and the journals were selected from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). The study explores the attitudes of authors to open publishing models, including OA journals and OA repositories. The research work is not a reflection of all the authors in the field of medicine, and hence, the findings should not be generalized to represent the views of all the authors contributing to open access platforms in the field of medicine. Neither should the findings be generalized to represent the views of all the authors in the open access world. The study can further be extended to divulge the views of authors in the field of medicine on the basis of geographical locations and gender. A follow up study can also be taken to monitor the opinion shifts of the authors in the sub-fields of medicine.

scholarly journals Getting Found, Staying Found, Increasing Impact

OJS på dansk ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Gillis ◽  
Sonya Betz ◽  
Jennifer Chan ◽  
Jeanette Hatherill et al.
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Public Knowledge ◽  
Electronic Journals ◽  
Publishing Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Real World Setting ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Critical Aspects ◽  
Open Journal Systems

Publishing a journal is about more than simply putting ink to paper (or pixels to screen). It is a collaboration between you and your readers. Two critical aspects of this relationship are, first, making your journal visible to your prospective audience. By putting your content online and making it freely available through open access, you can be reaching of millions of people around the world. But if they don’t know you are out there, they will not be able to become part of your scholarly community. Second, once you have your content in place, and have established an audience of dedicated readers, you will want to ensure that your journal is always available – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Unlike paper publications, electronic journals can disappear rather easily, either temporarily or permanently. Regular downtime caused by an unreliable server environment, or worse, complete loss of your content due to a lack of any kind of backup or preservation strategy, can seriously undermine your credibility with your readers, or even totally wipe out all of the work you and your collaborators have done together.   This revised edition of Getting Found, Staying Found highlights many aspects of the publishing process that are important for increasing your journal’s “findability” and building a wider audience. Moreover, it will also show you how to ensure reliable and ongoing access to your valuable content. Much of the information in this resource is intended to be generic and could be applied to any journal, using any software platform. However, the authors have opted to include additional information pertaining to the Open Journal Systems (OJS) software developed by the Public Knowledge Project to provide further illustrations of how to apply this information in a real world setting.   This guide is designed to offer practical advice on various considerations for making Open Access journals more discoverable and sustainable, and is geared largely towards journals that use the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform. This guide is intended largely for journal managers, editors, and those responsible for a journal’s operations. Some of PKP’s other documentation, such as the Learning OJS 3 guide and the PKP Administrators guide contains information pertinent to using and administrating OJS.  

scholarly journals Open Access Publishing Trends in the Forest Sciences

Forests ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 238
Author(s):  
Kevin O’Hara
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Academic Publishing ◽  
Research Institutions ◽  
The Public ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Professional Societies ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Access Model

Open access models for academic publishing offer an alternative to traditional subscription-based journals. In the open access model, the author generally retains the copyright and the published articles are available free on the internet. Publication costs are either borne by the author as article processing charges, or are free for some journals published by societies or institutions. Traditional subscription-based journals are funded by subscription costs to libraries and individuals, the publisher retains the copyright, and these journals are generally not freely available to the public. This traditional model has created two problems: (1) many for-profit publishers control access in a form of oligopoly and impose high costs to subscribers; and (2) it limits access of scientific information to the public which disproportionately affects poorly funded research institutions and developing countries. Other subscription-based journals are published by scientific and professional societies but are not “for-profit”. In the forest sciences, several open access journals emerged in the last 10–15 years. These open access journals are published by for-profit publishing companies, research institutions, and professional societies. Some of these journals have been successful at attracting manuscript submissions, becoming indexed by various indexation services, and have seen metrics representing their importance increase over time. This paper documents these trends and assesses the viability of the open access model in the forest sciences and compares them to other types of journals.

scholarly journals Behind the Wall: An Exploration of Public Access to Research Articles in Social Work Journals

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly Pendell
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Open Access Journals

Despite implicit and explicit expectations that research inform their practice, social workers are unlikely to have access to published research articles. The traditional publishing model does not support public access (i.e., no publisher paywall barrier) to scholarly journals. Newer models of publishing allow free access to research including open access publishing and deposit of scholarship in institutional or disciplinary repositories. This study examined public access to articles in the top 25 social work journals. A random sample of article citations from a total of 1,587 was assessed, with the result that 52% of citations had no full-text access. Of the remaining 48% of citations with full-text access, it is questionable most will remain available long term due to possible copyright violations. Citations from the random sample show only minimal usage of institutional or disciplinary repositories as a means of sharing research. Establishing this baseline measure of access to research is an important first step in understanding the barriers for social workers in accessing research to inform practice. Recommendations for increasing access to research include publishing in open access journals and utilizing full text repositories.

scholarly journals Open Access: When knowledge unifies nations...

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 226
Author(s):  
D. PANAYIOTOPOULOS (Δ. ΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ)
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
The Public ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
The World

The World Wide Web disseminates scientific knowledge. The possibility of searching and retrieving simultaneously scientific publications tends to promote research and ensures originality. The traditional publishing model restricted research to published subscription-based journals, thus providing scientific information only to financially sound communities. In response to this, the Open Access movement was created, which is an economical way of diffusion and management of scientific information. As a result, scientific information is now available to all for free spreading research activity worldwide, while encouraging communication and interoperability in areas of diverse research interests. This article discusses the phenomenon of open access. Also, open access journals and repositories are referred as well as modern ways of disseminating research to the public.

scholarly journals Promoção do sono em unidades de cuidados intensivos neonatais: scoping review

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 527-575
Author(s):  
Ana Correia ◽  
Margarida Lourenço
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Allied Health ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Physical Restraint ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Nutritive Sucking ◽  
Ebsco Host ◽  
Academic Search

El sueño desempeña un papel fundamental en el crecimiento y desarrollo de los recién nacidos, su privación presenta numerosos efectos negativos. El ambiente de las unidades de cuidados intensivos neonatales (UCIN) se presenta como perturbador y nocivo del sueño neonatal.Objetivo: Mapear la evidencia científica existente en cuanto a las estrategias promotoras del sueño de los recién nacidos en contexto de UCIN. Metodología: Scoping review basada en la metodología propuesta por el Joanna Briggs Institute, utilizando los siguientes motores de búsqueda y bases de datos: MEDLINE via PubMed, CINHAL Plus with Full Text e Nursing & Allied Health Collection: Comprehensive via EBSCO-HOST, Academic Search Complete, ScienceDirect e Directory of Open Access Journals via B-ON, LILACS, RCAAP e SciELO. Definido como limitadores artículos publicados en los últimos 5 años (hasta febrero de 2019), disponibles en portugués o inglés y en texto completo.Resultados: Se localizaron 186 registros, y la muestra final incluyó 9 estudios que respondieron al objetivo de la revisión sobre la base de los criterios de inclusión definidos. Las estrategias promotoras del sueño identificadas remiten a la gestión del ambiente en la UCIN, concentración de los cuidados de enfermería respetando el ciclo de sueño / vigilia de los recién nacidos, posicionamiento adecuado, contención, succión no nutritiva, técnica de Yakson, toque humano suave, canguro materno, masaje, estímulos auditivos tranquilos y colchón modelador. Conclusión: Dada la importancia del sueño en el desarrollo de los recién nacidos, es fundamental el papel del Enfermero a través de la adopción de estrategias protectoras y promotoras de éste, especialmente en contexto de UCIN. Sleep plays a fundamental role in the growth and development of newborns, with their deprivation having many negative effects. The environment of the neonatal intensive care units (NICU) presents itself as disturbing and harmful for the neonatal sleep.Objective: Map the existing scientific evidence regarding the strategies promoting newborn’s sleep in the NICU setting.Methodology: Scoping review based on the methodology proposed by the Joanna Briggs Institute, using the following search engines and databases: MEDLINE via PubMed, CINHAL Plus with Full Text and Nursing & Allied Health Collection: Comprehensive via EBSCO-HOST, Academic Search Complete, ScienceDirect and Directory of Open Access Journals via B-ON, LILACS, RCAAP and SciELO. As search limiters, there were defined articles published in the last 5 years (until February 2019), available in Portuguese or in English and in full text.Results: A total of 186 results were listed, and the final sample included 9 studies that responded to the review objective based on the selected inclusion criteria. The sleep-promoting strategies identified refer to the management of the environment in the NICU, the concentration of Nursing care respecting the newborn’s sleep-wake cycle, and non-pharmacological interventions such as proper positioning, physical restraint, non-nutritive sucking, Yakson technique, gentle human touch, kangaroo mother care, massage, calm auditory stimuli and remolding mattress.Conclusion: Given the importance of sleep in the newborn’s development, the nurse’s role is crucial through the implementation of protective and promoting sleep strategies, especially in the NICU. O sono tem um papel fundamental no crescimento e desenvolvimento dos recém-nascidos, com a sua privação a apresentar inúmeros efeitos negativos. O ambiente das unidades de cuidados intensivos neonatais (UCIN) apresenta-se como perturbador e nocivo do sono neonatal.Objetivo: Mapear a evidência científica existente quanto às estratégias promotoras do sono do recém-nascido em contexto de UCIN. Método: Scoping review baseada na metodologia proposta pelo Joanna Briggs Institute, com recurso aos seguintes motores de busca e bases de dados: MEDLINE via PubMed, CINHAL Plus with Full Text e Nursing & Allied Health Collection: Comprehensive via EBSCO-HOST, Academic Search Complete, ScienceDirect e Directory of Open Access Journals via B-ON, LILACS, RCAAP e SciELO. Definidos como limitadores artigos publicados nos últimos 5 anos (até fevereiro de 2019), disponíveis em português ou inglês e em texto integral.Resultados: Foram localizados 186 registos, tendo a amostra final incluído 9 estudos que responderam ao objetivo da revisão com base nos critérios de inclusão definidos. As estratégias promotoras do sono identificadas remetem para a gestão do ambiente na UCIN, concentração dos cuidados de Enfermagem respeitando o ciclo de sono-vigília dos recém-nascidos, posicionamento adequado, contenção, sucção não-nutritiva, técnica de Yakson, toque humano suave, canguru materno, massagem, estímulos auditivos calmos e colchão modelador.Conclusão: Dada a importância do sono no desenvolvimento dos recém-nascidos, é fulcral o papel do Enfermeiro através da adoção de estratégias protetoras e promotoras deste, especialmente em contexto de UCIN.

A Lost Dimension in the Open Scholarly World

2013 ◽  
pp. 136-146
Author(s):  
Sumeer Gul ◽  
Tariq Ahmad Shah
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
The Public ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Views And Perceptions

The movement of free accessibility of scholarly literature on the public Web has brought uprising in the intellectual class of the digital world. Though several studies have been carried out to understand the end-users’ awareness level and the benefits they avail from this revolution, researchers/authors who play a pivotal role and without whom Open Access (OA) could not have seen the dawn and could not have been successful so far, have remained least studied, if not, unnoticed. Regardless of the use of OA platforms, earlier research has to some extent indicated the experiences, behaviour, and attitudes of authors towards open access. The way they think about OA has been explored by authorities from various dimensions. The current chapter is an attempt to understand their experiences, perceptions, and the opinions they hold about open access publishing. The chapter highlights the growing awareness, views, and perceptions of 336 authors in the field of medicine towards OA publishing. The survey instrument, an online questionnaire covering e-mail invitation to participate, was sent to the authors publishing their works in OA journals. The authors who had made recent submissions in the open access journals were consulted and the journals were selected from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). The study explores the attitudes of authors to open publishing models, including OA journals and OA repositories. The research work is not a reflection of all the authors in the field of medicine, and hence, the findings should not be generalized to represent the views of all the authors contributing to open access platforms in the field of medicine. Neither should the findings be generalized to represent the views of all the authors in the open access world. The study can further be extended to divulge the views of authors in the field of medicine on the basis of geographical locations and gender. A follow up study can also be taken to monitor the opinion shifts of the authors in the sub-fields of medicine.

The availability of open access journals in the humanities and social sciences in China

2012 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dehau Hu
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Time Delay ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Network Construction ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Print Form ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Humanities And Social Sciences

We identified and analysed the 147 journals offering open access (OA) among the 2960 scholarly journals indexed by the Chinese National Knowledge Information (CNKI) database in the humanities and social sciences. Data were analysed concerning each journal’s organizer, discipline, publishing cycle, areas, regions or provinces covered, and first date that content was offered free of charge, together with the journal’s website construction, the way full text was accessed, and the time delay in publication. On the basis of the survey results, we identify key challenges and problems associated with OA journals in the humanities and social sciences in China, and we outline development strategies to address these issues, including actively promoting the transition of scholarly journals from print form to OA, speeding up network construction of OA journals, and enhancing the functionality of the OA journals’ websites.

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