scholarly journals Canadian Academics’ use of predatory journals

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maureen Nicole Babb
Keyword(s):  
Health Sciences ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Grant Funding ◽  
Predatory Journals ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
Canadian Universities ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Article Type ◽  
Canadian Context ◽  
The Subject

Introduction Predatory journals have been acknowledged as an increasing concern in the scholarly literature over the last decade, but research on the subject has been sparse.  Research that has focused on predatory journals in the Canadian context has been even rarer, and limited to work focused on a single university.  This study explores publishing trends in predatory journals by authors affiliated with Canadian Universities. Methods Articles published by authors at 30 Canadian universities, including all universities in the U15, were pulled from select predatory journals.  Key data including author affiliation, article type, discipline, and grant information were extracted from the articles. Results All universities in the study were found to have publications in predatory journals.  The health sciences accounted for 72% of the publications, and the sciences for 20%.  Research articles accounted for 50% of the articles.  Opinion, editorial, or commentary pieces accounted for 24% and 19% were review articles.  Grant funding was indicated in 34% of the articles, with NSERC and CIHR being top funders.  The research-intensive U15 universities were found to publish more in predatory journals than their non-U15 compatriots, even when the universities were of similar size.  Discussion Canadian scholars were found to publish in predatory journals, particularly those scholars from the health sciences and research-intensive U15 universities.  Grant funding was common, and often came from high profile funders like NSERC and CIHR.   This exploratory suggests that policy and education initiatives may be warranted in Canadian contexts, especially in the health sciences and at research-intensive universities.

PLANEJAMENTO FAMILIAR COMO ASSUNTO DE MULHER!? PERFIL DE GÊNERO NA PRODUÇÃO CIENTÍFICA NO BRASIL

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 221-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniella De Paula Chiesa ◽  
Mário Antônio Sanches ◽  
Daiane Priscila Simão-Silva
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Scientific Production ◽  
The State ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
The Subject

O estudo do Planejamento familiar, no contexto da bioética, abre-se para diversas perspectivas, entre elas a valorização dos seus diferentes atores. Situado neste contexto o artigo tem como objetivo identificar o perfil de gênero na produção científica sobre Planejamento Familiar no Brasil, entre 2000 e 2014, assim como a área de formação e especialização dos autores. Foram utilizadas metodologias que permitiram mapear o estado da arte do tema estudado, a partir de uma revisão da literatura. O resultado da pesquisa identifica que a produção científica sobre Planejamento Familiar no Brasil se compõe de perfil destacadamente feminino (71,76%). Dos 73 artigos analisados, 42 (57,53%) o foco do tema está direcionado à mulher assim como evidencia-se a área de ciências da saúde com maior concentração das publicações do tema.  Este aspecto da pesquisa abre para uma realidade complexa onde se buscam criticamente as razões para a pesquisa em Planejamento Familiar ter ênfase na mulher e ser um tema de relevância nas ciências da saúde.Palavras-chave: Produção científica, Planejamento Familiar, Gênero.  ABSTRACT: The study of Family Planning, in the context of bioethics, opens to diverse perspectives, among them the appreciation of their different agents. Situated in this context the article aims to identify the profile of gender in scientific literature on Family Planning in Brazil, between 2000 and 2014, as well as the area of training and specialization of the authors. Methodologies were used which allowed to map the State of the art of the subject studied, from a review of the literature. The results found identify that the scientific production on Family Planning in Brazil is formed with a outstandingly female profile (71,76%). Of the 73 articles examined, 42 (57.53%) the focus of the topic is directed to women as well as showing the health sciences area with highest concentration of publications. This aspect of the research opens to a complex reality where we seek critically the reasons for Research in Family Planning have emphasis on woman and be a topic of relevance in health sciences.Keywords: Scientific Production, Family Planning, Gender.

St Theodore the Studite's Defence of the Icons

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torstein Theodor Tollefsen
Keyword(s):  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
Innovative Thinking ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject

This book is an investigation of the icon theology of St Theodore the Studite, mainly as it is presented in his three refutations of the iconoclasts, even if some passages from his letters are also brought into the picture. The book fills a gap in scholarly literature since, even though treated by some scholars, his doctrine of the icon has never been the subject of such an extensive or in-depth investigation before. In addition to the main elements of his defence of the icon, like the Christological issue, the relation between image and prototype, the question of veneration, his explanation of why we may say of an image that ‘this is Christ’, and his innovative thinking on the representative character of icon production, there is an introduction that places Theodore in the history of Byzantine philosophy: he has some knowledge of traditional logical topics and is able to utilize argumentative forms in countering his iconoclast opponents. The book also has an appendix in which the author tries to show that the making of images is somehow natural given the character of Christianity as a religion.

Mutando mutanda: Notes on Anomalies

2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (5) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Vadim Krysko
Keyword(s):  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
Old Russian ◽  
Plural Form ◽  
12Th Century ◽  
The Subject

The article analyzes some examples of ancient Slavic (Old Russian and Old Bulgarian) writing which in the scholarly literature are considered as unique exceptions or early innovations: the reduplication of pronoun tъ and the vocative form of the subject in the Tale of Bygone Years, the use of the verb techi (teshhi) ‘run’ in a causative meaning, the use of the accusative of time in an Old Bulgarian inscription, the *o-stem nominative plural form of the *ā-stem noun ubiitsa in an Old Russian inscription of the 12th century. Attention to a wider range of sources and to the written tradition to which these texts belong reveals that the alleged anomalous forms either represent regular formations or demonstrate a distortion of the text.

scholarly journals Merarches in the thematic organization (9th-12th centuries)

2013 ◽  
pp. 215-234
Author(s):  
Milos Cvetkovic
Keyword(s):  
Historical Documents ◽  
Military Organization ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Byzantine Period ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Military ◽  
Source Materials

The text cites the results of the study of the role of merarches, which were a part of the military organization of the Empire in the early Byzantine period. Later historical documents do not give any notion of this position for more than two centuries. The merarches became a part of the thematic organization in the middle of 9th century. Our ability to fully understand the nature of their function is limited due to the scarcity of source materials; this, however, may be overcome by taking into account, the general and political situation in the Empire, that is, by considering the military reforms executed in the 9th and 10th century. This paper focuses on the problem of the military-administrative competences of the merarches, which have been the subject of different interpretations in the modern, scholarly literature. One of the aims of this research is the definition of the timeframe within which the reestablishment of this rank in the Byzantine army occured.

scholarly journals Journal Clubs

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Black Fylking ◽  
Elin Opheim
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Journal Clubs ◽  
University Of Applied Sciences ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Academic Genre

Journal clubs are closely interlinked with evidence based practice. At Faculty of Social and Health Sciences at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences our students are required to write literature reviews for their bachelor degree, and there is an increasing need for guiding the students into academic methodology through critically assessing research articles.  The purposes of starting journal clubs at our faculty is to guide the students into the academic genre, to help them gain confidence in reading research articles, and to broaden the perspective between theory and practice. Better semester grade is a secondary goal to our aim as it probably is hard to operationalize. We wish to establish a cooperation with the faculty staff, especially the ones involved in teaching evidence based practice.  Wilson & Deighton (2016) describes that students find it difficult to approach research articles, and that journal clubs are suitable and an activating manner to introduce the students to the academic genre. Deenadayalan et al. (2008) comments that using case studies as a basis for academic discussion, fills the gap between theory and practical approach to the subject. There are several elements to pay attention to if the journal clubs are to become a success, and Deenadayalan et al. (2008) emphasizes among other things a clear purpose for the students' involvement, as well as leadership, insentives and preparedness. In our project dating, we wish to discuss the possibility to do pilots for nursing students either in the last semesters of their courses, or with master students. We are interested in previous experiences with nursing students, and we want to look into which factors that makes the clubs function and how our aim might be reached.

scholarly journals Compreensão textual de artigos originais de pesquisa por graduandos em química

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. e8
Author(s):  
Flávia Gabriele Sacchi ◽  
Salete Linhares Queiroz
Keyword(s):  
Oral Presentation ◽  
Text Comprehension ◽  
Scientific Communication ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Chemistry Students ◽  
Undergraduate Chemistry ◽  
The Subject

Reading and comprehension of research articles (RA) by undergraduate chemistry students provides a greater ability to develop criticism and establish links between scientific contents. Even being such a relevant skill, research on the subject is scarce, especially in the Brazilian context. From this perspective, this paper aims to investigate the text comprehension of RA about the topic of biofuel, extracted from the “Química Nova” journal, by undergraduates from the area, in the context of a scientific communication discipline.  Therefore, we initially analyzed the retextualization carried out by a group of students from RA for corresponding oral presentation, and then established links between retextualization operations and text comprehension. The analysis was based on studies on retextualization operations and text comprehension, from the perspective proposed by Marcuschi.  The results indicated that the development of the oral presentation component slides took place without impairing the communicative purpose established by the RA authors, suggesting the undergraduates understood it.

scholarly journals English for Academic Purposes Programs: Key Trends Across Canadian Universities

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Roy Douglas ◽  
Michael Landry
Keyword(s):  
Graphical Representation ◽  
English For Academic Purposes ◽  
University Education ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Secondary English ◽  
Canadian Universities ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Canadian Context ◽  
Toefl Ibt ◽  
Program Data

Because of the large number of post-secondary English for academic purposes (EAP) programs and the varying ways they are structured, it can be difficult to identify how a particular program fits within the overall landscape of university education.  To identify general trends across Canada, the webpages for 74 EAP programs at 50 public English-medium universities were examined for key information related to each program.  Data analysis included descriptive statistics as well as graphical representation.  The results pointed to typical EAP programs that are independent units that offer non-credit courses with some credit options, have international tuition fees around $9,000 per semester, provide approximately 22 hours of instruction per week, and generally require IELTS scores over 5.0 or TOEFL iBT scores over 59 for entry.  These results provide an avenue of comparison and indicate the need for future research to better understand how EAP programming is conceptualized in the Canadian context.

scholarly journals Predatory Journals as a Threat to Science, Scientific Communication, and Author’s Reputation

2018 ◽  
pp. 33-40
Author(s):  
Svitlana Fiialka
Keyword(s):  
Academic Integrity ◽  
Random Number ◽  
Random Number Generator ◽  
Scientific Communication ◽  
Image Manipulation ◽  
Predatory Journals ◽  
Low Level ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Scientific Results

In the study, the features of predatory journals are highlighted; the threats from them for science, scientific communication and authors have been identified. Methodology. To find out the reasons for which authors are published in predatory journals, we have selected 30 journals from various fields of knowledge included in the Bill`s list. Then, 200 articles, published in these journals, were selected by the method of simple random selection using the random number generator. The authors of the articles were sent a Google form for the survey. As a result, responses from 148 respondents were received and processed. Due to the analytical method, the invitations to publication received by the author of this article during the period from September 2018 to February 2019 were investigated, and thus the signs of predatory journals were summarized: multidisciplinarity of the journal, urgent publication of the article, distribution of spam messages, no review, publication of articles without any changes, discounts system for repeat publications, errors on the site of the journal, sending a review together with the article, the discrepancy of the editorial board with the subject matter of the articles, the lack of quotations of articles included to international scientometric databases. Results. The poll revealed reasons for publishing in the predatory journals: pressure of leadership, uncertainty, low level of English, low level of financial support, ignorance of research methodology, as well as the prejudice of the reputable journals to the scientific results achieved by scientists from certain countries. The proliferation of predatory journals is a significant threat to science, scientific communication, and authors. Such journals discredit scientific knowledge, because lack of evaluation can lead to conscious violation of the rules of academic integrity, including plagiarism, data tampering and image manipulation, and therefore to promote the dissemination of pseudo-science, unjustified theories. These publications exist mostly due to the low scientific level of publication and destroy the reputation of the authors and institutions in which they work. To factors that influence why some Ukrainian scientists choose the predatory journals for publication of articles, are normative-legal and material-technical.

scholarly journals Indigenous views on the future of public archaeology in Australia

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Kellie Pollard ◽  
Claire Smith ◽  
Jasmine Willika ◽  
Vince Copley sr ◽  
Vincent Copley jr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Public Archaeology ◽  
Free Form ◽  
Online Journal ◽  
High Profile ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Final Text ◽  
Different Parts ◽  
School Curricula

This paper was written in response to a request by the editors of the AP: Online Journal of Public Archaeology, Jaime Almansa Sánchez and Elena Papagiannopoulou, for Claire Smith to write on the future of public archaeology in Australia. In Australia, public archaeology focusses on high profile colonial sites such as The Rocks in Sydney (Karskens 1999) and Port Arthur in Tasmania (Steele et al. 2007; Frew 2012), tourism (e.g. Cole and Wallis 2019) or enhancing school curricula (Nichols et al. 2005; Owens and Steele 2005). However, given her decades-long relationships with Jawoyn and Ngadjuri people (Smith 1999; Smith et al. 2016; Smith et al. 2020), Claire Smith decided that a useful way of approaching this topic would be to obtain Indigenous views on the subject. Accordingly, she contacted the Aboriginal co-authors of this article and invited them to co-author the paper. The possibility to write in free form was a boon. The ‘conversation’ format we settled on was designed to facilitate the voices of individuals, to present a range of Indigenous views, to allow people to express their views frankly, and to deal with the constraints of people being located in different parts of Australia as well as occasional lock-downs due to COVID-19. We decided on five topics/questions that would be the basis of the conversation. Each Aboriginal author gave their views either by email or by phone. These views were interwoven into a ‘conversation’. The language has been edited lightly for clarity and to simulate a real-life conversation. The final text was approved by all authors.

scholarly journals Comparative Education In Canadian Universities

2007 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne Larsen ◽  
Suzanne Majhanovich ◽  
Vandra Masemann
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Education ◽  
Comparative Education ◽  
Canadian Universities ◽  
Comparative And International Education ◽  
Current State ◽  
Canadian Higher Education ◽  
Canadian Context ◽  
History Of ◽  
Three Stages

The first section of this article provides a brief overview of the field in Canada, and in so doing, demonstrates the broad nature of Comparative Education within the Canadian context. The second section of this article provides an overview of the comparative and international education programmes, specialization areas and courses in Canadian higher education institutions, focusing on three stages in the history of Comparative Education in Canada: the 1950s-1970s (Establishment of Comparative Education); the 1980s -1990s (Fragmentation of Comparative Education); and the 2000s (Broadening Comparative Education). While the focus in this article is on Comparative Education in graduate university programmes, a discussion about Comparative Education in teacher education is also included here. Two tables are presented which summarize changes in the field over the past 50 years and the titles of specific courses related to Comparative Education offered in Canadian universities. A discussion of the current state of Comparative Education in Canadian higher education follows with a few concluding explanatory comments about the current state of the field. Dans la première partie de cet article nous offrons un panorama de ce champ au Canada, et en le faisant, nous démontrons la nature étendue de l'éducation comparée dans le contexte canadien. Dans la deuxième partie, nous donnons un aperçu sur les programmes, les domaines spécialisés, et les cours sur l'éducation comparée et internationale offerts dans les institutions d'études supérieures du Canada. Nous les donnons suivant les trois étapes de l'histoire de l'éducation comparée au Canada: pendant les décennies 1950-1970 (l'établissement de l'éducation comparée); pendant les décennies 1980-1990 (la fragmentation de l'éducation comparée); et dans les années 2000 (l'élargissement de l'éducation comparée). Le but principal de cet article est d'élaborer l'éducation comparée aux programmes d'études supérieures mais nous y parlons aussi de l'éducation comparée dans la formation des enseignants et des enseignantes. Deux tableaux donnent le sommaire des changements dans le domaine pendant les cinquante dernières années et le nom des cours offerts dans les universités canadiennes, ayant un trait spécifique avec l'éducation comparée. Nous présentons aussi l'état actuel de l'éducation comparée enseignée dans les universités canadiennes et terminons par quelques commentaires explicatifs sur l'état actuel de ce domaine d'étude.

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