scholarly journals Neuroscience publishing is too important to leave to publishers

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. ed1
Author(s):  
Shaun Yon-Seng Khoo
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Data Quality ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Quality Checks

Almost every open access neuroscience journal is pay-to-publish. This leaves neuroscientists with a choice of submitting to journals that not all of our colleagues can legitimately access and choosing to pay large sums of money to publish open access. Neuroanatomy and Behaviour is a new platinum open access journal published by a non-profit association of scientists. Since we do not charge fees, we will focus entirely on the quality of submitted articles and encourage the adoption of reproducibility-enhancing practices, like open data, preregistration, and data quality checks. We hope that our colleagues will join us in this endeavour so that we can support good neuroscience no matter where it comes from.

scholarly journals Era baru publikasi di Indonesia: status jurnal open access di Directory of Open Access Journal (DOAJ)

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dasapta Erwin Irawan ◽  
Juneman Abraham ◽  
Mochammad Tanzil Multazam ◽  
Cut Novianti Rachmi ◽  
Indrya Mulyaningsih ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
The Government ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Scientific Fields

Introduction. The quality of journals in Indonesia is much criticized; however, the number of Indonesian journals that meet the criteria of Directory of Open Access Journal (DOAJ) is quite a lot. This study describes some facts of Indonesia’s publications based on DOAJ and World Bank data.Data Collection Method. Some filtering processes in DOAJ database were done based on sum of journals, scientific fields distribution, and Article Processing Charge (APC). Open data regarding research funds among countries in World Bank database were analyzed.Data Analysis. This study used quantitative-descriptive design with frequency analysis technique. Data visualization was done with R Statistical Computing and Google Sheets.Results and Discussions. In March 2017, there were 500 Indonesian journals (5th rank worldwide); 420 of them were in Indonesian covering more than 51,000 articles (7th rank). The top three fields were: education, Islam religion, as well as business and commerce. As much as 70% of the journals were free of APC. Science must prioritize inclusiveness and equality inline with the principles of originality and honesty.Conclusions. This study concludes that open access journals in Indonesia improves the accessibility, quality, and relevance of Indonesian research, which can be reused by communities, industries, and the government.

scholarly journals Proposal for the Evaluation of Open Data Portals

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. e10194
Author(s):  
Camila Andrea Herrera-Melo ◽  
Juan Sebastián González Sanabria
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Data Quality ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Evaluation Of Data

The provision of portals that serve as a source of access and availability of public domain data is part of the adoption of public policies that some government entities have implemented in response to the establishment of an open, transparent, multidirectional, collaborative and focused on citizen participation government, both in monitoring and in making public decisions. However, the publication of this data must meet certain characteristics to be considered open and of quality. For this reason, studies arise that focus on the approach of methodologies and indicators that measure the quality of the portals and their data. For the aim of this paper, the search of referential sources of the last six years regarding the evaluation of data quality and open data portals in Spain, Brazil, Costa Rica, Taiwan and the European Union was carried out with the objective of gathering the necessary inputs for the approach of the methodology presented in the document.

Towards An Objective Assessment Framework for Linked Data Quality

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 111-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Assaf ◽  
Aline Senart ◽  
Raphaël Troncy
Keyword(s):  
Data Quality ◽  
Linked Data ◽  
Objective Assessment ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Quality Measurement ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Structured Information

Ensuring data quality in Linked Open Data is a complex process as it consists of structured information supported by models, ontologies and vocabularies and contains queryable endpoints and links. In this paper, the authors first propose an objective assessment framework for Linked Data quality. The authors build upon previous efforts that have identified potential quality issues but focus only on objective quality indicators that can measured regardless on the underlying use case. Secondly, the authors present an extensible quality measurement tool that helps on one hand data owners to rate the quality of their datasets, and on the other hand data consumers to choose their data sources from a ranked set. The authors evaluate this tool by measuring the quality of the LOD cloud. The results demonstrate that the general state of the datasets needs attention as they mostly have low completeness, provenance, licensing and comprehensibility quality scores.

scholarly journals Upaya Pustakawan dalam Peningkatan Kualitas Jurnal dan Mendukung Gerakan Open Access Journal di Indonesia

Pustakaloka ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seno Yudhanto ◽  
Wahid Nashihuddin
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Policy Statement ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Data Assessment

ABSTRAKTujuan makalah ini untuk: (1) memberikan informasi hasil preview kebijakan OAJ, khususnya jurnal bidang ilmu perpustakaan dan informasi yang terbit secara online; dan (2) mengetahui berbagai upaya yang dapat dilakukan pustakawan dalam peningkatan kualitas jurnal dan mendukung gerakan OAJ di Indonesia. Metode kajian menggunakan studi literatur dan penelusuran jurnal di Portal Garuda – IPI. Data kajian dijabarkan secara deskriptif. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa: (1) jurnal bidang ilmu perpustakaan dan informasi yang terbit secara online di Indonesia sebagian besar belum menginformasikan pernyataan kebijakan OAJ secara jelas dan lengkap di situs jurnal; dan (2) diperlukan peran aktif pustakawan dalam upaya peningkatan kualitas jurnal dan mendukung gerakan OAJ di Indonesia, khususnya jurnal bidang ilmu perpustakaan dan informasi.ABSTRACTThe purpose of this paper is: (1) to provide information about OAJ policy preview results, especially the journal of library and information science in Indonesia which is published online and (2) to know the various ways from librarians in improving journal quality and support OAJ movement in Indonesia. The study methods use literature study and journal tracking at Portal Garuda - IPI. The data assessment were reported descriptively. The results of the study show that (1) the journal of library and information science published online in Indonesia has not informed the OAJ policy statement on the journal website; and (2) need the active role of librarians in efforts to improve the quality of journals and support OAJ in Indonesia, especially in the field of library and information science.

scholarly journals Increasing Trust in Real-World Evidence Through Evaluation of Observational Data Quality

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clair Blacketer ◽  
Frank J Defalco ◽  
Patrick B Ryan ◽  
Peter R Rijnbeek
Keyword(s):  
Data Quality ◽  
Real World ◽  
R Package ◽  
Observational Research ◽  
Real World Data ◽  
Quality Reporting ◽  
Healthcare Data ◽  
Real World Evidence ◽  
Quality Checks

Advances in standardization of observational healthcare data have enabled methodological breakthroughs, rapid global collaboration, and generation of real-world evidence to improve patient outcomes. Standardizations in data structure, such as use of Common Data Models (CDM), need to be coupled with standardized approaches for data quality assessment. To ensure confidence in real-world evidence generated from the analysis of real-world data, one must first have confidence in the data itself. The Data Quality Dashboard is an open-source R package that reports potential quality issues in an OMOP CDM instance through the systematic execution and summarization of over 3,300 configurable data quality checks. We describe the implementation of check types across a data quality framework of conformance, completeness, plausibility, with both verification and validation. We illustrate how data quality checks, paired with decision thresholds, can be configured to customize data quality reporting across a range of observational health data sources. We discuss how data quality reporting can become part of the overall real-world evidence generation and dissemination process to promote transparency and build confidence in the resulting output. Transparently communicating how well CDM standardized databases adhere to a set of quality measures adds a crucial piece that is currently missing from observational research. Assessing and improving the quality of our data will inherently improve the quality of the evidence we generate.

scholarly journals Inaugural Editorial of Urban Planning

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Luca D’Acci ◽  
Tigran Haas ◽  
Ronita Bardhan
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Studies ◽  
Open Access Journal

<p>This editorial is the introductory piece of <em>Urban Planning</em>, a new international peer-reviewed open access journal of urban studies aimed at advancing understanding of and ideas about humankind’s habitats in order to promote progress and quality of life.</p>

scholarly journals Editorial Policies and Background in Editing Macedonian Edical Review and Bantao Journal

PRILOZI ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 81-84
Author(s):  
Goce Spasovski
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Artificial Organs ◽  
High Quality Research ◽  
Editorial Boards ◽  
Scientific Potential ◽  
Academic Content

AbstractEven in as small a country as R. Macedonia with limited resources allocated for science, there are many journals trying to establish good editorial practices and policies in publishing the scientific work achieved. Among the currently existing medical journals Macedonian Medical Review (MMR), ISSN 0025-1097, deserves to be elaborated as the oldest journal with continuous publication since its first appearance as the journal of the Macedonian Medical Association (MMA). Since its first issue, published in 1946, there has been an opus of some 4500 peer-reviewed published papers in more than 210 issues and some 80 supplements from various congresses and meetings. In this regard, great respect should be paid not only to the editorial boards, but also to the collaborators who have contributed to its successful continuity in all previous years.In line with the needs for further development of the journal and possibilities for access to world databases, the Editorial Board of MMR has made every effort to improve and modernize its work as well as the technical quality of the journal. Hence, MMA has signed a contract with De Gruyter Open as leading publisher of Open Access academic content for further improvement and promotion of the journal and facilitation of the Medline application, so we do hope for the further success of the journal.BANTAO Journal is published on behalf of the Balkan Cities Association of Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation and Artificial Organs (BANTAO), ISSN 1312-2517. The first issue was published in 2003, ten years after BANTAO was born. Its appearance was an extremely important event in the existence of BANTAO. The first official editor of the journal was Dimitar Nenov, Varna (2003-2005), followed by Ali Basci (Izmir, Turkey) and Goce Spasovski (Skopje, Macedonia) as editor-in-chief since 2009. Over the years, the Journal has been included in the EBSCO, DOAJ and SCOPUS/SCIMAGO databases.The journal is published biannually. Until now, 345 papers have been published in the past 11 years, in 21 regular issues and 3 supplements. It may be said that the journal is the “glue” between the nephrologists from the Balkan cities, reflecting the high quality research and scientific potential of Balkan nephrologists. The entire process of submitting and reviewing the manuscripts is electronically done and after their acceptance they are freely available (open access journal) on the website of the association and the journal: www.bantao.org.In this regard, the current President of BANTAO has already signed a contract with De Gruyter Open as leading publisher of Open Access academic content for further improvement and promotion of the journal and Medline application for the further success of the journal.

Towards an Objective Assessment Framework for Linked Data Quality

2018 ◽  
pp. 453-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Assaf ◽  
Aline Senart ◽  
Raphaël Troncy
Keyword(s):  
Data Quality ◽  
Linked Data ◽  
Objective Assessment ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Quality Measurement ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Structured Information

Ensuring data quality in Linked Open Data is a complex process as it consists of structured information supported by models, ontologies and vocabularies and contains queryable endpoints and links. In this paper, the authors first propose an objective assessment framework for Linked Data quality. The authors build upon previous efforts that have identified potential quality issues but focus only on objective quality indicators that can measured regardless on the underlying use case. Secondly, the authors present an extensible quality measurement tool that helps on one hand data owners to rate the quality of their datasets, and on the other hand data consumers to choose their data sources from a ranked set. The authors evaluate this tool by measuring the quality of the LOD cloud. The results demonstrate that the general state of the datasets needs attention as they mostly have low completeness, provenance, licensing and comprehensibility quality scores.

A cohort study of how faculty in LIS schools perceive and engage with open-access publishing

2019 ◽  
pp. 016555151986548
Author(s):  
Wilhelm Peekhaus
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Research Journal ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Library And Information Studies ◽  
Information Studies ◽  
Similar Survey

This article presents results from a survey of faculty in North American Library and Information Studies (LIS) schools about their attitudes towards and experience with open-access publishing. As a follow-up to a similar survey conducted in 2013, the article also outlines the differences in beliefs about and engagement with open access that have occurred between 2013 and 2018. Although faculty in LIS schools are proponents of free access to research, journal publication choices remain informed by traditional considerations such as prestige and impact factor. Engagement with open access has increased significantly, while perceptions of open access have remained relatively stable between 2013 and 2018. Nonetheless, those faculty who have published in an open-access journal or are more knowledgeable about open access tend to be more convinced about the quality of open-access publications and less apprehensive about open-access publishing than those who have no publishing experience with open-access journals or who are less knowledgeable about various open-access modalities. Willingness to comply with gold open-access mandates has increased significantly since 2013.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document