scholarly journals Valoración científica de la descripción de nuevas especies de plantas

2019 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 128
Author(s):  
Luis Hernández-Sandoval
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Scientific Discovery ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Social Recognition ◽  
Bibliographic Databases ◽  
Plant Taxonomy ◽  
Peer Revision ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
New Findings ◽  
Academic Recognition

<p><strong>Background</strong>: Scientific discoveries have an impact in the cultural notion of the universe and the nature on earth. A discovery has to be published through a careful peer revision, and then recognized by diverse ways. A kind of recognition is the formal citation of the discovery paper on the scientific journals by the different scientists as a reference to discuss the new findings. In a scientific way, plant species discoveries are analogous to the ones on other scientific areas. However, plant discoveries are not cited formally in the plant taxonomy journals. As a result, the papers and the authors are not considered in the bibliographic databases, the general impact indexes, and of course, they are poorly known by most of the academic community. Not surprisingly, plant species discoveries are unimportant for society and decision makers.</p><p><strong>Question</strong>: New plant species discoveries do not have the accurate academic recognition.</p><p><strong>Results</strong>: A scientific discovery recognition analysis was done, by comparing some scientific disciplines against plant taxonomy. A proposal for a formal citation of new plant species publications in botanical journals is presented, so discoveries can be first recognized by the academic community.</p><strong>Conclusion</strong>: New plant species discoveries must have an academic and social recognition, comparable to those of similar scientific disciplines.

scholarly journals Notes on protected and threatened plants in Castilla y León (North-West Spain)

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-220
Author(s):  
Fermín Del Egido ◽  
Patricio Bariego ◽  
Alberto Rodríguez ◽  
María Santos Vicente
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
Threatened Plants ◽  
North West ◽  
Castilla Y Leon ◽  
Vascular Plant Species ◽  
New Findings ◽  
First Time

We provide new records and notes on 25 protected and/or threatened vascular plant species in Castilla y León. Some of them illustrate not only new findings but also an interesting expansion of their geographic range. Eight taxa are reported for the first time in some provinces, while eleven of them were two or three times previously reported.

scholarly journals Age, wound size and position of injury – dependent vascular regeneration assay in growing leaves

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dhanya Radhakrishnan ◽  
Anju Pallipurath Shanmukhan ◽  
Abdul Kareem ◽  
Mabel Maria Mathew ◽  
Vijina Varaparambathu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Biology ◽  
Molecular Mechanism ◽  
Rapid Method ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Plant Parts ◽  
Vascular Regeneration ◽  
New Findings ◽  
Stepwise Method ◽  
Experimental Approaches ◽  
Regeneration Efficiency

ABSTRACTBackgroundRecurring damage to aerial organs of plants necessitates their prompt repair, particularly their vasculature. While vascular regeneration assay in aerial plant parts such as stem and inflorescence stalk are well established, those on leaf vasculature remained unexplored. Recently we established a new vascular regeneration assay in growing leaf and discovered the underlying molecular mechanism.ResultsHere we describe the detailed stepwise method of incision and the regeneration assay used for studying the leaf vascular regeneration. By using a combination of micro-surgical perturbations, brightfield microscopy and other experimental approaches, our new findings show that the regeneration efficiency decreases with aging of the leaf, and increases with the nearness of the wound towards the proximal end of the leaf.ConclusionThis easy-to-master vascular regeneration assay is an efficient and rapid method to study the mechanism of vascular regeneration in growing leaves. It can be readily adapted for other plant species and can be combined with cellular and molecular biology techniques.

Mapping Forensic Odontology Literature Using Open Source Bibliographies and Software

2015 ◽  
pp. 170-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. John Jeyasekar ◽  
P. Saravanan
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Domain Structure ◽  
Forensic Odontology ◽  
Bibliographic Databases ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Bibliometric Indicators ◽  
Computer Algorithms ◽  
Publish Or Perish ◽  
Growing Domain ◽  
Scientific Disciplines

Domain visualization, an emerging field of study is used to map the growing domain structure of scientific disciplines. Scientometrics is a distinct discipline that has emerged from citation based domain visualization. Visualization with the aid of science maps enables visual comprehension. Science maps can be effectively created with the help of computer algorithms. Bibliographic databases are also available freely over the internet. The various computer algorithms and bibliographic databases are discussed. Some of the different bibliometric indicators are also briefly explained. A mapping study of forensic odontology literature for a five year period of 2009 to 2013 is done using two bibliometric databases, viz., PubMed and Google Scholar, which are freely available. MS-Excel spreadsheets and Publish or Perish (PoP) software are used for data analysis. Co-word maps are also created using VOSviewer to visualize the sub-fields of forensic odontology.

scholarly journals Open peer review: promoting transparency in open science

2020 ◽  
Vol 125 (2) ◽  
pp. 1033-1051
Author(s):  
Dietmar Wolfram ◽  
Peiling Wang ◽  
Adam Hembree ◽  
Hyoungjoo Park
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Turn Of The Century ◽  
Bibliographic Databases ◽  
Early Adopters ◽  
Steady Growth ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
Review Reports ◽  
Science Movement ◽  
Different Levels

AbstractOpen peer review (OPR), where review reports and reviewers’ identities are published alongside the articles, represents one of the last aspects of the open science movement to be widely embraced, although its adoption has been growing since the turn of the century. This study provides the first comprehensive investigation of OPR adoption, its early adopters and the implementation approaches used. Current bibliographic databases do not systematically index OPR journals, nor do the OPR journals clearly state their policies on open identities and open reports. Using various methods, we identified 617 OPR journals that published at least one article with open identities or open reports as of 2019 and analyzed their wide-ranging implementations to derive emerging OPR practices. The findings suggest that: (1) there has been a steady growth in OPR adoption since 2001, when 38 journals initially adopted OPR, with more rapid growth since 2017; (2) OPR adoption is most prevalent in medical and scientific disciplines (79.9%); (3) five publishers are responsible for 81% of the identified OPR journals; (4) early adopter publishers have implemented OPR in different ways, resulting in different levels of transparency. Across the variations in OPR implementations, two important factors define the degree of transparency: open identities and open reports. Open identities may include reviewer names and affiliation as well as credentials; open reports may include timestamped review histories consisting of referee reports and author rebuttals or a letter from the editor integrating reviewers’ comments. When and where open reports can be accessed are also important factors indicating the OPR transparency level. Publishers of optional OPR journals should add metric data in their annual status reports.

PLANT SPECIES DESCRIBED BY GEORGE BENTHAM AND JOSEPH HOOKER IN HENDERSON AND HUME'S LAHORE TO YĀRKAND

2016 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-344
Author(s):  
I. M. Turner
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
The Political ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Plant Taxonomy ◽  
Joseph Hooker

Five plant species (Apocynum hendersonii Hook.f. (Apocynaceae), Deyeuxia anthoxanthoides Munro ex Hook.f. (Gramineae), Hololachna shawiana Hook.f. (Tamaricaceae), Iphiona radiata Benth. (Compositae) and Saussurea ovata Benth. (Compositae)) were described from specimens collected by George Henderson on the political mission to Yarkand (now in Xinjiang Province of China) in 1870. The names, with accompanying descriptions and illustrations, appeared in Lahore to Yārkand by Henderson and A. O. Hume. An exact publication date of 1 April 1873 is established for this work of relevance to avian as well as plant taxonomy. The typification of the plant species names to specimens in the Kew herbarium is reviewed. Four new lectotypes are proposed.

Taranis and beyond: inspiring aerodynamic capability

2014 ◽  
Vol 118 (1206) ◽  
pp. 845-859 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Discovery ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Functional Requirements ◽  
Design Development ◽  
International Partnership ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Combat Aircraft ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Uk

Abstract In his 1916 book, Aircraft in Warfare, the Dawn of the Fourth Arm, F.W. Lanchester wrote: “The supremacy of British aircraft can only be maintained by the adoption of a thoroughly progressive constructional policy, guided constantly by the most recent scientific discovery and research, and by utilising to the full information and experience gained in the Services.” The recent successful flight trials of the Taranis low-observable unmanned demonstrator aircraft provide the latest evidence of the UK’s continued capacity for the entire design, development, manufacture, and flight testing of world-leading combat aircraft, particularly with regard to Aerodynamics. Taranis is both the culmination of many years’ research and development in the UK and a starting-point for the next generation of UK combat air systems. In this lecture, Taranis is reviewed, in such detail as current sensitivities will allow, in the wider context of UK combat aircraft aerodynamic capability, exemplified by the leading roles taken by the UK in the Tornado and Typhoon programmes and the important contribution made to the development of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. The immediate technical challenges associated with the aerodynamic design and qualification of a low-observable air vehicle are considerable. In this instance they have been compounded by the balanced view taken within the project of trade-offs against many parameters. However, the UK aerodynamics community faces equally stringent challenges in terms of the identification and delivery of the most appropriate future systems; increasingly complex and demanding operational and functional requirements; and, perhaps most of all, maintaining an affordable and cost-effective capability in the face of strict budgetary pressures and austere economic conditions. Nevertheless, those challenges are accompanied by a wide range of opportunities, namely for national and international partnership; radically innovative engineering solutions and approaches; new thinking; and the engagement of the best minds and ideas in the UK academic community. Taranis represented a big integration task, requiring a particular set of skills to pull together the total package, resting on a bedrock of mastery of the technical issues. It has been an inspirational experience for those of us who have worked on it. It has demonstrated that the UK is capable of achieving the most demanding current and anticipated military aerodynamic requirements and has signposted the way to an exciting and nationally important future.

scholarly journals Exploration of Family Rutaceae in Garden Eden 100 Tobasa Agrowisata Forest

BioScience ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Nurhasnah Manurung ◽  
Pandu Prabowo Warsodirejo
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Citrus Sinensis ◽  
Plant Taxonomy ◽  
Plant Family ◽  
Citrus Aurantifolia ◽  
Citrus Medica ◽  
Biology Courses ◽  
Park Area ◽  
North Sumatra

Research in the Eden 100 agrotourism forest located in the area of Lumban Rang, Sionggang Utara Village, LumbanJulu District, Kab. Toba Samosir North Sumatra has been carried out for 3 months using "Survey or Exploration Method". The aim of this research is to find out data on plant species of family Rutaceae in the Eden Park area 100 and then make herbs and to produce learning devices in the form of dabbing as ingredients teach Biology courses in High Plant Taxonomy. The results showed that there were 9 types of plant family Rutaceae with the Genus Citrus as many as (6), Genus Zanthoxylum (1), Genus Triphasia (1), Genus Aegle (1), so the most dominant is the Genus Citrus. such as Lime (Citrus aurantifolia), Andaliman (Zanthoxylumachanthopodium), Orange Purut (Citrus hystrix DC), Tiger Orange (Citrus medica), Kingtit Orange (Triphasiatrifolia), Lemon Orange (Citrus lemon), Kasturi Orange (Citrus madurensis) , Sweet / Squeezed Oranges (Citrus sinensis), AegleMajamarmelos (L.) Corr. The Rutaceae family plant found in the Eden 100 agrotourism forest is still relatively small when compared with the total total genus Rutaceae 150 genera and 1500 species

scholarly journals Harnessing of local plant species by indigenous people of Hamirpur district for ethno-veterinary purposes

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 1898
Author(s):  
Anand Narain Singh ◽  
Chongtham Nirmala ◽  
Ram Chand Bhatti ◽  
Aman Deep Kaur ◽  
Siril Singh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous People ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
The Body ◽  
Acorus Calamus ◽  
Traditional Medicines ◽  
Plant Parts ◽  
Organ Systems ◽  
New Findings

Traditional medicines have been playing significant role in livestock health care management since long especially in remote area. This paper is based on a field survey conducted to collect information for curing different ailments utilized by local people and tribals in the Hamirpur district, Himachal Pradesh. Total 541 households were interviewed involved as informants with fully prepared questionnaires; proper interaction along with group discussion. Information were collected from the selected sites regarding way to cure different ailments of animals which was further analyzed for the authenticity of data through different statistical quantitative indices. We found total 121 plant species belonging to 61 families that have been documented to be of common use for curing 78 different types of livestock. Total ailments were categorized into fifteen major categories based on the body organ systems of livestock. The highest number of ethno-medicinal plants were recorded from family Fabaceae followed by Asteraceae and other families. Leaves were the most commonly used part of the plant for the preparation of ethno-medicinal medicines followed by other plant parts. Achyranthes aspera, Acorus calamus, Pogostemon benghalensis are the most important plants used to cure different ailments on the basis of use value index. On the basis of Informant Consensus factor (FIC), diseases related to digestive system, reproductive system, respiratory and fever were considered as major ailments in the livestock. In conclusion, we found in this study that most of the plants are widely used to cure different ailments as reported previously by different workers. However, on the first hand, many new findings to cure different ailments of livestock have been found during this survey indicating need for conducting more studies to get valuable information from the local community which are not documented yet. It was also found that indigenous people have excellent information with respect to ethnoecological aspect. There is an urgent need to study and document the traditional uses before they are disappeared from the society or community and further study must be integrated with qualitative and quantatitative data to assess importance of plants for ethno-veterinery purposes. 

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