scholarly journals 1-Year Journey: An Insight

Author(s):  
Rosnah Shamsudin

On behalf of the Editorial Board Members of the Advances in Agricultural and Food Research Journal —(AAFRJ) (https://journals.hh-publisher.com/index.php/AAFRJ/index), I am glad to present the Volume 1, Issue 1 and Issue 2 of the journal for year 2020. The journal which was established in April 2020 has now published 2 issues; twice in a year. AAFRJ is a Gold open access journal and is also indexed in Google Scholar, Crossref and Malaysian Citation Centre (MyJurnal).

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lajos P Balogh

The story of the journal "Precision Nanomedicine" started back in December 2015 when the contract of the Editor-in-chief of "Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine" was not renewed by Elsevier without any justification. While it was fully within the legal rights of the publisher to make that decision, they failed to consult with the NNBM editorial board. Elsevier also rejected a collective letter signed by 74 board members and editors requesting the reversal of the decision and served up the usual excuses. This was not the first instance of a publisher acting without the input of an editorial board or completely disregarding sicentists' opinion [1] [2], [3], and the reaction was also similar. In 2015, almost all associate editors and more than 60 editorial board members of the journal Lingua resigned in protest [3]. Similar to the mutiny by Lingua's editors, we also set out to launch our own open-access journal[2] to promote all progressive and rational aspects of nanomedicine including theory and practice while exercising good publishing practices (for a deeper analysis of the present state of scholarly publishing see the opinion paper in this issue).


2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 1157-1159
Author(s):  
Journal of Disaster Research Editorial Board

In the year 2021, the Journal of Disaster Research (JDR) had two memorable events: Professor MURAKAMI Suminao, one of the founders of the Journal, resigned as the editor-in-chief, and in February the JDR marked its hundredth issue, counting from Vol.1 No.1. These events gave us, the next generation of the editorial board members, the resolve to reinvent the JDR for its leap forward into the next stage. We have accomplished the following two projects this year. Establishment of MURAKAMI Suminao Award for Disaster Research and the JDR annual awards To acknowledge Professor MURAKAMI’s significant contributions to the JDR and disaster research in general, we rename the JDR Award to the MURAKAMI Suminao Award for Disaster Research. While we present this award to the person who has made the most significant contribution to disaster research as a whole, we hereby establish three more specific JDR annual awards: the JDR Award for the Most Cited Paper, the JDR Award for the Most Downloaded Article, and the JDR Award for the Most Contributory Reviewer. Applying the Creative Commons license The JDR introduced the Creative Commons license in August 2021, thereby becoming a fully open-access journal conforming to the international standard. This project makes all articles in the JDR easier to reuse and cite in academic activities. Now the JDR is widely known not only in Japan but also all across Asia, and its readership is spreading through North America and Europe. We will continue to strive for the further development of the JDR as an international journal dedicated to comprehensive disaster research.


2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. e1
Author(s):  
Fulvio Melia

I have recently had the privilege of being appointed Editor-in-Chief of this very exciting and innovative Open Access Journal, and hereby extend a warm welcome to everyone as we launch Astronomy Studies Development, which will seek to publish high quality, peer-reviewed, original manuscripts in all fields of astronomy and astrophysics, though with a particular focus on mathematical techniques and methodology and innovative ideas for instrumental development and modeling in astronomy and astrophysics. The journal will also seek to publish simulations in all areas, including cosmology, particle astrophysics, accretion, and diffuse media. Our journal will include both full length research articles and letter articles, and its coverage extends over solar, stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy and astrophysics, and will report original research in all wavelength bands. Astronomy and Astrophysics are rather mature disciplines, with a history of quality journals over the past century or more. So one may reasonably ask why a new journal such as this is needed. Obviously, I myself have answered this question in the affirmative. After a long career in research and publishing, I have the perspective to provide several good reasons for helping to promote the evolution of publishing in Astronomy and Astrophysics to a place more in line with present technology..........


Geotechnics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 216-218
Author(s):  
Brendan C. O’Kelly ◽  
Pinnaduwa H. S. W. Kulatilake ◽  
George E. Mylonakis

On behalf of the editorial board and MDPI Publishing, may we extend a very warm welcome to this first editorial of Geotechnics—a new and international, open access, scholarly journal aimed at showcasing and nurturing high-quality research and developmental activities in soil and rock engineering and geo-environmental engineering, worldwide [...]


2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. FNL35
Author(s):  
Kate Lovesey

To all our readers, we are delighted to welcome you to the fifteenth volume of Future Neurology. We are also excited to welcome you to the second Open Access issue of the journal. Since the launch of this title, we have continued to publish high-quality scientific research and commentary, and the open access model will allow us to share our great content with an even bigger audience. 2019 was another exciting year for Future Neurology with the continued publication of timely, high quality manuscripts. We are proud to present some of our content highlights within this article. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our valued Editorial Board members, readers and contributors for their continued support. As we move into 2020, we very much look forward to seeing the journals continuous progression and development.


Applied Nano ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Angelo Taglietti

The first question that came to mind when I received the proposal to lead the Editorial Board of Applied Nano was: “Do we really need a new nano-journal [...]


2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-2

We are delighted to present Volume 24 (Issue1) in May 2021. The COVID pandemic rages on in several parts of the globe, particularly in India at the time of writing. We wish our authors, reviewers, and readers to remain safe and healthy as we come out of this global pandemic. For American Business Review (ABR), it is a matter of great pride and satisfaction that since our relaunch in 2020, we have received over 300 manuscripts and have about a 10% acceptance rate. Our editorial board members come from all continents and have active Google Scholar profiles and have published in A/A* journals in their disciplines. We try to restrict the number of reviews to two per year per reviewer to reduce the burden of review work. In addition, we seek to invite additional reviewers who are domain experts in the subject of the submission received.


2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (53) ◽  
pp. 55-58
Author(s):  
Yuhei Takahashi ◽  
Niiden Ichinnorov ◽  
Sereenen Jargalan ◽  
Bayaraa Batkhishig

Since the publication of the first issue of Mongolian Geoscientist, in October 1996, 25 years have passed and the journal has successfully evolved over a quarter of a century into a periodical publication well-known also outside the borders of Mongolia. Background and episodes of early publications were reviewed by Y.Takahashi, N.Ichinnorov, and S.Jargalan, who were members of the JICA-IGMR project. The present status of Mongolian Geoscientist is that of an internationally peer-reviewed, open-access journal, published by the School of Geology and Mining Engineering, Mongolian University of Science and Technology, with support from the Geological Society of Mongolia; managed by Editor-in-Chief B.Batkhishig, Consultant Editorial Board member O.Gerel, and Associate Editors B.Munkhtsengel, B.Altanzul, and Kh.Tseedulam.


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