scholarly journals Announcement for “Applied Sciences 2018 Outstanding Reviewer Awards” Winners

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 369
Author(s):  
Applied Sciences Editorial Office
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Editorial Team ◽  
Time And Energy

The Applied Sciences Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy given by reviewers in checking manuscripts submitted to the journal [...]

Editorial

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-2
Author(s):  
Chris Roseveare ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Editorial Team ◽  
Patient Specific ◽  
Service Improvement ◽  
Single Individual ◽  
National Goal ◽  
Acute Medicine ◽  
North West ◽  
The Past

Clinicians working in acute medicine will be familiar with change. The speciality and the environment we work in has changed continually over the past 15 years – I often reflect that no two years have been the same since I started working in the field back in 1999. Change is important, in order to achieve best practice, but sustaining such improvements can be an enormous challenge. The regular turnover of medical staff, local management restructuring and the constantly shifting National goal posts often conspire against us. It is easy for ‘changefatigue’ to set in. Submissions to this journal often describe local audits and service improvement projects which have raised standards: a low baseline may result in a statistically significant improvement from a relatively small intervention – often an education programme or poster campaign to raise awareness of the problem. However, what happens next is far more important: can the improvement be sustained when the key driver behind the project – the enthusiast – moves on, after their 4 month block of acute medicine comes to an end? One year on, we are often back where we started. Two articles in this edition appear to have achieved the Holy Grail of sustainability. In the paper by Joanne Botten from Musgrove Park, door to antibiotic time was improved for patients with neutopaenic sepsis by introducing a system whereby the antibiotics could be administered without waiting for a prescription to be written. The combination of a neutropaenic sepsis alert card and a patient-specific direction empowered the nurses and patients to ensure administration within an hour of arrival in over 90% of cases, a figure which has been sustained for over a year. Sustainable change is often facilitated by modifications in paperwork, but crucially the project’s success was not reliant on a single individual. The value of engaging with the wider team is also shown in Gary Misselbook’s paper describing sustained improvement in the layout and utility of an AMU procedure room. The authors describe how repeated attempts by different registrars had failed to achieve more than temporary reorganisation; the change was only sustained when nursing, infection control and administrative staff became involved in the process. The multiprofessional nature of the AMU is one of its greatest assets – we would all do well to remember this when instigating change. On a similar note, observant readers may have noticed some changes to the editorial board of this journal – I am delighted to welcome Dr Tim Cooksley, acute physician from Manchester and Dr Prabath Nanayakkara from the VUMC in the Netherlands. Tim came through the acute medicine training programme in the North West and his role in the acute oncology service at the Christie Hospital as well as his active involvement in the SAMBA project over recent years brings an important perspective to the editorial team. Prabath has been heavily involved with the development of acute medicine in the Netherlands and co-hosted the successful SAMSTERDAM meeting in 2014. His international perspective will be welcome as we attempt to extend the reach of Acute Medicine to our European neighbours over the coming years. I am very grateful to Nik Patel, Mark Jackson and Ashwin Pinto for their help and support during the past decade and wish them well for the future.

Publishing quantitative careers research: challenges and recommendations

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bert Schreurs ◽  
Angus Duff ◽  
Pascale M. Le Blanc ◽  
Thomas H. Stone
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Team Member ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Editorial Team ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose This article aims to provide prospective authors guidelines that will hopefully enable them to submit more competitive manuscripts to journals publishing careers research.Design/methodology/approach Based on their experience as an author, reviewer and editorial team member, the authors identify the main criteria that a quantitative study must meet to be considered for publication in international peer-reviewed journals covering career-related topics. They emphasize the importance of contributing to the careers literature and of designing the study in accordance with the research question.Findings Manuscripts are rejected because they are insufficiently innovative, and/or because sample, instruments and design are not appropriate to answer the research question at hand. Cross-sectional designs cannot be used to answer questions of mediation but should not be discarded automatically since they can be used to address other types of questions, including questions about nesting, clustering of individuals into subgroups, and to some extent, even causality.Originality/value The manuscript provides an insight into the decision-making process of reviewers and editorial board members and includes recommendations on the use of cross-sectional data.

A Welcome Note from the Editor

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Ayisha Shabbir
Keyword(s):  
Quality Standards ◽  
Advisory Board ◽  
Editorial Team ◽  
Biomedical Journal ◽  
Biomedical Sciences ◽  
High Quality ◽  
High Quality Research ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Exciting Time

I am delighted and proud to welcome you to the second issue of Volume 2. Each article receivedand accepted is an important contribution to the already existing knowledge in the field of BiomedicalSciences. All the editorial team is excited about the progress of PBMJ as an international journal. Aseditor, I would like to express my heartiest congratulation to the team and welcome to the authors andreaders. I am also grateful to the advisory board and managing editors. I hope that PBMJ can promote theacademic and applicable research and improve the research activities and collaborations.I am aware of the bumps along the way, but we are determined to keep pursuing the research goalsto meet the high quality standards and move forward with great courage. If you have any suggestions toimprove, you may write to us as a reader. In the age of technology, I can actively conversate with thereaders and get their feedback to improve the quality with their valuable input.PBMJ will continue to serve the Biomedical Sciences as an outlet for high-quality research. This isan exciting time for the journal and we look forward to working with authors, the Editorial board and theteam to make PBMJ as a leading source for work in the space.Dr. Ayisha ShabbirEditorPakistan BioMedical Journal

scholarly journals Letter from the editor

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Angel Huerta
Keyword(s):  
Baja California ◽  
Electronic Publishing ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Editorial Team ◽  
Editorial Office ◽  
Remote Communication ◽  
Digital Format ◽  
Set Up

Dear contributors: After 5 consecutive years as editor-in-chief of Ciencias Marinas, Dr. Alejandro Cabello Pasini has now abdicated this position to undertake other academic projects at the Autonomous University of Baja California (Mexico). This change in editorship concurs with the 45th anniversary of the establishment of Ciencias Marinas and marks the beginning of a new phase in the growth and development of our scholarly journal. The editorial team has thus far completed many projects, such as updating our publishing platform, all aimed to improve journal presentation, visibility, and accessibility. It has now taken the first steps in transitioning from an electronic publishing format to a completely digital format, and it will continue to work hard to guarantee that Ciencias Marinas continues evolving. Over these past 45 years Ciencias Marinas has been a conduit for the professional and inclusive delivery of sound scientific information on the four disciplines of marine science (biology, physics, geology, and chemistry). At the moment we are focusing on strengthening our international support system to reach higher publishing standards. To achieve this goal, we are expanding, refining, and updating our editorial board, which now includes even more international experts with outstanding academic careers. We will continue to expand our editorial board by extending additional invitations to other experts who wish to collaborate in this project that is Ciencias Marinas, and we hope to soon welcome new member to our board. I would now like to take the opportunity to thank previous editors-in-chief for their contributions, which have elevated our journal to its current position. Their contributions give me a great advantage to further improve the quality of the journal products. I am also thankful to the members of the editorial board, who have provided much support by efficiently and professionally managing the editorial processes of our submissions. As a result of this work, our list of reviewers has significantly increased in number and quality, and this will reflect on the quality of the papers we publish. We are working our way to better our remote communication with the editorial board so we can jointly establish new publication strategies aimed to improve the quality of our journal and its impact in the scientific community. I want to thank the Autonomous University of Baja California for all the support it has provided over these past 45 years for the upkeep of the journal. My thanks go to the editorial office administration staff, who have done and continue doing an excellent job, and to the reviewers, the readers, and the authors, because without them this journal would not be what it is today. We will keep working with everyone to continually improve Ciencias Marinas, and we hope we continue receiving your contributions. In the meantime, please feel free to visit our website and check our new journal cover and other new things we have set up you. Sincerely, Miguel Angel Huerta Díaz Editor-in-chief  

Comments on BEQ’s Twentieth Anniversary Forum on New Directions for Business Ethics Research

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Crane ◽  
Dirk Ulrich Gilbert ◽  
Kenneth E. Goodpaster ◽  
Marcia P. Miceli ◽  
Geoff Moore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Organization Theory ◽  
Editorial Team ◽  
Leadership Studies ◽  
Legal Studies ◽  
Ethics Research ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Twentieth Anniversary ◽  
Social Scientific

ABSTRACT:In 2010, Business Ethics Quarterly published ten articles that considered the potential contributions to business ethics research arising from recent scholarship in a variety of philosophical and social scientific fields (strategic management, political philosophy, restorative justice, international business, legal studies, ethical theory, ethical leadership studies, organization theory, marketing, and corporate governance and finance). Here we offer short responses to those articles by members of Business Ethics Quarterly’s editorial board and editorial team.

scholarly journals EDITORIAL FOREWORD

2015 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Akram Khater ◽  
Jeffrey Culang
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
The United States ◽  
Editorial Team ◽  
The Past ◽  
Common Purpose ◽  
Editorial Work ◽  
Middle East Studies ◽  
Scholarly Inquiry ◽  
Editorial Foreword

It is with humility that we begin our tenure as editor and managing editor of IJMES. Given the breadth and depth of scholarly and editorial expertise within MESA, we feel privileged to have been chosen as the team to oversee the continuing publication of the flagship journal in Middle East studies. We are also mindful of the challenge of building upon the enormous momentum achieved by our predecessors, Professors Beth Baron and Sara Pursley, over the past five years. They and their team raised the profile of IJMES to make it one of the top area studies journals in the United States and, indeed, the world. This accomplishment is attributable to their remarkable work ethic and coordination, keen awareness of the field, vigorous editorial work, and attention to every detail of the journal's production. Daunting though their legacy may be, we are excited about the editorial team that we have assembled and comforted by the speed with which it has developed rapport and a common purpose. We also find solace in the outstanding scholars who make up the new editorial board and in the knowledge that they are as devoted as us to making sure that IJMES continues to thrive. But we are most heartened by the superb scholarship that abounds in Middle East studies. With so many outstanding young and established scholars in the field, we are certain that the pages of IJMES will continue to be filled by intellectually engaging essays that not only enrich existing areas of research, but also push the field toward new terrains of scholarly inquiry.

scholarly journals Reviewer Acknowledgements

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 240
Author(s):  
Robert Smith
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Florida State University ◽  
State University ◽  
North West ◽  
University Of Applied Sciences ◽  
And Training

Journal of Education and Training Studies (JETS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Many authors, regardless of whether JETS publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review for this issue.Reviewers for Volume 5, Number 6Adrienne Barnes, Florida State University, USAAngelina Wilson, North-West University, South AfricaAntónio Calha, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, PortugalArlene Kent-Wilkinson, University of Saskatchewan, CanadaCarmen Pérez-Sabater, Universitat Poltècnica de València, SpainDilek Sevimli, Cukurova University, TurkeyDonna Smith, The Open University, UKEnisa Mede, Bahcesehir University, TurkeyGökhan Arastaman, Hacettepe University, TurkeyHilmi Demirkaya, Akdeniz University, TurkeyHülya Aslan Efe, Dicle Üniversitesi, TurkeyIoannis Syrmpas, University of Thessaly, GreeceKun-Hsi Liao, Taiwan Shoufu University, TaiwanLaima Kyburiene, Kaunas University of Applied Sciences, LithuaniaLorna T. Enerva, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, PhilippinesMehmet Akif Ziyagil, Mersin University, TurkeyMehmet Güllü, İnonu University, TurkeyMetin Argan, Anadolu University, TurkeyMuhammad Qasim Ali, Institute of Social Sciences, PakistanMu-hsuan Chou, Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages, TaiwanMustafa Cin, Giresun University, TurkeyNiveen M. Zayed, MENA College of Management, JordanPirkko Siklander, University of Lapland, FinlandRui Manuel Carreteiro, National Institute of Psychology and Neurosciences, PortugalSabri Kaya, TurkeySadia Batool, Preston University Islamabad, PakistanSait Akbaşli, Hacettepe University, TurkeySarthou Nerina Fernanda, Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, ArgentinaSerdar Orhan, Fırat University, TurkeySerkan Boyraz, Aksaray Üniversitesi, TurkeyStamatis Papadakis, University of Crete, GreeceYoung Mudavanhu,University of Exeter, UKRobert SmithEditorial AssistantOn behalf of,The Editorial Board of Journal of Education and Training StudiesRedfame Publishing9450 SW Gemini Dr. #99416Beaverton, OR 97008, USAURL: http://jets.redfame.com

scholarly journals INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME 7 : 2009

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norliza Hashim
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Chief Editor ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Editorial Team ◽  
Planning Profession ◽  
New Findings

Planning Malaysia has achieved another major milestone for the Malaysian Institute of Planners. It reaches out today beyond the circulation of MIP Members and beyond the boundaries of our country. It is now circulated to various libraries, planning and related professions organisations, planning schools and universities all across the globe.Every article in this journal is refereed by distinguished panel of local and international professionals related to the planning profession. This adds credibility to the journal and ensures that every article published achieves the desired level of quality as well as meets the international standards of publication.Planning Malaysia has come a long way from its first inaugural publication. Much credit must be given to the effort and continuous passion of the Chief Editor - Professor Dr Alias Abdullah and his dedicated editorial team. They have continued to enhance the quality of the journal as well as increase its level of circulation. This is part of MIP’s mission for continuous effort in knowledge sharing and promotion of town planning and its professionals.It is my deepest aspiration that Planning Malaysia becomes a household name to the planning community. Thus it is hoped that all members take this opportunity to contribute articles to the journal as its widespread circulation will enable members to disseminate ideas, share new findings or planning theories or share experiential planning to the industry at large.Thank you to all writers, editorial board as well as the referees of the articles. I pray that the contribution that you all have made to the journal will shower all with greater wealth of knowledge and contentment.Thank you.

scholarly journals Editorial 29(1)

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Bennett ◽  
Barney Dalgarno ◽  
Gregor Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Educational Technology ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
Educational Technology Research ◽  
Editorial Team ◽  
Selection Committee ◽  
Distributed Structure ◽  
Scholarly Impact ◽  
Strong Position

<p>It is with great pleasure that we present our first editorial as the incoming lead editors of the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET). We’d like to thank the selection committee representing the ascilite executive and the AJET editorial board for the confidence they have shown in us in appointing us to this role for the next three years.</p> <p>Our first and most important task is to acknowledge the contribution of outgoing editors Dr Roger Atkinson and Associate Professor Catherine McLoughlin and to thank them for their work together over the past 10 years. We’d particularly like to acknowledge the contribution of Roger Atkinson as AJET production editor for more than 15 years. The very strong position AJET finds itself in, with a high volume of submissions and the quality and scholarly impact of articles, is in no small measure attributable to the work of Roger, Catherine, and their predecessor as editor prior to 2002, Professor Ron Oliver.</p> <p>We’d like to highlight the new editorial team structure we have put in place, which consists of ourselves (Associate Professors Sue Bennett, Barney Dalgarno and Gregor Kennedy) as lead editors and Dr Helen Farley, Professor Robert Fitzgerald, Dr Michael Henderson, Dr Terry Judd, Professor Lori Lockyer and Dr Lina Markauskaite as associate editors. We are confident that this new distributed structure will sustain the journal well into the future.</p> <p>This issue contains a range of articles addressing some of the most important contemporary issues in educational technology research, including technology supported learning design in higher education, teacher knowledge and ICT capacity development, the use of laptops and mobile devices in schools, and comparisons of learning outcomes achieved with and without technology.</p>

scholarly journals Turning the page

2015 ◽  
Vol 97 (5) ◽  
pp. iv-iv
Author(s):  
Tim Lane
Keyword(s):  
Case Reports ◽  
Editorial Team ◽  
Research Review ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Significant Shift ◽  
Digital Platform ◽  
Digital Version ◽  
Paper Version ◽  
Video Library

This year will see some fundamental changes at the Annals – changes that are aimed at both enhancing and maintaining its appeal across the broad range of surgical specialties. In this respect, there have already been some important refinements to the structure of the Editorial board. The Annals will now have representatives on its panel from the diapason of subspecialties. It is hoped that this will ensure an equitable apportionment of high-quality original research, review articles and case reports from across the surgical spectrum. It represents the single most tangible adjustment to the structure of the Annals in a generation and one of which I am sure Sir Cecil Wakeley would have approved. I would like to take this opportunity to formally welcome our new board members and invite them to join with our other long-term stalwarts into what is a uniquely collegiate editorial team. As many of our fellows and members will already be aware, there has been a significant shift made over the last few months in the handling of research contributions to the Annals. In recent weeks we have completed the transition to our new submissions portal and it is encouraging that reviewers and authors alike have commended it in equal measure. While we are sadly not in a position to accept much of the material submitted to the journal (we currently accept only one tenth of all the articles subjected to peer review) we can at least aim to improve and enhance the experience for all those involved. In many ways this digital migration is a precursor to a number of innovations that will fundamentally transform the way in which we produce the Annals, the most significant of which is the launch of our new digital platform this month. These innovations signal a gradual move away from the printed version as the principal conduit by which the Annals is distributed. Inevitably, there will be those who will lament the passing of this hitherto more familiar and tactile media and so measures are in hand to allow for a more limited production of a paper version of the Annals for RCS fellows and members who continue to elect to receive their Annals in the traditional format. Medical colleges around the world are currently undergoing similar deliberations and for some a digital version may represent the only opportunity to maintain editorial independence – unhindered by the implications of a commercial publishing partner. It is however hoped that for the vast majority of fellows and members, the new and enhanced digital platform will offer significant advantages such that the digital version becomes the de facto medium of choice. Matt Whitaker and the team at the Annals should be congratulated for their sterling efforts in making this transition. The new site, now live at http://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk , will enhance the experience of finding, accessing, reading, citing, sharing and saving articles from the Annals, Bulletin and FDJ. Sign-on will be much easier; page load times quicker and the search engine more powerful and intuitive. The new platform boasts improved functionality, full in-page article text and multi-media, citation tracking, reference generators and advanced social media integration. We are simultaneously launching a new video library where we will be hosting our technical videos. It will, I am certain, become a huge resource for our surgical fraternity. Our new platform will be followed later this year by the inevitable and ubiquitous app, which will allow readers to download issues of the Annals and read them offline and at leisure on whatever their tablet of choice might be. It is my belief that these and forthcoming changes herald the transformation of the Annals into a truly modern journal with all the digital services that authors and readers now rightly expect from their RCS publication. Tim Lane Editor-in-Chief, [email protected]

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