scholarly journals Korean editors’ and researchers’ experiences with preprints and attitudes towards preprint policies

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-9
Author(s):  
Hyun Jung Yi ◽  
Sun Huh
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Scientific Integrity ◽  
Data Priority

Purpose: This study investigated editors’ and researcher’s experiences with preprints and their attitudes towards preprint policies in Korea.Methods: From December 30, 2019 to January 10, 2020, a Google Forms survey was mailed to members of the Korean Council of Science Editors and the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies. The 16 survey items included two demographic items, six items on experience with preprints, five 5-point Likert-scale items on attitudes towards preprints, and three items on advantages and disadvantages.Results: Out of 365 respondents, 56 had deposited their manuscripts on preprint servers, while 49 stated that they allowed preprints in their journals. More than half of the respondents expressed favorable attitudes towards prioritizing preprint deposition, promotion of open access, rapid feedback on preprints, earlier citations, and evidence of research work. Responders in engineering had more experience with the concept of preprints, and were more likely to have heard about preprint servers and preprint deposition by other researchers, than those in medicine. Half of the editors disagreed with the need for preprints, for reasons including a lack of scientific integrity, stealing ideas/scooping data, priority issues regarding research ideas, and copyright problems.Conclusion: The above results showed that preprints are still not actively used in Korea. Although experiences with preprints were not widespread, more than half of the respondents showed favorable attitudes towards preprints. More of a consensus should emerge for preprint policies to be accepted by editors in Korea.

scholarly journals Inaugural Issue Editorial Note

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Irshad A
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Careful Examination ◽  
Editorial Team ◽  
Editorial Note ◽  
Food Science ◽  
Whole Life Cycle ◽  
Animal Sciences ◽  
Scientific Standards

I am pleased to announce the launch of Journal of Food and Animal Sciences (JFAS), a new international peer reviewed open access bi-monthly journal published by Vetinfo publishers. JFAS aims to become a leading international peer reviewed academic journal, publishing high quality research and analysis on all aspects food science and technology, veterinary medicine and animal sciences. The aim of the JFAS is to publish the research work in any field of veterinary and animal sciences viz, animal anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, microbiology, pathology, parasitology, infectious diseases, clinical sciences, alternative veterinary medicines and biomedical fields, livestock production and technologies, all aspects of veterinary technology, animal breeding and experimental animals, meat science and technology, dairy science, dairy processing, dairy engineering, and all the aspect of food science and technology including food chemistry, microbiology and biotechnology aspects of food emerging safety and toxicological issues, food and material engineering, physical / chemical / sensory properties of food, advances in sensory science, food quality and safety, nutraceuticals, functional foods and functional ingredients, biophysical analysis of food or processing operations, applied research related to food nanotechnology, emerging technologies, environmental, safety and sustainability aspects of processing, waste / by-product management in food processing on the whole life cycle. Reviews and surveys on specific topics relevant to the advance of the veterinary sciences and animal husbandry are particularly welcome. Interdisciplinary research and communication between diverse expert communities drives the creation of the future technologies. JFAS aims to encompass all aspects of current developments in veterinary and animal sciences, especially animal based food production systems right from animal rearing to sensory quality of products consumed. JFAS is created and launched according to this objective, proposing and promoting an easy way to share innovation, works, and create connections to go further! JFAS will be competing head-on with a number of existing subscription-based journals. However, there is clearly a niche for the new journal. The reason for this is because all journal articles will be accessible without any access boundaries to all internet users throughout the world. Another major benefit of open access online journals is that anyone can contribute, and not only those in major institutions. These freedoms are coupled with rigorous, fair and prompt standards of peer review. Such a challenge involves a strong and cohesive editorial team. As Editor of JFAS, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the members of our Editorial team, who trusted this adventure. Editorial team will be particularly concerned by maintaining high international scientific standards of any single post published in Journal of Food and Animal Sciences, through a careful examination, peer-reviewing process, and article selection. Second objective is selecting and bringing out innovative studies making the Journal as a source of inspiration for researchers. I would like to thank Prof. J. Abraham, Prof. M. Mini, Prof. B. Sunil, Prof. S. Maya and other editorial team members of JFAS for their trust and perseverance, without whom this scientific adventure would not have been possible. We would like to thank our authors, their trust and hard work in disclosing their latest research, our referees in their impartial effort for keeping the highest international scientific standards, and you, our readers, for your interest and support. We are proud to propose the inaugural issue of Journal of Food and Animal Sciences, and we specially thank the contributors for their first efforts.

Open Access (OA) Movement in the Libraries of Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
pp. 94-107
Author(s):  
Md. Nazmul Islam ◽  
Rubel Parvez ◽  
Md. Aktarul Islam ◽  
M. Monirul Islam
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The purpose of this chapter is to explore current trends of the open access (OA) movement in the libraries of Bangladesh in the light of librarians' perceptions. A structured questionnaire was designed to collect data from 20 respondent libraries selected purposively. The result of the study shows that the mean value of the concept of open access as “literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions” is jointly highest (x̅=4.25) with the definition given by Budapest Open Access Initiative, which indicates “agree” in the Likert scale. Fifty percent of the respondent librarians remarked that proper depositing guidelines are necessary for submitting researchers' works into the institutional repositories (x̅=4.10, σ=1.12). More than half of the respondents (55%) strongly agreed that libraries should implement OA initiative due to “support for development” (x̅=4.50, σ=0.61) as the libraries don't have sufficient funds (x̅=4.50, σ=0.61).

A Tribute to the Extraordinary Research Work Within the Domain of Fatigue and Fracture of Offshore and Ship Structures Carried Out by Prof. Stig Berge and Per Jahn Haagensen at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnes Marie Horn ◽  
Kenneth A. Macdonald
Keyword(s):  
Science And Technology ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Active Member ◽  
International Institute ◽  
Emeritus Professor ◽  
Ship Structures ◽  
Fatigue And Fracture ◽  
Marine Technology ◽  
Offshore Industry ◽  
Historical Contribution

The motivation of this paper is to highlight the importance of the work carried out during the last decade by Prof. Haagensen and Prof. Berge at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU, with the aim to inspire and motivate young engineers to continue their important and valuable research within fatigue and fracture. This paper will focus on their historical contribution to the research within fatigue and fracture of offshore and ship structures. Stig Berge is a professor of Marine Technology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU. He has spent his academic carrier focusing on fatigue of offshore and ship structures; he has published more than 70 papers and articles in well-known journals and conferences since 80’s. Per Jahn Haagensen is currently an Emeritus professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering and Logistic Faculty of Technology. He has spent his whole research carrier within fatigue and fracture related topics mainly for the offshore industry. He is especially known for the different fatigue improvement methods which have been developed since the 90’s. He has until recently been an active member of the International Institute of Welding (IIW). This article aims to present their main findings and conclusions from their long academic carrier. While the authors have strived to convey in a single paper an overview of the careers and important contributions, the Professors themselves may well have chosen to place a different emphasis on their work.

scholarly journals Birth and Developing of Mongolian Geoscientist journal

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (53) ◽  
pp. 55-58
Author(s):  
Yuhei Takahashi ◽  
Niiden Ichinnorov ◽  
Sereenen Jargalan ◽  
Bayaraa Batkhishig
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Present Status ◽  
Board Member ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Editorial Board Member ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Mining Engineering ◽  
Geological Society ◽  
Periodical Publication

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.

scholarly journals Use of Open Access Publishing by Researchers an Analysis of Open Access Availability of Research Literature in the field of Digital Library

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (01) ◽  
pp. 366-373
Author(s):  
Mohammad Nazim ◽  
Sana Zia
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Core Collection ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
The Self ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Advanced Search ◽  
Search Option

This paper aims to examine the availability of Open Access (OA) research literature in the field of digital library. In order to analyse the availability of OA research literature in the field of digital library, a search was conducted on Web of Science’s Core collection database on June 11, 2019. In response to a topic search TS = “Digital Library” using the advanced search option, 849 articles were retrieved. Of the 849 articles examined, the details of 26 articles were not found in the Google Scholar. Therefore, 823 articles were selected for further analyses. After examining the Websites of OA articles, they were classified into three categories: gold OA, green OA, and both gold and green OA. Furthermore, all the green OA articles were systematically organised into six groups for the examination of the self-archiving venues used by the researchers for self-archiving. Out of 823 articles analysed, OA versions were found for 64.76 per cent of articles. This study found that 26.68 per cent of OA articles were available through gold OA and 60.39 per cent articles were available through green OA, while 36.53 per cent articles were accessible via both OA journals and self-archiving (gold & green OA). Although researchers used various OA platforms for self-archiving of their research work, publishers’ Websites were found as the most preferred choice for self-archiving of research work by the authors in the field of digital library. Computer Science discipline has the highest share of OA copies available through self-archiving. However, it is important to point out that more than 78 per cent of self-archived articles were found as the final publisher’s PDF versions of the article which publishers never allow for self-archiving.

scholarly journals An Investigation of open access publications’ attractiveness among academic researchers from three European countries

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Calin Gurau
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Research Work ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Journal Ranking ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Academic Publishing ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
The Uk

A thriving open access publication (OAP) system represents a sound basis for Open Science development. Unfortunately, it is not yet clear what are the factors determining that academic researchers use OAPs, both as a source of knowledge and relevant references, and as an outlet to present their work to their peers, students and/or the general public. To investigate this topic, we assume an interpretative framework rooted in the institutional theory. Considering the development and evolution of the OAP system as a coherent set of structures, norms and routines, our research aims to (i) identify the factors that determine academic researchers in the business field to become active participants in this system; and (ii) to compare the way in which these factors influence academic researchers’ choices and professional strategies in three different European countries, which are traditionally different in terms of research culture and orientation: France, Romania and the UK. We adopt a research methodology based on semi-structured interviews, as our research objectives require a qualitative approach to identify not only the individual reasons for using the OAP system, but also the influence of the professional environment in shaping these decisions in terms of institutional standards, rules and practices. To collect primary data, we interviewed a total of 42 academics, who are active in both teaching and research in higher education institutions located in France, Romania or the UK (14 respondents from each country). The interviews lasted between 30 and 45 minutes, being conducted either face-to-face or through skype. With the permission of respondents – but under strict confidentiality standards, the interviews were transcribed, coded and analysed. The findings draw a highly complex picture indicating a set of conflicting factors and forces that determine the official perception and use of the OAP system. Although each of the investigated countries has specific features in terms of higher education quality standards and practices, respondents indicated a strong tendency towards uniformization, determined by the global spread of the North American academic system, which directly connects the professional status and evolution of academic researchers to their capacity to publish in peer-reviewed journals that are highly ranked in national or international publications lists (e.g., ISI, ABS, CNRS, FNEGE, etc.). Presently, there are relatively few open access journals included in national/international journal ranking lists, which prevents a widespread use of the OAP system by business academic researchers. Respondents indicated that although they currently use OAPs as a source of knowledge for teaching, they are more reluctant to use them as publication outlets for their research work, or as references in their scholarly publications. This tendency differs between these national education systems, although the general trend indicates a strong convergence of opinions and institutional practices. Overall, the academic publishing landscape can be described as a battlefield between two competing sets of institutions centred around open access and paid access systems, the paid access system still representing the standard for academic quality and professional recognition.

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