2014 -2016 Editorial Board and Note from the Editors

A Note from the Editors We are delighted to welcome you to Volume 10 of the Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Journal (VURJ), a selection of some of the finest research conducted within the undergraduate community at Vanderbilt University. In the decade since its inception, VURJ has featured over 100 articles in the sciences, humanities, and social sciences. After a brief hiatus in 2014, VURJ came back stronger than ever, boasting our most diverse and selective issue yet. With 73 submissions from students at all four of Vanderbilt’s undergraduate schools, 19 outstanding articles were selected for publication. All submitted manuscripts underwent a rigorous multi-step review process, including two to three rounds of readings by trained peer reviewers, and final selection for publication by VURJ’s team of associate editors. In this issue, you will learn about and explore a diverse selection of topics from arts in trauma therapy to the resurrection of extinct species, an exciting assortment that provides a small glimpse into Vanderbilt’s thriving and dynamic academic community. We encourage you to engage further with this community by contributing some of your own work to our next issue, or by applying to join our team of editors. Happy reading and best wishes, Jelena Belenzada Editor in Chief, 2014-2015 Eriny Hanna Editor at Large, 2014-2015

Foreword to first issue of the Aresty Undergraduate Research Journal

Aresty Rutgers Undergraduate Research Journal ◽

10.14713/arestyrurj.v1i1.122 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Vadim Levin

Keyword(s):

Review Process ◽

Undergraduate Research ◽

Research Activity ◽

Publication Process ◽

Crucial Element ◽

Research Journal ◽

Research Activities ◽

Rutgers University ◽

Scholarly Publications ◽

Peer Reviewers

A unique resource for the Rutgers University community, the Aresty Research Center promotes the integral value of research in undergraduate education.This inaugural issue of the journal expands the scope of research activities the Center offers to Rutgers undergraduates to include the peer-reviewed publication process – a crucial element of any structured research activity. Students can engage with the journal in a variety of roles that all professional researchers take at different times – those of the authors of scholarly publications, those of peer reviewers who ensure the quality and soundness of the published work, and those of editors who coordinate the review process.

Sensor, Signal, and Imaging Informatics

10.15265/iy-2017-019 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 26 (01) ◽

pp. 120-124

Author(s):

W. Hsu ◽

S. Park ◽

Charles Kahn

Keyword(s):

Medical Informatics ◽

Scientific Work ◽

Imaging Informatics ◽

Sensor Signal ◽

Imaging Data ◽

Extensive Search ◽

Challenges And Opportunities ◽

Final Selection ◽

Summary Objective: To summarize significant contributions to sensor, signal, and imaging informatics published in 2016. Methods: We conducted an extensive search using PubMed® and Web of Science® to identify the scientific contributions published in 2016 that addressed sensors, signals, and imaging in medical informatics. The three section editors selected 15 candidate best papers by consensus. Each candidate article was reviewed by the section editors and at least two other external reviewers. The final selection of the six best papers was conducted by the editorial board of the Yearbook. Results: The selected papers of 2016 demonstrate the important scientific advances in management and analysis of sensor, signal, and imaging information. Conclusion: The growing volume of signal and imaging data provides exciting new challenges and opportunities for research in medical informatics. Evolving technologies provide faster and more effective approaches for pattern recognition and diagnostic evaluation. The papers selected here offer a small glimpse of the high-quality scientific work published in 2016 in the domain of sensor, signal, and imaging informatics.

Cancer Informatics in 2017: A New Beginning and a Bright Future

10.1055/s-0038-1667086 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 27 (01) ◽

pp. 223-226 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jeremy Warner ◽

Debra Patt ◽

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Selection Process ◽

Research Teams ◽

Extensive Search ◽

New Beginning ◽

Significant Research ◽

Manual Review ◽

Final Selection ◽

Objective: To summarize significant research contributions on cancer informatics published in 2017. Methods: An extensive search using PubMed/Medline, Google Scholar, and manual review was conducted to identify the scientific contributions published in 2017 that address topics in cancer informatics. The selection process comprised three steps: (i) 15 candidate best papers were first selected by the two section editors, (ii) external reviewers from internationally renowned research teams reviewed each candidate best paper, and (iii) the final selection of three best papers was conducted by the editorial board of the Yearbook. Results: Results: The three selected best papers present studies addressing many facets of cancer informatics, with immediate applicability in the research and clinical domains. Conclusion: Cancer informatics is a broad and vigorous subfield of biomedical informatics. Strides in knowledge management, crowdsourcing, and visualization are especially notable in 2017.

Chief Editor's Voice

Dristikon: A Multidisciplinary Journal ◽

10.3126/dristikon.v11i1.39193 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 0

Author(s):

Prof. Dr. Ashok Kumar Jha

Keyword(s):

Peer Review ◽

Review Process ◽

Peer Review Process ◽

Research Articles ◽

Social Scientists ◽

Research Journal ◽

Service Commission ◽

Almost All ◽

Double Blinded

The RMC of the campus feels much pleasure to publish the annual multi-disciplinary peer reviewed research journal DRISTIKON as vol. 11(1). The journal and the articles published in it are clear evidence and fulfill the requirements laid down by UGC, Nepal, Tribhuvan University Service Commission, APA 7th ed. and other platforms. The journal is designed to serve as an outlet for an intellectual forum for the communication of intellectual ideas among professionals and other social scientists in relevant areas in general and with special reference to Nepal. The board welcomes all the professionals, researchers and all those interested to publish their research findings with significant contribution to society, education sector and international platform. Authors are also encouraged to submit papers which are related to current international, national or local issues. Almost all the scholarly and research articles published in the journal undergo the editorial peer review process prior to publication to fulfill the requirements of peer review process guided by UGC, Nepal and international standard. The goal of the peer review process is to ensure that the valid article is accepted, the messy article cleaned up, and the invalid article rejected. The board of editors has accepted the reviewer’s recommendations. All the articles submitted for publication are subjected to rigorous double blinded peer review to ensure its quality before it gets published. Manuscripts submitted to this journal must not have been published or accepted for publication or submitted for publication elsewhere. The journal strictly follows guidelines of APA 7th ed. as well as strongly opposes plagiarized contents without proper citation. Following the necessary corrections and additions resulting from the review process the twenty accepted papers were included into the issue covering the specific areas of Nepali, English, Political Science, Science and Management. The cooperation extended by scholars and institutions in publishing this journal is highly appreciated. The opinions expressed in the articles are the author’s own and do not reflect the view of either the publisher or the editorial board. All manuscripts once published becomes the property of the publisher. We hope that inspiration and encouragement from the readers will continue to keep the ‘Dristikon’ alive and develop. We are also looking forward to receiving your comments and suggestions for further improvement in the future. We are grateful to the peer reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions. The editorial board heartily thanks all the writers who have contributed research articles. We would also like to give special thanks to the campus chief Mr. Damodar Bhandari for his constant support in terms of finance and administration for the publication of this journal.

Trends and Progress in Human Factors and Organizational Issues in 2016: Learning from Experience

10.1055/s-0037-1606485 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 26 (01) ◽

pp. 92-94

Author(s):

S. Pelayo ◽

R. Santos

Keyword(s):

Human Factors ◽

Medical Informatics ◽

Selection Process ◽

Evidence Base ◽

Learning From Experience ◽

Organizational Issues ◽

Significant Research ◽

Final Selection ◽

Summary Objective: To summarize significant research contributions on human factors and organizational issues in medical informatics published in 2016. Methods: An extensive search using PubMed/Medline and Web of Science® was conducted to identify the scientific contributions published in 2016 that address human factors and organizational issues in medical informatics. The selection process comprised three steps: (i) 15 candidate best papers were first selected by the two section editors, (ii) external reviewers from internationally renowned research teams reviewed each candidate best paper, and (iii) the final selection of five best papers was conducted by the editorial board of the Yearbook. Results: The five selected best papers present studies with rigorous methods, properly designed and described and are, therefore, efficiently reusable for other researches. Conclusion: Human factors and ergonomics- based interventions must be tailored to the context, but meaningful ways must be simultaneously found to generate a stronger evidence base for research and to provide efficient, easy to implement, and useful methods.

Evidence-based Biomedical Informatics

10.1055/s-0038-1638831 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 22 (01) ◽

pp. 47-50

Author(s):

C. Lovis

Keyword(s):

Health Informatics ◽

Biomedical Informatics ◽

Selection Process ◽

Research Field ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Current Trends ◽

Extensive Search ◽

Final Selection ◽

Summary Objectives: An overview of current trends and achievements in building more evidence of using information sciences technologies in biomedical informatics. Methods: Extensive search using PubMed for published papers in this field in 2012. A selection process organized in three steps: a) identification and first selection of papers; b) international peer-review by at least 4 reviewers for each paper; c) final selection of five papers by the editorial board of the Yearbook based on the international reviewing results and a balanced coverage of the topics. Results: Synopsis of the articles selected for the IMIA Yearbook 2012 and an invited opinion paper written by leading scientists in this field. Conclusion: Evidence based health informatics is an important and ubiquitous trend in biomedical informatics. However, this research field has to be enhanced even further and, more importantly, achievements have to be put in practice.

From the Editor

Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Journal ◽

10.15695/vurj.v8i0.3644 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

Author(s):

Tim Xu

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Undergraduate Research ◽

Limb Regeneration ◽

Editorial Staff ◽

Academic Discourse ◽

Acceptance Rate ◽

The Future ◽

Peer Reviewers ◽

Vanderbilt University

Welcome to the eighth volume of VURJ, a showcase of some of the best undergraduate research conducted at Vanderbilt University. Since 2005, VURJ has featured over 100 articles in the sciences, humanities, social sciences. This year, we received 57 submissions originating from all four undergraduate schools at Vanderbilt for an overall acceptance rate of 30%. Manuscripts were read by two to three trained peer reviewers, ranked numerically, and selected for publication by our team of associate editors. Articles in the 2012 volume explore topics ranging from the use of rhythm in Brahms' music to hidden messages in Alexandrian tombs and the future of limb regeneration. I am pleased to announce this year that VURJ will soon be indexed with EBSCO Publishing, a testament to our excellence as a premier forum for academic discourse. I encourage you to contribute your own ideas to the upcoming 2013 volume and consider joining our editorial staff in Fall 2012. We bid you happy reading! Tim Xu Editor, 2011-2012

Sensor, Signal, and Imaging Informatics in 2017

10.1055/s-0038-1667084 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 27 (01) ◽

pp. 110-113 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

William Hsu ◽

Thomas Deserno ◽

Charles Kahn ◽

Keyword(s):

Medical Informatics ◽

Imaging Informatics ◽

Machine Learning Techniques ◽

Sensor Signal ◽

Imaging Data ◽

Scientific Publications ◽

Learning Techniques ◽

Final Selection ◽

Objective: To summarize significant contributions to sensor, signal, and imaging informatics literature published in 2017. Methods: PubMed® and Web of Science® were searched to identify the scientific publications published in 2017 that addressed sensors, signals, and imaging in medical informatics. Fifteen papers were selected by consensus as candidate best papers. Each candidate article was reviewed by section editors and at least two other external reviewers. The final selection of the four best papers was conducted by the editorial board of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) Yearbook. Results: The selected papers of 2017 demonstrate the important scientific advances in management and analysis of sensor, signal, and imaging information. Conclusion: The growth of signal and imaging data and the increasing power of machine learning techniques have engendered new opportunities for research in medical informatics. This synopsis highlights cutting-edge contributions to the science of Sensor, Signal, and Imaging Informatics.

Systematic selection of competing metabolomics methods in a metabolite-sensory relationship study

Metabolomics ◽

10.1007/s11306-021-01821-3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (9) ◽

Author(s):

Naser Davarzani ◽

Carmen Diez-Simon ◽

Justus L. Großmann ◽

Doris M. Jacobs ◽

Rudi van Doorn ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sensory Profile ◽

Small Set ◽

Selection For ◽

Systematic Selection ◽

The Relationship ◽

Tomato Soup ◽

Final Selection ◽

Abstract Introduction The relationship between the chemical composition of food products and their sensory profile is a complex association confronting many challenges. However, new untargeted methodologies are helping correlate metabolites with sensory characteristics in a simpler manner. Nevertheless, in the pilot phase of a project, where only a small set of products are used to explore the relationships, choices have to be made about the most appropriate untargeted metabolomics methodology. Objective To provide a framework for selecting a metabolite-sensory methodology based on: the quality of measurements, the relevance of the detected metabolites in terms of distinguishing between products or in terms of whether they can be related to the sensory attributes of the products. Methods In this paper we introduce a systematic approach to explore all these different aspects driving the choice for the most appropriate metabolomics method. Results As an example we have used a tomato soup project where the choice between two sampling methods (SPME and SBSE) had to be made. The results are not always consistently pointing to the same method as being the best. SPME was able to detect metabolites with a better precision, SBSE seemed to be able to provide a better distinction between the soups. Conclusion The three levels of comparison provide information on how the methods could perform in a follow up study and will help the researcher to make a final selection for the most appropriate method based on their strengths and weaknesses.

Editorial

10.53034/transcript.2021.v01.n02.000 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Debajyoti Biswas

Keyword(s):

Cultural Studies ◽

Research Articles ◽

Research Journal ◽

Peer Reviewers

transcript: An e-Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies is a bi-annual research journal started in 2021. The second issue of transcript, published in December 2021, brings together a collection of five research articles and a book review. The editor is thankful to all the members of the editorial board and the peer-reviewers who have made possible the timely publication of the second issue of transcript. The journal has also been assigned an e-ISSN number by issn.org (India) from 2021.