Publishing accessible content on OJS and beyond

Open Journal Systems (OJS) was released in 2001 and has since become the most widely used open-source journal publishing platform in existence, with over 25,000 journals using it worldwide. Over the past few years, the Public Knowledge Project (PKP), its creator, has been working on improving accessibility of the platform, including the release of the first accessible Default theme in OJS 3.3. This presentation will go over the accessibility improvements made to day and those planned ahead. Making the platform accessible is only half the battle however as it is often the published content that presents barriers to readers. Creating resources for editors and authors to improve content accessibility – in OJS and beyond – is one of the goals of the PKP Accessibility Interest Group (AIG), a community initiative established in 2020. We will highlight the work of the group and the resources it makes available to the public. This overview is presented on behalf of the PKP AIG.

Ghostwriting and Authorship Practices in Biomedical Research: A Study Protocol

"Background: Scientific paper authorship represents an important form of academic attainment for research professionals and brings specific benefits (e.g., contribution science, recognizing the author’s intellectual efforts). Authors certify their work’s integrity by accepting the responsability of the published content. The principal two important unethical authorship is honorary authors (the criteria of authorship not met) and ghost authors (contributed substantially but not listed as an author). Aim: The current study has two-fold aim: to determine the prevalence of authorship violations in the biomedical journals according to the Web of Science classification and to evaluate its variation by article type (e.g., research, review, or editorial) and presence/absence authors contributions requirements. Materials and Methods: The following steps will be apply: 1) Identification of journal categories of interest – data source: Journal Citation Reports 2020 (JCR2020); 2) Identification of the eligible journal – JCR2020 by selection of journals weighted according to the number of jorunals in a specific category. The selection will be stratified by the Rank by Journal Citation Indicator (JCI); 3) Collection of characteristics of the included journals regarding the year 2020: total number of articles, number of articles and references, number of reviews and associated references; JCI percentile, open access policy and publication fee if applicable; 4) Random selection (simple random method) of authors who published in 2020. The selection will be done weighted according to the number of manuscripts published in 2020; 5) Development and validation of the questionnaire; 6) Invitation of the corresponding author to participate in the study; 7) Online anonymously data collection. The study protocol will be deposited in an international database. "

Bibliometrics Analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies of Bladder Cancer

Background. Bladder cancer is amongst the top 10 most common neoplasms worldwide. It is responsible for over 150,000 deaths per annum. It is of great importance to study its clinical diagnosis and management. As a literature synthesis technique, bibliometrics analysis helps us to take our knowledge of bladder cancer diagnosis research, topics, and trends a step further. It is critical to elucidate the literature landscape and its pertinent impact on this field, in order to have a better understanding and improved management of bladder cancer. Materials and Methods. Search terms related to bladder cancer diagnosis were used to retrieval publications which met the predefined criteria in the Scopus database developed by Elsevier. Included articles were further evaluated by year of publication, country, language, institution, article type, source journal, coauthorship networks, and text mining of titles. The R software, as well as the tm, ggplot2 packages, and the VOSviewer (version 1.6.15) were used as software tools. Results. A comprehensive literature search in the Scopus database returned a total of 824 publication items. Among them, 601 (72.94%) were published as journal articles, and 117 (14.20%) were published as reviews. The number of annual publications in this field has been increasing in recent years. English represents the language used in the majority of the articles (634, 77.13%). The highest number of citations received for a single article is as high as 628 times. We also clustered and visualized a network of 701 authors with no less than 3 publications. The term cloud and hierarchical clustering dendrogram which revealed with text mining were used to discover the hot research topics in this field. We also statistically analyzed evolution of the major journal impact indices, including Impact Factor, EigenFactor Score, and CiteScore of 11 journals with a period of 9 years. Conclusion. Through bibliometrics analysis, we found hot topics and related research focuses and trends in bladder cancer diagnosis. This bibliometrics analysis has identified influential articles in the field and provides a useful guide to researchers as to what type of article constitutes a highly citable publication in this subject. In addition, a coauthorship network helps researchers find out which team may be a potential partner and where their studies focus on.

The fifty most cited publications in shoulder arthroplasty research

Introduction Frequency of citation provides one quantitative metric of the impact that an article has on a given field. The purpose of this study was to evaluate characteristics of the 50 most cited publications on shoulder arthroplasty. Methods The Web of Science database was used to determine the 50 most frequently cited shoulder arthroplasty articles. Articles were evaluated for several factors including type of arthroplasty, citation frequency and rate, source journal, country of origin, study type, and level of evidence. Results The most common countries of origin were the United States (60%) followed by France (24%) and Switzerland (6%). A total of 27 (54%) articles included anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA), 18 (36%) included reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (RTSA), and 15 (30%) included hemiarthroplasty. Articles including RTSA had the greatest number of citations compared to those on TSA ( p = 0.037) and hemiarthroplasty ( p = 0.035). Citations per year were also greatest with RTSA compared to TSA and hemiarthroplasty ( p ≤ 0.001). Discussion This citation analysis includes many of the landmark studies that shaped, and continue to impact, the field of shoulder arthroplasty. This list provides a group of influential articles that provide a foundation for future research in shoulder arthroplasty.

Sustainability Reporting: Sebuah Analisis Bibliometrik Pada Database Scopus

The aims of this study is to capture the development of sustainability reporting research using the Scopus Database. This study use bibliometric method to present quantitative result in capturing those development. There are several indicators used such as citation numbers, authorship, source of the articles, theory mapping, research approaches and country. The result show that the highest citation number for sustainability reporting were 861. The most research approach used is qualitative and the commonly used theories in the field of sustainability reporting is legitimacy and stakeholders theory. García-Sánchez I.M was the most productive author in publishing sustainability reporting research with 12 total number of publication. Based on the article source journal of cleaner production was the most leading journal in sustainability reporting research with 76 publications on it. Based on the country, USA has the highest number of sustainability reporting publication than many other countries.

Understanding and Improving Life

Creation of knowledge through understanding is a perpetual process for humanity. Our understanding growsthrough application of logic and scientific methodology which form the basis of research. The endowment ofintellectual ability has empowered humans to adopt this course to keep on generating better and deeperunderstanding of our existential situation. Advancements in technology keep on providing better and bettermeans to facilitate our understanding even more.Given the accelerating pace of human understanding, the body of our knowledge and the means to improveour living conditions, are growing exponentially. The genome sequencing of the 2019 Corona Virus wasaccomplished well within a fortnight of the first reported patient.1The development of a prototype vaccineagainst it, was announced within another two months.2About a couple of decades ago, such processes tookover ten times longer when SARS virus outbreak occurred.3,4As we continue to uncover the previous unknowns, we become more and more aware of additional unknowns.Hence, as our knowledge grows, so does the realization of our ignorance. No knowledge is enough knowledge,and no effort at discovery is effort enough. For all to help in this human collective is the spirit to go by.The launching of Life and Science journal is such a contribution towards 'Understanding and Improving Life' –and its conditions, on earth and beyond. This being the motto of the National University of Medical Sciences,Pakistan, from whose platform, the journal is being launched. It is meant to be an international, peer reviewed,open source journal. It intends to address all the dimensions of the eco-bio-psycho-social spectrum of life, aswell as the axiology of its existence, the ethics and the aesthetics. The journal welcomes contributions by all, for the benefit of all.Editor-in-Chief

Academic journal online publishing platforms, open journal system 3 overview and example

The scientific article is devoted to the actual problem of scientific interaction of scientists all over the world by developing the representation of a scientific journal on the Internet. This article describes the status of managing a scientific journal in the digital world. Modern software platforms intended for automation of preparation and publication of electronic scientific journals are presented. The analysis and comparison of several software platforms. The advantages of using open source journal systems are given. The choice of OJS3 platform is substantiated and a short generalized algorithm for its use is outlined.