scholarly journals Editorial

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 001-001
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Editorial Policy ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Online Journal ◽  
Applied Chemistry

It is a great pleasure to welcome you to Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry, a new open access journal, which is dedicated to innovative, practically oriented original research on the fabrication, characterization, functionalization, and manipulation of biomaterials and nanomaterials, hybrid nanosized structures and nanocomposites, with a strong emphasis on the ecological and biomedical applications of nanosystems, new strategies for fighting antibiotic resistance and biofilms’ development in natural, medical and industrial environments, design of new synthetic compounds and the discovery of new natural bioactive compounds. The prime aim of Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry is to publish first-class, original research articles under an open access policy with minimal fees for the authors. The quality of the published articles will be assured by a fast yet rigorous peer-review process. The editors will usually reject papers outside the scope of the journal with an immediate decision. Authors who wish to withdraw their manuscript (at any stage of the process) should contact the editorial board. Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry is published as an online journal, distinguishing between different types of publications: reviews, which are expected to produce a coherent argument about a topic or a focused description of a field, full articles presented as comprehensive reports on original research of the highest quality and short communications, which should be concise, usually no longer than 2500 words and not intended to publish preliminary results, but an independent report representing a significant contribution to the field of interest. Short communications are also send to peer review. For reviews and full articles there will be no page restrictions in place. Our editorial policy inquires that all submitted papers should be complete in themselves and adequately supported by experimental details. We are looking forward to receiving some of your very best manuscripts for publication in Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry and to participate to an increased international dissemination of scientific information in fully-searchable electronic formats.

scholarly journals Reforming Science Publishing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khaled Moustafa
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Publishing Industry ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
The Past ◽  
Open Access Journals

Over the past few years, different changes have been introduced into the science publishing industry. However, important reforms are still required at both the content and form levels. First, the peer review process needs to be open, fair and transparent. Second, author-paid fees in open access journals need to either be removed or reconsidered toward more affordability. Third, the categorization of papers should include all types of scientific contributions that can be of higher interest to the scientific community than many mere quantitative and observable measures, or simply removed from publications. Forth, word counts and reference numbers in online open access journal should be nuanced or replaced by recommended ranges rather than to be a proxy of acceptance or rejection. Finally, all the coauthors of a manuscript should be considered corresponding authors and responsible for their mutual manuscript rather than only one or two.

scholarly journals Editorial for the Inaugural Issue: Grande Medical Journal (GMJ)

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prakash Kafle
Keyword(s):  
Medical Journal ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Editorial Policy ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Scientific Quality ◽  
Double Blind ◽  
Clinical Images

We are proud and honored to launch the inaugural issue of our new academic endeavor – Grande Medical Journal (GMJ), published by Academic & Research Department, Grande International Hospital (GIH). GMJ is an annual, open, peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal that encompasses all fields of medicine and clinical practice. GMJ will be published both in print and online. It will be freely accessible via the internet through GIH’s website with open access to the full text of articles. There will be no subscription fees to the readers or processing fees for the authors. Publisher and authors who publish in the journal will jointly retain the copyright to their article. The editorial policy of GMJ will be guided by the high standards of scientific quality and integrity, professional responsibility, and ethical legacy. GMJ follows double-blind peer-review process. This minimizes the possibility of a biased opinion ensuring a responsible and ethical environment. GMJ will be initially published as one issue per year, and with contributions from national and international physicians and scientists, we aim to increase the frequency to two issues per year. GMJ will publish original research, clinical review, invited reviews, case report, clinical problem solving, clinical images, short communications, and editorials. This inaugural issue features fifteen scientific papers - 1 invited review, 3 original researches, 2 clinical reviews, 1 clinical images article, 8 case reports. The editorial board is committed to get the journal indexed in major search engines, indices, and databases to increase their visibility/ searchability and recognition in wider scientific community. For us to achieve these goals, in the forthcoming issues we seek to publish original, high-quality, peerreviewed papers including original clinical and editorials, clinical reviews, and correspondence on matters that will provide comprehensive coverage on all aspects and subspecialties of medicine. We would like to thank everyone who has worked diligently behind the scenes to bring this inaugural issue to fruition. This launch of the GMJ would not have been possible without the contributions from authors, and experienced and devoted reviewers who willingly signed up for timeconsuming workloads and enthusiastically agreed to provide their critical input to the review process. Thank you all for your trust and support. Indeed, it is a real honor to serve as the founding editors. Sincerely Yours,Prakash Kafle, MSEditor-in-Chief

scholarly journals APPRECIATION TO THE EDITORIAL BOARD, AUTHORS, REVIEWERS, AND THE EDITORIAL STAFF FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE "PROCEEDINGS OF THE SHEVCHENKO SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY" FOR THE YEARS 2020-2021

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oksana Zayachkivska ◽  
◽  
Marta Kovalska ◽  
Vassyl Lonchyna ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Editorial Staff ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Advisory Board ◽  
Scientific Society ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Content Selection ◽  
Dear Reader

Dear Reader! We express our sincere appreciation to all the authors, reviewers, members of the editorial board, and the editorial staff for their tireless contributions during these difficult years 2020-2021. The preparation of each issue of "The Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society: Medical Sciences” ensures its continuing development. The Journal is accepted by the Content Selection & Advisory Board of Scopus to the international indexing Scopus; to the international catalog of journals Ulrichsweb & Ulrichs; and to the Norsk Center for Forsknings data. As an open-access journal that undergoes peer review, the Editors have received multiple manuscripts from multiple countries. Information from the website shows that we had readers in 134 countries.

scholarly journals Is peer review evolving in the open access environment? A survey of Croatian open access journals

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jadranka Stojanovski ◽  
Ivana Hebrang Grgić
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
Final Decision ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Peer Reviewers ◽  
Parent Institution

Most of the journals in Croatia adopted the open access (OA) model and their content is freely accessible and available for reuse without restrictions except that attribution be given to the author(s) and journal. There are 444 Croatian scholarly, professional, popular and trade OA journals available in the national repository of OA journals Hrcak, and 217 of them use peer review process as the primary quality assurance system. The goal of our study was to investigate the peer review process used by the Croatian OA journals and the editors’ attitude towards open peer review.An online survey was sent to the Hrcak journal editors with 39 questions grouped in: journal general information, a number of submitted/rejected/accepted manuscripts and timeliness of publishing, peer review process characteristics, instructions for peer reviewers and open peer review. Responses were obtained from 152 editors (141 complete and 11 partial). All journals employ peer review process except one. The data were collected from February to July 2017.The majority of journals come from the humanities (n=50, 33%) and social sciences (n=37, 24%). Less represented are journals from the field of biomedicine (n=22, 14%), technical sciences (n=16, 11%), natural sciences (n=12, 8%), biotechnical sciences (n=10, 7%) and interdisciplinary journals (n=3, 2%). Average journal submission is 54 manuscripts per year, but there are big differences among journals: maximum submission is 550 manuscripts, and minimum just five. In average journal publishes 23 papers after the reviewers’ and editors’ acceptance. In average it takes 16 days for sending the manuscript to the reviewer, 49 days for all the reviewers to send the journal a detailed report on the manuscript, 14 days to the editors’ decision, and another 60 days for the paper to be published.External peer review process where reviewers are not members of the editorial board or employees of the journal’s parent institution was used by 86 journals (60%). Other journals use external peer review process where reviewers are not members of the editorial board but could be employees of the journal’s parent institution (n=40, 28%), and editorial peer review. Remaining 10% journals combine previous three types of the peer review. Only 20% journals use exclusively reviewers from abroad, 44% are combining international and national reviewers, and 36% journals use only reviewers from Croatia.The majority of journals provide two reviews for each manuscript, and the process is double blind. Detailed instructions for peer reviewers are provided by less than half of the journals (n=57, 40%), but ethical issues like plagiarism, conflict of interest, confidentiality etc., are neglected. Usually, a reviewer is not informed of the final decision upon the manuscript, and reviews are not shared among reviewers.Somehow surprising was the opinion of the majority of the editors that reviewers must get credit for their efforts (n=121, 85%). On the other hand, editors are not familiar with the concept of open peer review, which can be easily used for that purpose. Some editors believe that open peer review is related to the identity disclosure: both authors’ and reviewers’ (n=35, 25%), reviewers’ (n=27, 19%), and authors’ identity (n=14, 10%). For many editors open peer review implies publicly available reviews (n=65, 36%) and authors’ responses (n=46, 33%). Open peer review is an unknown concept for some editors (n=32, 23%).In spite of all criticism traditional peer review is predominant in Croatian OA journals. Our findings show that traditional peer review is still the preferred review mechanism for the majority of journals in the study.

scholarly journals Editorial: Starting Volume Twelve, Celebrating the Twelfth Year of Platinum Open-Access

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Applied Chemistry ◽  
Access Policy ◽  
Continuous Support ◽  
Published Paper

Dear Readers, Authors, Reviewers, and Editorial Board Members, Gratitude for the continuous support of the Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry. Volume eleven (associated to 2021) contains 600 papers, which cumulates 7784 pages, which means five times more pages than volume ten (associated to 2020). This was possible thanks to the trust that all of you have in this journal. All papers accepted in this journal are published under the platinum open-access policy, which means that no fees have to be paid by the authors and 100% permanent free access for authors and readers. I would like to share a recently published paper highlighting the first bibliometric analysis of Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry from 2016 to 2020: https://doi.org/10.33263/BRIAC116.1507515140. I am thrilled to conclude that 838 research institutes from 77 countries have participated in fulfilling the journal's focus. You are very welcome to submit your next manuscript, either original research or review paper, to be considered for publication Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry.

scholarly journals Editorial: REGION - the online open-access journal of ERSA

REGION ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Julia Koschinsky ◽  
Sierdjan Koster ◽  
Roberto Patuelli ◽  
Vicente Royuela ◽  
Vassilis Tselios
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
High Standard ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Regional Science ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
High Quality

This editorial launches REGION, the new online and open-access journal of ERSA. REGION aims to be a high-quality academic journal in the field of regional science. To its contributors, it offers a solid peer-review process and immediate publication upon acceptance. Also, it will be a flexible outlet, not bound by traditional journal formats or strict page limits. To its readers, the journal offers high-standard publications on current issues in regional science that are easily accessible through its website. Both submitting to the journal and accessing the contributions are free of charge to everyone.

scholarly journals Editorial

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 7356-7356
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review Process ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Editorial Team ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Applied Chemistry ◽  
Access Policy ◽  
Continuous Support

Dear Readers, Authors, Reviewers, and Editorial Board Members, Special appreciation for your kind acknowledgment and continuous support of the Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry. Now, in mid 2020, I am pleased to announce the publication of Issue 1, Volume 11, 2021, in advance. This was possible thanks to the trust that all of you have in our publishing house (AMG Transcend Association). During 2020, the journal published 300 scientific articles, including research papers and reviews that cover essential topics in Applied Chemistry, which cumulate 1518 pages. All papers accepted for publication in the journal are published using a platinum open access policy that provides 100% permanent free access for authors and readers. It is essential to remind that the publisher is a CrossRef member, and the journal is indexed in Scopus and Clarivate Analytics (ESCI) databases, which provides high visibility of published articles. Our main goal for 2021 is to raise the quality of published content and extend the influence of the journal in the Applied Chemistry field, in order to be indexed in SCIE (Q1-Q2). The editorial team will provide prompt evaluation and rapid publication process by maintaining the peer-review process under 14 days, respectively, by limiting the final preparation of manuscripts at a maximum of 7 days. Finally, I cordially invite outstanding academic and scientific researchers to submit their recent studies, either original research or review papers, to be considered for publication in Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry.

scholarly journals Why Academics Choose to Publish in a Mega-Journal

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 348
Author(s):  
Jovan Shopovski ◽  
Dejan Marolov
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
Scientific Journal ◽  
Review Procedure ◽  
Peer Review Procedure ◽  
Significant Factors

With their broad scope, high publishing volume, a peer review process based on the scientific soundness of the content, and an open access model, mega journals have become an important part of scholarly publishing.The main aim of this paper is to determine the most important factor that influenced researchers’ decisions to submit their academic work to these type of journal. To this end, an online survey has been disseminated from November 2016 to August 2017, targeting the corresponding authors of the European Scientific Journal, ESJ. Data from 413 corresponding authors was collected.The focus was mainly on how they discover the journal and what led them to submit a paper to the journal. However, questions concerning their satisfaction with the peer review procedure were also part of the survey.The results have shown that a recommendation of a colleague is not only the main channel through which authors found out about the journal, but is also the major reason they decided to submit their paper to a mega-journal. Furthermore, the quality of the editorial board of the journal, the strong portfolio of papers and the open access concept are also significant factors in encouraging submission to a mega-journal. A majority of the respondents are satisfied with the communication and peer review procedure of the mega-journal, which might encourage new submissions in the future.

scholarly journals Launching eLife, Part 1

eLife ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randy Schekman ◽  
Mark Patterson ◽  
Fiona Watt ◽  
Detlef Weigel
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Pubmed Central ◽  
Research Results ◽  
New Research

The new open-access journal eLife has launched, making its first content available in PubMed Central. In addition to publishing science of the highest quality, the journal aims to improve both the peer-review process and the presentation of new research results.

Editorial

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vu Chi Kien ◽  
Do Ngoc Minh ◽  
Nguyen Hoang Ha ◽  
Nguyen Linh Trung
Keyword(s):  
Good Practice ◽  
Scientific Publication ◽  
Associate Editor ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Object Identification ◽  
Online Journal ◽  
International Visibility ◽  
National University ◽  
Standard Practices

Dear readers,The year 2017 marks the 55th anniversary of the Journal of Information & Communications of the Ministry of Information and Communications, and the 18th anniversary of its scientific publication – the Research and Development on Information and Communication Technology (RD-ICT) journal. Again, the purpose of RD-ICT is to provide a forum for researchers and professionals to disseminate original and innovative ideas in the fields of information technology, communications and electronics in Vietnam and worldwide.Without kind support and invaluable contribution of readers and authors, and hard work of the anonymous reviewers and editors under the former editorship of Prof. Nguyễn Thúc Hải, Prof. Trần Văn Lộc and Prof. Nguyễn Cảnh Tuấn, RD-ICT would not be what it is today – a total of 37 issues in Vietnamese and 14 issues in English.To contribute to the development of research in Vietnam, toward standard practices, high quality and international visibility, RD-ICT has been taking measures by following current practices of prestigious international research journals. In this editorial, we would like to inform you some of the things we have been doing lately.Since June 2014, RD-ICT has applied online journal management and publishing, thanks to the well-known open-source Open Journal System of the Public Knowledge Project, which is used by thousands of online scientific journals worldwide. The editorial board of RD-ICT is currently being extended to include international prominent scientists, thus forming a team of international associate editors, under the complementary technical editorship of Prof. Đỗ Ngọc Minh (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States), Prof. Nguyễn Hoàng Hà (University of Saskatchewan, Canada) and Prof. Nguyễn Linh Trung (Vietnam National University, Hanoi). Each submission is now assigned to an associate editor who then coordinates the review process and makes editorial decision.For improved paper quality in terms of organization and presentation, authors are guided to good practice of technical paper writing. In addition, accepted submissions are now copy-edited, by the corresponding associate editors, and laid out using LATEX.Apart from already being an open-access journal, RD-ICT is also looking into other measures to increase its visibility, such as all-English publishing, digital object identification, Google Scholar citation, and SCOPUS indexing.Taking the opportunity of informing the above changes, we would like to, again, express our sincere gratitude and appreciation to the readers, authors, reviewers and editors of RD-ICT, and to the leadership of the Ministry of Information and Communications and its predecessors – the Directorate General of Posts and Telecommunications, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications – for their continued support and contribution to RD-ICT.We look forward to your comments and feedback for better developing the RD-ICT journal for Vietnam.Sincerely,Vũ Chí Kiên, Editor-in-ChiefĐỗ Ngọc Minh, Nguyễn Hoàng Hà, Nguyễn Linh Trung, Technical Editors-in-Chief

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